| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 382306000 | Using identification indicia on document | 29 |
| 20080219596 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SEARCHING FOR IMAGES - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for searching a set of image data from a database which contains a plurality of sets of image data, at least one of the sets of the image data being associated with text data, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining keyword information; detecting first set of image data in said database associated with text data corresponding to said keyword information; and detecting second set of image data in said database on the basis of the feature of an image represented by said first set of image data. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080219597 | Search device, search system, search device control method, search device control program, and computer-readable recording medium - A search device includes a first search section and a second search section. The first search section searches, for second image data sharing a common attribute with first image data being processed by an image processing apparatus, a storage section in which image data processed by the image processing apparatus is stored. The second search section searches the storage section for third image data processed by the image processing apparatus within a time period from a predetermined time before a reference time to a predetermined time after the reference time, the reference time being a point of time at which the second image data was processed by the image processing apparatus. This makes it possible to prevent a search omission in the search device for searching for the second image data sharing a common attribute with the first image data. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080247678 | Image processing apparatus - An image scanning section | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080279481 | Information Retrieving System, Information Retrieving Method, Information Retrieving Apparatus, Information Retrieving Program, Image Recognizing Apparatus Image Recognizing Method Image Recognizing Program and Sales - Steps after a user finds an attractive product until he or she buys it are successively performed so that he or she can buy it stressfreely. The user photographs an attractive product with a portable camera telephone terminal | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090092340 | NATURAL LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL IMAGE INDEXING - A processing device and method may provide natural language assistance for digital image indexing. Candidate keywords may be generated based on an entered keyword for a digital image file. The candidate keywords may be synonyms of the entered keyword, or otherwise related to the entered keyword. The candidate keywords may be ranked as possible keywords for the digital image file based on use of the candidate keywords as keywords of other digital image files. Similarity measures of the other digital image files may be determined based on aspects of the other digital image files compared with the corresponding aspects of the digital image file. Rankings of the candidate keywords may be adjusted based on the similarity measures of the other digital image files. At least some of the ranked candidate keywords may be presented. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090148071 | Information processing apparatus, method, and program - An information processing apparatus displays, for each group, images that are divided into groups so that each group contains at least one of the images. The apparatus includes an image-data storing unit that stores image data of the images, a group-attribute-information storing unit that stores attribute information of the groups, a display controlling unit that controls processing for displaying the images for each group, a search-key extracting unit that extracts a search key when the display controlling unit issues an instruction for starting the processing for displaying the images for each group, and a searching unit that searches for the groups associated with the extracted search key. The display controlling unit controls display of a library of the groups so that the groups associated with the search key and found by the searching unit are displayed at a top side in the library. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090196529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT SENSITIVE DOCUMENT PROCESSING - The subject application is directed to a system and method for content-sensitive document processing. First, at least one electronic document is received. A document processing device then retrieves content data from an associated data storage. The content data suitably corresponds to acceptable content associated with the document processing device. The document processing device then compares at least a portion of the electronic document with the received content data. Processing of the portion of the received electronic document is then controlled in accordance with the results of the comparison. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090324137 | DIGITAL IMAGE TAGGING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - In an exemplary embodiment, user input is received, a selected portion of a digital image is identified based on the user input, and a tag is applied to the selected portion of the digital image. The applied tag provides an association between the selected portion of the digital image and a data instance. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100135598 | Systems and Methods for Managing Production of Graphical Objects - A graphical object management system enables clients to easily and efficiently find and utilize graphical artists interested in drawing or otherwise creating graphical objects for the clients. Once a graphical artist for creating a graphical object is located and selected, the system manages the graphical object as it is being created allowing the client to view the graphical object and provide feedback to the selected artist. In one embodiment, the system prevents the selected artist from making illicit copies of the graphical object being created. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100209018 | Electronic Filing Cabinet - An image forming device including an electronic filing cabinet is provided. The electronic filing cabinet stores documents output from the image forming device or read into the image forming device. The electronic filing cabinet may include an optical character recognition unit, an indexing engine and a storage device. The optical character recognition unit scans or otherwise inspects the documents and generates timestamps for the documents. The scanned information is provided to the indexing engine. The indexing engine classifies and indexes the documents according to a first predefined set of rules. Thereafter, the indexed documents are stored in the storage device. A human machine interface is provided for updating the first predefined set of rules. Previously stored documents may also be retrieved through the human machine interface. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110044563 | PROCESSING GEO-LOCATION INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH DIGITAL IMAGE FILES - A method for processing geo-location information associated with a digital image file, the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising receiving a digital image file having at least associated geo-location information relating to the digital image file; providing a venue database that stores geographic boundaries for a plurality of venues; identifying a venue where the digital image file was captured, the venue being identified by at least comparing the geo-location information to the geographic boundaries stored in the venue database; and adding a metadata tag to the digital image file, the metadata tag providing an indication of the identified venue. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110280497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120082401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERING AND CREATING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20130114913 | Stack objects order traversal and manipulation - Techniques for stack object order traversal and manipulation are described, including presenting an object preview panel having objects, each of the objects being associated with at least one stack object presented in a document panel, and performing an operation associated with at least one of the stack objects, the operation including accessing a stack object data file and a document file, where the operation is initiated in the object preview panel and performed in the document panel. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130182974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND ROUTING ELECTRONIC COPIES OF DOCUMENTS - A system and method for locating an electronic document, which includes receiving an image of decodable indicia from an EIR terminal, locating said decodable indicia within the image, decoding the decodable indicia into a decoded message which contains: an identifier for an electronic document and the location of the document. Then, receiving delivery instructions regarding the document and executing those instructions. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140056541 | CONTENT SELECTION APPARATUS AND CONTENT SELECTION METHOD - A content selection apparatus selects a target content item which is a content item to be presented to a user, from a plurality of content items. The plurality of content items are sorted into a plurality of management units according to a creation date and time of each content item. The content selection apparatus includes a selection unit that selects a predetermined number of management units in ascending order of the number of sorted content items, and selects a content item that belongs to the selected management units as the target content item. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140072244 | IMAGE PROCESSING AND RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing and recording system and an image processing and recording method thereof are provided. An image processing and recording system includes a recording module, an access module, and an identification module. The recording module stores an image which includes N image blocks, and the N image blocks compose M image tiles. The identification module performs an image recognition procedure to identify a predetermined feature of the N image blocks picked up by the access module and generates N identification results. Each result includes an address of the tile in the image corresponding to the K | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140177978 | APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STORING AREA SELECTED IN IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AN IMAGE FILE BY AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING IMAGE INFORMATION - An apparatus to collectively store areas selected in an image includes an image-editing unit to load a standard image file, to display a standard image based on the standard image file, and to enable a user to edit the standard image, a zooming unit to zoom into and away from a position where a marker of an input unit is indicating on the standard image, and a selected-image-managing unit to collectively store one or more areas selected by the input unit as one or more corresponding image files. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140219583 | PERSONAL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A system for identification and/or authentication of a user in a travel terminal, the system comprising: a multiuser interactive screen having one or more interaction zones, with which a user can interact; an image generation system for generating information on the interaction zone to provide information to the user with which the user can interact and; an image capture system which generates a captured image of any item in contact with the interaction zone; a recognition system for recognising one or more features from the captured image to enable identification and/or authentication of the user; a communication system for communicating with the user by means of the image generation means to confirm identification or request additional information. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140334746 | Identifying Matching Canonical Documents Consistent With Visual Query Structural Information - A server system receives a visual query from a client system, performs optical character recognition (OCR) on the visual query to produce text recognition data representing textual characters, including a plurality of textual characters in a contiguous region of the visual query. The server system also produces structural information associated with the textual characters in the visual query. Textual characters in the plurality of textual characters are scored. The method further includes identifying, in accordance with the scoring, one or more high quality textual strings, each comprising a plurality of high quality textual characters from among the plurality of textual characters in the contiguous region of the visual query. A canonical document that includes the one or more high quality textual strings and that is consistent with the structural information is retrieved. At least a portion of the canonical document is sent to the client system. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140369626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECTIFIED IMAGE RENDERINGS USING RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM IMAGES - An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may be generated, where the index data is based on the recognized information. Using the index, functionality such as search and retrieval is enabled. Various recognition techniques, including those that use the face, clothing, apparel, and combinations of characteristics may be utilized. Recognition may be performed on, among other things, persons and text carried on objects. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150055890 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA, STORING IMAGE DATA AND ACCESSING IMAGE DATA - A system for processing image data, storing image data and accessing image data is provided. The system includes computing hardware, and one or more databases in communication with the computing hardware for storing image information. Upon receiving user instructions, the computing hardware is operable to combine a plurality of images to create a montage of mutually abutting images arranged within a pre-defined geometrical spatial envelope. The system is operable to manage the montage effectively as a single file for purposes of storing in the databases, and/or accessing from the databases. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055891 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method has storing, registering and displaying. The storing is storing a plurality of images having at least a first image in storage. The registering is registering first information related to the first image. The displaying is displaying, when the first image corresponds to a second image acquired by a camera, the first information or information related to the first information on a display. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150063725 | Related Image Searching Method and User Interface Controlling Method - A related image searching method suitable for searching image files within a database is disclosed. The related image searching method includes steps of: selecting a context-of-interest from a displayed image according to a touch input event; analyzing a content characteristic in the context-of-interest area; determining an implication attribute of the content characteristic; and, searching the database according to the content characteristic and the implication attribute, so as to find out at least one image file with the same content characteristic or the same implication attribute. In addition, a user interface controlling method is also disclosed herein. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150093048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING TOKEN DATA WITH A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for collecting and managing information taken from tokens, like credit cards and gift cards, includes a portable computing device (PCD). The PCD may support a token recognizer that may comprise hardware and/or software that may reside in memory of the PCD. The token recognizer may work in combination with a camera. The token recognizer may comprise a broad recognizer module and an optical character recognition (“OCR”) module. The camera of the PCD may capture images of one or more physical tokens. These captured images of the physical tokens may be processed by the token recognizer so that digital images as well as data provided by the physical tokens may be maintained in memory of the PCD for later presentation to the user. These later presentations on the PCD may be used for account management and for conducting transactions, such as making payment at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150331860 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image management system including an image capturing apparatus and an information processing apparatus is provided. The image capturing apparatus includes a recognition unit that recognizes identification information represented by an optically readable code, an acquiring unit that acquires image data of an imaging object, a recording unit that records the identification information recognized by the recognition unit and the image data acquired by the acquiring unit in association with each other, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the identification information and the image data recorded by the recording unit to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores the image data based on the identification information received from the image capturing apparatus. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160012079 | Image Processing | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160092472 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXCHANGING IMAGES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for exchanging images. In use, one or more images are received at a server. Additionally, the one or more images are analyzed. Further, image processing code is outputted referencing the one or more images, based on the analysis of the one or more images. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20180025000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRODUCTION OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS | 01-25-2018 |
