EP0170469A2
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Information storage and retrieval system
Assignee: Smithsonian Institution
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Filing: 1985-07-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-07-17
Abstract
Abstract A digital camera is used to scan documents and generate a corresponding digital output signal, and a data processor receives the digital output signal and generates corresponding index information. The video and index information are then stored on one or more optical disks for search and retrieval.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter J. Boyne
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 02:02
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2166; H04N1/217; H04N1/2175; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G06F16/90; G06F16/901; G06F16/9017; H04N1/32; H04N1/32502; H04N1/32507; H04N1/32512; H04N1/32523; H04N1/32529; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/0082; H04N2201/0086; H04N2201/0087; H04N2201/0089; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
An information storage and retrieval system for storing information representing the content of a plurality of documents, maintaining an index of descriptive terms and corresponding documents, and retrieving stored information corresponding to a particular document in accordance with said index upon identification of a corresponding descriptive term, said system comprising: a camera for generating an electronic digital output signal representing the image of a document; data processing means for receiving said digital signal, generating index information corresponding to said document and providing a processor output representing said image and said corresponding index information; and digital storage means for optically recording said processor output.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
An information storage and retrieval system for storing information representing the content of a plurality of documents, maintaining an index of descriptive terms and corresponding documents, and retrieving stored information corresponding to a particular document in accordance with said index upon identification of a corresponding descriptive term, said system comprising: a camera for generating an electronic digital output signal representing the image of a document; data processing means for receiving said digital signal, generating index information corresponding to said document and providing a processor output representing said image and said corresponding index information; and digital storage means for optically recording said processor output.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 1, wherein said data processing means includes means for determining the content of a document in accordance with said digital signal and for generating said index information from said determined content.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 1, wherein said data processing means includes further processor input means for providing a further input to said processor representing the content of a document, and means for generating said index information in accordance with said further input.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 3, wherein said input means comprises a keyboard.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 3, wherein said input means comprises an optical character recognizer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 2, wherein said data processing means further includes a further processor input means for providing a further input to said processor representing the content of a document, and means for generating said index information in accordance with said further input.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 6, wherein said input means comprises a keyboard.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 7, wherein said input means comprises an optical character recognizer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 8, wherein said digital storage means comprises at least one optical disk for storing said processor output.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
An information storage and retrieval system as defined in Claim 9, wherein said at least one optical disk comprises a plurality of optical disks.
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