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System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality
Assignee: Google LLC
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Filing: 2004-07-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2024-07-29
Abstract
Abstract Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's interests. To analyze the qualitative nature of the layout in quantifiable terms, the electronic document is measure using various quantifiable factors; such as, balance, uniformity, white space management, alignment, consistency, legibility, etc.; that impact a qualitative nature of a document. Such quantifiable factors are then used to quantize the aesthetics, ease of use, eye-catching ability, interest, communicability, comfort, and convenience of the document.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven J. Harrington
- 👤 Jose Fernando Naveda
- 👤 Rhys Price Jones
- 👤 Nathan Sarr
- 👤 Nishant Atul Thakkar
- 👤 Paul G. Roetling
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:02
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T7/00; G06T7/0002; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103; G06F40/106; G06F40/20; G06F40/205; G06F40/226; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/98; G06V10/993; G06V30/00; G06V30/40; G06V30/41; G06V30/414; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00002; H04N1/00005; H04N1/00026; H04N1/00034; H04N1/00068; G06T2207/00; G06T2207/10; G06T2207/10004; G06T2207/10008; G06T2207/30; G06T2207/30108; G06T2207/30144; G06T2207/30168; G06T2207/30176
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A method for quantifying a measure of quality of a document,
comprising: (a) measuring a predetermined set of characteristics of the document; (b) quantizing the measured predetermined set of characteristics of the
document; and (c) generating a quantized convenience value for the document based
on a predetermined combining function, the predetermined combining
function combining the quantized measured predetermined set of
characteristics, the quantized convenience value being a measure of quality
of the document.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined
combining function is a weighted average or sum of the quantized measured
predetermined set of characteristics.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined
combining function is a weighted product of or a non-linear operation
performed upon the quantized measured predetermined set of characteristics.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the quantized
predetermined characteristics is one of consistency, disability proof, ease of
navigation, viewable fraction or color harmony of the document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the quantized
predetermined characteristics is legibility, searchability or locatability of
objects in the document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the quantized
predetermined characteristics is single window displayability or
transmission/processing time of the document.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the quantized
consistency of the document is realized by: (i) measuring and quantizing consistency of scan in the
document; (ii) measuring and quantizing consistency of order in the
document; (iii) measuring and quantizing consistency of position of
objects in the document; (iv) measuring and quantizing consistency of luminance
in the document; (v) measuring and quantizing consistency of size of
objects in the document; and (vi) measuring and quantizing consistency of style of
objects in the document.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for quantifying a measure of quality of a document,
comprising: (a) measuring a predetermined set of characteristics of the document; (b) quantizing the measured predetermined set of characteristics of the
document; (c) generating a quantized aesthetics value for the document based on
a predetermined aesthetics combining function, the predetermined aesthetics
combining function combining a predetermined subset of the quantized
measured predetermined set of characteristics; (d) generating a quantized convenience value for the document based
on a predetermined convenience combining function, the predetermined
convenience combining function combining a predetermined subset of the
quantized measured predetermined set of characteristics; and (e) generating a quantized quality value for the document based on a
predetermined quality combining function, the predetermined quality
combining function combining the generated quantized aesthetics value and
the generated quantized convenience value.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
141 words
A method for quantifying a measure of quality of a document,
comprising: (a) measuring a predetermined set of characteristics of the document; (b) quantizing the measured predetermined set of characteristics of the
document; (c) generating a quantized convenience value for the document based
on a predetermined convenience combining function, the predetermined
convenience combining function combining a predetermined subset of the
quantized measured predetermined set of characteristics; (d) generating a quantized ease of use value for the document based
on a predetermined ease of use combining function, the predetermined ease
of use combining function combining a predetermined subset of the
quantized measured predetermined set of characteristics; and (e) generating a quantized quality value for the document based on a
predetermined quality combining function, the predetermined quality
combining function combining the generated quantized convenience value
and the generated quantized ease of use value.
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