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Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1998-07-30
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Granted: 2003-04-29
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Expires: 2018-07-30
Abstract
Abstract A search result of a search target object is displayed at a high speed. By dividing an image into a plurality of areas and allocating attribute information to each area, only the area including the attribute information showing the search target object is searched and is displayed or transmitted, so that a part of a desired image can be extracted at a high speed.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Kobayashi
- 👤 Kentaro Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
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US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:15
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/58; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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An image processing apparatus comprising: a discriminating unit adapted to discriminate a position designate word from the other words in a search phrase input by a user by a classification of the search word phrase; and a searching unit adapted to search an area corresponding to the position designate word for image data which satisfies conditions of a key word in the case wherein it is determined by said discriminating unit that information indicative of the key word and said position designate word is included in said search word phrase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a discriminating unit adapted to discriminate a position designate word from the other words in a search phrase input by a user by a classification of the search word phrase; and a searching unit adapted to search an area corresponding to the position designate word for image data which satisfies conditions of a key word in the case wherein it is determined by said discriminating unit that information indicative of the key word and said position designate word is included in said search word phrase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said image data is divided into a plurality of areas and stored.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein continuous numbers are allocated to said plurality of areas and said position information is managed by said numbers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a storage unit adapted to allocate continuous numbers to said plurality of areas and storing said numbers and key words so as to correspond to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where it is determined by said discriminating unit that a key word coincides said search word, said searching unit searches an image data which satisfies conditions of the key word and position information only from image data having the key word.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit adapted to display the image data searched by said searching unit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image processing apparatus, according to claim 1 , further comprising an input unit adapted to input said search word.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
89 words
An image processing method comprising: a discriminating step of discriminating a position designate word from the other words in a search word phrase input by a user by a classification of the search word phrase; and a searching step of searching an area corresponding to the position designate word for image data which satisfies conditions of a key word in the case wherein it is determined by said discriminating step that information indicative of the key word and said position designate word is included in said search word phrase.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
89 words
An image processing method comprising: a discriminating step of discriminating a position designate word from the other words in a search word phrase input by a user by a classification of the search word phrase; and a searching step of searching an area corresponding to the position designate word for image data which satisfies conditions of a key word in the case wherein it is determined by said discriminating step that information indicative of the key word and said position designate word is included in said search word phrase.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 8 , wherein said image data is divided into a plurality of areas and stored.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 9 , wherein continuous numbers are allocated to said plurality of areas and said position information is managed by said numbers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 9 , wherein a key word is provided to each of said divided areas.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 9 , further comprising a storing step of allocating continuous numbers to said plurality of areas and storing said numbers and key words so as to correspond to each other.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 9 , wherein, in a case where it is determined by said discriminating step that a key word coincides said search word, said searching step searches an image data which satisfies conditions of the key word and position information only from image data having the key word.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 8 , further comprising a displaying step of displaying the image data searched by said searching step.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
An image processing method, according to claim 8 , further comprising an inputting step of inputting said search word.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
99 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first storage unit adapted to divide an image into a plurality of areas and storing attribute information comprising a key word for each of the areas; a searching unit adapted to search, when a search word phrase including a position designate word is designated by being input by a user, an attribute information corresponding to the search word phrase from a plurality of said attribute information stored in the first storage unit; and an output control unit adapted to control output of an area having searched attribute information searched by said searching unit.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
99 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first storage unit adapted to divide an image into a plurality of areas and storing attribute information comprising a key word for each of the areas; a searching unit adapted to search, when a search word phrase including a position designate word is designated by being input by a user, an attribute information corresponding to the search word phrase from a plurality of said attribute information stored in the first storage unit; and an output control unit adapted to control output of an area having searched attribute information searched by said searching unit.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein said attribute information is a key word allocated to each area of an image.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein said attribute information is an image characteristic amount allocated to each area of an image.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein said image characteristic amount is a color component of an image data.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein said image characteristic amount is a shape pattern of an image data.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising: a second storage unit adapted to allocate continuous numbers to said plurality of areas and storing said numbers and said image characteristic amounts so as to correspond to each other.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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An image processing method comprising: a first storage step of dividing an image into a plurality of areas and storing attribute information comprising a key word for each of the areas; a searching step of when a search word phrase including a position designate word is designated by being input by a user, searching an attribute information corresponding to the search word phrase from a plurality of said attribute information stored in said first storage step; and an output control step of controlling output of an area having searched attribute information searched in said searching step.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
96 words
An image processing method comprising: a first storage step of dividing an image into a plurality of areas and storing attribute information comprising a key word for each of the areas; a searching step of when a search word phrase including a position designate word is designated by being input by a user, searching an attribute information corresponding to the search word phrase from a plurality of said attribute information stored in said first storage step; and an output control step of controlling output of an area having searched attribute information searched in said searching step.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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An image processing method according to claim 22 , wherein the attribute information is a key word allocated to each area of an image.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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An image processing method according to claim 22 , wherein the attribute information further comprises an image characteristic amount allocated to each area of an image.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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An image processing method according to claim 22 , wherein the image characteristic amount is a color component of an image data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing method according to claim 22 , wherein the image characteristic amount is a shape pattern of an image data.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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An image processing method according to claim 22 , further comprising: a second storage step of allocating continuous numbers to the plurality of areas and storing the numbers and the image characteristic amounts so as to correspond to each other.
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