Method and system for automatically inputting text image
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYasushi Abe, Shiori Oaku, Takashi Saitoh, Tsukasa Kohchi
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Abstract
An automatic text inputting method and a system inputs text from multiple pages such as in a book by automatically turning pages, optically converting text image on each page into character data and determining an end of a specified unit of text. For example, the specified unit of text includes an article in a magazine and a chapter in a book. Additionally, in a selected group of text, a representative word is also automatically selected.
Claims22
A method of inputting text from multiple pages into a digital memory device, comprising the steps of:
- a) automatically turning a page;
- b) scanning text on the page for optically converting the text into a predetermined format of digital data;
- c) determining a break at an end of a first portion of the text based upon a predetermined key word which is followed by one or more pages containing an irrelevant portion of the text and/or graphics that is irrelevant to the first portion of the text;
- d) turning the one or more pages containing the irrelevant portion of the text and/or the graphics based upon said step c);
- e) determining an end of the irrelevant portion in the digital data, a second portion defining the text which follows the end of the irrelevant portion;
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- f) scanning the second portion of the text;
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- g) inputting the scanned text of the first and second portions of the text without the one or more pages containing the irrelevant portion of the text and/or the graphics irrelevant to the first and second portions into the digital memory device.
A system for inputting text from multiple pages into a digital memory device, comprising:
- an automatic page turner for automatically turning a page, each page containing text;
- a scanner/optical character recognizer operationally connected to said automatic page turner for scanning the text for optically converting the text into a predetermined format of digital data;
- a text divider operationally connected to said scanner/optical character recognizer for dividing said digital data into portions;
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- a search unit operationally connected to said scanner/optical character recognizer for determining a break at an end of a first portion of the text based upon a predetermined key word followed by one or more pages containing an irrelevant portion of text and/or graphics that is irrelevant to the first portion of the text and determining an end of the irrelevant portion, said automatic page turner turning the one or more pages containing the irrelevant portion of the text and/or the graphics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.