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US 7,610,274 B2Granted
Method, apparatus, and program for retrieving data
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaeko Gotoh
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Abstract
A method for retrieving data includes a displaying step of displaying data including a plurality of attributes, a first selecting step of selecting a data segment functioning as a search key from the displayed data, a determining step of determining an attribute of the search key, and a searching step of searching a database by a search method corresponding to the determined attribute of the search key.
Claims13
A method for retrieving data from a database, comprising:
- displaying data including a plurality of attributes;
- selecting a plurality of segments from the displayed data;
- determining an attribute of each of the plurality of segments, wherein an attribute of a first one of the plurality of segments is a text attribute, and an attribute of a second one of the plurality of segments is a non-text attribute;
- setting a first search key and a second search key, wherein text data corresponding to the text attribute of the first one of the plurality of segments is set as the first search key, and non-text data corresponding to the non-text attribute of the second one of the plurality of segments is extracted and set as the second search key;
- setting a search expression using the plurality of segments, and a logic operator, wherein the logic operator corresponding to a predetermined path drawn by a pointing operation is set in the setting step;
- and
- searching the database, based on the first search key and the second search key, by using a search method corresponding to the first search key and the second search key, respectively,
- wherein the non-text attribute comprises at least one of an image, a photograph, a table, graphics, figures, a picture, a frame, or a line.
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An apparatus for retrieving data from a database, comprising:
- a displaying unit configured to display data including a plurality of attributes;
- a selecting unit configured to select a plurality of segments from the displayed data;
- a determining unit configured to determine an attribute of each of the plurality of segments, wherein an attribute of a first one of the plurality of segments is a text attribute, and an attribute of a second one of the plurality of segments is a non-text attribute;
- a first setting unit configured to set a first search key and a second search key, wherein text data corresponding to the text attribute of the first one of the plurality of segments is set as the first search key, and non-text data corresponding to the non-text attribute of the second one of the plurality of segments is extracted and set as the second search key;
- a second setting unit configured to set a search expression using the plurality of segments, and a logic operator, wherein the logic operator corresponding to a predetermined path drawn by a pointing operation is set by the second setting unit;
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- a searching unit configured to search the database, based on the first search key and the second search key, by using a search method corresponding to the first search key and the second search key, respectively,
- wherein the non-text attribute comprises at least one of an image, a photograph, a table, graphics, figures, a picture, a frame, or a line.
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A computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute steps of:
- displaying data including a plurality of attributes;
- selecting a plurality of segments from the displayed data;
- determining an attribute of each of the plurality of segments, wherein an attribute of a first one of the plurality of segments is a text attribute, and an attribute of a second one of the plurality of segments is a non-text attribute;
- setting a first search key and a second search key, wherein text data corresponding to the text attribute of the first one of the plurality of segments is set as the first search key, and non-text data corresponding to the non-text attribute of the second one of the plurality of segments is extracted and set as the second search key;
- setting a search expression using the plurality of segments, and a logic operator, wherein the logic operator corresponding to a predetermined path drawn by a pointing operation is set in the setting step;
- and
- searching the database, based on the first search key and the second search key, by using a search method corresponding to the first search key and the second search key, respectively,
- wherein the non-text attribute comprises at least one of an image, a photograph, a table, graphics, figures, a picture, a frame, or a line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.