# US 8,751,519 B2 · Image processing apparatus and method for controlling image processing apparatus

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- Number: US 8,751,519 B2
- Document ID: US8751519B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/527,409
- Filed: 2012-06-19
- Published: 2012-10-11
- Granted: 2014-06-10
- Earliest claimed: 2007-03-30
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Seiya Fujinaga
- Inventors: Seiya Fujinaga
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8751519B2

## CPC

- G06F 16/338: Presentation of query results
- G06F 16/332: Query formulation
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An apparatus includes a designation unit, a search unit, and an output unit. The designation unit designates a page number and a search key as a search condition. The search unit automatically searches paginated documents stored in a storage containing the designated search key within the designated page number. The output unit outputs an image of the designated page number of the searched document as a search result.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus to search a paginated document, the apparatus comprising:
a designation unit configured to designate, as a search condition, a page number and a search key;
a search unit configured to automatically search, within the designated page number, a plurality of paginated documents stored in a storage using the designated search key or, in response to a paginated document of the plurality of paginated documents not including the designated page number, to automatically search, within a predetermined page number, that paginated document using the designated search key; and
an output unit configured to output an image of a searched paginated document as a search result.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation unit designates a plurality of page numbers, and the search unit searches, within the designated plurality of page numbers, paginated documents using the designated search key.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs a number of hits of the search key within the designated page number of a searched paginated document with information for specifying the searched paginated document as the search result.

### Claim 4

A method for an apparatus to search a paginated document, the method comprising:
designating, as a search condition, a page number and a search key;
automatically searching, within the designated page number, a plurality of paginated documents stored in a storage using the designated search key or, in response to a paginated document of the plurality of paginated documents not including the designated page number, automatically searching, within a predetermined page number, that paginated document using the designated search key; and
outputting an image of a searched paginated document as a search result.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein designating includes designating a plurality of page numbers, and searching includes searching, within the designated plurality of page numbers, paginated documents using the designated search key.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein outputting includes outputting a number of hits of the search key within the designated page number of a searched paginated document with information for specifying the searched paginated document as the search result.

### Claim 7

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program that causes a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
designating, as a search condition, a page number and a search key;
automatically searching, within the designated page number, a plurality of paginated documents stored in a storage using the designated search key or, in response to a paginated document of the plurality of paginated documents not including the designated page number, automatically searching, within a predetermined page number, that paginated document using the designated search key; and
outputting an image of a searched paginated document as a search result.