System and methods for extracting semantics from images
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1. A method of extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said method comprising the steps of:
- accessing stored information defining predefined constraints used to create the static image;
identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, based upon the stored information;
extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
converting at least a portion of the biological model to an editable, local format using the extracted information.
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Abstract
System, tools and methods for extracting the contents from a graphical image, such as the representation of a biological process, and converting the contents into a standardized, machine readable format. The standard format can be used to create editable graphical representations of images, such as biological models.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing stored information defining predefined constraints used to create the static image;
identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, based upon the stored information;
extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
converting at least a portion of the biological model to an editable, local format using the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing an image map used to create the static image;
identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, base upon information in the image map;
extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
converting at least a portion of the biological model to the editable, local format using the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said method comprising the steps of:
converting the static image to a standard format;
extracting information from the standard formatted static image based using image processing based upon content defining specific constraints on the static image; and
mapping the extracted information according to a local format, thereby making an editable map. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said system comprising:
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means for accessing stored information defining predefined constraints used to create the static image;
means for identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, based upon the stored information;
means for extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
means for converting at least a portion of the biological model to an editable, local format using the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for extracting semantics from a static graphic image of a biological model and for converting the static image to an editable biological model, said system comprising:
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a database-specific content extraction module adapted to extract content from the static image based on predefined constraints specific to a database from which the static image originated; and
a conversion module adapted to convert the extracted content to a local format used to create an editable biological map corresponding to the static image. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions from a user of a computer system for identifying data relevant to the context of a user'"'"'s local data, wherein the execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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accessing stored information defining predefined constraints used to create the static image;
identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, based upon the stored information;
extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
converting at least a portion of the biological model to an editable, local format using the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions from a user of a computer system for identifying data relevant to the context of a user'"'"'s local data, wherein the execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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accessing an image map used to create the static image;
identifying at least one entity or relationship represented in the static image, base upon information in the image map;
extracting information describing the at least one entity or relationship; and
converting at least a portion of the biological model to the editable, local format using the extracted information.
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