Method and an apparatus for visual summarization of documents
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1. A method comprising:
- extracting at least one visual feature from a document, the document having a plurality of pages, wherein at least one visual feature is weighted based on one of gradations and a location of the visual feature;
ranking each of the pages in the document based on the at least one visual feature, wherein the ranking is performed based on a similarity relationship between content of the respective page and the at least one visual feature; and
displaying page icons representing the pages of the document in an order based on a result of the ranking.
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Abstract
A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine causes the processor to generate data through extracting at least one visual feature from a document having a plurality of pages, ranking the pages in a document, selecting a page for representing a document according to the visual feature, and displaying the selected page as display data.
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1. A method comprising:
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extracting at least one visual feature from a document, the document having a plurality of pages, wherein at least one visual feature is weighted based on one of gradations and a location of the visual feature;
ranking each of the pages in the document based on the at least one visual feature, wherein the ranking is performed based on a similarity relationship between content of the respective page and the at least one visual feature; and
displaying page icons representing the pages of the document in an order based on a result of the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system comprising:
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a display;
a processor coupled to the display; and
a memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data through;
extracting at least one visual feature from a document, the document having a plurality of pages, wherein at least one visual feature is weight based on one of gradations and a location of the visual feature;
ranking the pages in the document according to the at least one visual feature, wherein the ranking is performed based on a similarity relationship between content of the respective page and the at least one visual feature, selecting a page for representing a document according to a result of the ranking, and displaying the selected page as the display data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article of manufacture having at least one machine readable storage media containing executable program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system caused the digital processing system to:
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extract at least one visual feature from a document, the document having a plurality of pages, wherein at least one visual feature is weighted based on one of gradations and a location of the visual feature, rank pages in the document based on said at least one visual feature, wherein the ranking is performed based on a similarity relationship between content of the respective page and the at least one visual feature, select the pages for representing a document based on a result of the ranking, and display selected pages. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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extracting at least one visual feature from a document, the document having a plurality of Pages, wherein at least one visual feature is weighted based on one of gradations and a location of the visual feature;
grouping the pages of the document based on a similarity relationship between the respective page and the at least one visual feature;
selecting representative pages from groups that are significantly different from a remainder of the pages of the respective group; and
displaying the representative pages for representing the pages of the respective group.
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