Method and system for suppression of features in digital images of content
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for suppressing one or more features in an image of a page of content, comprising:
- (a) acquiring an image of a page of content;
(b) automatically analyzing the image to identify one or more features in the image of the page of content that are to be suppressed or not to be suppressed, wherein the analysis is performed by a computer process; and
(c) preparing a substitute image for display that includes one or more portions of the analyzed image having those features that are not to be suppressed.
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Abstract
Suppression of one or more features in an image of a page of content may be achieved by acquiring a page image, identifying one or more features in the page image that are to be suppressed or not to be suppressed, and preparing a substitute page image which only includes images of the features that are not to be suppressed. Preparing a substitute page image may include generating a blank image and using location and size information to copy images of the non-suppressed features from the original page image to the blank image. In other embodiments, preparing a substitute page image may include removing image information from the original page image outside the non-suppressed features, or identifying and removing features that are to be suppressed from the original page image. Feature suppression may be used to implement access rules that limit the content in a page image.
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1. A computer-implemented method for suppressing one or more features in an image of a page of content, comprising:
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(a) acquiring an image of a page of content; (b) automatically analyzing the image to identify one or more features in the image of the page of content that are to be suppressed or not to be suppressed, wherein the analysis is performed by a computer process; and (c) preparing a substitute image for display that includes one or more portions of the analyzed image having those features that are not to be suppressed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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- 35. A computer system that provides an image of a page of content to a user as a result of a search, comprising a search server in communication with a database server, in which the database server is configured with a library of content that includes (1) an image database containing images of pages of content and (2) a text searchable database containing text and information identifying the images in the image database that contain the text, the search server being configured with computer-implemented instructions that enable the search server to retrieve an image of a page of content from the image database based on a user search, analyze the image to identify one or more features in the image that are to be suppressed or not to be suppressed, prepare a substitute image that includes one or more portions of the analyzed image having those features that are not to be suppressed, and provide the substitute image to the user.
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