Apparatus and methods for management of electronic images
First Claim
1. A computer apparatus for creating a text searchable data structure containing electronic image documents, comprising:
- a first module that converts an electronic image document into a visually optimized electronic image document, wherein the first module includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor;
a second module that converts an electronic image document into a detail optimized electronic image document, which is different than the visually optimized image, wherein the first module includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor;
an OCR engine that abstracts character information from the detail optimized electronic image document and writes the character information into a text file; and
,a linking module that links the visually optimized electronic image document with the text file in a data structure.
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Abstract
Systems including hardware and computer software and methods can create a text-searchable data structure that includes electronic image documents. The system may be configured in modules. The system converts an electronic image document into a visually optimized electronic image document and into a detail optimized electronic image document. The system also includes an OCR engine that abstracts character information from the detail optimized electronic image document and writes the character information into a text file. The visually optimized electronic image document is linked with the text file in a data structure by the system. The resulting data structure, which may be an image over hidden text pdf document, may be searched using various text based search techniques. When specified text is located in a text file, the corresponding visually optimized electronic image document may then be presented to the searcher.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer apparatus for creating a text searchable data structure containing electronic image documents, comprising:
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a first module that converts an electronic image document into a visually optimized electronic image document, wherein the first module includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor; a second module that converts an electronic image document into a detail optimized electronic image document, which is different than the visually optimized image, wherein the first module includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor; an OCR engine that abstracts character information from the detail optimized electronic image document and writes the character information into a text file; and
,a linking module that links the visually optimized electronic image document with the text file in a data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data structure created by a process comprising:
- generating a visually optimized electronic image document from an electronic image document;
generating a detail optimized electronic image document from the electronic image document, which is different than the visually optimized electronic image document;
using an optical character recognition engine to create a text file from the detail optimized electronic image document; and
linking the visually optimized image with the text file in a data structure, and the data structure comprising;one or more visually optimized digital images derived from an original image file; and one or more text files derived from an optical character recognition optimized file that is derived from the original image file, each text file linked with the visually optimized digital image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
- generating a visually optimized electronic image document from an electronic image document;
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11. A method for creating a text searchable data structure containing electronic image documents, comprising:
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generating a visually optimized electronic image document from an electronic image document; generating a detail optimized electronic image document from the electronic image document, which is different than the visually optimized electronic image document; using an optical character recognition engine to create a text file from the detail optimized electronic image document; and linking the visually optimized image with the text file in a data structure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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