Memo image managing apparatus, memo image managing system and memo image managing method
First Claim
1. A memo image managing apparatus connectable to an information appliance capable of manipulating a memo image, comprising:
- a memo image accumulating section adapted to accumulate memo images;
a memo image retrieving section adapted to retrieve a predetermined memo image from said accumulated memo images in response to a request from said information appliance or the other information appliance than said information appliance;
a character information recognizing section adapted to recognize and extract character information from said memo image; and
a memo image distributing section adapted to distribute to said information appliance said memo image retrieved by said memo image retrieving section or said character information extracted by said character information recognizing section.
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Abstract
Herein disclosed is a memo image managing apparatus, system and method which are adapted to manage and retrieve a large amount of memo images. The memo image managing apparatus that is connectable to a portable terminal capable of performing a memo image exchange and a memo image display comprises: a managing server adapted to manage memo images and a character information recognizing server adapted to recognize character information of the memo image. The managing server is comprised of a memo image accumulating section adapted to accumulate memo images and a memo image retrieving section adapted to retrieve a predetermined memo image from the accumulated memo images in response to a request. The character information recognizing server is comprised of a character information recognizing section adapted to recognize character information from the memo image.
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20 Claims
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1. A memo image managing apparatus connectable to an information appliance capable of manipulating a memo image, comprising:
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a memo image accumulating section adapted to accumulate memo images;
a memo image retrieving section adapted to retrieve a predetermined memo image from said accumulated memo images in response to a request from said information appliance or the other information appliance than said information appliance;
a character information recognizing section adapted to recognize and extract character information from said memo image; and
a memo image distributing section adapted to distribute to said information appliance said memo image retrieved by said memo image retrieving section or said character information extracted by said character information recognizing section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A memo image managing system, comprising:
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(a) an information appliance including a portable terminal; and
(b) a server connectable to said information appliance via a communication line and capable of exchanging, accumulating and retrieving a memo image from said information appliance, said server being comprised of;
(i) a memo image accumulating section adapted to accumulating memo images;
(ii) a memo image retrieving section adapted to retrieve a predetermined memo image from said accumulated memo images in response to a request from said information appliance or the other information appliance than said information appliance;
(iii) a character information recognizing section adapted to recognize and extract character information from said memo image; and
(iv) a memo image distributing section adapted to distribute to said information appliance said memo image retrieved by said memo image retrieving section or said character information extracted by said character information recognizing section. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A memo image managing method of managing memo images by using an information appliance capable of manipulating said memo images and a managing server connectable to said information appliance via a communication line and capable of performing an exchange, accumulation and retrieval with respect to said memo images transmitted from said information appliance, comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting said memo image from said information appliance to said managing server;
(b) accumulating said transmitted memo image;
(c) retrieving a predetermined image from said accumulated memo images in response to a request from said information appliance or the other information appliance than said information appliance;
(d) recognizing and extracting character information from said memo image, as desired, before or after the step (b) or the step (c); and
(e) distributing to said information appliance said retrieved memo image or said recognized and extracted character information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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