WO2001013279A3 - Word searchable database from high volume scanning of newspaper data - Google Patents

Word searchable database from high volume scanning of newspaper data Download PDF

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WO2001013279A3
WO2001013279A3 PCT/US2000/022492 US0022492W WO0113279A3 WO 2001013279 A3 WO2001013279 A3 WO 2001013279A3 US 0022492 W US0022492 W US 0022492W WO 0113279 A3 WO0113279 A3 WO 0113279A3
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newsprint
information
image
processing
word
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John R Yokley
Don Nissen
Erik Schwartz
Bryan Kornele
Ed Lee
Kevin Kapel
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Ptfs Inc
John R Yokley
Don Nissen
Erik Schwartz
Bryan Kornele
Ed Lee
Kevin Kapel
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/30—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of unstructured textual data
    • G06F16/33—Querying
    • G06F16/338—Presentation of query results
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/93—Document management systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/50—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of still image data
    • G06F16/58—Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
    • G06F16/583—Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
    • G06F16/5846—Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content using extracted text
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F18/00—Pattern recognition

Abstract

A process for digitizing newsprint information from a newspaper includes scanning the information into a digital image format and then processing the image to produce searchable text. The processing includes removing data stamps and other marks that are written over the newsprint, enhancing the image using a library of image processing functions, and performing voting-OCR to select an optimal OCR output. The OCR output yields highly accurate text which can be word searched using adaptive pattern recognition processing, fuzzy logic, morphology, and other techniques to provide a word searchable database of newsprint information from newspapers. The process is software controlled so that the work flow, both electronic and non-electronic, between various processes or stations is tracked and sequenced, and appropriate data is collected and stored.
PCT/US2000/022492 1999-08-17 2000-08-17 Word searchable database from high volume scanning of newspaper data WO2001013279A2 (en)

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