Document Search Excerpts for Printed Work Digitization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in making traditional printed works, such as books and magazines, digitally available, as converting them into digital form using optical character recognition (OCR) is difficult due to the complexity of processing printed text into computer-readable formats.
Innovation Solution
A method and graphical user interface that receives a search query, identifies relevant documents, and provides search results including images, excerpts, and links to other excerpts within the document, facilitating the presentation of information from both web and printed documents in a user-friendly format.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If OCR is used to convert printed text to digital form, then digital availability of printed works is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document processing by providing excerpts (portions of pages) rather than requiring processing or display of entire pages. Each excerpt contains relevant text and associated images, allowing users to access specific portions of printed works without processing the complete document, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining digital availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified digital copies of printed works by generating excerpts that capture essential information (text and images) without requiring complete faithful reproduction. These excerpts serve as representative copies that provide digital access to printed content while avoiding the complexity of processing and storing entire original documents.
2Loss of information
If complete document pages are provided in search results, then information completeness is improved, but user ability to locate specific information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts relevant portions (excerpts) from complete document pages and presents them separately. Each excerpt contains specific text and associated images that are directly relevant to the search query, allowing users to locate specific information quickly without sifting through entire pages. This extraction maintains information completeness for relevant content while dramatically improving ease of locating specific information.
3Loss of information
If images of text are included in search results, then visual information is improved, but data transmission size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by including images only in specific locations where they are most valuable - associated with specific excerpts of text rather than throughout entire documents. Each image is locally paired with its relevant text excerpt, providing visual information where needed while minimizing overall data transmission by excluding unnecessary images from other parts of the document.
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AI summary
A method includes receiving a search query, identifying a document based on the search query, and providing a search result based on the document. The search result includes, for example, an image associated with the document, an excerpt from the document that is associated with the search query, and links to other excerpts in the document that are associated with the search query. The method may also include providing other information associated with the document.