Information Processing Apparatus Extracting Annotated and Associated Pages
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Solution Overview
Problem
When only a page with an annotation is extracted from target data, the associated content is not extracted, making it difficult to check the content of the page.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that extracts not only the annotated page but also associated pages, using a note management table to correlate annotations with their respective pages and determine extraction conditions, allowing for simultaneous printing or preview of the annotated page and its associated content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If only the annotated page is extracted as a print target, then the printing operation is simplified and faster, but the associated content cannot be checked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the annotated page and its associated pages into a single extraction operation. The extraction unit extracts both the annotated page and associated pages together as a combined set of print targets, allowing users to check both the annotation and its related content in one printing operation, thus resolving the contradiction between printing speed and content checkability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the extraction process into two distinct components: the annotated page extraction based on annotation information, and the associated page extraction based on predetermined association relationships. This segmentation allows the system to efficiently identify and extract only the necessary pages (annotated page plus its associations) rather than processing the entire document, maintaining productivity while ensuring complete content checkability.
2Loss of information
If multiple pages are extracted for content checking, then complete content verification is achieved, but the printing operation becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing association relationships between pages before the extraction operation. The management unit stores predetermined association relationships in advance, so when extraction is needed, the system can quickly retrieve and act on these pre-defined relationships without performing complex analysis during the extraction process itself, thereby reducing operational complexity while ensuring complete content verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The extraction unit automatically determines which pages to extract by autonomously querying the management unit for associated pages based on the annotated page identifier. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual page selection or complex user configuration, simplifying the operation while ensuring that all necessary pages (annotated and associated) are extracted together for complete content verification.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to extract an annotated page and one or more associated pages associated with the annotated page from target data including plural pages.