| US 7,457,467 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for automatically combining a digital image with text data | ||
| Christopher R. Dance, La Terrasse (France); and Gabriela Csurka, Meylan (France) | ||
| Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/767,348. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0169558 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/62 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—224 [382/306; 382/305] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for automatically combining a digital image with text data, comprising:
(a) receiving electronic data comprising a digital image;
(b) automatically classifying the image according to a predetermined set of categories;
(c) searching a repository of categorized text data for text data having a parent category corresponding to the category of
the image, according to a predetermined criterion,
(d) iteratively searching a plurality of sub-categories of categorized text data, of the parent category, for text data corresponding
to the category of the image according to the predetermined criterion, wherein each corresponding sub-category becomes the
parent category for the next iteration of the search; and
(e) automatically selecting text data from the repository that belongs to the sub-category of text data corresponding to the
category of the image according to the predetermined criterion in the final iteration of the search;
wherein (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are executed on one or more servers;
the text data is not metadata;
the text data is at least one of a newspaper, book, magazine, brochure, pamphlet or advertisement; and
each of the newspaper, book, magazine, brochure, pamphlet or advertisement are stored as a text file.
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