Abstract: A method for handling of a document in a computer system, includes digitizing the document with the scanner to form a digitized image, determining a feature vector for the digitized image, comparing feature vectors of a plurality of previously stored images to the feature vector, returning a list of locations in the memory having at least one of the plurality of previously stored documents with a feature vector similar to the feature vector, and performing a task on the digitized image appropriate for documents in a selected location in the memory.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 1997
Date of Patent:
March 2, 1999
Assignee:
Documagix, Incorporated
Inventors:
Steve Ka Lai Leung, Samuel S. Hahn, Jon R. Degenhardt, Andrew C. Segal
Abstract: A method for handling of a document in a computer system, includes digitizing the document with the scanner to form a digitized image, determining a feature vector for the digitized image, comparing feature vectors of a plurality of previously stored images to the feature vector, returning a list of locations in the memory having at least one of the plurality of previously stored documents with a feature vector similar to the feature vector, and performing a task on the digitized image appropriate for documents in a selected location in the memory.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 1994
Date of Patent:
June 24, 1997
Assignee:
Documagix, Incorporated
Inventors:
Steve Ka Lai Leung, Samuel S. Hahn, Jon R. Degenhardt, Andrew C. Segal