Patents Examined by David Amini
  • Information searching apparatus, information searching method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 6853389
    Abstract: An information searching apparatus for searching for information calculates a matching degree, which indicates a degree at which searching conditions used for searching for the information are satisfied, decides a complete matching area in which is displayed information whose matching degree indicates a complete matching, and displays information on an inside or an outside of the complete matching area in accordance with whether or not the matching degree of the information indicates a complete matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuyo Ikeda