IP Library Granted Patent US 8,930,367
Granted Patent B2
US 8,930,367 · App. 13/750,538 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Non-transitory computer-readable medium, information classification method, and information processing apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,930,367
App. No.
13/750,538
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: acquiring posted information items, each of the posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item; generating text information items including text items in such a manner that image information items are removed from the posted information items, and classifying the text items into first categories; generating image information items including images in such a manner that text information items are removed from the posted information items, and classifying the images into second categories; associating the classified text items and the classified images with each other on the basis of the first and second categories to obtain results; and outputting the text items and the images for each of the results.

Claims (22)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

acquiring from a microblog server a plurality of posted information items, each of the plurality of posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item;

generating text information items including a plurality of text items where the image information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and individually classifying the text items included in the text information items into first categories;

generating image information items including a plurality of images where the text information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and individually classifying the images included in the image information items into second categories;

associating the classified text items and the classified images with each other on the basis of the first and second categories to obtain results; and

outputting the text items and the images, which have been associated with each other, for each of the results.

2. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein, in the outputting, the text items and the images are output independently of each other for each of the results.

3. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein, in the associating, association information items in which the first categories and the second categories are associated with each other using overall categories are provided, and the classified text items and the classified images are associated with each other on the basis of the first categories, the second categories, and the overall categories included in the association information items.

4. The medium according to claim 2 , wherein, in the associating, association information items in which the first categories and the second categories are associated with each other using overall categories are provided, and the classified text items and the classified images are associated with each other on the basis of the first categories, the second categories, and the overall categories included in the association information items.

5. An information classification computer-implemented method comprising:

acquiring from a microblog server a plurality of posted information items, each of the plurality of posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item;

generating text information items including a plurality of text items where the image information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and individually classifying the text items included in the text information items into first categories;

generating image information items including a plurality of images where the text information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and individually classifying the images included in the image information items into second categories;

associating the classified text items and the classified images with each other on the basis of the first and second categories to obtain results; and

outputting the text items and the images, which have been associated with each other, for each of the results.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to act as:

an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of posted information items from a microblog server, each of the plurality of posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item;

a text classification unit that generates text information items including a plurality of text items where the image information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and that individually classifies the text items included in the text information items into first categories;

an image classification unit that generates image information items including a plurality of images where the text information items are removed from the plurality of posted information items, and that individually classifies the images included in the image information items into second categories;

an associating unit that associates the classified text items and the classified images with each other on the basis of the first and second categories to obtain results; and

an output unit that outputs the text items and the images, which have been associated with each other by the associating unit, for each of the results.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: OKUMA, TOMOKO; KATO, NORIJI; MIURA, YASUHIDE; HATTORI, KEIGO; FUKUI, MOTOFUMI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029781/0733 →