IP Library Granted Patent US 12,266,201
Granted Patent B2
US 12,266,201 · App. 17/168,181 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Information processing apparatus, document management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Yuzo Katayama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06V30/40G06F40/103G06V30/1448G06V30/147
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Patent No.
US 12,266,201
App. No.
17/168,181
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to extract from one or more electronic documents viewed before by a user a region of interest on which the user focuses attention and create a thumbnail of an electronic document to be viewed by the user in accordance with the region of interest by extracting an image corresponding to the region of interest from the electronic document.

Claims (55)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

determine, from one or more electronic documents viewed before by a user, a region of interest on which the user focuses attention, and a process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

create a learning model based on the region of interest in the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user and the process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

determine a designated region from an electronic document to be viewed by the user according to the learning model and a process to be performed by the user, and wherein the electronic document to be viewed by the user is different from the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

extract an image of the designated region from the electronic document to be viewed by the user,

create a first thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the user in accordance with the image of the designated region, and

set the first thumbnail as a thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the user.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine, for the process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user, the region of interest in association with an object for which the user has searched.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine, for the process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user, as the region of interest a region on which the user has performed character recognition in an image of the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine as the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user a region adjacent to the region on which the user has performed character recognition in the image of the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine as the one or more electronic documents a region that forms a key-value relationship as a result of the character recognition.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the first thumbnail in accordance with a degree of association obtained for the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the degree of association is a degree of association between user attributes.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the degree of association is a degree of association between processes in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is configured to follow an instruction from the user and change the first thumbnail in accordance with the degree of association.

10. A document management system comprising:

a terminal apparatus that processes an electronic document; and

a document management apparatus that manages the electronic document,

wherein the document management apparatus includes

a processor configured to

determine, from one or more electronic documents viewed before by a user, a region of interest on which the user focuses attention, and a process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

create a learning model based on the region of interest in the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user and the process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

determine a designated region from an electronic document to be viewed by the user according to the learning model and a process to be performed by the user, and wherein the electronic document to be viewed by the user is different from the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user,

extract an image of the designated region from the electronic document to be viewed by the user,

create a first thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the user in accordance with the image of the designated region, and

set the first thumbnail as a thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the user.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

determining, from one or more electronic documents viewed before by a user, a region of interest on which the user focuses attention, and a process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user;

creating a learning model based on the region of interest in the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user and the process in which the user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user;

determining a designated region from an electronic document to be viewed by the user according to the learning model and a process to be performed by the user, and wherein the electronic document to be viewed by the user is different from the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user;

extracting an image of the designated region from the electronic document to be viewed by the user;

creating a first thumbnail of the electronic document in accordance with the image of the designated region; and

setting the first thumbnail as a thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the user comprise a first electronic document and a second electronic document,

wherein the user performs a first process on a first region of interest in the first electronic document,

wherein the user performs a second process on a second region of interest in the second electronic document, and

wherein the processor creates the learning model based on the first process, the first region of interest in the first electronic document, the second process, and the second region of interest in the second electronic document.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to

determine, from one or more electronic documents viewed before by another user, a region of interest on which the another user focuses attention, and a process in which the another user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the another user,

update the learning model based on the region of interest in the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the another user and the process in which the another user processes the one or more electronic documents viewed before by the another user,

determine and extract an image of another designated region from an electronic document to be viewed by the another user according to the updated learning model and a process to be performed by the another user,

create a second thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the another user in accordance with the image of the another designated region, and

set the second thumbnail as a thumbnail of the electronic document to be viewed by the another user,

wherein the electronic document to be viewed by the another user is the same as the electronic document to be viewed by the user, and

wherein the second thumbnail is different from the first thumbnail.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 18, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056266/0784 →
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSIGNMENT FOR AN INVENTOR THAT PREVIOUSLY CANNOT BE FOUND OR REACHED AFTER DILIGENT EFFORT Recorded Mar 14, 2021
From: KATAYAMA, YUZO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055584/0337 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: KATAYAMA, YUZO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055174/0278 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-136952 · Aug 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220051007A1 · Feb 17, 2022
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