Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Presentation processing of document – Hypermedia
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2010-12-14
Nguyen, Chau (Department: 2176)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Presentation processing of document
Hypermedia
C715S200000, C715S234000, C715S239000, C715S241000, C715S247000, C715S255000, C715S277000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07853866
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for document conversion that are capable of facilitating conversion of document image data to an electronic document having table of contents data even with a limited storage resource. The document image analysis section302extracts character regions from a document image301. The contents/index/footer conversion section307generates table of contents data based on the extracted character regions and page numbers of the character regions. An electronic document having a table of contents is generated based on the document image301and the generated table of contents data. Link information is added to respective ones of items in the generated table of contents data for linking the items in the generated table of contents data with corresponding positions in the electronic document in which the items are described.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Nguyen Chau
Rossi Kimms & McDowell LLP
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