Patent ID: 8086045
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing device able to search for an image document stored in an image database, comprising: a processor and a memory device; a first classification unit that classifies the image documents in the image database into a plurality of categories; a display image controller that generates a display image for displaying a status of the classification performed by the first classification unit; a second classification unit that enables a user to select one or more of the plural categories included in the display image, and classifies the image documents included in the selected category; a detection unit that detects a searching status; and a classification key selection unit that selects a classification key for the second classification unit in response to the searching status; and wherein the searching status detected by the detection unit includes data fluctuations for each classification key in documents in the selected category, and wherein information entropy is calculated to measure the data fluctuations.