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In this paper, we report formulation and case study of the conditions for patenting processes of content-based retrieval in digital libraries, especially in image libraries. Inventors and practitioners demand formulation of the conditions for patenting the processes as computer-related programs in combining prior disclosed means, and also in comprising the means for parameter settings to perform certain functions. Content-based retrieval indexes the extracted features of images and classifies the indexes to perform its retrieval function. A process for content-based retrieval often consists of a combination of prior disclosed means. That process also comprises the means for parameter settings that are adjusted to retrieve a specific kind of image at a certain narrow domain. We formulate the conditions of patentability on processes for performing content-based retrieval in combining the prior disclosed means and/or comprising the means for parameter settings from the practical standpoints of technical advancement (nonobviousness) and specification (enablement).
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Sasaki, H., Kiyoki, Y. (2002). Patenting the Processes for Content-Based Retrieval in Digital Libraries. In: Lim, E.P., et al. Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology. ICADL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2555. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36227-4_57
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