Samsung patents method to find key terms in documents using category-specific dictionaries
Samsung describes a system that identifies important words in a document by matching them against a pre-defined list of terms specific to the document's topic. The device also looks at the words immediately surrounding these key terms, adjusting how many words it checks based on how dense the text is.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device to obtain at least one keyword from an input document using dictionary information. The dictionary information corresponds to a category of the input document. The dictionary information includes 1) a plurality of keywords associated with the category and 2) a keyword weight associated with each keyword of the plurality of keywords. The electronic device to obtain at least one adjacent word for the at least one keyword from the input document using a window slide. The window slide has a length set based on document density information of the input document. The electronic device to perform a designated task for the input document using the at least one keyword and the at least one adjacent word.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: obtain at least one keyword from an input document using dictionary information, wherein the dictionary information corresponds to a category of the input document, and the dictionary information comprises 1) a plurality of keywords associated with the category and 2) a keyword weight associated with each keyword of the plurality of keywords; obtain at least one adjacent word for the at least one keyword from the input document using a window slide, wherein the window slide has a length set based on document density information of the input document; and perform a designated task for the input document using the at least one keyword and the at least one adjacent word.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING KEYWORDS USING DICTIONARY INFORMATION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260320293A1
- Application number
- 19461104
- Filed
- Jan 27, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 40/242 Physics & computingG06F 40/279 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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