摘要 |
PURPOSE: An electronic book system, electronic book data creation and searching apparatus, and method thereof are provided to input an electronic document including complex layouts into a search engine by creating electronic book data. CONSTITUTION: An electronic document input unit(310) receives electronic documents. A data extraction unit(320) extracts a coordinate value of an object and the object included in the electronic document. A group setting unit(330) creates a group by clustering the objects based on a coordinate value of the object. A line discrimination unit(340) identifies an object corresponding to the same line by analyzing the coordinate value of the object in the group. An object order determination unit(350) determines an order of an object corresponding to the same line based on a processing direction of the line. [Reference numerals] (302) Bibliographic information input unit; (303) Unique number determination unit; (310) Electronic document input unit; (320) Data extraction unit; (330) Group setting unit; (340) Line discrimination unit; (350) Object order determination unit; (360) Editing unit |