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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139902 | Method of conferring interactivity on previously printed graphic containing text A method of conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing text. The method comprises the steps of: (i) receiving association data indicating an association between an impression identity, absolute positions and a scanned image; (ii) performing Optical C... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121441 | Image processing apparatus, image scanning apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program A method and system for correcting the inclination of a scanned document in which two integers “a” and “b” are input to perform a rotation process. Each time an x-coordinate of a target pixel of a rotated image is changed by one pixel, “a” is added to a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8094976 | One-screen reconciliation of business document image data, optical character recognition extracted data, and enterprise resource planning data Systems and methods of reconciling data from an imaged document. In one embodiment, a business document is scanned to create a business document image. A set of extracted data is extracted from the business document image via optical character recognition (OCR). The... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8059921 | Associating audio and image data An audio photograph data storage system stores a printed image and a plurality of audio segments associated with the printed image. The audio segments are arranged in a plurality of audio layers. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055104 | Process performance evaluation for Enterprise data systems A method using integrated software and algorithms for measuring, modeling, benchmarking and validating any Enterprise Content management system, forms processing data capture system or data entry system, including, at the user's option, ingest of special engineered ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7916979 | Method and system for displaying and linking ink objects with recognized text and objects A user interface can display electronic ink in one section of a display device and corresponding recognized or converted text in another section of the display device that was generated from a electronic ink recognition system. Each page of electronic ink and each c... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7860350 | Method and device for drawing and formatting image Whenever a user prepares to use an application, or a file, to treat the scanned image of an object, the user only needs to place the object on a scanner and to select the icon of the application, or the file, and compile it with the icon of the scanner. The utilizat... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7792391 | Inspecting OCR characters by displaying adjacent character images To provide a system for reducing oversight of the result of false recognition and improving working efficiency, while realizing the reduction of load of operators, and to provide a method thereof. The system in the invention contains a display unit and a cont... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769249 | Document OCR implementing device and document OCR implementing method A document OCR implementing device, includes a reading part configured to read a document and form a recognition image; an obtaining part configured to perform image processing of the recognition image and obtain a state of the recognition image; a plurality of OCR ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7702187 | Scanner for scanning items marked with near-infrared tags A scanner for scanning items marked with near-infrared tags includes a laser configured to produce a narrowband near-infrared beam matched to a peak wavelength of near-infrared ink used to print the tags. A mirror assembly re-directs the beam. A deflecting arrangeme... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7676119 | Method and system for using an optical sensor array to control a labeling device A method for using an optical sensor array to control a labeling device includes scanning a surface texture of an imageable media with the optical sensor array, collecting surface data corresponding to the surface texture of the imageable media, and controlling the ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668407 | Contextual resolution of character assignments A character on which character recognition is being performed resides in one or more character strings, at least one of which excludes a subset of characters from a character set. In selecting character assignments for the character, one or more of multiple proposed... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668408 | Support apparatus for optical characteristic measurement, and program product used for same A support apparatus for optical characteristic measurement includes a measurement data inputter configured to input measurement data obtained by an optical characteristic measuring instrument, an image inputter configured to input an image of a measurement object, a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7623742 | Method for processing document image captured by camera A document image processing method includes providing a document image, selecting fields, which is to be recognized, from the document image, and performing character recognition process for the selected fields. ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7570842 | OCR apparatus and OCR result verification method An OCR apparatus includes an operation unit configured to receive an input operation such as specification of an area to be verified, a display unit configured to visually present information, a scanner unit configured to convert character information provided on a ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7444005 | Apparatus and method for using optical mouse engine to determine speed, direction, position of scanned device and to obtain quantitative or qualitative data from same A test strip reader is provided with an optical mouse integrated circuit sensor that reads the test line, reference line and control line of a lateral flow assay strip by light absorption and determines the position of the test strip beneath the image on the integra... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443392 | Image processing program for 3D display, image processing apparatus, and 3D display system An image processing program includes the first step (S101, S102) of acquiring the first parameter serving as a parameter associated with 3D display on the first 3D display device, and acquiring the first 3D image data corresponding to the first paramet... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437000 | Full spectrum color detecting pixel camera This invention comprises the means for the capture of full spectrum images in an electronic camera without the use of color primary filters to limit the spectral color gamut of the captured image. The fundamental principle of the invention is that each pixel of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428569 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and provision medium An information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a computer readable medium that analyze a character string and execute desired processing using a simple operation. A character string reading device reads the character string in an image pho... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7391917 | Image processing method Stored digital data is searched for on the basis of an input image, difference information is extracted by comparing the retrieved digital data and the input image, and the difference information is composited to the digital data. Digital data generated by compositi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389152 | High speed image scanner A document image scanner; a camera having a field of view, for sensing differentiated information areas on each physical document as the physical document is transported; an image processing system associated with the camera, for producing a virtual image data file ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386160 | System and method for determining image resolution using MICR characters A system and method for determining the image resolution of a check image using MICR characters. The disclosed system includes an extracting system for extracting a magnetic ink code recognition (MICR) code line from the document image, wherein the extracting system... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379603 | Rollup functions and methods Methods of organizing a series of sibling data entities in a digital computer are provided for preserving sibling ranking information associated with the sibling data entities and for attaching the sibling ranking information to a joint parent of the sibling data en... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373023 | Method and system for generating an image Generating an image includes receiving a light at sensors, where the light is associated with images. A previous matrix is determined, where the previous matrix includes image information associated with an image. For each sensor, a current image data corresponding ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370066 | System and method for offline editing of data files A system and method that enables a user to edit a data file offline is described. This system and method can enable a user to edit a data file without the user having to discover or deploy a solution application governing the data file. For security, this system and... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366358 | Method of and system for generating image signal An original image including therein a predetermined periodic pattern is read out by sampling the original image at a frequency higher than a desired sampling frequency, and an initial image signal is thus obtained. The initial image signal is then re-sampled at the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366339 | System and method for detecting cheque fraud A system and method for detecting check fraud includes a check scanning module and a detection module. The check scanning module scans checks and matches the encoded Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data (i.e. serial number, Customer Account Number and amou... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357333 | Mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document A mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document. This authenticity information may be stored in a publicly-accessible database. When a document patterned with electronic ink is to be verified, the verifier examines the electronic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350716 | Mechanism for ensuring authenticity of written and printed documents A mechanism for ensuring the authenticity of written and printed documents. With the mechanism of the present invention, electronic ink is deposited onto a document, wherein the electronic ink deposited comprises at least one mark visible to a user. Current is appli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349588 | Automatic meter reading A meter is read. An image on a face of the meter is captured. Optical character recognition of digits of a digital display on the face of the meter is performed. At least one stored template is used to perform the optical character recognition of digits. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333656 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method comprises forming a histogram of an entire image, determining a ratio between a reference luminance value and a reference threshold value at a maximum frequency, dividing the image into local areas, forming a histogram of each local area, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327906 | Method and device for drawing and formatting image Methods and apparatuses for drawing and formatting an image are described. In at least one embodiment, when a user prepares to use an application, or a file, to treat the scanned image of an object, the user only needs to place the object on a scanner and to select ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308114 | Method and apparatus of automated optical container code recognition with positional identification for a transfer container crane A method and system providing a transfer container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code to a container inventory management system is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the us... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305102 | Information processing apparatus capable of displaying maps and position displaying method A method for displaying a locus of positions on a map is disclosed. In the method, positions where images have been picked up by a digital camera device are determined based on characters included in the picked up images, and a locus of the determined positions of t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305435 | Internet access via smartphone camera A mobile device, system, method, and software for communicating with the internet utilizing a written universal resource locator (URL). A camera unit is used to receive a raw visual light image containing a written URL, the raw visual light image is converted to an ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295722 | Scanning device, laser projector, and optical device A scanning device, a laser projector and an optical device that are capable of accomplishing a wide scanning area in a simple manner include a galvanomirror that is a scanning part scans a laser light in a two-dimensional direction. The laser light from the galvanom... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292681 | Technique and an apparatus for producing postcards having an audio message for playback by recipient A system having a postcard having a thickness not to exceed 5.5 mm while containing an audio message for playback and a power supply, the system also having a base recording unit for recording a message to the postcard when the postcard is inserted into the base rec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280260 | Color converting apparatus and color converting method for converting input image data into converted image data For each paper type, a plurality of two-dimensional excitation characteristics tables Ti are provided in one to one correspondence with a plurality of colors i. The excitation characteristics table Ti for each color i contains a plurality of sets of excitation-refle... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274394 | Solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method therefor A method of manufacturing a MOS-type solid-state image pickup device having a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer MOS transistor, a gate electrode disposed on an insulating film and a semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion unit and the t... | 09/25/2007 |
