Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 7373599 | Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360154 | System and method for virtual router enabled electronic documents A system and method provide for producing and/or implementing a virtual device enabled electronic document. The electronic document includes documentary information and one or more virtual device initiators corresponding to the same or different target devices, or f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328400 | Table column spanning Disclosed are a method and system for grouping columns of data into different levels for subsequent multiple level operations. The method comprises the steps of providing sub-columns within a single table column, said table columns and each of the sub-columns having... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310773 | Removal of extraneous text from electronic documents Method and apparatus for removing lines of extraneous text from a document. Similarities are identified between lines of text on each page and corresponding lines on a selected subset of pages. Different weight values are associated with different line numbers of te... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296220 | Method and system for creating a table in a text editing application A table is created using keystrokes on a keyboard. Text to the left of a cursor is contained in a first column of the table when the table is created. Text to the right of the cursor is contained in a second column of the table when the table is created. Ghost feedb... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286253 | Data processing apparatus capable of viewing and printing a plurality of screens A communication apparatus is provided which makes it possible to print out all data larger than a display screen in one operation. In addition, the communication apparatus reduces time required for print processing and eases a user's stress due to print waiting by d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7231596 | Collaborative, fault-tolerant, scaleable, flexible, interactive real-time display and processing method and apparatus The invention relates to a method and system for providing information in an easily customizable, interactive and collaborative format. Various manipulations of the data and its presentation, in many cases within one user action, including, for example, flexibly sor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7200268 | Image processing device An image processing device is structured such that an appropriate judgement of an image, at which blurring or disappearance or the like will occur, is possible. When pixels, which form a line image at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance wil... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7167165 | Temporary lines for writing A user is provided with guidelines that are temporarily displayed with content, in order to assist the user in neatly and accurately writing electronic ink. The guidelines may appear when the user moves a writing tool, such as a stylus or pen, close to a display and... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7124361 | Apparatus and method for forming processed data An apparatus for forming processed data includes a data storage device. Data storage device is connected to form engine. Form engine is connected to output device. Form engine formats processed data contained on data storage device in accordance with predetermined h... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086002 | System and method for creating and editing, an on-line publication A system and method automatically generate an on-line document from raw text into an engaging, interactive form for a plurality of viewers. Unstructured articles are read from an information feed. A computation process extracts and tags proper names of people, produ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080316 | Method for determining rubies A user selects base text from a working document for which ruby text is desired. The base text is displayed in a ruby handling window. Despite the ruby handling window being open, the user can change focus to the working document, perform normal operations in the wo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7003159 | Document frame recognition system and method Frames such as boxes or rectangles are recognized in image document data. A first determination process initially screens frames by applying a first set of criteria to select frame candidates. The first set of criteria includes a comparison of a dimension to a prede... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993185 | Method of texture-based color document segmentation A method for segmenting a color document into regions of text and halftone discriminates between text and halftone by examining the texture of the document. A color document is digitized, and a color space transform is preferably applied to the digitized document. T... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975762 | Ruled line extracting apparatus for extracting ruled line from normal document image and method thereof A ruled line extracting apparatus obtains circumscribed rectangles of pixel concatenation regions included in an input pattern, and calculates the most frequent value of their heights. Additionally, the apparatus integrates segments by ignoring a wild card segment, ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6813381 | Method and apparatus for identification of documents, and computer product In the document identification apparatus, a ruled line feature extraction section determines a black pixel ratio of a document to be identified, and adds the black pixel ratio for each block to extract a ruled line feature. A ruled line feature verification section ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6785420 | Method and apparatus for table recognition, apparatus for character recognition, and computer product The character recognition apparatus incorporates a table recognition section. This table recognition section extracts circumscribing rectangles from connected components of black pixels on a whole surface of the image as an area where read image data are desired to ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6721463 | Apparatus and method for extracting management information from image A management information extraction apparatus learns the structure of the ruled lines of a document and the position of user-specified management information such as a title, etc. during a form learning process, and stores them in a layout dictionary. During the ope... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6704450 | Apparatus and method for extracting management information from image A management information extraction apparatus learns the structure of the ruled lines of a document and the position of user-specified management information such as a title, etc. during a form learning process, and stores them in a layout dictionary. Dur... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6622137 | System and method for business decision implementation in a billing environment using decision operation trees A decision operation tree ("DO Tree") according to the present invention is a logical tree representation of decision making rules and actions instituted according to those rules. In preferred embodiments of the invention, one or more DO Trees are tailore... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6442575 | Method and system for merging cells in a table and for adding an integrated header and a nested table to a table in an electronic document In an electronic document, merging cells in a table, adding an integrated header to a table, and adding a nested table to a table. A table erasing tool allows a user to merge cells in a table. An indication is received to merge certain cells. The indicati... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6327387 | Apparatus and method for extracting management information from image A management information extraction apparatus learns the structure of ruled lines of a document and the position of user-specified management information such as a title, etc. during a form learning process, and stores them in a layout dictionary. During ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6226402 | Ruled line extracting apparatus for extracting ruled line from normal document image and method thereof A ruled line extracting apparatus obtains circumscribed rectangles of pixel concatenation regions included in an input pattern, and calculates the most frequent value of their heights. Additionally, the apparatus integrates segments by ignoring a wild car... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6205453 | System and method for implementing selectively index enabled multi-column lists in a computer system System and method for implementing selectively index enabled multi-column lists in a graphical user interface for a computer system. The graphical user interface contains a table of entries organized by columns. The columns are displayed vertically adjace... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6112216 | Method and system for editing a table in a document A method and system for inserting a table over text, for splitting a cell with text into two or more cells, for converting a bordered paragraph into a table, and for adding cells to a table. A table drawing tool allows a user to insert a table over existi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6006240 | Cell identification in table analysis The present invention handles fully-lined, semi-lined and line-less cell tables by identifying the cells and cell separators during page recomposition processes as part of optical character recognition processes. The invention accomplishes such by iterati... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5896464 | Ruled line elimination apparatus and method In the ruled line elimination apparatus of the present invention, the ruled line contacting a character or overlapping to the character is completely eliminated. First, a ruled line determination section determines existence area of the ruled line in the ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5867159 | Document processing apparatus for displaying a plurality of ruled lines at regular intervals A document processing apparatus for easily editing a table includes: an input device to input data corresponding to the number of ruled lines to be displayed; position indicating device for indicating a position on a display screen; a display which can di... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5835917 | Table forming apparatus employing a partial ruled survey for facilitated table formation A table forming apparatus useful in forming a complex or large-sized table. In a partial ruled table survey model forming unit, a user selects a model for a survey of a partial ruled table, and designates necessary parameters, whereby a survey of partial ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5815704 | Document filing apparatus and method having document registration, comparison and retrieval capabilities In a document filing apparatus, a file memory previously stores a plurality of documents including of line data, character data and image data. An image input section inputs a new document as image data. A character-line extraction section extracts line d... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5805881 | Method and apparatus for generating arbitrary output records in response to output designation of records In order to obtain an accounting form required by a person who has no expert knowledge, a first designation units designates record names of output records, and item contents (e.g., item codes) of the output records to be extracted, and a second designati... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5778401 | Insertion bar A computer implemented method, computer system, and article of manufacture embodying computer readable program means direct a computer system to create in a window an insertion bar for inserting hierarchical level identifiers into any hierarchically arran... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5708730 | Table recognition apparatus A table recognition apparatus for recognizing a table image wherein coexist characters and ruled lines. The apparatus comprises a character/ruled line separating part for separating characters from ruled lines in the table image; a character block extract... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5588099 | Method and system for automatically resizing tables A computer system for automatically resizing a table. A table includes various columns. Each column has a column width and an associated width of the longest data in the column. In a preferred embodiment, the system initially resizes the width of each unw... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5544296 | Document output method When a field framing line for surrounding record data upon record data output is drawn on a display screen, the parameters of each line segment constituting the field framing line are generated and stored. When a plurality of stored record items are to be... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5467448 | Text formatting by the direct selection of borders in an editing display A method and apparatus for adjusting the format of a table. The table comprises a column with a first, second, third, and fourth edges. The method comprises selecting a first edge of the column, the first edge residing in a first position on a page. Then,... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5432897 | Method and an apparatus for editing tree structures in display A method and an apparatus for editing displayed tree structures allows movement and connection of a moving object in the tree structure to an aimed object with a reduced number of operational steps and displays the moving object on a display unit in order... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5425138 | Apparatus and method for automatically editing documents including text data and table data with ruled lines An apparatus of this invention is designed to output document data including ruled line data upon proportionally arranging the data on one page to prevent the disruption of the relationship between the column and row positions of the ruled line data on th... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5420695 | Image reading and forming apparatus for identifying and correcting the gridlines of a table An image forming apparatus has an image reading and correcting device capable of reading a document including a table, identifying the table (guideline) from the document correcting the table, and then outputting an image with the corrected table. The app... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5307493 | "C" program source blocker A programming tool for providing a graphical representation of the relationships among a plurality of nested blocks integrated into a processed "C" source code listing is disclosed. For each line of code including a "{" character, an outbound arrow is app... | 04/26/1994 |
