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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184906 | System and method for creating images The invention provides a method of replicating the primary human field of view in an image. The method comprises receiving at least three digital images of a scene, the digital images comprising a center image facing a scene directly, a center left image obtained by... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176054 | Retrieving electronic documents by converting them to synthetic text The present invention relies on the two-dimensional information in documents and encodes two-dimensional structures into a one-dimensional synthetic language such that two-dimensional documents can be searched at text search speed. The system comprises: an indexing ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160358 | Method and apparatus for generating mosaic image A method and apparatus for generating a mosaic image by mosaic processing of an image are provided, in which an object to be used in a mosaic is acquired from a received image, the object is stored in a storage medium, a target image to be mosaic-processed is receiv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150156 | Automated processing of paper forms using remotely-stored templates A computer-implemented method for processing paper forms includes accepting a filled-in paper form conforming to a template at a computer system having a local memory, wherein the template is not stored in the local memory. Identification information is extracted fr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8108764 | Document recognition using static and variable strings to create a document signature Systems and methods of recognizing a business document and creating a document signature. In one embodiment, a business document is scanned and a business document image is created. The business document image is compared to a template database. If a matching templa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090202 | Document processing apparatus and program A document processing apparatus includes a region extracting unit that extracts a plurality of regions in a document image, a recognition unit that recognizes a character string, a conversion unit that converts the recognized character string, a setting unit that se... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8023738 | Generating reflow files from digital images for rendering on various sized displays Processing content in a digital image into reflow content is presented. In operation, a computer system is configured to obtain a digital image from a source. The digital image comprises content including both reflow content and non-reflow content. The computer syst... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7936925 | Paper interface to an electronic record system After markings have been placed on a pre-printed form by a user who interacted with an entity, the form is scanned to produce a scan file. The scan file is analyzed to identify whether user added markings are present on machine readable selection items. The method c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7916946 | Image processing apparatus for identifying and classifying an object in an image, method of controlling same, and computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for controlling same Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which a marked image is extracted more accurately and classification based upon the type of mark is made possible. The apparatus includes an extraction unit adapted to extract information representing a region position o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7903875 | Character recognition processing device, character recognition processing method, and mobile terminal device It is an object of the present invention to improve a rate of recognition and recognition speed, reduce a degree of a specification required for a device forming a photographing device or a system and lower consumed electric power and a cost. In a character recognit... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7810026 | Optimizing typographical content for transmission and display A method for optimizing a source document comprising a plurality of pages of content, comprising each of the following, is presented. A source document is obtained. An optimized document is created corresponding to the source document. Thereafter, for each page in t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7623710 | Document content and structure conversion A system that can convert content and structure of a document from an original format into a target format irrespective of the functional specifics of the original format. The system can automatically infer the content and structure of a document via a rendered form... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7577295 | Markup symbol document processing system A system and method are provided for processing a document. The method comprises: marking an area of a document, using at least one predetermined markup symbol; identifying a markup symbol; using the identified markup symbol to locate the document area; determining ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567708 | Apparatus and method for image processing This disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus or an image processing method, and takes as its technical problem the fact that conventionally it is difficult to perform a process of carving out a rectangle with high precision in a noisy environment. | 07/28/2009 |
| 7433516 | Method of extracting a textual area in a digital image A method of extracting a textual area in a digital image, in which the digital image is divided into a plurality of blocks, each being computed to obtain a number of edges, each having a higher contrast in the block at a horizontal direction and a vertical direction... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426284 | Method, apparatus, and program for image processing capable of effectively preventing and detecting tampering, and a medium storing the program An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring mechanism configured to acquire an original document image, a dividing mechanism configured to divide the original document image acquired by the acquiring mechanism into a plurality of areas arranged in symmetry w... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421126 | Method and system for searching form features for form identification A method of and system for identifying a target form for increased efficiency in an automated data capture process is described. Forms are scanned and stored as digitized images. Regions are defined on the form relative to corresponding reference points between the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7394914 | Single pass off-line video encoding Method of automatically sorting mail 1 which has to be forwarded by means of a sorting machine, which processes the mail 1 in a continuous main stream A and where the sorting machine comprises a feeder 2 via which a variety of unsorted addressed... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379593 | Method for image segmentation from proved detection of background and text image portions A method is provided for segmenting scanned image data in accordance with mixed raster content processing, further including windowing for purposes of extracting particularly classifiable objects, i.e., text, graphics or pictures. Application of predetermined parame... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359917 | Method and apparatus for automatic detection of data types for data type dependent processing A method for automatic detection of data types for data type dependent processing has two orthogonal classification systems defined, and determines for incoming data items a data type according to the first classification system and another data type according to th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343042 | Method and system for identifying a paper form using a digital pen The present application describes systems and methods for composing documents using a digital pointing instrument. In further configurations, a user utilizes a pen to trace a form serial number that is utilized to identify a form template that is used to process inp... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339699 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a first sensor having a plurality of reading elements arranged in the primary scanning direction, a second sensor disposed in parallel with the first sensor and by a predetermined lines in the secondary scanning direction, an i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321688 | Image processor for character recognition In image processing of a document having image data of a document including an image with character images on a background image, the character images and the background image thereof are separated. First, areas in correspondence to the character images from the ima... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317563 | Printing method and system for making a print from a photo picture frame and a graphic image written by a user An image of a picture frame photographed on a photo film is displayed on a screen of an image input device, or is printed out as a hard copy. A graphic image is written by a user in the image of the picture frame, and graphic data of the graphic image is detected fr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308138 | Document segmentation method A document segmentation method of detecting segmentation points where a topic of an input document is discontinuous before and after the point to divide the document into plural blocks includes: detecting terms that occur in an input document; segmenting the input d... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305107 | Method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301883 | Advanced high density data write strategy A method of writing a mark to an optical disc includes receiving data to be written and generating a control signal for a laser pulse having a melt period that transitions to a growth period wherein the melt period is characterized by a melt power and the growth per... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298902 | Method and system for performing image mark recognition A method and system for performing image mark recognition for a document is disclosed. A document is scanned into a digital image. Reference image marks are sensed from the digital image. The reference image marks may include trigger row marks and/or corner/crop mar... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294817 | System and methods for determining nonuniformity correction parameters in detector-array imaging An imaging system (110) for imaging a scene with a detector array (104) having an array of imaging elements is provided. The imaging system (110) includes an image estimation module (202) for generating a plurality estimates of uncorrupte... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292362 | Facsimile apparatus When a facsimile data is received, a control unit causes the content of the facsimile data to be displayed on a display. The control unit causes a recording unit to print the content of the facsimile data on a recording sheet when a “Print” key is pressed down w... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293233 | Method and system for capturing a note-taking session using processing sensor A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a plurality of pages. The method includes the steps of receiving, in the co... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289236 | Apparatus, program, and method for managing duplicate images based on the image properties The image management apparatus, image management program, and image management method are provided for obtaining image and sending it to a communication device or recording it in a recording medium if the image to be obtained has a larger amount of information than ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290210 | Method and system for capturing a note-taking session using coded marks A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a plurality of pages. The method includes the steps of receiving, in the co... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283685 | Device that appends a recognition point for image joining to the extracted image and a recognition element thereof The invention provides a device that appends a recognition point for image joining to the extracted image and a recognition element thereof. The device is to provide a plurality of holding slots on a holding platform. Besides, a plurality of positioning slots is pro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283669 | Fine segmentation refinement for an optical character recognition system A method and computer program product are disclosed for refining character segmentation in an optical character recognition system receiving as input a plurality of candidate objects. Each candidate object below a threshold character width is merged with another can... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283648 | Method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281021 | Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums Correlation between images and photography locations thereof is facilitated when generating an album of images photographed during a trip. Map data sets are stored in a storage means of an album generation support server. A user accesses the album generation support... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280675 | Method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277600 | Skew detection Skew angle in a document image is estimated using operators known from mathematical morphology. Skew angle in a document image (A) is estimated by run-length smoothing the image and then producing a plurality of eroded run-length-smoothed images. The run-length-smoo... | 10/02/2007 |
