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Inventor: John F. Cullen


Address: Redwood City, CA
No. of patents: 7
Last patent issue date: 05/02/2006

NumberTitleIssue Date
7039856Automatic document classification using text and images
A method and apparatus for automatic document classification using text and images. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatic document classification based on text and image. A new document is analyzed based on textual content as well as vi...
05/02/2006
6348980System for aligning document images when scanned in duplex mode
A system and method for handling duplex documents by exploiting bleed-through of the image on the back side of a document. The images of the back sides and front sides of documents are associated with one another to assure correct output in copying, faxin...
02/19/2002
6067385System for aligning document images when scanned in duplex mode
A system and method for handling duplex documents by exploiting bleed-through of the image on the back side of a document. The images of the back sides and front sides of documents are associated with one another to assure correct output in copying, faxin...
05/23/2000
6006226Method and system for document image feature extraction
A set of image feature extraction techniques to locate and group documents based upon appearance in a database management system. The system automatically determines visual characteristics of document images and collects documents together according to th...
12/21/1999
5995978Navigation system for document image database
An interactive database organization and searching system employs text search and image feature extraction to automatically group documents together by appearance. The system automatically determines visual characteristics of document images and collect d...
11/30/1999
5806005Wireless image transfer from a digital still video camera to a networked computer
A portable image transfer system includes a digital still camera which captures images in digital form and stores the images in a camera memory, a cellular telephone transmitter, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU controls the camera memory to c...
09/08/1998
5732230Computer user interface for manipulating image fragments using drag, drop and merge operations
A system for manipulating image fragments so that image processing devices such as copiers, fax machines and scanners may efficiently process oversize images. The system provides a user interface so that when an oversize image is scanned in multiple parts...
03/24/1998
 
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