Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
382321000 | Optical (e.g., OCR) | 39 |
20080219601 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes a housing and an intermediate member that includes a first joining surface and a second joining surface. The first joining surface is attached to the housing and the second joining surface is attached to at least one optical element of any one of a first optical system and a second optical system. In a three-dimensional coordinate in which a first one of coordinate axes is a direction that is parallel to both the first joining surface and the second joining surface, a second range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the second joining surface includes a center point of a first range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the first joining surface. | 09-11-2008 |
20080260298 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD - An image sensing apparatus is configured such that the level of each of first and second output signals obtained by exposing a color image sensor by using mutually differing first and second photoelectric conversion properties is compared with one of threshold values to thereby select output signals to be used as signals for constituting an image from among the first and second output signals for individual color components thereof. The threshold values are set for the individual color components based on the first and second output signals. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267537 | Noise Reduction by Image Subtraction in an Automatic Data Collection Device, Such as an Image Acquisition Device - An automatic data collection device ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080273816 | OPTICAL RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OPTICAL RECOGNITION DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical recognition device is provided. The optical recognition device includes a transparent substrate, a patterned infrared reflective film formed thereon, and an infrared anti-reflective film sheltering a gap in a recognition pattern of the patterned infrared reflective film, wherein the patterned infrared reflective film reflects the recognition pattern by reflection of infrared light and transmission of visible light. The invention also provides a display incorporating the optical recognition device. | 11-06-2008 |
20090010571 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, LIGHT POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, rotational polygonal mirror, correction data calculating unit, modification computing unit, and adjustment unit. The adjustment unit adjusts drive current supplied to the light source using the correction data calculated by the correction data calculating unit when a first of a plurality of modes is selected or using the correction data calculated by the modification computing unit when a second of the plurality of modes is selected. | 01-08-2009 |
20090034879 | METHOD OF ENABLING INTERACTIVITY TO BE CONFERRED ON A PRE-PRINTED GRAPHIC IMAGE - A method of swipe-scanning a graphic image pre-printed on a surface. The method comprises the steps of: (i) operatively positioning a swipe-scanner relative to the surface and swiping the scanner across the surface; (ii) capturing, during the swipe, successive images of portions of the graphic image; (iii) printing, during the swipe, successive parts of a position-coding pattern onto the graphic image, the position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the graphic image; (iv) sensing, during the swipe, positions of the scanner; (v) using the sensed positions to control, during the swipe, printing of the position-coding pattern; (vi) using the sensed positions to assemble the captured portions of the graphic image into a scanned graphic image; and (vii) generating association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and the scanned graphic image. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034880 | 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 Character Recognition on the scanned image to convert text images into computer text; (iii) generating an input description for the scanned image; and (iv) storing a page description comprising the input description and the scanned image. The page description is indexed with the impression identity and, further, the page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the image. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034881 | System for Conferring Interactivity on Previously Printed Text - A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing text, the image having been scanned and had a position-coding pattern printed thereon, the position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the image, the system comprising a computer system configured for: (i) receiving association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and a scanned image; (ii) performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the scanned image to convert text images into computer text; (iii) generating an input description for the scanned image, the input description describing words of computer text and zones of corresponding text images in the scanned image; and (iv) storing a page description comprising the input description and the scanned image, the page description being indexed with the impression identity, wherein the page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the image. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041391 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensing device is disclosed. The image sensing device comprises a plurality of image sensor units disposed separately and a plurality of wave guiding units. Each wave guiding unit is disposed on each corresponding image sensor unit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090067758 | EDGE DETECTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND EDGE DETECTING METHOD USING THE SAME - An edge detecting device for detecting a position of an edge of an object includes a measuring circuit for emitting an inspection light to a linear inspecting area including the object, and measuring first light quantity of a reflected light of the inspection light reflected from the inspecting area in a first state and second light quantity of a reflected light of the inspection light reflected from the inspecting area in a second state, a calculation circuit for calculating a difference of the first light quantity and the second light quantity measured by the measuring circuit for each pixel with a first predetermined length, calculating first total differences of reflected lights from pixels with a second predetermined length located adjacent to an objective dot in one direction by totalizing differences between the first and the second light quantity reflected from each of the pixels, and calculating second total differences of reflected lights from the other pixels with the second predetermined length located adjacent to the objective dot in the other direction by totalizing differences between the first and the second light quantity reflected from each of the other pixels and a judgment circuit for judging the objective dot with the largest variation between the first total differences and the second total differences to be a position of the edge. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074330 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image reading apparatus includes: plural image pickup elements which are arranged unidirectionally, each image pickup element including plural photoelectric transducers that convert reflected light from an original document into pixel signals, and a forwarding unit that serially forwards pixel signals acquired by the photoelectric transducers; a dividing unit that divides outputs of the photoelectric transducers into plural processing paths so that pixel signals acquired by photoelectric transducers located on both sides of a boundary between adjacent image pickup elements are included in the same division unit; and an interpolation unit that executes pixel interpolation, using the pixel signals acquired by the photoelectric transducers located on both sides of the boundary among the pixel signals divided by the dividing unit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090110333 | LIGHT MEASURING DEVICE AND SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A light measuring device is disclosed which can take in light from different portions of a plane light source efficiently to carry out measurement. The light measuring device for measuring light from a plane light source includes a spatial division device configured to carry out operation for successively taking in light from different portions of the plane light source. An optical condensing device condenses the light from the different portions of the plane light source taken in by the operation of the spatial division device. A detector receives the light condensed by the optical condensing device and outputs a signal corresponding to the received light. | 04-30-2009 |
20090148075 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL - A computer-implemented method and system for ensuring quality control over a group of test reports comprising identifying a plurality of areas within a test report that contain data elements, performing optical character recognition on the plurality of areas for each test report in the group of test reports to generate text corresponding to the content in the areas, comparing the content in the areas to corresponding data in a data file from a trusted source, and creating an output report based on the result of the comparison. The test reports may indicate educational test score results and personal identification information for test takers. | 06-11-2009 |
20090208142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT AWARE DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND MODIFICATION - Systems, methods and consumer-readable media for providing content-aware document analysis and modification are provided. A system for analyzing document content according to the invention may include a rules server that stores a set of expressions. Such expressions may define predetermined confidential information and/or patterns of confidential expressions. The system may further include a communication plugin that provides a platform for incorporating the set of confidential expression patterns as part of a document-producing application. Following incorporation of the communication plugin, an inline document monitor module according to the invention may form part of the document-producing application. The inline document monitor may monitor for the occurrence of at least one of the set of confidential expression patterns in a document. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208143 | EFFICIENT AUTOMATED UROTHELIAL IMAGING USING AN ENDOSCOPE WITH TIP BENDING - A scanning fiber endoscope (SFE) disposed at the distal end of a flexible, small diameter imaging probe is inserted through a relatively small opening and into a larger volume, such as the bladder. Actuators disposed adjacent to the distal end of the imaging probe are selectively activated to bend the distal end of the imaging probe to assist in positioning and orienting the SFE at a plurality of points selected to image substantially all of at least a desired portion of the interior surface of the volume. The insertion depth, bending arc, and rotational position of the imaging probe can be manually and/or automatically controlled. The user can inspect the images to determine if a desired portion of the surface has been imaged and can thus ensure that a tumor or other characteristic of the surface is not overlooked due to a failure to image it. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208144 | User control of computer peripheral apparatuses to perform tasks according to user input image file - A computer peripheral apparatus (CPA) provided for connecting to a computer. The CPA includes a CPA processor to execute a CPA program to independently and directly carry out a document processing function without receiving an instruction from a computer. In an exemplary embodiment, the CPA includes a scanner for scanning a document and the CPA processor executes a optical character recognition (OCR) program to directly recognize characters included in the document scanned by the scanner. In another exemplary embodiment, the characters recognized by the OCR program further include instructions for instructing the CPA processor to execute a subsequent program to process the document scanned by the scanner. In another exemplary embodiment, the characters recognized by the OCR program further includes instructions for instructing the CPA processor to send a facsimile of the document scanned by the scanner to a facsimile destination. In another exemplary embodiment, the characters recognized by the OCR program further includes instructions for instructing the CPA processor to save the document recognized by the OCR program as a text file in a data storage as part of the CPA processor. | 08-20-2009 |
20090232419 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MARKINGS - A marking detection system detects markings on a printed medium, such as pencil markings in bubbles on the printed medium. The marking detection system includes a circuit board with a plurality of components thereon, including an optical subsystem and an electronic subsystem including circuitry. The marking detection system further includes a shroud for optically isolating a plurality of emitting and detecting elements of the system. | 09-17-2009 |
20090304305 | COPYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a copying method that combines optical character recognition (OCR) technology and a search in order to improve the quality of a copy despite the presence of degrading factors. In one embodiment, the search comprises an Internet search and is used to reconstruct/enhance the copy digitally before outputting the copy to print or some other digital medium. Advantageously, a copy produced using the techniques of the present invention may be at least equal to if not better than the original document copied. | 12-10-2009 |
20090324139 | REAL TIME DOCUMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document recognition system comprises a document structure analyzing module for marking a document into a plurality of blocks according to at least one structural characteristic of the document, a reading scheduling module for arranging a reading schedule for reading the plurality of blocks, a positioning module for positioning one block that is being read, and a recognizing module for recognizing the block being read and then outputting the content of the block. The system described above thus can recognize documents in real time. | 12-31-2009 |
20100080493 | ASSOCIATING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION TEXT DATA WITH SOURCE IMAGES - A system and method for associating optical character recognition text data with source images are provided. In one embodiment, an association module of a computing system is configured to receive text data from an OCR engine; associate the text data with a source image; and output associated optical character recognition data including the source image, the text data associated with the source image, and a plurality of referrers. Each referrer of the plurality of referrers may indicate a different image reference. The plurality of referrers are configured to cause the viewer application to output the text data associated with the source image to each instance of the source image that is rendered as part of the fixed-layout document in accordance with the multiple image references. | 04-01-2010 |
20100195935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL NAVIGATION USING ENHANCED FRAMES OF IMAGE DATA - A system and method for performing optical navigation uses a spatial noise pattern estimate of the spatial noise pattern in captured frames of image data caused by contamination on at least one component of the system to substantially remove the spatial noise pattern in the captured frames of image data before the captured frames of image data are used for displacement estimation. | 08-05-2010 |
20100278453 | CAPTURE AND DISPLAY OF ANNOTATIONS IN PAPER AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A software and/or hardware facility that enables users to associate annotations with text segments contained in digital content. A capture client allows users to create annotations associated with text segments on content being viewed by the user. The annotations are stored in association with the text segments by an annotation server. When a user subsequently views content, text fragments in the viewed content are compared with the stored text segments by the facility. Text segments that are found to match the text fragments are identified by the facility, and the associated annotations displayed to the user on the viewed content by a display client. Because stored annotations are associated with a text segment, rather than the original content or an identifier associated with the original content from which the text segment was identified, annotations are able to be applied to any content that utilizes the text segment in the future. | 11-04-2010 |
20100296753 | BAR-CODE TICKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BAR-CODE TICKET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A burden of an operation of manually inputting identification information of an error bar-code ticket by using an external device can be reduced, and both image information and identification information of the error bar-code ticket can be transmitted to the external device. A bar-code ticket processing apparatus to be connected to an external device, the bar-code ticket processing apparatus includes: a taking unit configured to take thereinto a bar-code ticket; an image-information reading unit configured to read image information of the bar-code ticket taken by the taking unit; an identification-information reading unit configured to read identification information of the bar-code ticket taken by the taking unit; a control unit configured to judge, when the identification-information reading unit fails in reading of the identification information of the bar-code ticket, the bar-code ticket as an error bar-code ticket; an input unit configured to receive a manual input of the identification information of the bar-code ticket judged as the error bar-code ticket by the control unit; and a data transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the external device, the image information read by the image-information reading unit and the identification information received by the input unit. | 11-25-2010 |
20110103713 | WORD LENGTH INDEXED DICTIONARY FOR USE IN AN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) SYSTEM - A method for organizing a dictionary look up process in an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system is described. Word length and an additional relative position within the words of a graphical feature, for example a stem, ascender, descender etc. are used in combination to index a dictionary. Unrecognized characters are analysed the same way, i.e. word length and relative position within the unrecognized word is then used to address the dictionary, resulting in an output of one ore more candidate words as an identification of the unrecognized word. An iterative process may reduce the number of candidate words identified in the dictionary look up process. | 05-05-2011 |
20110110610 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit which reads a manuscript image by optically scanning a manuscript placed on a reading region, a region division unit which divides the reading region into a plurality of partial regions in accordance with a division direction directed along a sub scanning direction to which the image reading unit moves for scanning the manuscript and a division direction directed along a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub scanning direction, a condition setting unit which sets a condition on which the image reading unit reads the manuscript image for each of the partial regions, and a controller which directs the image reading unit to read the manuscript image on the conditions depending on the partial regions being scanned by the image reading unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20110123136 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING WAFER SERIAL NUMBER - A method of identifying a wafer serial number is provided. First, a wafer having a wafer serial number is provided. Second, an identification procedure is carried out to identify the wafer serial number by means of multiple identification recipes thereby obtaining multiple digit results which correspond to the multiple identification recipes and a specific digit in the wafer serial number. The multiple digit results include at least two of a successful result and an unsuccessful result. Then, the wafer serial number is determined in accordance with the multiple digit results. | 05-26-2011 |
20110274372 | LIQUID LENS IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture module includes a liquid lens having a first and a second electrode, and a first and a second conductor element in electrical contact with the first and second electrode, respectively, the first and second conductor elements being each intended for connection with a voltage generator for driving the liquid lens. The first conductor element includes an electrically conductive body having a peripheral region for contact with the first electrode of the liquid lens with a light diaphragm aperture in a central region thereof. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274373 | Digital Image Archiving and Retrieval in a Mobile Device System - A computer-implemented method of managing information is disclosed. The method can include receiving a message from a mobile device configured to connect to a mobile device network (the message including a digital image taken by the mobile device and including information corresponding to words), determining the words from the digital image information using optical character recognition, indexing the digital image based on the words, and storing the digital image for later retrieval of the digital image based on one or more received search terms. | 11-10-2011 |
20110305406 | BUSINESS CARD RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A business card recognition system includes a mobile communication apparatus and a computer host. The mobile communication apparatus has an image pickup device. The computer host is in communication with the mobile communication apparatus. When the image pickup device of the mobile communication apparatus is used to shoot a business card, a business card image is acquired. After the business card image is transmitted to the computer host, the computer host performs an optical character recognition operation on the business card image, thereby obtaining business card information. By searching address information of the business card information, the computer host acquires an address proximity map image. The business card information and the address proximity map image are transmitted from the computer to the mobile communication apparatus. As such, the user of the mobile communication apparatus can realize the business card information and the address proximity map image. | 12-15-2011 |
20120045150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING PEDIGREE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS - A computer-implemented method for extracting information about individuals from a family history document includes applying optical character recognition (OCR) to a digital image of a family history document to create an OCR copy, identifying a person's name in the digital image, extracting name data and related information from the OCR copy representing the name, identifying a family relationship indicator corresponding to the identified person's name in the digital image, confirming accuracy of the extracted name data, and publishing the extracted name data and related information in a searchable format. | 02-23-2012 |
20120093439 | DYNAMIC RESPONSE FORM SYMBOLOGY PROCESSING - A method is provided for using at least one response bubble on a response form to indicate one or more responses. The response form has a key definition area that includes one or more response bubbles corresponding to one or more intended responses, and a response area that includes one or more response bubbles for indicating intended responses. A response form is completed by defining an unambiguous symbology of one or more marks by completing the key definition area, and filling in the response area using the defined unambiguous symbology. The response form is then electronically imaged. The unambiguous symbology is then automatically interpreted from the key definition area of the response form. The indicated intended responses of the one or more response bubbles of the completed response form are automatically interpreted using the interpreted unambiguous symbology, and the electronically imaged completed response form. | 04-19-2012 |
20120128267 | Facilitating User Support of Electronic Devices Using Dynamic Matrix Code Generation - An electronic device may derive information specific to the device, dynamically generate a matrix code that includes the information as well as user support information, and transmit the dynamically generated code to a display. When a user captures the matrix code with a reader device, the reader device may decode (or use a back end server to decode) the specific information specific and the user support information and initiate a user support request. Thus, user support for electronic devices may be facilitated utilizing dynamically generated matrix codes, such as (but not limited to) QR codes. In response to the initiated user support request, user support may then be provided for the user. Problems may be automatically taken care of for the user, tutorials may be provided for the user, one or more notifications may be provided to the user, service calls may be scheduled for the user, and so on. | 05-24-2012 |
20130148915 | Optical Pattern Recognition Technique - Disclosed is a distortion invariant system, method and computer readable medium for detecting the presence of one or more predefined targets in an input image. The input image and a synthetic discriminant function (SDF) reference image are correlated in a shift phase-encoded fringe-adjusted joint transform correlation (SPFJTC) correlator yielding a correlation output. A peak-to-clutter ratio (PCR) is determined for the correlation output and compared to a threshold value. A predefined target is present in the input image when the PCR is greater than or equal to the threshold value. | 06-13-2013 |
20140185960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT - A system for imaging an object, the system including: a detection zone; a first unit adapted to selectively emit radiation of at least one first wavelength and radiation of at least one second, different wavelength for at least partly illuminating the object in the detection zone; a second unit adapted to capture at least partial images of the illuminated object; and an aperture placed in an optical path between the detection zone and the second unit. The aperture includes: a first, central area adapted to transmit radiation of at least the first wavelength(s) and the second wavelength(s); and a second area surrounding said first area, which second area is adapted to block radiation of the second wavelength(s), but transmit radiation of the first wavelength(s). Also, an imaging method, and use of a diaphragm in a reverse vending machine. | 07-03-2014 |
20140270575 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURE PROCESSING - Systems and methods may perform processing associated with receiving, with a capture module in communication with a processor, data. Processing may be performed associated with converting, with an optical character recognition (OCR) module in communication with the capture module and the processor, the data into machine readable data. Processing may be performed associated with extracting, with a processing module in communication with the OCR module and the processor, relevant data from the machine readable data. Processing may be performed associated with populating, with the processing module, a field in a report with the relevant data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314338 | OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OF TEXT IN AN IMAGE ACCORDING TO A PRIORITIZED PROCESSING SEQUENCE - A computer-implemented method for providing a text-based representation of a region of interest of an image to first is provided that includes a step of identifying text zones within the image, each text zone including textual content and having a respective rank assigned thereto based on an arrangement of the text zones within the image. The method also includes determining a processing sequence for performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the text zones. The processing sequence is based, firstly, on an arrangement of the text zones with respect to the region of interest and, secondly, on the ranks assigned to the text zones. The method further includes performing an OCR process on the text zones according to the processing sequence to progressively obtain a machine-encoded representation of the region of interest, and concurrently present the machine-encoded representation to the user, via an output device, as the text-based representation. | 10-23-2014 |
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20160006955 | REMAPPING METHODS TO REDUCE DISTORTIONS IN IMAGES - The present invention provides software, methods, and systems for characterizing an actual scan pattern of a scanning beam device. The characterization of the actual scan pattern may be used in an image remapping method and/or a drive signal remapping method to reduce distortions in an image. | 01-07-2016 |