Patents by Inventor Madhura A. Sathe
Madhura A. Sathe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7952775Abstract: A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Robert W. Kruppa, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7885474Abstract: A solution for detecting a streak in a JPEG image is disclosed that includes an extraction system for extracting a DC value from each cell block in the compressed image; an identification system for identifying a peak DC value in each rank of cell blocks within the compressed image; and an analysis system for analyzing the peak DC values to determine if a streak exists in the compressed image.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20100195895Abstract: A solution for detecting a streak in a JPEG image is disclosed that includes an extraction system for extracting a DC value from each cell block in the compressed image; an identification system for identifying a peak DC value in each rank of cell blocks within the compressed image; and an analysis system for analyzing the peak DC values to determine if a streak exists in the compressed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7684646Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20090116725Abstract: A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Robert W. Kruppa, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7522761Abstract: A system and method for detecting a streak in a JPEG image. A system is provided that includes an extraction system for extracting a DC value from each cell block in the compressed image; an identification system for identifying a peak DC value in each rank of cell blocks within the compressed image; and an analysis system for analyzing the peak DC values to determine if a streak exists in the compressed image.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7519214Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7499580Abstract: A system 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 provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura A. Sathe, Clair F. Rohe
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Publication number: 20090046950Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7492974Abstract: A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Robert W. Kruppa, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20080199067Abstract: A system 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 provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura A. Sathe, Clair F. Rohe
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Patent number: 7386160Abstract: 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 provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Rodney G. Moon, Madhura A. Sathe, Clair F. Rohe
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Publication number: 20080069476Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Patent number: 7336813Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20070053575Abstract: A system and method for detecting a streak in a JPEG image. A system is provided that includes an extraction system for extracting a DC value from each cell block in the compressed image; an identification system for identifying a peak DC value in each rank of cell blocks within the compressed image; and an analysis system for analyzing the peak DC values to determine if a streak exists in the compressed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20070041629Abstract: A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2005Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Robert Kruppa, Rodney Moon, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20060120587Abstract: 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 provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2004Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Rodney Moon, Madhura Sathe, Clair Rohe
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Publication number: 20050238252Abstract: A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calculating slope values for pairs of characters in the line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2004Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe
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Publication number: 20050094861Abstract: A system and method for providing positional synchronization of characters in a multi-voting character recognition system. The system comprises a character recognition system, comprising: at least one transducer system for scanning printed character data and generating a plurality of sets of transduced character information; a position collection system for collecting positional data for characters in the plurality of sets of transduced character information; a character position synchronization system for positionally synchronizing corresponding characters from different sets of transduced character information; and a voting engine for receiving the plurality of sets of transduced character information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravinder Prakash, Madhura Sathe, Rodney Moon, Robert Kruppa