Patents by Inventor Ralph Meier
Ralph Meier 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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Publication number: 20230401879Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 11763588Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Publication number: 20220058386Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 11176364Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: HYLAND SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Publication number: 20210165814Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20210165813Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 10922347Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HYLAND SWITZERLAND SÀRLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 10898917Abstract: An insulation device for a coating system for coating objects, the coating system having an electrostatically operating application apparatus having a dispensing device which dispenses a coating material, and at least one storage container which is connected to an input valve device via an inlet line and to the dispensing device via a supply line. The insulation device comprises a channel with a physical body which can move in the channel. The physical body has an electrically insulating material and can be moved by means of a fluid pressure between a park position and an insulation position and is designed such that, when it moves from the park position to the insulation position or from the insulation position to the park position, the physical body removes material from an inner casing surface of the channel, so that an electrical insulation path can be formed between the storage container and the input valve device.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: EISENMANN SEInventors: Ralph Meier, Jan Reichler
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Publication number: 20200302166Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 10625291Abstract: A coating system for coating objects, wherein a coating material can be dispensed by an application device with a dispensing arrangement. A supply system having at least first and second feed containers for coating material are connected via first and second supply lines and first and second material valves, respectively, to the dispensing arrangement. Also provided is a cleaning system having at least one first cleaning line and a second cleaning line, to which rinsing agent can be fed via a first rinsing agent feed line and a second rinsing agent feed line, respectively. The first and second cleaning lines are connected via first and second cleaning valves to the first and supply lines, respectively. The first cleaning line and the second cleaning line are connected via a connection line at connection points disposed in front of each cleaning valve relative to the flow direction towards the dispensing arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: EISENMANN SEInventors: Ralph Meier, Tobias Mozer
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Publication number: 20190047005Abstract: An insulation device for a coating system for coating objects, the coating system having an electrostatically operating application apparatus having a dispensing device which dispenses a coating material, and at least one storage container which is connected to an input valve device via an inlet line and to the dispensing device via a supply line. The insulation device comprises a channel with a physical body which can move in the channel. The physical body has an electrically insulating material and can be moved by means of a fluid pressure between a park position and an insulation position and is designed such that, when it moves from the park position to the insulation position or from the insulation position to the park position, the physical body removes material from an inner casing surface of the channel, so that an electrical insulation path can be formed between the storage container and the input valve device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Ralph Meier, Jan Reichler
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Publication number: 20180141070Abstract: An application device having an application unit for coating objects, wherein the application unit has one or more rotatable components, and wherein at least one measurement device is provided, which is designed to detect vibrations of the application unit. A corresponding coating system having one or more application devices for coating objects is also provided, as well as a method for coating objects using an application unit, wherein vibrations of the application unit are detected by at least one measurement device. A fault present on the application unit, for example a detached bell cup or a turbine defect, can be detected in a particularly reliable manner and within a relatively short time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Jan Reichler, Ralph Meier
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Patent number: 9798924Abstract: Methods and apparatus delineate grouped together content in documents. Void and unvoid pixels in document images get clustered together. Execution of a histogram and autocorrelation function, including peak detection, against the unvoid clusters reveals the content. Techniques for clustering include iteratively transforming an original image into secondary images with a Haar wavelet transformation, for example. Clustering begins on a lowest image plane and advances to a next highest plane until all void and unvoid pixels in the images are grouped. Void clusters at lower levels remain void clusters at higher levels, thus only unvoid clusters of pixels require processing at higher levels thereby optimizing processing. Imaging devices with scanners define suitable hardware for transformation of the document into images and processors with executable code cluster together pixels to delineate content. Further processing includes executing OCR or other routines post void/unvoid analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: KOFAX INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 9785830Abstract: Methods to select and extract tabular data among the optical character recognition returned strings to automatically process documents, including documents containing academic transcripts.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: KOFAX INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Johannes Hausmann, Ralph Meier, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20170220679Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20170216870Abstract: A coating system for coating objects, wherein a coating material can be dispensed by an application device with a dispensing arrangement. A supply system having at least first and second feed containers for coating material are connected via first and second supply lines and first and second material valves, respectively, to the dispensing arrangement. Also provided is a cleaning system having at least one first cleaning line and a second cleaning line, to which rinsing agent can be fed via a first rinsing agent feed line and a second rinsing agent feed line, respectively. The first and second cleaning lines are connected via first and second cleaning valves to the first and supply lines, respectively. The first cleaning line and the second cleaning line are connected via a connection line at connection points disposed in front of each cleaning valve relative to the flow direction towards the dispensing arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Ralph Meier, Tobias Mozer
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Patent number: 9707578Abstract: A bell plate is rotated about a rotational axis, and coating material is supplied to a discharge surface of the bell plate such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A working fluid is blown at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate by means of a dispensing device. Furthermore, a spray head for a rotary atomizer is provided for applying a coating material to an object, having a bell plate which can be rotated about a rotational axis and which has a discharge surface, wherein coating material can be supplied to the discharge surface such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A dispensing device which can blow a working fluid at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: EISENMANN SEInventors: Ralph Meier, Claus Lang-Koetz, Jan Reichler, Thomas Kalmbach, Manuel Liebing, Markus Hauber
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Patent number: 9694378Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator connection unit for an application robot for coating objects having supply lines for an applicator. An applicator can be fastened on the applicator connection unit in such a way that working lines of the applicator are connected to the supply lines of the applicator connection unit. The applicator connection unit is formed as an adapter unit in such a way that at least one applicator of a first mode of operation and one applicator of a second mode of operation can be releasably and replaceably fastened to the applicator connection unit. The invention further relates to an application robot and a system for coating objects, wherein such an applicator connection unit is used.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: EISENMANN SEInventors: Jan Reichler, Ralph Meier, Jannis Tomaschko
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Publication number: 20170147577Abstract: A system and method for extracting information from at least one document in at least one set of documents, the method comprising: generating, using at least one ranking and/or matching processor, at least one ranked possible match list comprising at least one possible match for at least one target entry on the at least one document, the at least one ranked possible match list based on at least one attribute score and at least one localization score.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Gennady Lapir, Harry Urbschat, Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann
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Publication number: 20170053163Abstract: Methods and apparatus delineate grouped together content in documents. Void and unvoid pixels in document images get clustered together. Execution of a histogram and autocorrelation function, including peak detection, against the unvoid clusters reveals the content. Techniques for clustering include iteratively transforming an original image into secondary images with a Haar wavelet transformation, for example. Clustering begins on a lowest image plane and advances to a next highest plane until all void and unvoid pixels in the images are grouped. Void clusters at lower levels remain void clusters at higher levels, thus only unvoid clusters of pixels require processing at higher levels thereby optimizing processing. Imaging devices with scanners define suitable hardware for transformation of the document into images and processors with executable code cluster together pixels to delineate content. Further processing includes executing OCR or other routines post void/unvoid analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura