Patents by Inventor Saikat Chaudhuri

Saikat Chaudhuri 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).

  • Method and system of deskewing an image using monochrome conversion to separate foreground from background
    Patent number: 7668404
    Abstract: A method and system of deskewing an image. The method and system includes capturing a first image, forming a number of regions within the first image, generating a bounding rectangles for each region, calculating an area for each bounding rectangle, rotating each region by an angle within a predefined range, finding the angle that minimizes the area of each bounding rectangle, and rotating each region by the angle found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Adams, Saikat Chaudhuri, Larry J. Dicken, Joshua E. Ellingsworth, Michael L. Whitlock
  • Method and system of deskewing an image using monochrome conversion to separate foreground from background
    Publication number: 20060002629
    Abstract: A method and system of deskewing an image. The method and system includes capturing a first image, forming a number of regions within the first image, generating a bounding rectangles for each region, calculating an area for each bounding rectangle, rotating each region by an angle within a predefined range, finding the angle that minimizes the area of each bounding rectangle, and rotating each region by the angle found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Adams, Saikat Chaudhuri, Larry Dicken, Joshua Ellingsworth, Michael Whitlock