Character Or Font Patents (Class 358/1.11)
  • Patent number: 11947895
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to execute an application containing a first component for displaying a web page and a second component different from the first component. The information processing apparatus selects, in a case where a plurality of external fonts that is externally acquired is determined to be used in a web page displayed in the first component, a font for used in the second component from the plurality of external fonts based on a usage pattern of each of the plurality of external fonts in the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11935043
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidated token routing. First data corresponding to a request to conduct a first transaction is analyzed. A first token is generated for the first transaction. Second data corresponding to a request to conduct a second transaction is analyzed. A second token is generated for the second transaction. In response to determining that at least a first component of the first data corresponds to a first component of the second data, a routing of the first token and a routing of the second token are consolidated. The consolidation of the token routing includes transmitting the first token and the second token to one or more devices in a single transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Pankaj Sarin
  • Patent number: 11929168
    Abstract: An at-home medical diagnostic test kit container including a plurality of at-home medical diagnostic test kits is provided herein. In particular, the medical diagnostic test kit container may include a machine-readable code (e.g., QR code) configured to facilitate an augmented reality experience associated with the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container. In some embodiments, a testing and diagnostic platform may facilitate tracking of inventory within the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container and/or may facilitate coordination of prescription medication order fulfillment and delivery upon indication of a medical condition that could benefit from taking prescription medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EMED LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Colman Thomas Bryant, Sam Miller, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, John Ray Permenter
  • Patent number: 11921834
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a first electronic circuit includes generating a first signature using the first electronic circuit, the generating of the first signature being based on states of a plurality of electric nodes distributed within the first electronic circuit. A second signature is generated using a second electronic circuit, the generating of the second signature being based on states of a plurality of electric nodes distributed within the second electronic circuit. The first signature is compared to the second signature. The first electronic circuit is authenticated based on the comparison of the first signature to the second signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Fabrice Marinet
  • Patent number: 11869659
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating self-administered medical diagnostic tests and receiving treatment based on the results of such tests. In some examples, a user may take a medical diagnostic test under the supervision of a proctor over a video conference connection. The proctor or the system can verify the results of the test. The system can enable treatment based on the results of the test by, for example, facilitating the generation, fulfillment, and delivery of medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EMED LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Sam Miller, Colman Thomas Bryant, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, Adam Charles Carlson, Igor Javier Rodriguez, James Thomas Heising, John Ray Permenter
  • Patent number: 11842534
    Abstract: Correction content is made learnable based on a correction operation performed by a user on an attribute setting screen in setting attribute information, such as a filename, based on a character string obtained by character recognition processing on a scan image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaya Soga
  • Patent number: 11830270
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for auto-splitting and classifying an input document into one or more sub-documents using a machine learning system is described. The machine learning system includes a visual splitting neural network, an optical character recognition sub-system, a title classifier, a document classifier, and a grouper sub-system. The method includes: receiving a visual input representing a plurality of pages of the input document; classifying, using the visual splitting neural network, each page of the input document into a respective template of a plurality of templates; for each page of the input document, determining a final document type that the page belongs to; and grouping, using a grouper sub-system, the plurality of pages of the input document into one or more sub-documents based on (i) the respective template of each page and (ii) the respective final document type that each page belongs to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FPT USA Corp.
    Inventors: Giap Dinh Bui, An Sy Nguyen, Dat Quoc Dao
  • Patent number: 11813849
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus includes: a storage control unit that causes a storage unit to store a text file that contains a text in association with information that indicates a type of a printing tape; a detection unit that detects the type of the printing tape that is a target of printing; an extraction unit that extracts, out of the storage unit, the text file associated with the information that indicates the type of the printing tape detected by the detection unit; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the extracted text file as a selection candidate for the text file that is to be printed on the printing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11797857
    Abstract: To reduce the possibility of false determination for a character string alteration in image data, embodiments of the present disclosure include a generation unit configured to generate a learning model by performing machine learning processing based on an altered character image, a character image before an alteration, and an image representing the difference between the altered character image and the character image before the alteration, an input unit configured to input image data, and an estimation unit configured to estimate whether the image data input by the input unit includes an altered character, by using the learning model generated by the generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Seto
  • Patent number: 11783608
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an extraction portion and a fusion portion. The extraction portion extracts a first object from each of a plurality of pieces of image data that include the first object and a second object, the first object including a handwritten object, the second object including a non-handwritten object. The fusion portion generates a fusion image by fusing a plurality of first objects extracted from the plurality of pieces of image data into the second object that is common to the plurality of pieces of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11763583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing matching fonts by utilizing a glyph-based machine learning model. For example, the disclosed systems can generate a glyph image by arranging glyphs from a digital document according to an ordering rule. The disclosed systems can further identify target fonts as fonts that include the glyphs within the glyph image. The disclosed systems can further generate target glyph images by arranging glyphs of the target fonts according to the ordering rule. Based on the glyph image and the target glyph images, the disclosed systems can utilize a glyph-based machine learning model to generate and compare glyph image feature vectors. By comparing a glyph image feature vector with a target glyph image feature vector, the font matching system can identify one or more matching glyphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Singh, Prateek Gaurav, Amish Kumar Bedi
  • Patent number: 11695881
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a reading unit that reads a document sheet, specifies image data of a comparison source document sheet, among image data of document sheets read by the reading unit; extracts a difference by comparing the image data of the specified comparison source document sheet, and image data of each of other document sheets included in the read document sheets; and creates a composite image by composing the extracted difference and the image data of the comparison source document sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 11606343
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securely identifying a computing device via a web browser utilizing a customized digital font. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate a customized digital font and install the customized digital font on a computing device. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods utilize the customized digital font to identify the computing device. In particular, one or more embodiments include systems and methods that identify an element of a webpage rendered by the computing device utilizing the customized digital font and identify the client device based on the rendered element of the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Sourabh Goel, Mansukh Patidar
  • Patent number: 11562154
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus operates to acquire first information concerning a size of a print region where a barcode is printed, to generate, based on the acquired first information, image data of the barcode to be printed in the print region, and to set a lower limit of the width of each bar forming the barcode. The first information includes width information concerning a width of the print region and height information concerning a height of the print region. The generated image data includes, as a bar forming the barcode, a bar having a width based on the width information and a height based on the height information, and the image data is generated if a minimum width of each bar forming the barcode is equal to or larger than the set lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11557136
    Abstract: An identity document can be authenticated using format data of a barcode on the document, such as a barcode on a driver's license. Scan data is obtained by decoding a plurality of barcodes. Format features of the plurality of barcodes are extracted. Scan data is classified into two or more clusters. Each cluster is characterized by a set of format features extracted from the scan data. A barcode on an ID to be verified is scanned. Format features from the barcode of the ID to be verified is compared to at least one of the two or more clusters to authenticate the ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Scandit AG
    Inventors: Moritz Zimmermann, Oliver Akermann, Christian Kündig
  • Patent number: 11556542
    Abstract: A method for presenting output returned by a command-line interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method submits, by way of a command-line interface (CLI), a command to retrieve a list of resources. The method further submits, in association with the command, an indicator to compress the list. In response to receiving the command and indicator, the method retrieves the list of resources and compresses the list such that resources with identical attributes are presented as a single tuple in the list. Such a tuple may, in certain embodiments, identify the resources with identical attributes as a range of resources and/or as a comma delimited list of resources. The tuple may also, in certain embodiments, identify how many resources with identical attributes are represented by the tuple. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dale H. Anderson, Jason L. Peipelman
  • Patent number: 11550517
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs: receiving a print instruction for repeatedly printing an object along a particular direction, the print instruction including an image length; determining whether the image length exceeds a particular length; in a case where the image length exceeds the particular length, creating print image data of a first image and a second image, the first and second images including the object arranged repeatedly, a length of the first image being within the particular length, the second image continuing from the first image, a total length of the first and second images being equal to the image length; in a case where the image length does not exceed the particular length, creating print image data of a third image in which the object is arranged repeatedly, a length of the third image being equal to the image length; and outputting the print image data to a printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Patent number: 11501055
    Abstract: A method of creating a mathematical or scientific expression on a computer system in which a user interface is provided on a computer display device. Input data comprising a string of alphanumeric characters is received from a keyboard. The input data is matched with one or more verbalisations of a mathematical or scientific term. The or each matching term is displayed on the display device. When a user selects one of the displayed matching terms a corresponding graphical symbol is displayed on the display device. The method allows the user to type a verbalised version of the desired mathematical or scientific expression and to have the corresponding mathematical or scientific notation displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Texthelp Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin McKay, John McGowan
  • Patent number: 11431868
    Abstract: According to the technology of the present disclosure, candidates of a selection-type value included in metadata in a key-value format, which is registered in association with scanned image data, can be appropriately displayed. An information processing apparatus, which assigns metadata in a key-value format to scanned image data obtained by scanning a document, includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a character string extracted from the scanned image data; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a template of the metadata; a display control unit configured to display a screen for inputting the metadata; and a setting unit configured to set a value in association with the scanned image data, based on operation by a user via the screen, the value corresponding to a key included in the template of the metadata obtained by the second obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuto Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11386310
    Abstract: In implementations of systems for font replacement in print workflows, a computing device implements a print system to receive print request data describing a document having a corpus of text rendered using a font that is not available to the print system. The print system extracts the corpus of text from the document and generates an indication of a context category of the corpus of text using a machine learning model training to classify context categories of text inputs using training data describing a different corpus of text. A replacement font is identified based on the indication of the context category from replacement font data describing a plurality of candidate replacement fonts. The printing system generates a raster image depicting the corpus of text rendered using the replacement font.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Vipul Aggarwal, Lakshay Kumar, Bhavna Sardana, Amit Sharma
  • Patent number: 11373756
    Abstract: An at-home medical diagnostic test kit container including a plurality of at-home medical diagnostic test kits is provided herein. In particular, the medical diagnostic test kit container may include a machine-readable code (e.g., QR code) configured to facilitate an augmented reality experience associated with the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container. In some embodiments, a testing and diagnostic platform may facilitate tracking of inventory within the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container and/or may facilitate coordination of prescription medication order fulfillment and delivery upon indication of a medical condition that could benefit from taking prescription medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: EMED LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr., Colman Thomas Bryant, Sam Miller, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, John Ray Permenter
  • Patent number: 11354295
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing incoming data in real-time are described herein. The incoming data is processed in real-time to generate data records that may be improved over time, for example, by automatically correcting inaccurate data in the records. In some embodiments, when data is received, a real-time process is initially performed on the received data under a first time constraint to produce first data for a data record. Subsequently, one or more non-real-time processes are then performed on the received data under a second time constraint to produce second data for the data record. The second data may be used to update the data record, for example, to correct any inaccuracy caused by the real-time process of the received data. Preferably, the second time constraint is longer than the first time constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Xiaohan Yun, Yunfeng Li, Yang Yu, Zhijun Ling, Ke Zheng, Uri Arad, Frederic Tu
  • Patent number: 11269565
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printer that prints an image on a sheet, an operation panel that receives an operation from a user, a storage device that stores page description language (PDL) data including PDL commands of a plurality of pages received from an external apparatus, and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes a set of instructions to receive a delete instruction for deleting at least one page of the PDL data stored in the storage device, via the operation panel, to edit the PDL data based on the delete instruction, to generate image data of a page other than the at least one page to be deleted in accordance with the delete instruction, based on the edited PDL data, and to cause the printer to execute printing based on the generated image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kiyohiro Tsunekawa
  • Patent number: 11250544
    Abstract: A display device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The display device includes: displaying a plurality of objects on a rotatable display of the display device; based on an event occurring, rotating the rotatable display in a first direction; and based on the rotatable display being rotated in the first direction, rotating and displaying constituent elements included in the plurality of objects in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, while maintaining an arrangement of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hyun Jang, Min-sun Park, Ji-hye Lim, Ji-Youn Han, Soo-hyun Whang
  • Patent number: 11232334
    Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit, a buffer, and a control unit. The control unit reads out data from the buffer as target data. When the read-out target data is a character code, the control unit determines whether the target data is a character code associated with a plurality of character forms or not. When the target data is the character code associated with the plurality of character forms, the control unit prefetches data stored in the buffer after the target data, as prefetched data, before printing the target data, and determines whether the prefetched data is a predetermined code or not. When the prefetched data is the predetermined code, the control unit selects a character form indicated by the predetermined code as a target character form and causes the printing unit to print a character represented by the target data, in the selected target character form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunichi Wakasa
  • Patent number: 11223609
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for reducing a computational burden of a blockchain provider. A data processing computer may facilitate an exchange of a data transfer message between respective applications of a first and second device. The data processing computer may maintain an electronic record according to the exchange. A net transfer value may be determined for the record and data comprising the net transfer value may be transmitted to a blockchain provider. Receipt of the data by the blockchain provider may cause the blockchain provider to update a ledger with the net transfer value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Meredith Altenhofen, Jason Blackhurst, Quan Wang
  • Patent number: 11138529
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques are provided for coordinating the assignment of codes to infrastructure elements in an infrastructure modeling software architecture. A chain of authority is provided from a code authority local to a client to a cloud-based code authority service. Further, a code is structured in three parts, including a code specification part identifying a code specification that indicates what information is encoded into the code and how it is encoded, a code scope part based on boundaries over which the code authority guarantees the code is unique, and a code value part with a unique value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith A. Bentley, Paul Connelly, Casey Mullen, Shaun Sewall
  • Patent number: 11128775
    Abstract: Provided are a printing control unit that performs control so that printing is performed in a state in which character shape deformation is made in association with meta information that is meta information acquired on the basis of print data and indicates meaning of characters, and a digitalization unit that generates meta information corresponding to character shape deformation of characters when generating digital data including character data by inputting a read image of a printed matter to generate digital data including meta information in addition to the character data. The meta information is embedded in the printed matter in an aspect of character shape deformation of characters, and when generating digital data by reading the printed matter, the character shape deformation is recognized to generate meta information corresponding to the deformation. According to this, it is possible to perform retrieval of information using the meta information and the character data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: WingArc1st Inc.
    Inventor: Naoto Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11087409
    Abstract: In a system and method for auditing transactions where a set of image based transactions are received over a communications network, and stored in a central data store, the set of image based transactions are associated with a unique identifier associated with a user. A transaction format is identified from the set of image based transactions, utilizing a processor to apply a preprocessing to the set of image based transaction based on the identifying. The preprocessed image based transactions are processed into a series of text based transactions, wherein each image based transaction has a related text based transactions and each text based transaction has a plurality of data representing the transaction. The plurality of data for each text based transaction is stored and a quality identifier is associated with each text based transaction. An identifier is applied to a text based transaction based on the quality identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Ocrolus, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Bobley, Michael Yang
  • Patent number: 11049303
    Abstract: A portable terminal as an example of an imaging apparatus has an imaging unit that images a subject, a display unit that displays an image captured by the imaging unit in a live view mode, an extraction unit, a composition unit, and a display control unit. The imaging unit acquires a first image. The extraction unit extracts a part of the first image as a composition target for image composition. The composition unit composes the composition target to a second image captured by the imaging unit and different from the first image. The display control unit displays the second image, to which the composition target is composed, on the display unit in a live view mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rena Kamoda, Hirona Yumbe, Mayuko Ikuta
  • Patent number: 10984119
    Abstract: A method and system are provided including a data protection module; a display; and a data protection processor in communication with the data protection module and operative to execute processor-executable process steps to cause the system to: present a user interface on a display, the user interface including one or more application packages; receive selection of one of the one or more application packages; present on the display a user-entry field to receive an end-user-role associated with an administrative function, wherein the end-user-role is authorized to access at least one CDS view; receive an input in the user-entry field, wherein the input is one of the end-user-role and a request for assistance; determine whether the selected application package includes at least one core data service (CDS) view; determine whether a data control language (DCL) layer is provided for each included CDS view; and automatically generate the DCL layer for each included CDS view if the DCL layer is not provided for the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Tapasweni Pathak, Venkat Bhargav A S
  • Patent number: 10964024
    Abstract: This disclosure involves the automatic sizing and placement of text within an image background. For example, a computing system obtains reference font size information for a font type to be applied to message text for display on a digital image. The computing system detects, within an image background of the digital image, a target region having proportions that enclose the message text based on the reference font size information. The computing system determines a target font size for the message text. The target font size allows the message text, when rendered in the font type at the target font size, to fit within the target region of the image background. The computing system generates a combined digital image by rendering the message text in the font type at the target font size within the target region of the image background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Pin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10943106
    Abstract: A device may receive image data representing a document, the document including: text, and edges. Based on the edges, the device may identify, a segment of interest within the image data and crop the segment of interest to obtain a portion of the image data. In addition, the device may perform optical character recognition on the portion of the image data, the optical character recognition producing recognized text. The device may obtain, based on the recognized text, validation data that includes verification text, and determine whether the recognized text is verified based on the verification text. Based on a result of the determination, the device may perform an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Subhashini Tripuraneni, Joseph R. Barco, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10922592
    Abstract: A controller circuit board outputs image data. A head circuit board controls a head unit in accordance with a setting data list. An engine circuit board controls a sheet transportation unit, and sets setting data in the setting data list in accordance with a command from the controller circuit board. The head circuit board receives the image data from the controller circuit board not through the engine circuit board. The controller circuit board outputs a backup command and thereby causes the engine circuit board to acquire the setting data list from the head circuit board, acquires it from the engine circuit board, and store it in a storage device, and outputs a restoration command and a setting data list read from the storage device and thereby causes the engine circuit board to renew the setting data list in the head circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tatsuya Chuto
  • Patent number: 10863038
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may acquire an image, such as by scanning or received via an interface, such as a facsimile machine. The processor may use a character recognition engine to execute a character recognition process on the image. The process is configured to stop the character recognition process on the image when the elapsed recognition process time exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The processor is further configured to restart the character recognition process on the image when a restart condition is satisfied. As such, the processor thus may skip certain images that require unusually long processing time for character recognition and the processor may process and send out results on other images that do not require excessive character recognition processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10841436
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external controller, a reception unit configured to receive, in a case where a predetermined error related to the communication occurs, log information on the predetermined error from the external controller, and a storage control unit configured to store, in a storage unit of the image forming apparatus, the log information received from the external controller and log information indicating an operation of the image forming apparatus corresponding to a timing at which the predetermined error has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Teppei Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10742740
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a first control unit, a second control unit, and a network connecting the first control unit to the second control unit. The first control unit performs a process of transmitting data, which is target of high-speed processing, having a first data length obtained by dividing transmission data by the first data length or obtained by adding predetermined data to the transmission data as high-speed processing. The second control unit performs a process of receiving reception data at a first processing speed that is a low speed when the second control unit determines that a data length of the reception data is not the first data length, and performs a process of receiving the reception data at a second processing speed higher than the first processing speed when the second control unit determines that the data length of the reception data is the first data length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kakiya
  • Patent number: 10719458
    Abstract: A direct memory access (DMA) buffer section configured to store data in a plurality of storage regions in units of DMA transfers, a buffer control section configured to output a first writing permission signal for permitting the DMA transfer on the basis of presence or absence of a free storage region, a smoothing buffer control section configured to output a second writing permission signal for permitting the DMA transfer within a predetermined period, a buffer writing control section configured to execute the DMA transfer according to the first writing permission signal and the DMA transfer according to the second writing permission signal and stored the data to the free storage region, and a buffer reading control section configured to sequentially read the data for each storage region, wherein a predetermined amount of data sequentially acquired by a plurality of DMA transfers is output as a transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Tsuchida, Akira Ueno
  • Patent number: 10679087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for merging adjacent word fragments in outputs of optical character recognition (OCR) systems can include a processor obtaining word fragments associated with OCR data generated from an image. Each word fragment can be associated with a respective text line of a plurality of text lines. The at least one processor can determine, for each pair of adjacent word fragments in a text line, a respective normalized horizontal distance between the pair of adjacent word fragments. The processor can identify one or more pairs of adjacent word fragments that are candidates for merging based on the determined normalized horizontal distances. The processor can determine that a pair of adjacent word fragments, among the one or more pairs of adjacent word fragments that are candidates for merging, matches a predefined expression of a plurality of predefined expressions, and merge that pair of adjacent word fragments into a single word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Ordonez, Swaminathan Krishnamurthy, David Paul, Tushar Udeshi
  • Patent number: 10666821
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a processor; a first interface that acquires information for user authentication; a second interface that acquires information for user identification; and a memory that stores a customization information table defining information for customizing an operation screen displayed on the first interface. The processor displays: when the first interface acquires the information for the user authentication, an operation screen customized, using the customization information table, for a user authenticated through the user authentication as the operation screen, and when the first interface does not acquire the information for the user authentication, an operation screen customized, using the customization information table, for a user identified by the information acquired by the second interface as the operation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagasawa, Nordès Ménard-Lamarre
  • Patent number: 10650231
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method, device and server of recognizing characters of a claim document, and a storage medium. The method includes: after the server receives a claim document image to be subjected to character recognition, performing region segmentation according to the frame line layout of a claim document frame format, thus obtaining one or multiple segmented regions; and calling a predetermined analysis model to analyze all the obtained segmented regions, and respectively performing character recognition on all the analyzed segmented regions by using a predetermined recognition rule to recognize characters in all the segmented regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PING AN TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feihu Jin, Yan Xue, Yi Mi, Huanhuan Li, Yi Qiu
  • Patent number: 10645250
    Abstract: A relative position identification portion is included that identifies a relative position of a personal digital assistant with respect to an image forming apparatus. The relative position identification portion acquires the relative position of the image forming apparatus and the personal digital assistant, displays, on the display portion of the personal digital assistant, an image that shows the position and the direction of the image forming apparatus seen from a user who carries the personal digital assistant and an image of the position and the direction of an original document which is arranged in the reading portion of the image forming apparatus and which is seen from the user and thereafter transmits, to the image forming apparatus, setting information based on an input operation of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Kowaka
  • Patent number: 10628914
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a dynamic pipeline for processing images. The pipeline can receive inventory data or records from an upstream process. These records can include one or more URLs for images relating to a product listing or any other listing. An orchestration layer of the pipeline can carry these records through a series of processes or steps. Each step can be performed by a cluster in the pipeline. Individual task workers in each cluster can pick up each record, perform the task assigned to the cluster, and pass the record to the next step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Donais, Venkata Sudha Reddennagari, Devi Kiran Gonuguntla, Jack Farrington, Suresh Navayamkunnil Raghavan, Rajani Kumar Reddy Naini, Grace Kaldawi
  • Patent number: 10628220
    Abstract: A system includes a first apparatus and a plurality of second apparatuses, wherein a first processor of the first apparatus executes a process that includes: obtaining, for each of one or more resources to be used to perform a task, evaluation information about whether the resource is suitable to be used by each of the plurality of second apparatuses; selecting at least one from the plurality of second apparatuses based on the evaluation information; and transmitting a result of the selection to the plurality of second apparatuses, wherein a second processor of each of the plurality of second apparatuses executes a process that includes, when the second apparatus to which the second processor belongs is not selected by the result of the selection received from the first apparatus, outputting information indicating any of the plurality of the second apparatuses which is selected by the result of the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahide Noda, Takumi Baba, Kei Taira, Motoshi Sumioka, Takashi Ohno, Tatsuro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10595098
    Abstract: A system for generating video clips includes a video processing system configured to receive computer vision (CV) output data, which includes optical character recognition (OCR) text of graphics from a video, time codes for the OCR text of the graphics, and ontology classifiers for the OCR text. The video processing system includes a file storage and database system configured to store the video, and to store the CV output data according to an ontology associated with the ontology classifiers. A CV moments module of the video processing system is configured to identify themes contained in the CV output data using the ontology classifiers, the ontology, and natural language processing (NLP), and to identify time codes associated with the identified themes. A video clip generator of the video processing system is configured to generate video clips of the video based on the identified time codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: William Beckett, Gaurav Gupta, Milena Markova
  • Patent number: 10586078
    Abstract: A generation unit is configured to generate a document with a font embedded therein in a case where a determination unit determines that a parameter is an instruction to transmit the generated document to a print service system, and configured to generate a document without the font embedded therein in a case where the determination unit determines that the parameter is not an instruction to transmit the generated document to the print service system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 10540580
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a program readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a printing apparatus. When executed by the computer, the program causes the information processing apparatus to perform: creating irreversibly-compressed data representing a to-be-printed image and reversibly-compressed data representing the to-be-printed image as print image data, the to-be-printed image being an image to be printed on a sheet, the print image data being image data for printing; and transmitting the created print image data to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10534569
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing downgraded fonts for VDP printing application are described. A server system may be configured to generate and/or select a set of downgraded rasterized fonts for delivery to a client system in order to provide limited client-side WYSIWIG display functionality using the downgraded fonts. A client side application may use the downgraded fonts to provide a display-only or draft print only rendering of a VDP print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PTI MARKETING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Neal Cogan
  • Patent number: 10503811
    Abstract: Acquisition of a font portion using a compression mechanism is described. In certain embodiments, an end-user device determines multiple characters to be displayed but are missing from a local font. The end-user device computes a compressed representation of the multiple characters based on multiple code points corresponding to the multiple characters. The end-user device transmits a font request including the compressed representation to a font repository. The font request may be implemented as a uniform resource locator (URL). The font repository, such as a server, decodes the compressed representation to identify at least the multiple code points encoded by the end-user device. The font repository prepares a font description including glyph data corresponding to the multiple code points and returns the font description. The end-user device produces a local font that includes at least multiple glyphs corresponding to the multiple requested characters. The local font production may include font augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Kaplan, Bram Stein
  • Patent number: 10474738
    Abstract: An editing device includes an adjuster configured to, with respect to a specific one of adjustment methods for each of blocks, determine a reduction rate at which a character size specified by setting size information associated with the specific adjustment method is reduced when the setting size information is changed to size information specifying a character size one-level smaller than the setting size information, among a plurality of pieces of size information associated with the specific adjustment method for each block in adjustment information, identify, as a reference reduction rate, a smallest one of the determined reduction rates for the character sizes each specified by the setting size information associated with the specific adjustment method for a corresponding block, and adjust the character size of one or more characters in each block with a specific reduction rate equal or approximated to the identified reference reduction rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Ito, Junya Kawai