Patents Assigned to Cherloc
  • Document bearing an image or a text and provided with an indexing frame, and associated document analysis system
    Patent number: 5416312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a document bearing an image or a text, broken down into a large number of elementary areas with which are associated respectively a large number of indexes.According to the invention, each index includes a group of dots (10) placed on the document in the vicinity of the associated elementary area and forming a specific code for the said area, the indexes as a whole forming a location frame covering the said image or the said text and superimposed thereupon, each group of dots being readable by optical reading means cooperating with a data processing system comprising a data medium addressable by means of the said indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Cherloc
    Inventor: Jacques Lamoure
  • Map with indexes for a geographical information system and system for applying same
    Patent number: 5329108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a map bearing a graphic representation of cartographical information, broken down into a large number of elementary areas with which are associated respectively a large number of indexes.According to the invention, each index includes a group of dots (10) placed on the map in the vicinity of the associated elementary area and forming a specific code for the said area, the indexes as a whole forming a location frame covering the said geographical representation and superimposed thereupon, each group of dots being readable by optical reading means cooperating with a data processing system comprising a data medium addressable by means of the said indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Cherloc
    Inventor: Jacques Lamoure