Patents Assigned to International Business Machines Corporataion
  • Publication number: 20020124025
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for scanning and outputting textual information in web page images. A file, e.g., HTML file, may be scanned for an image file tag which may identify an image file Upon identifying an image file tag, i.e. an image file, the web browser may be configured to open the image file identified by the image file tag and transfer the image associated with the opened image file to an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning program. The image received by the OCR scanning program may be scanned for textual information in the image. The textual information scanned may then be transmitted to the web browser. Upon receiving the textual information, the web browser may be configured to output the textual information to a Braille display and/or speech synthesizer and/or speaker and/or display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporataion
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Rabindranath Dutta
  • Patent number: 6274465
    Abstract: A method for forming a desired junction profile in a semiconductor device. At least one dopant is introduced into a semiconductor substrate. The at least one dopant is diffused in the semiconductor substrate through annealing the semiconductor substrate and the at least one dopant while simultaneously exposing the semiconductor substrate to a DC electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporataion
    Inventors: Arne W. Ballantine, John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Toshiharu Furukawa, Glenn R. Miller, James A. Slinkman