Patents Assigned to Scanbury, Inc.
  • Mobile payment system using barcode capture
    Patent number: 8016187
    Abstract: The present invention proposes to streamline the process by replacing most of the manual entry and mobile navigation through a mobile client application that will allow the user to [a] capture a barcode using a camera phone or any other camera-equipped communicating device such as a PDA with a camera attachment or a internet connected computer with a web-cam and [b] automatically send—or prepare the transmission of—the relevant information to the vendor directly or through the usage of a centralized platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Scanbury, Inc.
    Inventors: Didier Frantz, Manik Kakar, Ashish Muni
  • Section based algorithm for image enhancement
    Patent number: 7168621
    Abstract: This present invention discloses a system and method for enhancing images of barcodes and other similar objects taken by the digital camera connected to or embedded in a mobile device. This filter works by converting the image into its equivalent gray scale. The algorithm then divides the image into sections and finds the pixels of minimum intensity in each section of the image. This minima is used to calculate cut-off values for thresholding. After thresholding, the image is reassembled from its divided sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Scanbury, Inc.
    Inventors: Rashmi Ghai, Didier Frantz