Patents Assigned to ScanR, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7933453
    Abstract: A method and a system for interpreting information in a document are provided, with the system receiving an image of a document from a remote source and converting it into multiple sets of blocks of characters. Tags indicating likely meaning of blocks are assigned to them. At least some of the blocks have an associated score representing the probability that the characters in the block correctly represent the characters in the original image. The system selects one set from multiple sets based on the scores associated to certain blocks determined by accessing remote information over the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: scanR, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
  • Patent number: 7639875
    Abstract: A method and a system for interpreting information in a document are provided, with the system receiving an image of a document from a remote source and converting it into multiple sets of blocks of characters. Tags indicating likely meaning of blocks are assigned to them. At least some of the blocks have an associated score representing the probability that the characters in the block correctly represent the characters in the original image. The system selects one set from multiple sets based on the scores associated to certain blocks determined by accessing remote information over the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: ScanR, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
  • Patent number: 7450760
    Abstract: A method and a system for interpreting information in a document are provided, with the system receiving an image of a document from a remote source and converting it into multiple sets of blocks of characters. Tags indicating likely meaning of blocks are assigned to them. At least some of the blocks have an associated score representing the probability that the characters in the block correctly represent the characters in the original image. The system selects one set from multiple sets based on the scores associated to certain blocks determined by accessing remote information over the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: ScanR, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz