Patents Examined by Bipin H. Shalwala
  • Patent number: 5909508
    Abstract: In an image clustering apparatus for classifying an image into plural clusters, modification of cluster parameter is executed by parallel processing as well as parallel processing of comparison of likelihood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Wakatani, Yoshiteru Mino
  • Patent number: 5903666
    Abstract: The present invention provides a user with the option of editing handwritten input such that the user may elect to join or combine one or more discrete continuous segments, or blocks of ink, to form a single discrete continuous segment. The joined segments are then presented as a single discrete segment and analyzed as a single discrete segment by the method of machine recognition of handwritten input being employed by a device that functions to receive handwritten input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Guzik, Alan Paul Huff, John L. C. Seybold
  • Patent number: 5444479
    Abstract: A support frame is coupled to a counterweight frame to form a mechanical oscillator in which oscillations of adjustable amplitudes are induced to produce parallax, oscillatory scanning motion of a camera rotatable mounted by the support frame. A spring assembly, acting on the support and counterweight frames, establishes an effective spring constant to tune the resonator to a particular resonate frequency. Rotatable motion of the camera relative to the support frame consistently directs the optical axis of the camera to a signal convergence point in the scene being photographed. Separate motors are selectively energized by a control system to regulate the amplitudes of resonator oscillation to a desired disparity setting, to tune the resonator to a desired resonant frequency setting, and to direct the camera to a desired convergence point setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Vision III Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo M. Fernekes, Stefan J. Rublowsky