Patents by Inventor Alan John Michaelis

Alan John Michaelis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combined image and text document
    Patent number: 8331677
    Abstract: A combined image and text document is described. In embodiment(s), a scanned image of a document can be generated utilizing a scanning application, and text representations of text that is included in the document can be generated utilizing a character recognition application. Position data of the text representations can be correlated with locations of corresponding text in the scanned image of the document. The scanned image can then be rendered for display overlaid with the text representations as a transparent overlay, where the scanned image and the text representations are independently user-selectable for display. A user-selectable input can be received to display the text representations without the scanned image, the scanned image without the text representations, or to display the text representations adjacent the scanned image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver H. Foehr, Alan John Michaelis
  • Combined Image and Text Document
    Publication number: 20100172590
    Abstract: A combined image and text document is described. In embodiment(s), a scanned image of a document can be generated utilizing a scanning application, and text representations of text that is included in the document can be generated utilizing a character recognition application. Position data of the text representations can be correlated with locations of corresponding text in the scanned image of the document. The scanned image can then be rendered for display overlaid with the text representations as a transparent overlay, where the scanned image and the text representations are independently user-selectable for display. A user-selectable input can be received to display the text representations without the scanned image, the scanned image without the text representations, or to display the text representations adjacent the scanned image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver H. Foehr, Alan John Michaelis