Patents by Inventor Andrew H. Mutz
Andrew H. Mutz 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).
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Patent number: 7933453Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: scanR, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
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Publication number: 20100054605Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: ScanR Inc.Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
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Patent number: 7640037Abstract: A method of processing information received in the form of a message from a mobile handheld device with a camera, where the message includes data representing an image of a document and an identifier of a type of said document. The method preferably provides image enhancement, information recognition and analysis selected based on the identified document type. An output of the system is preferably provided to the user in the form specified by the user, such as an e-mail.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: scanR, Inc,Inventors: Andrew H. Mutz, Oleg Rashkovskiy, Joseph R. S. Molnar, Chris P. Dury, Andrew Laszlo, Rudy Ruano
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Patent number: 7639875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: ScanR, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
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Publication number: 20090034844Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: scanR Inc.Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
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Patent number: 7450760Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: ScanR, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Molnar, Paulo Ferreira, Dan Nieuwland, Andrew H. Mutz
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Patent number: 6978418Abstract: A method and system for associating active regions with positions within displayed images in a device and display independent manner. Active regions are described by client-side image maps include in hyper-text markup language descriptions of web pages that include specifications of images to be displayed within the web pages. The specifications of images and descriptions of client-side image maps are replaced by servers with a parameterized call to an image viewer, invoked by a browser on a client computer to display the image. The browser maintains an internal description of the positions of active regions in image-relative coordinates, thereby providing dynamic viewing of web pages that include images with associated active regions while maintaining the originally-defined correspondence between the active regions and images.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1999Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Lawrence M. Bain, David E. Waller, Thomas Wang, Andrew H. Mutz
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Publication number: 20040114044Abstract: A digital camera is equipped with a wireless modem, a keyboard, a display screen and a screen navigation element. The modem provides for transfer of digital images over a wireless network infrastructure, while the keyboard and screen navigation element provide for efficient selection of functions, including camera functions and transmission of images, and for text entry and remote file management. The camera according to the invention is provided with an identification mechanism at the MAC layer which allows it to be uniquely identified within a network. The camera is capable of performing a variety of functions in connection with a compatible infrastructure, such as a central image storage facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2002Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: Mamoto CorporationInventors: Kevin B. McCurdy, Andrew H. Mutz
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Patent number: 6687387Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for dewarping images. According to one aspect of the present invention, rotational motion of a scene is taken into account for purposes for performing image dewarping. The image is extracted from the scene by selecting pixel values from an environment map that correspond to a viewing plane. Velocity information associated with rotational motion of the scene is determined. Then, based upon the velocity information, a velocity-dependent transformation is determined. Finally, a perspective image is created by applying the velocity-dependent transformation to the image. In this manner, when the images is presented to a user, the appearance of visible and objectionable distortion may be reduced while maintaining the perceived geometric accuracy of the image. For example, when the scene is rotating at a high angular velocity, little or no dewarping may be performed and the image extracted therefrom may be presented essentially uncorrected.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1999Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Internet Pictures CorporationInventors: Joseph R. S. Molnar, Andrew H. Mutz
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Patent number: 6492985Abstract: According to the invention, computerized methods, computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions, and apparatus are disclosed for presenting, manipulating, and serving immersive (i.e., panoramic) images. A browser or other display mechanism presents various views of the immersive image comprised of one or more sub-images received from a server, memory, or stored device. Additionally, a server is able to discriminate which type of Web page is provided for efficiently presenting views of an immersive image based on the capabilities of the viewing browser. In this manner, a user is able to efficiently view an immersive image without requiring a Java or other enhance capability browser. Moreover, the invention also provides for determining and presenting a reference indicator which identifies the portion of the immersive image. The reference indicator can also be manipulated to display new perspective views of the immersive image.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Internet Pictures CorporationInventors: Andrew H. Mutz, Trajan E. Unger, Adam Sah, Daniel A. Stryker, Joseph R. S. Molnar
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Patent number: 5583666Abstract: This invention provides a method for transforming an input color space to an output color space where each of a plurality of specified colors and/or color regions are constrained to be transformed by any one of a plurality of explicitly specified color calibration or color enhancement strategies. The method involves a two step process: 1) constraints are applied to some subset of the points in the input color space explicitly specifying the transform into the output color space; 2) the reminder of the points are then transformed by a mapping strategy which preserves color continuity. The mapping strategy used in the preferred embodiment is based on a computer graphics geometric morphing technique. In the preferred embodiment, multi-dimensional look-up tables are used to implement the color transformation.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard N. Ellson, Kevin E. Spaulding, Andrew H. Mutz, Ron Gershon
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Patent number: 5561721Abstract: A method of enhancing a digital image by comparing the value of a pixel in the digital image with neighboring pixels in an L-shaped pattern of pixels, and modifying the value of the pixel when it is located at a stair step, thereby reducing the appearance of jaggies.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1995Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Andrew H. Mutz