Patents by Inventor Aries Hsieh

Aries Hsieh 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).

  • Gesture-based selection text recognition
    Patent number: 8666199
    Abstract: An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Pin Ting, Aries Hsieh, Kin Wong
  • GESTURE-BASED SELECTION TEXT RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20130335356
    Abstract: An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Pin Ting, Aries Hsieh, Kin Wong
  • Gesture-based selective text recognition
    Patent number: 8520983
    Abstract: An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Pin Ting, Aries Hsieh, Kin Wong
  • On-screen guideline-based selective text recognition
    Patent number: 8515185
    Abstract: A live video stream captured by an on-device camera is displayed on a screen with an overlaid guideline. Video frames of the live video stream are analyzed for a video frame with acceptable quality. A text region is identified in the video frame approximate to the on-screen guideline and cropped from the video frame. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and generates text in an editable symbolic form (the OCR'ed text). A confidence score is determined for the OCR'ed text and compared with a threshold value. If the confidence score exceeds the threshold value, the OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Aries Hsieh, Pin Ting, Kin Wong
  • On-Screen Guideline-Based Selective Text Recognition
    Publication number: 20110123115
    Abstract: A live video stream captured by an on-device camera is displayed on a screen with an overlaid guideline. Video frames of the live video stream are analyzed for a video frame with acceptable quality. A text region is identified in the video frame approximate to the on-screen guideline and cropped from the video frame. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and generates text in an editable symbolic form (the OCR'ed text). A confidence score is determined for the OCR'ed text and compared with a threshold value. If the confidence score exceeds the threshold value, the OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Aries Hsieh, Pin Ting, Kin Wong
  • GESTURE-BASED SELECTIVE TEXT RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20110081083
    Abstract: An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Dar-Shyang Lee, Lee-Feng Chien, Aries Hsieh, Pin Ting, Kin Wong