Patents by Inventor Bennett I. Gold

Bennett I. Gold 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).

  • Patent number: 4782238
    Abstract: The edges of address elements such as address labels and window apertures located on a mailpiece, are detected by utilizing illumination from first and second alternating "on" and "off" light sources which illuminate the address elements at an acute angle. In the case of label detection, the edge closest to the on illuminating source generates a high contrast image, while the edge furthest from the "on" illuminating source is shadowed. In the case of illumination of an aperture, the opposite is true. That is, the light reflected from the edge which is furthest from illuminating source is high contrast, while edge closest to the illuminating source has a lower contrast. When the images generated due to edge illumination by the left and right light sources are subtracted from each other, the edges are further enhanced due to the fact that the remaining portions of the images cancel each other out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bruce M. Radl, John J. Lumia, Bennett I. Gold