Patents by Inventor Brett K. Nelson

Brett K. Nelson 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).

  • Image/text filtering system and method
    Patent number: 5038381
    Abstract: Image/text filtering apparatus and method for use in optical character recognition (OCR) scanning is disclosed. The invention filters video data representing text and image data on a document and erases the image data so that only the text data remains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: New DEST Corporation
    Inventor: Brett K. Nelson