Patents by Inventor Carl Bothner

Carl Bothner 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).

  • Portable text capturing method and device therefor
    Publication number: 20020191847
    Abstract: A portable imaging device includes a user operable pointing device that operates together with interactive segmentation functions and an OCR application for capturing and converting digitally recorded images to text. The user operable pointing device permits a user of the portable imaging device to identify a region in an image with textual content. The portable imaging device evaluates whether textual and formatting content in the segmented region can be properly analyzed by the OCR application. In addition, the portable imaging device provides a mode for translating text identified in recorded images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Newman, Carl Bothner, Ben S. Wittner
  • Portable text capturing method and device therefor
    Patent number: 6473523
    Abstract: A portable imaging device includes a user operable pointing device that operates together with interactive segmentation functions and an OCR application for capturing and converting digitally recorded images to text. The user operable pointing device permits a user of the portable imaging device to identify a region in an image with textual content. The portable imaging device evaluates whether textual and formatting content in the segmented region can be properly analyzed by the OCR application. In addition, the portable imaging device provides a mode for translating text identified in recorded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Newman, Carl Bothner, Ben S. Wittner