Patents by Inventor Carl G. O'Connor

Carl G. O'Connor 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).

  • Method and apparatus for utilizing multiple data fields for character recognition
    Patent number: 5146512
    Abstract: A system (10) for recognizing numerical characters which appear as both numerical characters and words on a document includes an image capture device (12) for capturing the image of a document. A recognition circuit (14) performs recognition of the numerical characters. A recognition circuit (16) performs recognition of the words corresponding to the numerical characters. A comparator circuit (20) compares the recognition signals generated by the recognition circuit (16) to the recognition signals generated by the recognition circuit (14) to determine if the numerical characters recognized by the recognition circuit (14) is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Recognition Equipment Incorporated
    Inventors: William E. Weideman, Carl G. O'Connor