Patents by Inventor Clair Rohe

Clair Rohe 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).

  • Publication number: 20070262146
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a check code line image of a captured document such as a bank check. The system includes an image capture system for capturing an electronic image of a document; a code line locator system for locating a code line region within the electronic image of the document; and a blooming system for performing a localized video saturation on the code line region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Jeffrey Journey, Clair Rohe
  • Publication number: 20060244766
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for rotating a first image in an image buffer such that the resulting, rotated image is substantially free of an aliasing error, i.e., broken lines, stair stepped edges, etc., is dislosed. An algorithm is applied to the first image that uses weighted sums of data points of the first image to create the rotated image. The weighting is based on the skew angle and data point location of the first image. The resulting rotated image also has a reduced data storage space requirement compared to rotated images created by prior art techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ravi Prakash, Clair Rohe, Robert Shirley
  • Publication number: 20060120587
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the image resolution of a check image using MICR characters. The disclosed system includes an extracting system for extracting a magnetic ink code recognition (MICR) code line from the document image, wherein the extracting system provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ravinder Prakash, Rodney Moon, Madhura Sathe, Clair Rohe
  • Publication number: 20050225811
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive and predictive analysis of sensor readings to track documents in a document processing system. The system comprises: a plurality of sensors for sensing a document, wherein each sensor includes an associated filtering system for filtering sensor readings, and a performance tracking system for collecting performance data; and a control system that and adjusts filtering characteristics of the filtering system based on the collected performance data. In addition, a correlation system is provided for using data from at least one upstream sensor to interpret an ambiguous downstream sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Duncan, Rodney Moon, Clair Rohe
  • Publication number: 20050060439
    Abstract: A peripheral interface device that is adaptable into a computer system and which provides a communication interface for a plurality of external devices. The peripheral interface device comprises: a plurality of transfer control logic (TCL) modules, wherein each TCL module provides a dedicated interface for an associated one of the external devices, and wherein multiple TCL modules can communicate in parallel with their associated external devices; and a dual port memory (DPM) device that is in communication with an input/output bus of the computer system, wherein the DPM device can selectively communicate with each of the plurality of TCL modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Duncan, Jeffrey Journey, Dennis Leak, Robert Plyler, William Plyler, Clair Rohe, Robert Shirley