Patents by Inventor Clement D. M. Creusot

Clement D. M. Creusot 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: 10331928
    Abstract: A method of detecting a barcode that in one embodiment includes performing a line segment detection of a barcode image to provide a plurality of line segments, and analyzing the line segments using parallel segment detection to determine a best candidate line segment having a greatest similarity to a remainder of adjacent line segments. The method may further include providing a central bisector of the best candidate line segment, and forming a plurality of parallel lines offset from the central bisector. In a following step, a pixel map is from the central bisector and the plurality of the parallel lines, and an end and a start of the barcode is determined from changes in intensity of the pixels in the pixel map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clement D. M. Creusot, Asim Munawar
  • Patent number: 9818012
    Abstract: A method for barcode detection, barcode detection system and program. In method for detecting a barcode, an information processing apparatus executes the steps of: detecting a plurality of blobs from an image; for each detected blob, obtaining imaginary lines bisecting the detected blob perpendicular at the middle of the detected blob, determining at least one cluster of the imaginary lines in a feature space according to slopes and positions of the imaginary lines and grouping the blobs in one cluster to a rectangular shape corresponding to the barcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clement D. M. Creusot, Asim Munawar
  • Publication number: 20170132443
    Abstract: A method of detecting a barcode that in one embodiment includes performing a line segment detection of a barcode image to provide a plurality of line segments, and analyzing the line segments using parallel segment detection to determine a best candidate line segment having a greatest similarity to a remainder of adjacent line segments. The method may further include providing a central bisector of the best candidate line segment, and forming a plurality of parallel lines offset from the central bisector. In a following step, a pixel map is from the central bisector and the plurality of the parallel lines, and an end and a start of the barcode is determined from changes in intensity of the pixels in the pixel map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Clement D.M. Creusot, Asim Munawar
  • Publication number: 20160154987
    Abstract: A method for barcode detection, barcode detection system and program. In method for detecting a barcode, an information processing apparatus executes the steps of: detecting a plurality of blobs from an image; for each detected blob, obtaining imaginary lines bisecting the detected blob perpendicular at the middle of the detected blob, determining at least one cluster of the imaginary lines in a feature space according to slopes and positions of the imaginary lines and grouping the blobs in one cluster to a rectangular shape corresponding to the barcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Clement D. M. Creusot, Asim Munawar