Patents by Inventor Cory Irwin

Cory Irwin 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 system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string
    Patent number: 7391527
    Abstract: A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurality of electronic text pages corresponding to the printed pages. The multifunction printer electronically searches the plurality of electronic text pages to identify which electronic text pages include the specified text string. The multifunction printer then communicates the identified electronic text pages to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Cory Irwin, Carl Price
  • Image manipulation according to pixel type
    Patent number: 7263223
    Abstract: A method embodiment includes identifying, in the digital image, pixels of a first object type pixels of a second object type. An edge group is identified that includes pixels of the second object type that at are adjacent to pixels of the first object type. The first object type pixels are manipulated while pixels in the edge group are at least substantially preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Cory Irwin
  • Image manipulation according to pixel type
    Publication number: 20040223643
    Abstract: A method embodiment includes identifying, in the digital image, pixels of a first object type pixels of a second object type. An edge group is identified that includes pixels of the second object type that at are adjacent to pixels of the first object type. The first object type pixels are manipulated while pixels in the edge group are at least substantially preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Cory Irwin
  • Method and system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string
    Publication number: 20040218205
    Abstract: A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurality of electronic text pages corresponding to the printed pages. The multifunction printer electronically searches the plurality of electronic text pages to identify which electronic text pages include the specified text string. The multifunction printer then communicates the identified electronic text pages to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Cory Irwin, Carl Price