Patents by Inventor Doug Harold Weinel

Doug Harold Weinel 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).

  • Ballot image processing system and method for voting machines
    Patent number: 8864026
    Abstract: A ballot processing system and method processes paper ballots, such as by optically scanning or optically reading those ballots. The ballot image processing system corrects for, or is able to differentiate valid voting marks from, ballot printing errors such as skewed printing, incorrect sizing, and speckling. Further, the ballot image processing system, after determining whether each of the voting marks is valid or not, associates audit data with the ballot that corresponds to the decision regarding each voting mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Dominion Voting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Coomer, Larry Korb, Brian Glenn Lierman, Doug Harold Weinel