Patents by Inventor Eugene Ratzlaff

Eugene Ratzlaff 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: 20060031764
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, page breaks are identified in the following manner. A set of ink data and a document description are processed by a variety of scoring methods, each of which generates a score for each possible insertion point in the ink. These scores are combined to produce a ranked list of hypothesized page breaks for the corresponding ink data. This ranked list is then used either to insert page breaks automatically using a predefined threshold to determine a cut-off in the list; or to present, on-line, to a human for verification/approval; or a mixture of the two based on two thresholds: one for automatic insertion and the other for human verification. It is to be understood not all scoring methods need be used, that is, one or more of the scoring methods may be used as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Keyser, Michael Perrone, Eugene Ratzlaff, Jayashree Subrahmonia
  • Publication number: 20050231401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, computer program product and system for the compression of a probability table and the reconstruction of one or more probability elements using the compressed data and method. After determining a probability table that is to be compressed, the probability table is compressed using a first probability table compression method, wherein the probability table compression method creates a first compressed probability table. The first compressed probability table contains a plurality of probability elements. Further, the probability table is compressed using a second probability table compression method, wherein the probability table compression method creates a second compressed probability table. The second compressed probability table containing a plurality of probability elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Perrone, Eugene Ratzlaff, Jianying Hu