Patents by Inventor Gerard Bouvier

Gerard Bouvier 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).

  • Character recognition system
    Patent number: 4085401
    Abstract: The invention relates to pattern recognition of binary numbers corresponding respectively to the different elementary zones of the pattern of a character. The system consists in defining the orientation of the character in its various points which are then supplied to different memories according to their orientation. The character is then characterized by 21 binary variables defined by the existence or absence of given orientation segments in 21 predetermined zones. These variables are decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Assignee: Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche
    Inventors: Alain Chehikian, Gerard Bouvier