Patents by Inventor Gerard Huette

Gerard Huette 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 apparatus which obtains distance ratios between edges in a character for identification
    Patent number: 5151952
    Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing characters 20 on a document 10 comprises a scanning head 24 and decoding circuits 78, 72, 86, 92, 80, feeding a controller 84. The controller 84 detects the identity of the characters 20A-20N by calculating the ratio found by dividing the time between a first positive pulse 32 and a second positive pulse 34 by the time between the first positive pulse 32 and a last negative pulse 36 and comparing it against a stored table of ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Unisys Corp.
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Canu, Bernard DesForges, Gerard Huette