Patents by Inventor Harry Urbschat
Harry Urbschat 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).
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Publication number: 20250209846Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Publication number: 20250139150Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents that includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2025Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorston Wanschura
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Publication number: 20250094479Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorston Wanschura
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Patent number: 12249171Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Hyland Software, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 12189674Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: HYLAND SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 12130854Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: HYLAND SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20230401879Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 11763588Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Publication number: 20220058386Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 11176364Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: HYLAND SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Publication number: 20210165813Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20210165814Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 10922347Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HYLAND SWITZERLAND SÀRLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20200302166Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to text extraction from a document. A computing device receives the document. The document comprises computer-readable text and a layout, wherein the layout defines positions of the computer-readable text within a two-dimensional area represented by the document. Responsive to receiving the document, the computing device identifies at least one textual element in the computer-readable text based upon spatial factors between portions of the computer-readable text and contextual relationships between the portions of the computer-readable text. The computing device then outputs the at least one textual element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat
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Patent number: 9798924Abstract: Methods and apparatus delineate grouped together content in documents. Void and unvoid pixels in document images get clustered together. Execution of a histogram and autocorrelation function, including peak detection, against the unvoid clusters reveals the content. Techniques for clustering include iteratively transforming an original image into secondary images with a Haar wavelet transformation, for example. Clustering begins on a lowest image plane and advances to a next highest plane until all void and unvoid pixels in the images are grouped. Void clusters at lower levels remain void clusters at higher levels, thus only unvoid clusters of pixels require processing at higher levels thereby optimizing processing. Imaging devices with scanners define suitable hardware for transformation of the document into images and processors with executable code cluster together pixels to delineate content. Further processing includes executing OCR or other routines post void/unvoid analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: KOFAX INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Patent number: 9785830Abstract: Methods to select and extract tabular data among the optical character recognition returned strings to automatically process documents, including documents containing academic transcripts.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: KOFAX INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND SARLInventors: Johannes Hausmann, Ralph Meier, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20170220679Abstract: A hierarchical dictionary having methods of storing words based on frequency thereof in one or more documents which includes the steps of identifying a hash value corresponding to an inputted word; storing the word in a first hash map and in a second hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the first hash map based on the identified hash value; clearing the first hash map at every predetermined period or triggering event; determining whether a frequency of the word as stored in the second hash map exceeds a predetermined value; and if so, promoting the word from the second hash map to a third hash map having a substantially larger word storage capacity than the second hash map for long-term storage and later retrieval.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20170147577Abstract: A system and method for extracting information from at least one document in at least one set of documents, the method comprising: generating, using at least one ranking and/or matching processor, at least one ranked possible match list comprising at least one possible match for at least one target entry on the at least one document, the at least one ranked possible match list based on at least one attribute score and at least one localization score.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Gennady Lapir, Harry Urbschat, Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann
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Publication number: 20170053163Abstract: Methods and apparatus delineate grouped together content in documents. Void and unvoid pixels in document images get clustered together. Execution of a histogram and autocorrelation function, including peak detection, against the unvoid clusters reveals the content. Techniques for clustering include iteratively transforming an original image into secondary images with a Haar wavelet transformation, for example. Clustering begins on a lowest image plane and advances to a next highest plane until all void and unvoid pixels in the images are grouped. Void clusters at lower levels remain void clusters at higher levels, thus only unvoid clusters of pixels require processing at higher levels thereby optimizing processing. Imaging devices with scanners define suitable hardware for transformation of the document into images and processors with executable code cluster together pixels to delineate content. Further processing includes executing OCR or other routines post void/unvoid analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura
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Publication number: 20160321499Abstract: Storage volumes with historic values from document processing are used to create learn-sets for extraction engine training. Text and locations of the text in documents are obtained, such as with OCR routines or by retrieval from storage. The values of the storage volumes get matched to the text and the locations of the text are associated back to the values. Both the values and their locations are provided to extraction engine(s) for training. The form of the values and text may or may not match exactly. A degree of fuzziness matching occurs depending upon a type of value in storage. Types can be provided as user input, defined by entry in a database, or determined heuristically through characters found in the values and text. Merging of character fragments defines still other embodiments as does arranging executable code into modules for hardware, such as imaging devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Ralph Meier, Johannes Hausmann, Harry Urbschat, Thorsten Wanschura