Patents by Inventor Hazem Y. Abdelazim

Hazem Y. Abdelazim 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: 20090055778
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of selecting and identifying on-screen text on a mobile device, comprising: a) providing an on-screen selection icon for activation of text selection mode; b) activating a text selection pointer upon activation of the selection icon; c) applying a text-selection algorithm in a region identified by user location of the text selection pointer; d) identifying text with the region using a character recognition algorithm; and, e) passing the identified text for further analysis as determined by user selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: CIT Global Mobile Division
    Inventors: Hazem Y. Abdelazim, Mohamed Malek
  • Patent number: 5335289
    Abstract: A system and method for recognizing characters in cursive script is provided in which the script is scanned to detect word boundaries and words are then segmented into characters. This is accomplished by segmenting the script to form an initial portion, the segmentation being performed with reference to its position relative to a word boundary. This initial portion is then compared with a set of reference portions. Subsequent portions of the script are taken in sequence and compared with reference portions until a character is identified with an uncertainty less than a predetermined threshold value. A new initial portion is then segmented, with the new initial portion chosen on the basis of the average width of the character identified and the comparison process repeated to identify the next character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Hazem Y. Abdelazim