Patents by Inventor Henry Allan Rowley
Henry Allan Rowley 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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Patent number: 10152647Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Publication number: 20180330180Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Publication number: 20180239983Abstract: Capturing information from an imprinted item comprises a computing device that receives an image of a back side of an imprinted item, the payment instrument comprising information imprinted thereon such that the imprinted information protrudes from a front side of the imprinted item and the imprinted information is indented into the back side of the imprinted item. The computing device extracts sets of characters from the image of the back side of the imprinted item based on the imprinted information indented into the back side of the imprinted item and depicted in the image of the back side of the imprinted item. The computing device applies a first character recognition application to process the sets of characters extracted from the image of the back side of the imprinted item and categorizes each of the sets of characters into one of a plurality of categories relating to the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Henry Allan Rowley, Ashok Chhabedia Popat, Michael Edward Jahr, Zhifei Li
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Patent number: 10055663Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Publication number: 20180231390Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing personalized route information involves gathering a plurality of past location indicators over time for a wireless client device, determining a future driving objective using the plurality of previously-gathered location indicators, obtaining real-time traffic data for an area proximate to the determined driving objective, and generating a suggested route for the driving objective using the near real-time traffic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Henry Allan Rowley, Shumeet Baluja
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Patent number: 9984313Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Patent number: 9977816Abstract: A system determines ranking scores for objects based on “virtual” links defined for the objects. A link-based ranking score may then be calculated for the objects based on the virtual links. In one implementation, the virtual links are determined based on a metric of content-based similarity between the objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yushi Jing, Henry Allan Rowley, Shumeet Baluja
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Publication number: 20180129878Abstract: Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Jeff Huber, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Debra Lin Repenning
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Patent number: 9945686Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing personalized route information involves gathering a plurality of past location indicators over time for a wireless client device, determining a future driving objective using the plurality of previously-gathered location indicators, obtaining real-time traffic data for an area proximate to the determined driving objective, and generating a suggested route for the driving objective using the near real-time traffic data.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Henry Allan Rowley, Shumeet Baluja
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Patent number: 9904873Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20180046685Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating results for a client-requested query involves receiving a query produced by a client communication device, generating a result for the query in response to reception of the query, determining one or more predictive follow-up requests before receiving an actual follow-up request from the client device, and initiating retrieval of information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests, and transmitting at least part of the result to the client device, and then transmitting to the client device at least part of the information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Shumeet Baluja, Henry Allan Rowley
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Patent number: 9892317Abstract: Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Jeff Huber, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Debra Lin Repenning
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Publication number: 20180039857Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises an optical character recognition (“OCR”) system for extracted data based on three-dimensional models. The system receives a digital scan of a physical card and obtains a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card. The system performs an OCR algorithm on a three-dimensional model based on the images and determines if a confidence level of the results are above a preconfigured level. If the results are below the preconfigured levels, a second three dimensional model is created that includes additional received images. When results are over the preconfigured level, the results are accepted as an accurate extraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Patent number: 9830367Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating results for a client-requested query involves receiving a query produced by a client communication device, generating a result for the query in response to reception of the query, determining one or more predictive follow-up requests before receiving an actual follow-up request from the client device, and initiating retrieval of information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests, and transmitting at least part of the result to the client device, and then transmitting to the client device at least part of the information associated with the one or more predictive follow-up requests.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Shumeet Baluja, Henry Allan Rowley
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Publication number: 20170185837Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Patent number: 9679225Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20170138753Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing personalized route information involves gathering a plurality of past location indicators over time for a wireless client device, determining a future driving objective using the plurality of previously-gathered location indicators, obtaining real-time traffic data for an area proximate to the determined driving objective, and generating a suggested route for the driving objective using the near real-time traffic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Henry Allan Rowley, Shumeet Baluja
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Publication number: 20170083797Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Patent number: 9594972Abstract: Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Debra Lin Repenning, Alessandro Bissacco, Justin Scheiner, Leon Palm
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Publication number: 20170053162Abstract: Providing improved card art for display comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, an image of a card and performing an image recognition algorithm on the image. The computing device identifies images represented on the card image and comparing the identified images to an image database. The computing device determines a standard card art image associated with the identified image based at least in part on the comparison and associates the standard card art image with an account of a user, the account being associated with the card in the image. The computing device displays the standard card art as a representation of the account.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Peter Hazlehurst, Xiaohang Wang, Debra Lin Repenning, IV, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Farhan Shamsi, Henry Allan Rowley