Patents by Inventor Hiroko Nankai

Hiroko Nankai 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).

  • Automatic character recognition system and computer product
    Patent number: 7983483
    Abstract: An image-data-acquisition control unit controls an image-data acquiring unit that acquires computer-recognizable image data, to accumulate the image data in a set of information units. A character-recognition control unit controls an optical character-recognizing unit that extracts a character from the set of image data accumulated by the image-data-acquisition control unit, to accumulate a group of characters obtained by the optical character-recognizing unit in a set of character information units. Once a start signal is received from a starting unit, the image-data-acquisition control unit and the character-recognition control unit continue to operate independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Hiroko Nankai, Kiyoto Kosaka, Takayuki Kawanaka
  • AUTOMATIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20070104367
    Abstract: An image-data-acquisition control unit controls an image-data acquiring unit that acquires computer-recognizable image data, to accumulate the image data in a set of information units. A character-recognition control unit controls an optical character-recognizing unit that extracts a character from the set of image data accumulated by the image-data-acquisition control unit, to accumulate a group of characters obtained by the optical character-recognizing unit in a set of character information units. Once a start signal is received from a starting unit, the image-data-acquisition control unit and the character-recognition control unit continue to operate independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroko Nankai, Kiyoto Kosaka, Takayuki Kawanaka