Patents by Inventor Howard V. Hastings, III

Howard V. Hastings, III 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).

  • System and method for recognizing visual indicia
    Patent number: 5703969
    Abstract: A method involves capturing visual indicia as a digital image, isolating the visual indicia on the digital image, converting the visual indicia to image primitives, identifying and presenting the visual indicia. An apparatus contains a camera for capturing a visual image, a video-to-digital converter, and a computer with a processor, appropriate memory, and software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Electroglas, Inc., Texas Tech University
    Inventors: A. Kathleen Hennessey, YouLing Lin, Howard V. Hastings, III, Jerome R. Lovelace, Ning San Chang