Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Merlivat

Jean-Claude Merlivat 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).

  • Idenitfication tag for postal objects by image signature and associated mail handling
    Patent number: 7720256
    Abstract: The method of processing objects, in which method a digital image (1) is obtained of the surface of each postal object, which image includes address information (2), and an identifier or time stamp for the postal object is associated with the digital image of the postal object in a video-coding system, is characterized by the fact that said digital image is processed in order to extract a signature that serves as an identifier. The signature comprises a first component representative of a physical characteristic of the digital image and a second component (SC) which is a textual description of the address block. This method can be used to implement immediate video-coding in a postal sorting machine without requiring a delay line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Solystic
    Inventors: Olivier Desprez, Emmanuel Miette, Jean-Claude Merlivat, Christophe Caillon
  • Idenitfication tag for postal objects by image signature and associated mail handling
    Publication number: 20050123170
    Abstract: The method of processing objects, in which method a digital image (1) is obtained of the surface of each postal object, which image includes address information (2), and an identifier or time stamp for the postal object is associated with the digital image of the postal object in a video-coding system, is characterized by the fact that said digital image is processed in order to extract a signature that serves as an identifier. The signature comprises a first component representative of a physical characteristic of the digital image and a second component (SC) which is a textual description of the address block. This method can be used to implement immediate video-coding in a postal sorting machine without requiring a delay line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Olivier Desprez, Emmanuel Miette, Jean-Claude Merlivat, Christophe Caillon