Patents by Inventor Jean-François Buisson

Jean-François Buisson 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).

  • Patent number: 10706228
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for processing tables embedded within documents wherein a first table header is detected by using semantic groupings of table header terms to identify a minimum number of table header terms in a scanned line of an text document; a potential data zone is extracted by applying white space correlation analysis to a portion of the text document that is adjacent to the first table header; one or more data zone columns from the potential data zone are grouped and aligned with a corresponding header column in the first table header to form a candidate table; data cleansing is performed on the candidate table; and then one or more columns of the candidate table are evaluated using natural language processing to apply a specified table analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-François Buisson, Keith D. Cramer
  • Publication number: 20190171704
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for processing tables embedded within documents wherein a first table header is detected by using semantic groupings of table header terms to identify a minimum number of table header terms in a scanned line of an text document; a potential data zone is extracted by applying white space correlation analysis to a portion of the text document that is adjacent to the first table header; one or more data zone columns from the potential data zone are grouped and aligned with a corresponding header column in the first table header to form a candidate table; data cleansing is performed on the candidate table; and then one or more columns of the candidate table are evaluated using natural language processing to apply a specified table analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-François Buisson, Keith D. Cramer
  • Patent number: 7402192
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method characterised in that it consists in: determining online at least an ultraviolet spectrum portion of at least one of the compounds present in one or the other of the waste water feeding circuits (7, 13) or of the column (8) waste water output (16); qualitatively and quantitatively determining, by mathematical processing of the measured intensity levels, at least a contaminant present in the samples; on the basis of the results obtained and by comparing with pre-defined setpoint values, in restoring said data in the form of electric signals, which control the waste water supply and the stripping column water vapour flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Total Fina Elf France
    Inventors: Jean-François Buisson, Frédéric Pouly
  • Publication number: 20040132201
    Abstract: According to the application, a novel derivative compound is formed from a compound that can react by substitution with diethanolamine. Subsequently, the content of the novel compound is measured by means of ultraviolet spectrometry using the absorbance spectrum of the compound which is measured in a wavelength range included between 200 nm and 350 nm. The content of said novel compound is then converted to the original diethanolamine content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Buisson, Philippe Macon, Frederic Pouly
  • Publication number: 20040083885
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method characterised in that it consists in: determining online at least an ultraviolet spectrum portion of at least one of the compounds present in one or the other of the waste water feeding circuits (7, 13) or of the column (8) waste water output (16); qualitatively and quantitatively determining, by mathematical processing of the measured intensity levels, at least a contaminant present in the samples; on the basis of the results obtained and by comparing with pre-defined setpoint values, in restoring said data in the form of electric signals, which control the waste water supply and the stripping column water vapour flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Buisson, Frederic Pouly