Patents by Inventor Jeff Catlin

Jeff Catlin 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).

  • POST-OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION ERROR CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20250087011
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a principled edit-distance system that performs a method for determining the probability of character errors. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs a context-sensitive correction method. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs a comprehensive, unified correction process based on generalized edit distance analysis, wherein the objective is to find a corrected sentence that has the overall smallest edit distance across all levels. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that comprises one or more subjective fractional rank-based dictionaries. In another embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs the automatic assignment of rank to words per-document dictionaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jeff Catlin, Brian Pinette
  • Post-optical character recognition error correction system and methods of use
    Patent number: 12100234
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a principled edit-distance system that performs a method for determining the probability of character errors. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs a context-sensitive correction method. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs a comprehensive, unified correction process based on generalized edit distance analysis, wherein the objective is to find a corrected sentence that has the overall smallest edit distance across all levels. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that comprises one or more subjective fractional rank-based dictionaries. In another embodiment, the invention comprises a post-OCR error correction system that performs the automatic assignment of rank to words per-document dictionaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lexalytics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Catlin, Brian Pinette