Patents by Inventor John E. Karlsson

John E. Karlsson 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).

  • Publication number: 20230259270
    Abstract: Methods for managing notes, either digital notes or images of physical notes. One feature uses multiple drawing layers divided into tiles to render drawing operations. The tiles with drawing changes are rendered in new tiles while tiles without changes are used from a previous drawing layer. This feature accommodates redo and undo commands by pushing or popping a layer on the history stack of layers. Another feature uses a displayed plus button that expands upon touch to display actions. A user can touch an action to select it and, upon releasing the touch, the action is executed with respect to displayed boards of digital notes. Another feature receives a 3D model of notes from a video scan and uses a transformation matrix to convert the notes in the 3D model to corresponding digital notes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson, Emre B. Ergenekon
  • Publication number: 20230144394
    Abstract: Methods for managing notes, either digital notes or images of physical notes. The methods use optical character recognition to convert handwritten content into characters and icons. The methods also determine sizes of non-square physical notes when imaged by a camera from various angles. For curled notes or damaged notes such as a note missing a corner, the methods detect and process edges of a physical note in an image and, using the detected edges, convert the image of the physical note into a corresponding digital note without curl or damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, Roland Persson, Alf Linus Åkerlund, Anders F. Järleberg, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson
  • Patent number: D918944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz