Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Noonan

Joseph P. Noonan 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).

  • Devices and methods for restoring low-resolution text images
    Patent number: 8437551
    Abstract: A system that extracts text from an image includes a capture device that captures the image having a low resolution. An image segmentation subsystem partitions the image into image segments. An image restoration subsystem generates a resolution-expanded image from the image segments and negates degradation effects of the low-resolution image by transforming the image segments from a first domain to a second domain and deconvolving the transformed image segments in the second domain to determine parameters of the low-resolution image. A text recognition subsystem transforms the restored image data into computer readable text data based on the determined parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Tufts University
    Inventors: Joseph P. Noonan, Prabahan Basu
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESTORING LOW-RESOLUTION TEXT IMAGES
    Publication number: 20100208996
    Abstract: A system that extracts text from an image includes a capture device that captures the image having a low resolution. An image segmentation subsystem partitions the image into image segments. An image restoration subsystem generates a resolution-expanded image from the image segments and negates degradation effects of the low-resolution image by transforming the image segments from a first domain to a second domain and deconvolving the transformed image segments in the second domain to determine parameters of the low-resolution image. A text recognition subsystem transforms the restored image data into computer readable text data based on the determined parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: TUFTS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joseph P. Noonan, Prabahan Basu