Patents by Inventor Kenji Yasujima

Kenji Yasujima 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).

  • Method of creating dictionary for character recognition
    Patent number: 4944022
    Abstract: A method of creating a dictionary for character recognition uses a document on which identical characters are aligned in a scanning direction and a mark indicating a size of a character line including the characters is positioned in the vicinity of the aligned characters. An image processing is carried out for dot patterns of the aligned characters, and one dot pattern to be registered in a dictionary is produced. Then, the produced dot pattern is registered in a dictionary together with a corresponding character code data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yasujima, Masao Hashimoto