Patents by Inventor Lars Patrick Erickson

Lars Patrick Erickson 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).

  • AFP to postscript conversion
    Patent number: 6331895
    Abstract: A document in AFP format is converted to a document in PostScript format. Each object in an AFP file is scanned. A check is made to determine if the scanned object is appropriate. If the scanned object is not appropriate, an error message is generated. If the scanned object is appropriate, the scanned object is converted to PostScript format. The converted object to is written to a PostScript file. If the scanned object is a text object, the converted object includes text, lines, and font changes. If the scanned object is a font object, an AFP font name is mapped to a Postscript font name which is added to a list of necessary fonts in the PostScript file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Patrick Erickson, Tarry A. Hempel
  • AFP to PostScript conversion method
    Patent number: 6020970
    Abstract: A document in AFP format is converted to a document in PostScript format. Each object in an AFP file is scanned. A check is made to determine if the scanned object is appropriate. If the scanned object is not appropriate, an error message is generated. If the scanned object is appropriate, the scanned object is converted to PostScript format. The converted object to is written to a PostScript file. If the scanned object is a text object, the converted object includes text, lines, and font changes. If the scanned object is a font object, an AFP font name is mapped to a Postscript font name which is added to a list of necessary fonts in the PostScript file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Patrick Erickson, Tarry A. Hempel