Patents by Inventor Laurent Najman

Laurent Najman 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 recognizing and indexing documents
    Patent number: 7319799
    Abstract: A method of recognizing and indexing documents, using a scanner connected to a computer, the method including scanning the documents, then using a pointing device or member of the computer to designate an arbitrary point P in at least one box of the documents, and finally recognizing by OCR the characters in the box so as to store them in a first database connected to the computer to enable documents scanned in this way to be indexed. The designation step comprises a step of searching for and identifying the box of the document containing the point P designated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Océ-Industries S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Berche, Laurent Najman
  • Method of recognizing and indexing documents
    Publication number: 20010033690
    Abstract: A method of recognizing and indexing documents, using a scanner connected to a computer, the method including scanning the documents, then using a pointing device or member of the computer to designate an arbitrary point P in at least one box of the documents, and finally recognizing by OCR the characters in said box so as to store them in a first database connected to the computer to enable documents scanned in this way to be indexed. The designation step comprises a step of searching for and identifying the box of the document containing said point P designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Stephane Berche, Laurent Najman