Patents by Inventor Lennart A. Saaf

Lennart A. Saaf 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 and system for address result arbitration
    Patent number: 9378433
    Abstract: A method to arbitrate between results obtained from observationally data derived by several procedures. Each procedure is given a ranking according to the confidence on the procedure. The results and characteristics derived from the results are used in a plurality of rules, where the rules are used to arbitrate between the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM ADDRESS RESULT ARBITRATION
    Publication number: 20150161479
    Abstract: A method to arbitrate between results obtained from observationally data derived by several procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf
  • Mail image profiling and handwriting matching
    Patent number: 7415130
    Abstract: Method and systems for early detection of potentially hazardous material associated with the collection of mail or other objects. In an embodiment of the method of this invention, image characteristics for an image of an item being examined are obtained. A predetermined profile is then retrieved from a profile database. The image characteristics for the image of the item are compared to the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile. If the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile substantially match the image characteristics for the image of the item, the item is identified for special processing. If the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile do not substantially match the image characteristics for the image of the item, another predetermined profile is retrieved and compared to the image characteristics for the image of the item. A system that implements the method of this invention includes a transport sub-system and a computing sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf, Richard C. Vanhall
  • MAIL IMAGE PROFILING AND HANDWRITING MATCHING
    Publication number: 20080192978
    Abstract: Method and systems for early detection of potentially hazardous material associated with the collection of mail or other objects. In an embodiment of the method of this invention, image characteristics for an image of an item being examined are obtained. A predetermined profile is then retrieved from a profile database. The image characteristics for the image of the item are compared to the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile. If the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile substantially match the image characteristics for the image of the item, the item is identified for special processing. If the image characteristics present in the predetermined profile do not substantially match the image characteristics for the image of the item, another predetermined profile is retrieved and compared to the image characteristics for the image of the item. A system that implements the method of this invention includes a transport sub-system and a computing sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf, Richard C. Vanhall
  • Method and system for address result arbitration
    Patent number: 7095875
    Abstract: A method to arbitrate between results obtained from observationally derived data by several procedures, where the results are items characteristic of the observationally derived data is disclosed. Each procedure is given a ranking according to the confidence on the procedure. The results and characteristics derived from the results are used in a plurality of rules, where the rules are used to arbitrate between the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf
  • Method and system for address result arbitration
    Publication number: 20020186864
    Abstract: A method to arbitrate between results obtained from observationally derived data by several procedures, where the results are items characteristic of the observationally derived data is disclosed. Each procedure is given a ranking according to the confidence on the procedure. The results and characteristics derived from the results are used in a plurality of rules, where the rules are used to arbitrate between the results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred T. Rundle, Lennart A. Saaf