Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Cicchitelli

Lorenzo Cicchitelli 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).

  • Automatically selecting fonts
    Patent number: 7197707
    Abstract: The method automatically selects a font from a collection of fonts for use in captions associated with images. The method first selects 110 a font from a library of fonts, based on information provided with the images. The method then sets 112 the existing font of the captions with the selected font. In another embodiment, the method automatically selects a font for use in hyperlink texts. The method first selects 310 a font from a collection of fonts, based on information associated with the hyperlink texts. The method then replaces 312 the existing font of the hyperlink texts with the selected font.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Lorenzo Cicchitelli, Timothy Mark Morris-Yates, Gerard Anthony Hill, Catherine Jane Arnold
  • Automatically selecting fonts
    Publication number: 20010021937
    Abstract: The method automatically selects a font from a collection of fonts for use in captions associated with images. The method first selects 110 a font from a library of fonts, based on information provided with the images. The method then sets 112 the existing font of the captions with the selected font. In another embodiment, the method automatically selects a font for use in hyperlink texts. The method first selects 310 a font from a collection of fonts, based on information associated with the hyperlink texts. The method then replaces 312 the existing font of the hyperlink texts with the selected font.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Lorenzo Cicchitelli, Timothy Mark Morris-Yates, Gerard Anthony Hill, Catherine Jane Arnold