Patents by Inventor Marco Blessan

Marco Blessan 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).

  • Features generation and spotting methods and systems using same
    Patent number: 8045798
    Abstract: An image partitioner is configured to find a partition point that divides a received image into four sub-images each having a pre-selected activated pixel count. A recursion processor is configured to (i) apply the image partitioner to an input image to generate a first partition point and four sub-images and to (ii) recursively apply the image partitioner to at least one of the four sub-images for at least one recursion iteration to generate at least one additional partition point. A formatter is configured to generate a features representation of the input image in a selected format. The features representation is based at least in part on the partition points. The features representation can be used in various ways, such as by a classifier configured to classify the input image based on the features representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Blessan, Jutta Katharina Willamowski
  • FEATURES GENERATION AND SPOTTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING SAME
    Publication number: 20090060396
    Abstract: An image partitioner is configured to find a partition point that divides a received image into four sub-images each having a pre-selected activated pixel count. A recursion processor is configured to (i) apply the image partitioner to an input image to generate a first partition point and four sub-images and to (ii) recursively apply the image partitioner to at least one of the four sub-images for at least one recursion iteration to generate at least one additional partition point. A formatter is configured to generate a features representation of the input image in a selected format. The features representation is based at least in part on the partition points. The features representation can be used in various ways, such as by a classifier configured to classify the input image based on the features representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Marco Blessan, Jutta Katharina Williamowski