Patents by Inventor Margaret Sturgill

Margaret Sturgill 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).

  • Patent number: 7424672
    Abstract: A system and method of processing an image comprises receiving a definition of at least one region in the image, where the region definition has a location specification and a type specification. The method further comprises displaying the boundaries of the at least one defined region according to its type specification, receiving a definition of a visible area in the image, the visible area definition having a specification of margins around the image, generating an image layout definition comprising the region definition and the visible area definition, and saving the image layout definition. The image layout definition may also be used as a template to conform image documents to a specified layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Margaret Sturgill
  • Publication number: 20070100812
    Abstract: A system and method for deploying a document classification system include deploying a document classification system with a first classification engine configuration, and thereafter, automatically redeploying the document classification system with a second classification engine configuration in response to a cost function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Simske, Margaret Sturgill, Daniel Dyer
  • Publication number: 20060218134
    Abstract: A method of classifying a document includes providing a plurality of classifier engines and classifying the document using output from one or more of the classifier engines based on a comparison of one or more metrics for each classifier engine. In another embodiment, a method of classifying a document comprises providing a plurality of classifier engines and determining one or more metrics for each classifier engine. These metrics are used to determine how to use the classifier engines to classify the document, and the document is classified accordingly. A further embodiment includes a document classifier utilizing a plurality of classifier engines. In yet another embodiment, a computer-readable medium contains instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method of using a plurality of classifier engines to classify a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Simske, David Wright, Margaret Sturgill
  • Publication number: 20060218110
    Abstract: A method for deploying an additional document classifier engine into an existing document processing system that includes the steps of adding a new document classifier engine to an existing single or pool of document classifier engines and training the new document classifier engine on previously misclassified documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Simske, David Wright, Margaret Sturgill