Patents by Inventor Mark Lanin

Mark Lanin 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 for determining the information capacity of a paper channel and for designing or selecting a set of bitmaps representative of symbols to be printed on said channel
    Patent number: 6947179
    Abstract: A method for determining the information loss or conditional entropy in a paper channel where an imager produces an output from symbols printed on a substrate and a paper channel designed in accordance with such method. A parametric, statistical model of the channel is chosen. Test patterns are then transmitted through the channel to determine optimal parameter values for the model. These values are the used in the model to estimate the information loss in the channel. This information loss is used as a figure of merit in making design choices for the paper channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Cordery, Claude Zeller, Mark Lanin
  • Method for determining the information capacity of a paper channel and for designing or selecting a set of bitmaps representative of symbols to be printed on said channel
    Publication number: 20020122196
    Abstract: A method for determining the information loss or conditional entropy in a paper channel where an imager produces an output from symbols printed on a substrate and a paper channel designed in accordance with such method. A parametric, statistical model of the channel is chosen. Test patterns are then transmitted through the channel to determine optimal parameter values for the model. These values are the used in the model to estimate the information loss in the channel. This information loss is used as a figure of merit in making design choices for the paper channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Robert A. Cordery, Claude Zeller, Mark Lanin