Patents by Inventor Michael James HEILMANN

Michael James HEILMANN 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).

  • Methods and systems for no-touch scanning
    Patent number: 8488213
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for scanning a document wherein a scan function is invoked implicitly by a user positioning a document object, or document objects, to be scanned near an active surface of the scanner. According to one aspect of the present invention, the user's intent to scan a document object may be determined by an active-sensing pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard John Campbell, Dana S. Smith, Michael James Heilmann
  • Methods and Systems for No-Touch Scanning
    Publication number: 20110188093
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for scanning a document wherein a scan function is invoked implicitly by a user positioning a document object, or document objects, to be scanned near an active surface of the scanner. According to one aspect of the present invention, the user's intent to scan a document object may be determined by an active-sensing pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Richard John Campbell, Dana S. Smith, Michael James Heilmann
  • Methods and Systems for Collaborative-Writing-Surface Image Sharing
    Publication number: 20110141278
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for detection of content change on a collaborative writing surface and for image update and sharing based on the content-change detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Richard John Campbell, Michael James HEILMANN, John E. DOLAN