Patents by Inventor Neil P. Boyd

Neil P. Boyd 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 of processing documents in an image-based document processing system and an apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 6825940
    Abstract: A method of processing documents in an image-based document processing system to associate recognition results from a primary source results list with corresponding recognition results from a secondary source results list to improve assistance to an operator of the image-based document processing system during, operation of the image-based document processing system comprises the steps of (a) scanning a first type of document to obtain scanned data representative thereof, (b) scanning a second type of document to obtain scanned data representative thereof, (c) processing scanned data representative of the first type of document to provide recognition results associated with the first type of document, (d) processing scanned data representative of the second type of document to provide recognition results associated with the second document, (e) storing recognition results associated with the first type of document in a primary list, (f) storing recognition results associated with the second type of document i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Wu, Stewart B. Kelland, Neil P. Boyd