Patents by Inventor Nora Wen

Nora Wen 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: 6978449
    Abstract: A command conversion interface between an image machine with a plurality of hard keys and an image requestor is disclosed. When the command conversion interface detects and determines the activation of a specific hard key of the image machine, digital image information from the image machine is provided for the image requestor through the command conversion interface to execute a designated task, which has not been built in the image machine. In the command conversion interface, the designated task is interpreted by a destination command script, and the destination command script is processed by a compiler along with the digital image information, then transmitted to the image requestor to execute the task. The relationship between the specific hard key and the designated task refers to a new correlation table of the command conversion interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Mustek Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chen, Jewel Tsai, Nora Wen
  • Patent number: 6816612
    Abstract: This specification discloses a multi-mode image processing method and the corresponding system. Multiple modes, including line art, gray level, and colors, are used to capture and store image information. An image capture device is used to capture a preliminary color image. An image analyzing device divides the preliminary color image into line art image areas, gray-level image areas, and color image areas. The image capture device captures an advanced line art image, an advanced gray-level image, and an advanced color image. Users can select the line art image areas, the gray-level image areas, and the color image areas in order to obtain the advanced line art image, the advanced gray-level image, and the advanced color image, respectively. An image storage device stores the multi-mode image information into a multi-mode image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Mustek Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jewel Tsai, Nora Wen
  • Publication number: 20040015875
    Abstract: A command conversion interface between an image provider and an image requestor is disclosed. When the command conversion interface detects and determines the activation of a specific hard key of the image provider, digital image information from the image provider is provided for the image requestor through the command conversion interface to execute a designated task. In the command conversion interface, the designated task is interpreted by a destination command script, and the destination command script is processed by a compiler along with the digital image information, then transmitted to the image requestor to execute the task. The relationship between the specific hard key and the designated task refers to a correlation table of the command conversion interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: MUSTEK SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Jack Chen, Jewel Tsai, Nora Wen
  • Patent number: 6590590
    Abstract: A method and system is implemented on a host computer for operating upon a window system to update a graphic representation of a selected window item using an image information reading apparatus. The invention mainly includes an image cropping manager for providing a cropped image by cropping an image transmitted from the image capturing manager according to a size requested by a user; and an interface manager for providing a plurality of menu items each associated with at least a dialog box for setting the cropped image as a default image of a selected menu item. The plurality of menu items include Startup Screen, Wall Paper, System LOGO, Icon, Cursor, Screen Saver, Shutdown Screen, Theme, and Restore for updating an associated graphic representation. Eventually, an user can easily establish a personalized windows graphic environment with the assistance of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Mustek Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nora Wen, Gimmy Huang, Jenny Kao
  • Publication number: 20030117669
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fast image fetching and processing is provided to scan an object more efficiently by a one-touch operation. The method and apparatus allows a one-touch operation to initiate a series of actions previously defined in a configuration file for each function key, including scan, print, facsimile, e-mail or OCR, thereby provide a more user friendly interface for operating the office machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Jewel Tsai, Hsi-Hsun Huang, Nora Wen
  • Publication number: 20030002733
    Abstract: This specification discloses a multi-mode image processing method and the corresponding system. Multiple modes, including line art, gray level, and colors, are used to capture and store image information. An image capture device is used to capture a preliminary color image. An image analyzing device divides the preliminary color image into line art image areas, gray-level image areas, and color image areas. The image capture device captures an advanced line art image, an advanced gray-level image, and an advanced color image. Users can select the line art image areas, the gray-level image areas, and the color image areas in order to obtain the advanced line art image, the advanced gray-level image, and the advanced color image, respectively. An image storage device stores the multi-mode image information into a multi-mode image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Jewel Tsai, Nora Wen
  • Publication number: 20020051253
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fast image fetching and processing is provided to scan an object more efficiently by a one-touch operation. The method and apparatus allows a one-touch operation to initiate a series of actions previously defined in a configuration file for each function key, including scan, print, facsimile, e-mail or OCR, thereby provide a more user friendly interface for operating the office machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: Mustek Systems Inc.,
    Inventors: Tiffany Chen, Nora Wen
  • Patent number: RE42595
    Abstract: A command conversion interface between an image machine with a plurality of hard keys and an image requestor is disclosed. When the command conversion interface detects and determines the activation of a specific hard key of the image machine, digital image information from the image machine is provided for the image requestor through the command conversion interface to execute a designated task, which has not been built in the image machine. In the command conversion interface, the designated task is interpreted by a destination command script, and the destination command script is processed by a compiler along with the digital image information, then transmitted to the image requestor to execute the task. The relationship between the specific hard key and the designated task refers to a new correlation table of the command conversion interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Transpacific Optics LLC
    Inventors: Jack Chen, Jewel Tsai, Nora Wen