Patents by Inventor Olivier Labois

Olivier Labois 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 detecting blank pages, and corresponding multifunctional machine
    Patent number: 8724182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting blank pages among sheets of a document scanned on a multifunctional machine comprising a scanner, wherein said scanner: scans (S0) two pages of at least one sheet of a document to be scanned; carries out a basic detection (S6) of a blank page on each scanned sheet; selects (S7) each sheet not comprising at least one page detected to be blank during the detection (S6); compares (S9) the two pages of said selected sheet; and classifies (S9) a page as blank when it is similar to the other page of said sheet. The invention also relates to a multifunctional machine, the machine comprising a scanner for implementing a method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sagemcom Documents SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Labois, Pierre Sabatier, Jérôme Berger
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING BLANK PAGES, AND CORRESPONDING MULTIFUNCTIONAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20120170082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting blank pages among sheets of a document scanned on a multifunctional machine comprising a scanner, wherein said scanner: scans (S0) two pages of at least one sheet of a document to be scanned; carries out a basic detection (S6) of a blank page on each scanned sheet; selects (S7) each sheet not comprising at least one page detected to be blank during the detection (S6); compares (S9) the two pages of said selected sheet; and classifies (S9) a page as blank when it is similar to the other page of said sheet. The invention also relates to a multifunctional machine, the machine comprising a scanner for implementing a method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Olivier Labois, Pierre Sabatier, Jérôme Berger