Patents by Inventor Paul Albrecht

Paul Albrecht 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).

  • Apparatus and method for performing analyses on data derived from a web-based search engine
    Patent number: 8316001
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of performing analysis (such as patent analysis) on data derived from a web-based search engine pursuant to a search query includes in one embodiment causing display, in a first element of a patent analytics web page, in a digital computing device, of search results content served by the search engine. The embodiment further includes, in a first computer process, analyzing data associated with the search results content according to criteria (which optionally may be specified by a user when specifying the search query) to produce analysis results and in a second computer process, causing display of the analysis results. A related apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: IPVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Albrecht, Joseph G. Hadzima, Jr., Hoo-Min D. Toong
  • Text stitching from multiple images
    Patent number: 8284999
    Abstract: A reading machine has processing for detecting common text between a pair of individual images. The reading machine combines the text from the pair of images into a file or data structure if common text is detected, and determines if incomplete text phrases are present in the common text. If incomplete text phrases are present, the machine signals a user to move an image input device in a direction to capture more of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • Image evaluation for reading mode in a reading machine
    Patent number: 8249309
    Abstract: A portable reading machine detects poor image conditions for performing optical character recognition processing. The portable reading machine receives an image of sufficient resolution to distinguish lines of text but not necessarily of sufficient resolution to distinguish individual characters and processes the image to determine imaging conditions from the image. The reading machine reports imaging conditions to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • Use of patterns in processing on mobile monitoring device and computer system
    Patent number: 8204580
    Abstract: A system include circuitry to receive information from a mobile device including ECG data representative of a beating heart, circuitry to analyze the ECG data using at least one pattern to detect a notable finding in the ECG data and circuitry to determine at least one pattern to send to the mobile device, based on the analysis of the ECG data. The system sends the at least one determined pattern to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Device and method to assist user in conducting a transaction with a machine
    Patent number: 8186581
    Abstract: A device for assisting a user to perform a transaction on a machine is described. The device receives data that specifies a transaction mode to use for processing an image and accesses a knowledge base to provide data to configure the device for the transaction mode, the data including data specific to the transaction mode. The device receives an image or images of a portion of a machine that the user will use to perform the transaction and processes the image or images to identify a pattern of controls on the machine and to detect the presence of a user-controlled pointing item over controls on the machine. The device announces to the user the name or function of the control closest to an end of the user-controlled pointing item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson
  • Generalized object recognition for portable reading machine
    Patent number: 8160880
    Abstract: Techniques for operating a reading machine are disclosed. The techniques include forming an N-dimensional features vector based on features of an image, the features corresponding to characteristics of at least one object depicted in the image, representing the features vector as a point in n-dimensional space, where n corresponds to N, the number of features in the features vector and comparing the point in n-dimensional space to a centroid that represents a cluster of points in the n-dimensional space corresponding to a class of objects to determine whether the point belongs in the class of objects corresponding to the centroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Albrecht, Rafael Maya Zetune, Lucy Gibson, Raymond C. Kurzweil
  • Training a user on an accessiblity device
    Patent number: 8154771
    Abstract: A user of an accessibility device is taught to properly use the device with a test image such that the accessibility device captures the entirety of or a large portion of a test image. In training the user, the device processes test image's information located within the device's field of view. Based on this processed information, the device indicates to the user if the device should be re-positioned such that a larger portion of the test image comes within the device's field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Albrecht, Rafael Maya Zetune, Lucy Gibson, Raymond C. Kurzweil, Srivathsan Krishnamachari
  • Gesture processing with low resolution images with high resolution processing for optical character recognition for a reading machine
    Patent number: 8150107
    Abstract: A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image and a high resolution image of a scene and processing the low resolution image to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item that indicates a command from the user to the reading machine and the high resolution image to recognize text in the image of the scene, according to the command from the user to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING GRAPHICAL CONTENT AND GLYPHS
    Publication number: 20120050306
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems for rendering pages or documents with both graphical and textual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: K-NFB READING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman, Jeff Brewer
  • Cooperative Processing For Portable Reading Machine
    Publication number: 20120029920
    Abstract: A handheld device includes an image input device capable of acquiring images, circuitry to send a representation of the image to a remote computing system that performs at least one processing function related to processing the image and circuitry to receive from the remote computing system data based on processing the image by the remote system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Audio Synchronization For Document Narration with User-Selected Playback
    Publication number: 20110288861
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman, Lucy Gibson
  • Cooperative processing for portable reading machine
    Patent number: 8036895
    Abstract: A handheld device includes an image input device capable of acquiring images, circuitry to send a representation of the image to a remote computing system that performs at least one processing function related to processing the image and circuitry to receive from the remote computing system data based on processing the image by the remote system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Reading machine with camera polarizer layers
    Patent number: 7949245
    Abstract: A reading machine includes an image input device including a lens and a polarizer disposed over the lens, a flash and a second polarizer disposed over the flash. The image input device also includes a computing device coupled to the image input device for capturing images, the computing device, including a processor to execute instructions and a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to process the captured images to recognize features in the captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lev Lvovsky, Rafael Maya Zetune, Paul Albrecht, Raymond C. Kurzweil
  • Text Stitching From Multiple Images
    Publication number: 20110066424
    Abstract: A reading machine has processing for detecting common text between a pair of individual images. The reading machine combines the text from the pair of images into a file or data structure if common text is detected, and determines if incomplete text phrases are present in the common text. If incomplete text phrases are present, the machine signals a user to move an image input device in a direction to capture more of the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • DOCUMENT AND IMAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20100331043
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods, apparatus and computer program product are described that involve capturing images of a plurality of documents and performing specialized processing on the documents for generalized translation, menu translation, expense reporting, business card and social networking site updating, calendar updating and currency identification. Other specialized applications are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: K-NFB READING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Chapman, Paul Albrecht
  • Systems and methods for displaying scanned images with overlaid text
    Publication number: 20100329555
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a scanned image in which a portion of the image is overlaid with OCR generated text corresponding to the text of the original scanned document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: K-NFB READING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Chapman, Paul Albrecht
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCUMENT NARRATION WITH MULTIPLE CHARACTERS HAVING MULTIPLE MOODS
    Publication number: 20100324903
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for providing a plurality of characters at least some of the characters having multiple associated moods for use in document narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • Systems and Methods Document Narration
    Publication number: 20100324902
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGE DOCUMENT NARRATION
    Publication number: 20100324904
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different languages where the portions of the text narrated using the different voices associated with different languages are selected by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • VOICE MODELS FOR DOCUMENT NARRATION
    Publication number: 20100324905
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for modifying a voice model associated with a selected character based on data received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman