Patents by Inventor Peter L. Olcott

Peter L. Olcott 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 and system for recognizing machine generated character glyphs and icons in graphic images
    Patent number: 7046848
    Abstract: A deterministic finite automaton uses binary search (and optionally hashing) method(s) of sparse matrix representation to recognize the graphical representations of characters or icons from a bitmap representation of the computer screen. This recognition can be applied to translate data from an unknown form of original specification (file format) into a known form of representation, such as HTML. Alternatively this recognition can be applied to another process that can “see” what is on the screen, and perform programmed actions, based on what it “sees”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Peter L. Olcott