Patents by Inventor Raymond Armand Lorie

Raymond Armand Lorie 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).

  • Automatic method of detection of incorrectly oriented text blocks using results from character recognition
    Patent number: 6993205
    Abstract: The invention determines the correct orientation of text blocks being processed with an optical character recognition computer program. The method determines a recognition confidence of characters in a text block being analyzed by the optical character recognition computer program and evaluates an orientation of the text block based on the recognition confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Armand Lorie, Sriganesh Madhvanath