Patents by Inventor Richard E. Kumpf

Richard E. Kumpf 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).

  • OCR Matrix extractor
    Patent number: 4403340
    Abstract: A matrix extractor is described which is particularly useful for extracting data from a memory which contains representations of optically scanned characters. The method and apparatus of the present invention permits the isolation of packets of data in the memory and the determination of the location of these packets. Data representing the packets is then extracted from the memory for character recognition. The isolation of packets in memory greatly reduces the amount of data which must be processed by the recognition processor and provides much more reliable recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Assignee: Caere Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Kumpf, William R. Smith