Patents by Inventor Robert Bolles

Robert Bolles 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 APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT IN AN IMAGE SEQUENCE OF SCENE IMAGERY
    Publication number: 20080101726
    Abstract: An apparatus and a concomitant method for detecting and recognizing text information in a captured imagery. The present method transforms the image of the text to a normalized coordinate system before performing OCR, thereby yielding more robust recognition performance. The present invention also combines OCR results from multiple frames, in a manner that takes the best recognition results from each frame and forms a single result that can be more accurate than the results from any of the individual frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: GREGORY MYERS, Robert Bolles, Quang-Tuan Luong, James Herson
  • Method and apparatus for person identification
    Publication number: 20070242858
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for person identification. In one embodiment, a method for identifying an individual includes obtaining at least one image of the individual, where the image depicts at least a portion of the individual's hair, comparing the visual characteristics of the individual's hair to the visual characteristics of imaged hair in one or more stored images, and identifying the individual based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Aradhye, Martin Fischler, Robert Bolles, Gregory Myers
  • Method and apparatus for recognizing text in an image sequence of scene imagery
    Publication number: 20060120629
    Abstract: An apparatus and a concomitant method for detecting and recognizing text information in a captured imagery. The present method transforms the image of the text to a normalized coordinate system before performing OCR, thereby yielding more robust recognition performance. The present invention also combines OCR results from multiple frames, in a manner that takes the best recognition results from each frame and forms a single result that can be more accurate than the results from any of the individual frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Myers, Robert Bolles, Quang-Tuan Luong, James Herson