Patents by Inventor Robert Filippini

Robert Filippini 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).

  • System and method for creating synthetic ligatures as quality prototypes for sparse multi-character clusters
    Patent number: 7873228
    Abstract: A method identifying a ligature within a scanned document, the ligature including two or more touching characters. The two or more touching characters of the ligature are then compared to a plurality of prototypes to identify two or more matched prototypes. A synthetic ligature is then created based on the two or more matched prototypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Dennis G. Nicholson, Robert Filippini
  • Method and apparatus for creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images
    Patent number: 7702182
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images. The system operates by receiving a plurality of glyph images, wherein a glyph image specifies a characteristic shape of a character in a font, and wherein each glyph image in the plurality of glyph images is a separate instance of the same glyph image. Next, the system determines an average blackness for the plurality of glyph images, wherein the blackness of a given glyph image is the number of black pixels in the given glyph image. The system then creates a composite grayscale glyph image from the plurality of glyph images. Finally, the system creates a monochrome glyph image from the composite grayscale glyph image, wherein the monochrome glyph image has the same blackness as the average blackness of the plurality of glyph images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph C. Nolan, Robert Filippini
  • System and method for creating synthetic ligatures as quality prototypes for sparse multi-character clusters
    Publication number: 20070196021
    Abstract: A method identifying a ligature within a scanned document, the ligature including two or more touching characters. The two or more touching characters of the ligature are then compared to a plurality of prototypes to identify two or more matched prototypes. A synthetic ligature is then created based on the two or more matched prototypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Dennis Nicholson, Robert Filippini
  • Method and apparatus for creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images
    Publication number: 20070189628
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates creating a high-fidelity glyph prototype from low-resolution glyph images. The system operates by receiving a plurality of glyph images, wherein a glyph image specifies a characteristic shape of a character in a font, and wherein each glyph image in the plurality of glyph images is a separate instance of the same glyph image. Next, the system determines an average blackness for the plurality of glyph images, wherein the blackness of a given glyph image is the number of black pixels in the given glyph image. The system then creates a composite grayscale glyph image from the plurality of glyph images. Finally, the system creates a monochrome glyph image from the composite grayscale glyph image, wherein the monochrome glyph image has the same blackness as the average blackness of the plurality of glyph images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph Nolan, Robert Filippini