Patents by Inventor Søren Vind

Søren Vind 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 to display content from a PDF document on a small screen
    Patent number: 12602534
    Abstract: Roughly described, a viewer application is provided for viewing a PDF document on a screen of a device such as a mobile phone or tablet. The viewer application may operate in page mode or in text mode. In page mode the original layout is maintained, and navigation assistance is provided by use of a navigation pane indicating the contents of the screen with a superimposed frame. Display of the navigation pane is controllable by the user. In page mode a selected text column is scrolled and zoomed to optimize reading. In text mode, text is extracted from the document and reformatted in text view to be continuous and complete in correct reading order, and images and advertising may be excluded. The user may toggle between page mode and text mode. The viewer application is implemented in software to by executed by a processor on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Issuu, Inc.
    Inventors: Søren D. Thomsen, Anders H. Madsen, Søren Vind, Mads Sejersen, Peter Assentorp
  • Method and System to Display Content from a PDF Document on a Small Screen
    Publication number: 20170212870
    Abstract: Roughly described, a viewer application is provided for viewing a PDF document on a screen of a device such as a mobile phone or tablet. The viewer application may operate in page mode or in text mode. In page mode the original layout is maintained, and navigation assistance is provided by use of a navigation pane indicating the contents of the screen with a superimposed frame. Display of the navigation pane is controllable by the user. In page mode a selected text column is scrolled and zoomed to optimize reading. In text mode, text is extracted from the document and reformatted in text view to be continuous and complete in correct reading order, and images and advertising may be excluded. The user may toggle between page mode and text mode. The viewer application is implemented in software to by executed by a processor on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Issuu, Inc.
    Inventors: Søren D. Thomsen, Anders H. Madsen, Søren Vind, Mads Sejersen, Peter Assentorp