Patents by Inventor Shelby McCoy

Shelby McCoy 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND TRACKING HANDWRITTEN TIP AMOUNTS
    Publication number: 20230177620
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a value of a hand written monetary tip amount on a paper payment receipt is provided. One embodiment scans, using a scanner, a paper payment receipt having a hand written monetary tip amount thereon; generates scan data that corresponds to the scanned paper payment receipt: identifies text from the scan data, wherein the identified text includes hand written text and machine printed text; discriminates the hand written text from the machine printed text; and determines a value of the hand written monetary tip amount based on the identified hand written text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Spencer Davis, Shelby McCoy