Patents by Inventor Sheng-Ann Fann

Sheng-Ann Fann 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 for recognizing characters
    Patent number: 7929773
    Abstract: A method for recognizing characters is provided. All the characters to be recognized are categorized into a plurality of character categories according to the relative positions of the characters in the typographical lines before the characters are recognized. When recognizing the characters, a character is compared with only those characters in the corresponding character category of the character in the character database. Therefore, the range and number of characters to be compared are reduced, and the accuracy and speed for recognizing characters are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Hann Tsai, Sheng-Ann Fann
  • METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CHARACTERS
    Publication number: 20080137955
    Abstract: A method for recognizing characters is provided. All the characters to be recognized are categorized into a plurality of character categories according to the relative positions of the characters in the typographical lines before the characters are recognized. When recognizing the characters, a character is compared with only those characters in the corresponding character category of the character in the character database. Therefore, the range and number of characters to be compared are reduced, and the accuracy and speed for recognizing characters are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Hann Tsai, Sheng-Ann Fann