Patents by Inventor Shivang Patel

Shivang Patel 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 automated image indexing and retrieval
    Patent number: 7813595
    Abstract: A method of indexing images contained in scanned documents, wherein said scanned documents are stored in a repository, includes: for each document to be stored in the repository, dividing the document into a plurality of sections; scanning the plurality of sections; segmenting each scanned segment according to a predetermined coding model into image segment and non-image segments; associating each of the image segments with the document; and generating an index correlating the image segments with the document. The method may further include, at the time of image recall, displaying the index of image segments in a user interface; and responsive to selection of an image segment from the index, displaying the document information associated with the image segment in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Zhigang Fan, Shivang Patel
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATED IMAGE INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL
    Publication number: 20080055669
    Abstract: A method of indexing images contained in scanned documents, wherein said scanned documents are stored in a repository, includes: for each document to be stored in the repository, dividing the document into a plurality of sections; scanning the plurality of sections; segmenting each scanned segment according to a predetermined coding model into image segment and non-image segments; associating each of the image segments with the document; and generating an index correlating the image segments with the document. The method may further include, at the time of image recall, displaying the index of image segments in a user interface; and responsive to selection of an image segment from the index, displaying the document information associated with the image segment in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Zhigang Fan, Shivang Patel
  • Method for automated image indexing and retrieval
    Patent number: 7324711
    Abstract: A method of indexing images contained in scanned documents, wherein said scanned documents are stored in a repository, includes: for each document to be stored in the repository, dividing the document into a plurality of sections; scanning the plurality of sections; segmenting each scanned segment according to a predetermined coding model into image segment and non-image segments; associating each of the image segments with the document; and generating an index correlating the image segments with the document. The method may further include, at the time of image recall, displaying the index of image segments in a user interface; and responsive to selection of an image segment from the index, displaying the document information associated with the image segment in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Zhigang Fan, Shivang Patel
  • Method for automated image indexing and retrieval
    Publication number: 20060072830
    Abstract: A method of indexing images contained in scanned documents, wherein said scanned documents are stored in a repository, includes: for each document to be stored in the repository, dividing the document into a plurality of sections; scanning the plurality of sections; segmenting each scanned segment according to a predetermined coding model into image segment and non-image segments; associating each of the image segments with the document; and generating an index correlating the image segments with the document. The method may further include, at the time of image recall, displaying the index of image segments in a user interface; and responsive to selection of an image segment from the index, displaying the document information associated with the image segment in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Zhigang Fan, Shivang Patel