Patents by Inventor Stefaan Heyvaert

Stefaan Heyvaert 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 document section segmentation
    Patent number: 7818308
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the processing and the use of documents by providing a system for categorizing document section headings under a set of canonical section headings. In the method for categorizing section headings, there may be a process of training a database and matching methods to categorize different but equivalent document section headings under canonical headings and categories. Once trained, the system may match and categorize the document sections with little to no supervision of the categorization for large sets of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alwin B. Carus, Melissa MacPherson, Stefaan Heyvaert, Cornelia Parkes
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT SECTION SEGMENTATION
    Publication number: 20080059498
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the processing and the use of documents by providing a system for categorizing document section headings under a set of canonical section headings. In the method for categorizing section headings, there may be a process of training a database and matching methods to categorize different but equivalent document section headings under canonical headings and categories. Once trained, the system may match and categorize the document sections with little to no supervision of the categorization for large sets of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Alwin CARUS, Melissa MACPHERSON, Stefaan Heyvaert, Cornelia Parkes
  • Systems and methods for coding information
    Patent number: 7233938
    Abstract: The invention includes a medical document handling system and method and automated coding systems and methods for assigning predetermined medical codes to medical documents based on the documents' contents. The invention functions by analyzing electronic medical records and extracting medical information using natural language processing and machine learning. The system collects and amalgamates medical documentation in various formats from multiple sources and locations, normalizes the information, analyzes the information, recognizes information indicating contents corresponding to classification codes, assigns classification codes, and presents information in context correlated to medical records for billing and other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Dictaphone Corporation
    Inventors: Alwin B. Carus, Stefaan Heyvaert, Harry J. Ogrinc, Robert G. Titemore, Tom Deplonty, Keith Boone, Brian Wilson, Ray Rankins, Don Fonza, David Speth, Melissa Macpherson
  • System and method for document section segmentation
    Publication number: 20050144184
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the processing and the use of documents by providing a system for categorizing document section headings under a set of canonical section headings. In the method for categorizing section headings, there may be a process of training a database and matching methods to categorize different but equivalent document section headings under canonical headings and categories. Once trained the system may match and categorize the document sections with little to no supervision of the categorization for large sets of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Dictaphone Corporation
    Inventors: Alwin Carus, Melissa MacPherson, Stefaan Heyvaert, Cornelia Parkes
  • Systems and methods for coding information
    Publication number: 20040220895
    Abstract: The invention includes a medical document handling system and method and automated coding systems and methods for assigning predetermined medical codes to medical documents based on the documents' contents. The invention functions by analyzing electronic medical records and extracting medical information using natural language processing and machine learning. The system collects and amalgamates medical documentation in various formats from multiple sources and locations, normalizes the information, analyzes the information, recognizes information indicating contents corresponding to classification codes, assigns classification codes, and presents information in context correlated to medical records for billing and other purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Dictaphone Corporation
    Inventors: Alwin B. Carus, Stefaan Heyvaert, Harry J. Ogrinc, Robert G. Titemore, Tom Deplonty, Keith Boone, Brian Wilson, Ray Rankins, Don Fonza, David Speth, Melissa MacPherson