Patents by Inventor Steffen Bickel

Steffen Bickel 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).

  • Patent number: 11244208
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for processing a document. In an embodiment, a document processing system may receive a document. The document processing system may perform optical character recognition to obtain character information and positioning information for the characters. The document processing system may generate a down-sampled two-dimensional character grid for the document. The document processing system may apply a convolutional neural network to the character grid to obtain semantic meaning for the document. The convolutional neural network may produce a segmentation mask and bounding boxes to correspond to the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Christian Reisswig, Anoop Raveendra Katti, Steffen Bickel, Johannes Hoehne, Jean Baptiste Faddoul
  • Publication number: 20200117961
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for processing a document. In an embodiment, a document processing system may receive a document. The document processing system may perform optical character recognition to obtain character information and positioning information for the characters. The document processing system may generate a down-sampled two-dimensional character grid for the document. The document processing system may apply a convolutional neural network to the character grid to obtain semantic meaning for the document. The convolutional neural network may produce a segmentation mask and bounding boxes to correspond to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christian REISSWIG, Anoop Raveendra Katti, Steffen Bickel, Johannes Hoehne, Jean Baptiste Faddoul
  • Patent number: 10540579
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for processing a document. In an embodiment, a document processing system may receive a document. The document processing system may perform optical character recognition to obtain character information and positioning information for the characters. The document processing system may generate a down-sampled two-dimensional character grid for the document. The document processing system may apply a convolutional neural network to the character grid to obtain semantic meaning for the document. The convolutional neural network may produce a segmentation mask and bounding boxes to correspond to the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Christian Reisswig, Anoop Raveendra Katti, Steffen Bickel, Johannes Hoehne, Jean Baptiste Faddoul
  • Publication number: 20190354818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for processing a document. In an embodiment, a document processing system may receive a document. The document processing system may perform optical character recognition to obtain character information and positioning information for the characters. The document processing system may generate a down-sampled two-dimensional character grid for the document. The document processing system may apply a convolutional neural network to the character grid to obtain semantic meaning for the document. The convolutional neural network may produce a segmentation mask and bounding boxes to correspond to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Reisswig, Anoop Raveendra Katti, Steffen Bickel, Johannes Hoehne, Jean Baptiste Faddoul
  • Patent number: 10001384
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining the similarity between a reference point-of-interest and similarity candidate points-of-interest. Data specifying a reference point-of-interest and location data of a search region are received. A reference vector specifying a plurality of features associated with the reference point-of-interest is retrieved. A plurality of candidates for similar points-of-interest are determined based, at least in part, on the search region. A similarity score is determined for each of the candidates. A list of one or more similar points-of-interest is generated based on the similarity scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Bickel, Hannes Kruppa, Peter Siemen, Mark Waldaukat
  • Patent number: 9507498
    Abstract: An approach is provided for discovering similar content or search results. The discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more results. Next, the discovery platform receives an input for selecting at least one of the one or more results. Then, the discovery platform process and/or facilitate a processing of the input to determine one or more criteria associated with the at least one of the one or more results. Additionally, the discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more other results based, at least in part, on the one or more criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Steffen Bickel, Boris Anthony Grunikewicz
  • Publication number: 20120254798
    Abstract: An approach is provided for discovering similar content or search results. The discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more results. Next, the discovery platform receives an input for selecting at least one of the one or more results. Then, the discovery platform process and/or facilitate a processing of the input to determine one or more criteria associated with the at least one of the one or more results. Additionally, the discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more other results based, at least in part, on the one or more criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Bickel, Boris Anthony Grunikewicz
  • Patent number: 8204886
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining the similarity between two points-of-interest. Data about a plurality of features of each of a plurality of points-of-interest are received. A feature vector is created based on the respective features for each of the points-of-interest. A geospatial index comprising the feature vectors and associated location data for each of the points-of-interest is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Bickel, Hannes Kruppa, Peter Siemen, Mark Waldaukat
  • Publication number: 20110113040
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining the similarity between two points-of-interest. Data about a plurality of features of each of a plurality of points-of-interest are received. A feature vector is created based on the respective features for each of the points-of-interest. A geospatial index comprising the feature vectors and associated location data for each of the points-of-interest is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen BICKEL, Hannes Kruppa, Peter Siemen, Mark Waldaukat
  • Publication number: 20110109435
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining the similarity between a reference point-of-interest and similarity candidate points-of-interest. Data specifying a reference point-of-interest and location data of a search region are received. A reference vector specifying a plurality of features associated with the reference point-of-interest is retrieved. A plurality of candidates for similar points-of-interest are determined based, at least in part, on the search region. A similarity score is determined for each of the candidates. A list of one or more similar points-of-interest is generated based on the similarity scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Bickel, Hannes Kruppa, Peter Siemen, Mark Waldaukat