Patents by Inventor Supratik Bhattacharya

Supratik Bhattacharya 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 and system for improving the recognition of text in an image
    Patent number: 7970213
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention describe a method, system and computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for improving the recognition of text present in an image. The image is processed by applying different operators to the image to obtain multiple processed versions of the image. Thereafter, characters and location information of the characters from each of the multiple processed versions of the image are obtained. The location information includes the pixel coordinates of the characters in the text. The text present in the image is edited, based on the relative location of the characters, to improve the recognition of the text in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: A9.Com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Ruzon, Supratik Bhattacharya