Patents by Inventor Vincent Lascaux

Vincent Lascaux 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).

  • Image text to character information conversion
    Patent number: 8155444
    Abstract: Converting text may be provided. A user selectable element may be used to select a text. The selected text may include a first text within an electronic document and a second text within an image. The second text within the image may be converted to character information by receiving the image. The image may have image character information and an image type. An aspect of the received image may be adjusted based on the image type. Optical character recognition may be performed on the adjusted image to extract character information. The character information may include characters and corresponding location information for the characters. The extracted character information may be evaluated to improve the recognition quality of the extracted character information as compared to the image character information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex J. Simmons, Radoslav P. Nickolov, Peter Baer, Vincent Lascaux, Igor Kofman
  • Converting Text
    Publication number: 20080170785
    Abstract: Converting text may be provided. A user selectable element may be used to select a text. The selected text may include a first text within an electronic document and a second text within an image. The second text within the image may be converted to character information by receiving the image. The image may have image character information and an image type. An aspect of the received image may be adjusted based on the image type. Optical character recognition may be performed on the adjusted image to extract character information. The character information may include characters and corresponding location information for the characters. The extracted character information may be evaluated to improve the recognition quality of the extracted character information as compared to the image character information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex J. Simmons, Radoslav P. Nickolov, Peter Baer, Vincent Lascaux, Igor Kofman