公开(公告)号：US20120188612A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-26

申请号：US13013890

申请日：2011-01-26

申请人： Michael Robert Campanelli ,  John C. Handley ,  Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Michael Robert Campanelli ,  John C. Handley ,  Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： H04N1/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/403 ,  G06K9/03 ,  G06K9/228 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T2207/30144

摘要： An image file representing at least a portion of a printed document is processed to highlight the differences between foreground material (e.g., text or other characters) from background. The method includes selecting a neighborhood of pixels, determining a weighted average of an attribute values (e.g., luminance) for each pixel, and modifying each pixel's value based on the weighted average. Graylevel scaling, error diffusion, and a bit level conversion are also performed each pixel ends up with either a first attribute value level (e.g., luminance of 0) or a second attribute value level (e.g., luminance of 255).

摘要翻译： 处理表示打印文档的至少一部分的图像文件以突出显示来自背景的前景材料（例如，文本或其他字符）之间的差异。 该方法包括选择像素的邻域，确定每个像素的属性值（例如，亮度）的加权平均值，以及基于加权平均值修改每个像素的值。 还执行灰度缩放，误差扩散和位电平转换，每个像素以第一属性值级别（例如，亮度为0）或第二属性值级别（例如，亮度为255）结束。

公开(公告)号：US20110151423A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-23

申请号：US12640426

申请日：2009-12-17

申请人： Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： G09B7/00

CPC分类号： G09B7/00

摘要： A method and system for processing a digital assessment template are provided. The system includes at least one tangible processor and a memory with instructions to be executed by the at least one tangible processor for processing a digital assessment template. The template which includes a description of a plurality of data structures that are configured for interpreting an assessment associated with the template. The assessment was marked with strokes by an assessment-taker who was administered the assessment and responded to at least one problem provided by the assessment. The template describes a location of the marked assessment in which to find each stroke that corresponds to a response by the assessment-taker and how to interpret the strokes. Each of the locations and how to interpret the strokes are selectable.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种处理数字评估模板的方法和系统。 该系统包括至少一个有形处理器和具有由至少一个有形处理器执行的用于处理数字评估模板的指令的存储器。 该模板包括被配置用于解释与模板相关联的评估的多个数据结构的描述。 该评估由评估员标记，并由评估员进行了评估，并对评估提供的至少一个问题进行了回应。 该模板描述了标记评估的位置，其中查找与评估者的回答相对应的每个笔画以及如何解释笔画。 每个位置和如何解释笔画是可选择的。

公开(公告)号：US20100150397A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：US12710568

申请日：2010-02-23

申请人： John C. Handley ,  M. Armon Rahgozar ,  Dennis L. Venable ,  Pamela B. Spiteri ,  Anoop M. Namboodiri ,  Richard Zanibbi

发明人： John C. Handley ,  M. Armon Rahgozar ,  Dennis L. Venable ,  Pamela B. Spiteri ,  Anoop M. Namboodiri ,  Richard Zanibbi

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/34

CPC分类号： G06K9/00469

摘要： A system for electronically distilling information from a business document uses a network scanner to electronically scan a platen area, having a business document thereon, to create a bitmap. A network server carries out a segmentation process to segment the scan generated bitmap into a bitmap object, the bitmap object corresponding to the scanned business document; a bitmap to text conversion process to convert the bitmap object into a block of text; a semantic recognition process to generate a structured representation of semantic entities corresponding to the scanned business document; and a document generation process to convert the structured representation into a structure text file. The semantic recognition process includes the processes of generating, for each line of text having a keyword therein, a terminal symbol corresponding to the keyword therein; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and absent of numeric characters, an alphabetic terminal symbol; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and having a numeric character therein, an alphanumeric terminal symbol; generating a string of terminal symbols from the generated terminal symbols; determining a probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols; labeling each text line, according to a determined function, with non-terminal symbols; and parsing the business document information text into fields of business document information text based upon the non-terminal symbol of each text line and the determined probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols.

公开(公告)号：US20090006610A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-01

申请号：US11824065

申请日：2007-06-29

申请人： Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04N1/00795 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00933 ,  H04N1/00973 ,  H04N2201/0081

摘要： Systems and methods are described that facilitate importing scanned image data into a production workflow, in accordance with various features described herein. A plurality of loosely-coupled, dynamically loaded plugins can be defined in a configuration file for a given production scanning job. The plugins can be invoked in response to a trigger with which each plugin is associated, and triggers can be associated with different phases of the production workflow, such as image data acquisition (importation), data filtering (pre-scanning), image analysis (scanning), and metadata processing (post-scanning). In this manner, the overarching scanning architecture need not have direct knowledge of which plugins are triggered, or even present, and custom plugins as well as standard plugins can be provided for each production scanning job.

摘要翻译： 描述了根据本文描述的各种特征的系统和方法，其便于将扫描的图像数据导入到生产工作流程中。 可以在用于给定生产扫描作业的配置文件中定义多个松散耦合的动态加载的插件。 可以响应于每个插件关联的触发器来调用插件，并且触发器可以与生产工作流程的不同阶段相关联，例如图像数据采集（导入），数据过滤（预扫描），图像分析（ 扫描）和元数据处理（后扫描）。 以这种方式，总体扫描架构不需要直接了解哪些插件被触发甚至存在，并且可以为每个生产扫描作业提供定制插件以及标准插件。

公开(公告)号：US07436549B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-14

申请号：US11247552

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Dennis L. Venable ,  Thyagarajan Balasubramanian

发明人： Dennis L. Venable ,  Thyagarajan Balasubramanian

IPC分类号： H04N1/46

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033 ,  H04N2201/3269

摘要： A color calibration job identification system and method are provided, wherein the job identification data is encoded on a printed page, in a patch code, along with color targets, according to a protocol and format approximately identical to a format of the color targets. The patch code comprises a first portion, including a start code, and a second portion, including job identification data. The first portion of the patch code is comprised of two or more small color patches, each having a predefined color. The second portion of the patch code is comprised of two or more small color patches wherein each of the patches is comprised of a color selected from a plurality of colors, wherein each of the colors is indicative of a unique datum value, preferably an octal digit. The system provides a means for determining correct functioning of a printer and a means for determining an orientation of a printed page in a scanning device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种颜色校准作业识别系统和方法，其中根据与彩色目标的格式大致相同的协议和格式，将作业识别数据与打印页面，拼图代码以及颜色目标一起编码。 补丁码包括包括起始码的第一部分和包括作业识别数据的第二部分。 补丁代码的第一部分由两个或更多个小颜色补丁组成，每个都有一个预定义的颜色。 补丁代码的第二部分由两个或更多个小的色块组成，其中每个补丁由选自多种颜色的颜色组成，其中每种颜色表示唯一的基准值，优选地是八进制数 。 该系统提供用于确定打印机的正确功能的装置和用于确定扫描装置中的打印页面的方位的装置。

公开(公告)号：US06839466B2

公开(公告)日：2005-01-04

申请号：US09411212

申请日：1999-10-04

申请人： Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N1/04 ,  H04N1/40 ,  G06K9/48 ,  G06K9/36

CPC分类号： G06K9/4604 ,  G06K9/3233 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T2207/10008 ,  G06T2207/20192 ,  G06T2207/30176

摘要： A method for processing multiple digital images using an imaging input device so as to reduce bleeding of edges of the multiple digital images by determining the boundaries of each of the digital images, including detecting a boundary of a first image; detecting a boundary of a second image; determining an overlap between the detected boundaries of the first image and second images; calculating the overlap between the first and second images and modeling a third image from the calculated overlap of the first and second images wherein the third image contains at least said first and second images and represents a depiction of said first and second images without an overlap between said first and second images.

摘要翻译： 一种使用成像输入装置处理多个数字图像的方法，以便通过确定每个数字图像的边界来减少多个数字图像边缘的渗色，包括检测第一图像的边界; 检测第二图像的边界; 确定检测到的第一图像的边界与第二图像之间的重叠; 计算第一和第二图像之间的重叠，并从所计算的第一和第二图像的重叠建模第三图像，其中第三图像至少包含所述第一和第二图像，并且表示所述第一和第二图像的描绘，而没有重叠 说第一和第二个图像。

公开(公告)号：US6141012A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-31

申请号：US829385

申请日：1997-03-31

申请人： James E. Bollman ,  Dennis L. Venable ,  Michael R. Campanelli ,  William A. Fuss

发明人： James E. Bollman ,  Dennis L. Venable ,  Michael R. Campanelli ,  William A. Fuss

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T9/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/60

摘要： A scheme that generates image processing source code for custom applications automatically by using structured image (SI) technology in a way that takes advantage of the unbound and incomplete features of SI. Resulting custom applications developed by this method can be defined and converted to running source code in minutes, or shipped to a co-user of the system in a compact portable form for remote code generation.Nested sub-component references and associated image processing operations necessary to generate an output raster image are obtained from a structured image template. Image processing operations and the order of said operations within an image processing definition are stored within the structured image definition. Unbound structured image references to undefined component objects and incomplete structured image references to image processing operations and parameters not explicitly defined within said structured image are input options. Source code is generated from structured image definition language automatically utilizing a modified structured image render program which analyzes said structured image definition language. The code can be used for further rendering or code modification activities.

摘要翻译： 通过使用结构化图像（SI）技术自动生成用于自定义应用程序的图像处理源代码的方案，可以利用SI的未绑定和不完整的功能。 通过此方法开发的结果定制应用程序可以在几分钟内定义并转换为运行的源代码，或者以紧凑的便携式形式发送给系统的共同用户，用于远程代码生成。 从结构化图像模板中获取嵌套子分量参考和生成输出光栅图像所需的相关图像处理操作。 图像处理操作和图像处理定义内的所述操作的顺序被存储在结构化图像定义内。 对未定义的组件对象的未绑定结构化图像引用和未在所述结构化图像中明确定义的图像处理操作和参数的不完整结构化图像引用是输入选项。 源代码从结构化图像定义语言生成，自动利用分析所述结构化图像定义语言的修改的结构化图像渲染程序。 该代码可用于进一步渲染或代码修改活动。

公开(公告)号：US5861871A

公开(公告)日：1999-01-19

申请号：US453589

申请日：1995-05-30

申请人： Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： H04N1/387 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T11/60 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H04N1/62 ,  G09G5/02

CPC分类号： H04N1/622

摘要： An image editor for an image processing system has a predefined set of system colors. Color pixel color index values for an image to be edited are stored in an image buffer. A color lookup register bank stores color values in respective registers for a predefined set of system colors. Each buffer index value corresponds to a lookup register having the specified color value. The image is thus displayed by indexing the image pixels to the lookup register bank for the color signal inputs to the display. A mouse is used to designate displayed colors that a user desires to modify in a region of the displayed image. Pixel position data corresponding to the designated colors is detected and hue, saturation and brightness (HSB) values are determined from the stored color values for the designated image pixels. A minimum range of values is determined for each of the HSB variables. A preselected color edit operation is applied to those image pixels having colors corresponding to HSB values within the respective minimum HSB ranges.

摘要翻译： 用于图像处理系统的图像编辑器具有预定义的系统颜色集合。 要编辑的图像的彩色像素颜色索引值存储在图像缓冲器中。 颜色查找寄存器组在预定义的系统颜色集合的各个寄存器中存储颜色值。 每个缓冲区索引值对应于具有指定颜色值的查找寄存器。 因此，通过将图像像素索引到查找寄存器组来显示图像，用于将颜色信号输入到显示器。 鼠标用于指定用户希望在所显示图像的区域中修改的显示颜色。 检测与指定颜色相对应的像素位置数据，并从所存储的指定图像像素的颜色值确定色相，饱和度和亮度（HSB）值。 确定每个HSB变量的最小值范围。 将预选颜色编辑操作应用于具有对应于相应最小HSB范围内的HSB值的颜色的那些图像像素。

公开(公告)号：US5485568A

公开(公告)日：1996-01-16

申请号：US133422

申请日：1993-10-08

申请人： Dennis L. Venable ,  Michael R. Campanelli ,  William A. Fuss ,  James E. Bollman ,  Takashi Nagao ,  Toshiya Yamada ,  Kazuya Yamada

发明人： Dennis L. Venable ,  Michael R. Campanelli ,  William A. Fuss ,  James E. Bollman ,  Takashi Nagao ,  Toshiya Yamada ,  Kazuya Yamada

IPC分类号： G06T11/60 ,  G06T11/80 ,  G06F3/14

CPC分类号： G06T11/60 ,  Y10S715/967

摘要： A method and device for describing a complex color raster image as a collection of objects in a hierarchical and device independent format. The purpose of structured imaging (SI) is to expand the scope of a raster image to a collection of individually manipulable component objects. An SI is a hierarchical description of a single output image raster which may be used as one component of a page in a structured document. Objects contributing to the output raster may originate from text, graphics, other rasters or a combination thereof, and all maintain their heritage for selectability and modification. The SI describes not only the source data but also the image processing operations required for rendering the output raster. SI technology supports re-editability, customization and enhancement, automatic image assembly and high performance imaging. Thus, such a model has implications not only in an image editing and processing arena, but also in the filing and printing services used for image handling.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将复杂彩色光栅图像描述为分层和设备无关格式的对象集合的方法和装置。 结构化图像（SI）的目的是将光栅图像的范围扩展到单独可操作的组件对象的集合。 SI是可以用作结构化文档中的页面的一个组件的单个输出图像光栅的分层描述。 对输出栅格有贡献的对象可能来源于文本，图形，其他栅格或其组合，并且它们都保留了其可选性和修改的遗产。 SI不仅描述源数据，还描述渲染输出栅格所需的图像处理操作。 SI技术支持重新编辑，定制和增强，自动图像组合和高性能成像。 因此，这种模式不仅在图像编辑和处理领域，而且在用于图像处理的归档和打印服务中也具有意义。

公开(公告)号：US20120320388A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-20

申请号：US13160725

申请日：2011-06-15

申请人： Reiner Eschbach ,  Michael C. Lacagnina ,  Scott Mayne ,  Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Reiner Eschbach ,  Michael C. Lacagnina ,  Scott Mayne ,  Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： H04N1/60 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/6027

摘要： A relevance based print integrity method includes comparing current raster image data that define a document to be printed with golden raster image data that define a previous version of said document with a known (perfect) quality. A plurality of differences between said current raster image data and said golden raster image data are calculated, and each of the differences is processed to determine a relevance value of the difference and to assign the relevance value to the difference. The method includes generating and storing a list of the differences, wherein the list is ordered in terms of the relevance value assigned to each difference. The difference list is presented to a user textually or graphically and/or is used to control or interrupt printing operations.

摘要翻译： 基于相关性的打印完整性方法包括将定义要打印的文档的当前光栅图像数据与已知（完美）质量定义所述文档的先前版本的黄金光栅图像数据进行比较。 计算所述当前光栅图像数据和所述黄金光栅图像数据之间的多个差异，并且处理每个差异以确定所述差异的相关性值，并将所述相关性值分配给所述差异。 该方法包括生成和存储差异列表，其中列表根据分配给每个差异的相关性值进行排序。 区别列表以文字或图形方式呈现给用户，和/或用于控制或中断打印操作。