公开(公告)号：US5583949A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-10

申请号：US468517

申请日：1995-06-06

申请人： Raymond W. Smith ,  Christopher J. Robson

发明人： Raymond W. Smith ,  Christopher J. Robson

IPC分类号： G06K9/48 ,  G06K9/68

CPC分类号： G06K9/481 ,  G06K9/68 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Optical character recognition is achieved by a system which comprises a scanner for scanning a document, an edge extractor for identifying edges in the image produced by the scanner to produce an outline of each object identified in the image, a segmentation facility for grouping the object outlines into blocks, means for identifying features of the outlines, and a final classification stage for providing data in an appropriate format representative of the characters in the image. Also disclosed are a novel edge extractor, a novel page segmentation facility and a novel feature extraction facility.

摘要翻译： 光学字符识别通过包括用于扫描文档的扫描仪的系统来实现，边缘提取器，用于识别由扫描器产生的图像中的边缘，以产生在图像中识别的每个对象的轮廓，用于对对象轮廓进行分组的分割设备 用于识别轮廓的特征的装置，以及用于以表示图像中的字符的适当格式提供数据的最终分类阶段。 还公开了一种新颖的边缘提取器，新颖的页面分割设备和新颖的特征提取设备。

公开(公告)号：US08787673B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-22

申请号：US13181081

申请日：2011-07-12

申请人： Bo Wu ,  Alessandro Bissacco ,  Raymond W. Smith ,  Kong man Cheung ,  Andrea Frome ,  Shlomo Urbach

发明人： Bo Wu ,  Alessandro Bissacco ,  Raymond W. Smith ,  Kong man Cheung ,  Andrea Frome ,  Shlomo Urbach

IPC分类号： G06K9/18

CPC分类号： G06K9/3258 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/18 ,  G06K2209/01 ,  G06Q50/10

摘要： A system and method is provided for automatically recognizing building numbers in street level images. In one aspect, a processor selects a street level image that is likely to be near an address of interest. The processor identifies those portions of the image that are visually similar to street numbers, and then extracts the numeric values of the characters displayed in such portions. If an extracted value corresponds with the building number of the address of interest such as being substantially equal to the address of interest, the extracted value and the image portion are displayed to a human operator. The human operator confirms, by looking at the image portion, whether the image portion appears to be a building number that matches the extracted value. If so, the processor stores a value that associates that building number with the street level image.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于自动识别街道图像中的建筑物编号的系统和方法。 在一个方面，处理器选择可能靠近感兴趣的地址的街道级图像。 处理器识别图像中与街道号码视觉相似的那些部分，然后提取在这些部分中显示的字符的数值。 如果提取的值对应于感兴趣的地址的建筑物号码，例如基本上等于感兴趣的地址，则提取的值和图像部分被显示给人类操作者。 人类操作者通过观察图像部分来确认图像部分是否看起来是与提取的值相匹配的建筑物号码。 如果是这样，处理器存储将建筑物号码与街道图像相关联的值。

公开(公告)号：US08175394B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-08

申请号：US11517818

申请日：2006-09-08

申请人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： G06K9/62

CPC分类号： G06K9/03 ,  G06K9/6218 ,  G06K9/6292 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Systems, methods and computer program products on storage devices for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process. The output of an OCR process is classified into a plurality of clusters of clip images and a representative image for each cluster is generated to identify clusters whose clip images were incorrectly assigned character codes by the OCR process.

摘要翻译： 用于形状聚类的存储设备上的系统，方法和计算机程序产品以及处理各种文档的应用，包括光学字符识别（OCR）过程的输出。 OCR处理的输出被分类为多个剪辑图像簇，并且生成每个簇的代表图像，以通过OCR处理来识别剪辑图像被错误地分配了字符代码的簇。

公开(公告)号：US5460381A

公开(公告)日：1995-10-24

申请号：US326211

申请日：1994-10-20

申请人： Raymond W. Smith ,  David Wasserman

发明人： Raymond W. Smith ,  David Wasserman

IPC分类号： A63F3/00 ,  A63F3/02 ,  A63F9/00 ,  A63F9/04 ,  A63F11/00

CPC分类号： A63F3/00643 ,  A63F2003/00678 ,  A63F2009/2472 ,  A63F2009/2476 ,  A63F2011/0048 ,  A63F3/00145 ,  A63F9/0468

摘要： A game apparatus wherein players move along a playing path and make various electrical interconnections along the way. At any one given time only one space on the playing field contains an open switch coupled to a noise generating device. If a player lands on the selected space and closes the switch, a noise will sound and the player gets to keep toy money laid out on the playing field. A selection control unit randomly changes the position of the open switch on the game board each time it is found. As a result, a player never knows whether or not he or she is moving toward or away from the open switch. The selection control unit also eliminates previously used spaces from the random selection process. As such, the players know that once a space has been used and the money for that space has been taken, that space will not be selected again.

摘要翻译： 一种游戏装置，其中玩家沿着播放路径移动并且沿途进行各种电互连。 在任何一个给定的时间，在场地上只有一个空间包含耦合到噪声产生装置的开放开关。 如果玩家落在所选择的空间并关闭开关，则会发出噪音，玩家可以在玩场上放置玩具钱。 选择控制单元每次发现时随机地改变游戏板上的打开开关的位置。 结果，玩家不知道他或她正在朝着或远离开放的开关移动。 选择控制单元还从随机选择过程中消除先前使用的空间。 因此，玩家知道一旦已经使用了空间并且已经占用该空间的钱，那么这个空间将不再被选择。

公开(公告)号：US08170351B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US13188112

申请日：2011-07-21

申请人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： G06K9/62

CPC分类号： G06K9/03 ,  G06K9/6218 ,  G06K9/6292 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer program products on storage devices for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process. The output of an OCR process is classified into a plurality of clusters of clip images and a representative image for each cluster is generated to identify clusters whose clip images were incorrectly assigned character codes by the OCR process.

摘要翻译： 用于形状聚类的存储设备上的系统，方法和计算机程序产品以及处理各种文档的应用，包括光学字符识别（OCR）过程的输出。 OCR处理的输出被分类为多个剪辑图像簇，并且生成每个簇的代表图像，以通过OCR处理来识别剪辑图像被错误地分配了字符代码的簇。

公开(公告)号：US07868512B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US12465973

申请日：2009-05-14

申请人： Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： H02K21/10

CPC分类号： H02K53/00 ,  H02K1/2753 ,  H02K7/025 ,  Y02E60/16

摘要： A motor-generator system with a current control feedback loop for generating electrical energy in stationary, portable, and automotive applications. The generator includes a housing defining an interior space and including a first portion and a second portion; an electric motor assembly positioned within the first portion of the housing, and operationally coupled to a shaft member for selectively rotating the shaft member; an electric generator assembly positioned within the second portion of the housing and operationally coupled to the shaft member for converting mechanical rotation into electrical energy, the electric generator assembly including a current output for supplying electrical current; and a control assembly operationally coupled between the electric generator assembly and the electric motor assembly the control assembly providing a control current to the electric motor assembly for controlling a speed of rotation induced into the shaft member by the electric motor assembly.

摘要翻译： 具有电流控制反馈回路的电动发电机系统，用于在固定式，便携式和汽车应用中产生电能。 发电机包括限定内部空间并包括第一部分和第二部分的壳体; 定位在所述壳体的第一部分内的电动机组件，并且可操作地联接到轴构件，用于选择性地旋转所述轴构件; 发电机组件，其定位在所述壳体的第二部分内并且可操作地联接到所述轴构件，用于将机械旋转转换成电能，所述发电机组件包括用于提供电流的电流输出; 以及控制组件，其操作地耦合在所述发电机组件和所述电动机组件之间，所述控制组件向所述电动机组件提供控制电流，以控制由所述电动机组件引入所述轴构件的旋转速度。

公开(公告)号：US07646921B2

公开(公告)日：2010-01-12

申请号：US11519320

申请日：2006-09-11

申请人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/20

CPC分类号： G06K9/00463 ,  G06K9/6292 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.

摘要翻译： 用于形状聚类的技术和处理各种文档的应用，包括光学字符识别（OCR）过程的输出。

公开(公告)号：US07567004B2

公开(公告)日：2009-07-28

申请号：US11497165

申请日：2006-08-01

申请人： Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： H02K21/10

CPC分类号： H02K53/00 ,  H02K1/2753 ,  H02K7/025 ,  Y02E60/16

摘要： A motor-generator system with a current control feedback loop for generating electrical energy in stationary, portable, and automotive applications. The generator includes a housing defining an interior space and including a first portion and a second portion; an electric motor assembly positioned within the first portion of the housing, and operationally coupled to a shaft member for selectively rotating the shaft member; an electric generator assembly positioned within the second portion of the housing and operationally coupled to the shaft member for converting mechanical rotation into electrical energy, the electric generator assembly including a current output for supplying electrical current; and a control assembly operationally coupled between the electric generator assembly and the electric motor assembly the control assembly providing a control current to the electric motor assembly for controlling a speed of rotation induced into the shaft member by the electric motor assembly.

摘要翻译： 具有电流控制反馈回路的电动发电机系统，用于在固定式，便携式和汽车应用中产生电能。 发电机包括限定内部空间并包括第一部分和第二部分的壳体; 定位在所述壳体的第一部分内的电动机组件，并且可操作地联接到轴构件，用于选择性地旋转所述轴构件; 发电机组件，其定位在所述壳体的第二部分内并且可操作地联接到所述轴构件，用于将机械旋转转换成电能，所述发电机组件包括用于提供电流的电流输出; 以及控制组件，其操作地耦合在所述发电机组件和所述电动机组件之间，所述控制组件向所述电动机组件提供控制电流，以控制由所述电动机组件引入所述轴构件的旋转速度。

公开(公告)号：US07088011B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-08

申请号：US10719247

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： F01C13/00 ,  F02N11/00 ,  H02J1/00 ,  H02P9/14 ,  H02K21/12

CPC分类号： H02K53/00 ,  H02K1/2753 ,  H02K7/025 ,  Y02E60/16

摘要： A motor-generator system with a current control feedback loop for generating electrical energy in stationary, portable, and automotive applications. The generator includes a housing defining an interior space and including a first portion and a second portion; an electric motor assembly positioned within the first portion of the housing, and operationally coupled to a shaft member for selectively rotating the shaft member; an electric generator assembly positioned within the second portion of the housing and operationally coupled to the shaft member for converting mechanical rotation into electrical energy, the electric generator assembly including a current output for supplying electrical current; and a control assembly operationally coupled between the electric generator assembly and the electric motor assembly the control assembly providing a control current to the electric motor assembly for controlling a speed of rotation induced into the shaft member by the electric motor assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20080063278A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11519368

申请日：2006-09-11

申请人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

发明人： Luc Vincent ,  Raymond W. Smith

IPC分类号： G06K9/18

CPC分类号： G06K9/00463 ,  G06K9/6292 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process.

摘要翻译： 用于形状聚类的技术和处理各种文档的应用，包括光学字符识别（OCR）过程的输出。