公开(公告)号：US06873436B1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-29

申请号：US09655314

申请日：2000-09-05

申请人： Yoshihiro Terada ,  Alan Filipski ,  Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Yoshihiro Terada ,  Alan Filipski ,  Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06T5/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N1/387 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H04N1/60 ,  H04N1/62 ,  H04N1/64 ,  B41B1/00 ,  G03F3/08 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/644 ,  H04N1/62

摘要： An image processing apparatus and a recording medium which can improve the quality of a color document image are provided. An input image is converted into an image having low resolution. A subtractive color image is generated using the converted image having low resolution. From the subtractive color image, adjacent pixels which are allocated to the same representative color are unified so as to extract an FCR (Flat Color Region) candidate region. A region candidate is redetermined using an image having resolution which is higher than the subtractive color image. Next, a boundary of the FCR is detected and an ultimate FCR is determined. Selection of a representative color of the determined FCR is carried out, and a specific color processing which replaces a color which is close to a pure color with the pure color is effected. Finally, image regeneration is carried out by overwriting and drawing (synthesizing) the FCR on the input image.

摘要翻译： 提供了可以提高彩色文档图像的质量的图像处理装置和记录介质。 输入图像被转换成具有低分辨率的图像。 使用具有低分辨率的转换图像来生成减色图像。 从减色图像中分配相同代表颜色的相邻像素被统一，以便提取FCR（平面颜色区域）候选区域。 使用分辨率高于减色图像的图像来重新确定区域候选。 接下来，检测FCR的边界，并确定最终FCR。 进行所确定的FCR的代表色的选择，并且实现用纯色代替接近纯色的颜色的特定颜色处理。 最后，通过在输入图像上重写和绘制（合成）FCR来进行图像再生。

公开(公告)号：US06901170B1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-31

申请号：US09655310

申请日：2000-09-05

申请人： Yoshihiro Terada ,  Alan Filipski ,  Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Yoshihiro Terada ,  Alan Filipski ,  Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06T5/00 ,  G06K9/40 ,  G06T5/20 ,  H04N1/387 ,  H04N1/40 ,  H04N1/409 ,  H04N1/46

CPC分类号： G06T5/002 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/174 ,  G06T2207/10008 ,  G06T2207/20012 ,  G06T2207/20016 ,  G06T2207/20192 ,  G06T2207/30176

摘要： An image processing apparatus and a recording medium which can improve the quality of a color document image. Smoothing conditions which are defined by three parameters of “filter size”, “offset”, and “overlap” are set. An edge image which was generated in an edge detection processing is referred to, and a determination is made as to whether an edge pixel exists in a noticed region. When the edge pixel does not exist in the noticed region, a smoothing processing is carried out. When the edge pixel exists in the noticed region, it is determined inappropriate to effect the smoothing processing, and the process goes to a subsequent processing without effecting the smoothing processing. The processing is carried out until the image scanning ends. When the image scanning ends, the next smoothing conditions are set and the processing which is the same as the one described above is performed.

摘要翻译： 一种可以提高彩色文档图像质量的图像处理装置和记录介质。 设置由“滤波器尺寸”，“偏移”和“重叠”三个参数定义的平滑条件。 参考在边缘检测处理中生成的边缘图像，并且确定边缘像素是否存在于注意区域中。 当边缘像素不存在于注意区域中时，进行平滑化处理。 当在注意区域中存在边缘像素时，确定不适于进行平滑处理，并且处理进行到后续处理而不进行平滑处理。 进行处理直到图像扫描结束。 当图像扫描结束时，设置下一个平滑条件，并且执行与上述相同的处理。

公开(公告)号：US09280689B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-08

申请号：US13816955

申请日：2011-08-16

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06K15/00 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06K19/14

CPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  G06K19/14 ,  G06Q20/3274

摘要： Methods and apparatus for conducting offline commerce transactions that use a barcode as an alternative means for personal identification. The user represented in the bar code format, User ID Barcode, is generated from a number that uniquely identifies the user. Numbers such as a cell phone number or a credit card number may be used to generate the User ID Barcode. These numbers are prefixed with a special character before they are converted to the barcode format. Prefixing a special character is necessary so that the bar code generated can be distinguished from any bar code representing products being sold. If a credit card number is used, the User ID Barcode is printed on the back of the credit card which then becomes a 2 and 1 credit card.

摘要翻译： 用于进行离线商务交易的方法和装置，其使用条形码作为个人识别的替代手段。 以条形码格式（User ID Barcode）表示的用户是从唯一标识用户的数字生成的。 可以使用诸如手机号码或信用卡号码的数字来生成用户ID条形码。 这些数字在转换为条形码格式之前以特殊字符为前缀。 需要预定义特殊字符，以便可以将生成的条形码与代表所销售产品的任何条形码进行区分。 如果使用信用卡号码，则会在信用卡背面打印用户ID条码，然后成为2张和1张信用卡。

公开(公告)号：US07249099B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US11097889

申请日：2005-03-30

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06Q40/00

CPC分类号： G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/28 ,  G06Q20/29 ,  G06Q20/367 ,  G06Q30/0222 ,  G06Q30/0226 ,  G06Q30/0239 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G07F17/16

摘要： Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce using electronic tokens are described. The electronic tokens are issued and maintained by a vendor, who also provides products and services that can be purchased or rented using the electronic tokens. The electronic tokens may be purchased from the vendor either on-line, using a credit card, or off-line, using a check, money order, purchase order, or other payment means. Because the vendor is the issuer of the electronic tokens, there is no need for transactions to be handled by a third party, such as a bank or other organization. This reduces the overhead involved in conducting electronic commerce, and provides the vendor with a greater amount of control. Additionally, the vendor maintains total control over the price of the electronic tokens at any time. For vendors who offer software products for sale or rental, use of electronic tokens makes a variety of rental arrangements practical. Additionally, a user registers and purchases electronic tokens at the vendor. The user may purchase products at any other vendors who conduct electronic commerce using electronic tokens.

摘要翻译： 描述使用电子令牌进行电子商务的方法和装置。 电子令牌由供应商发行和维护，供应商还提供可以使用电子令牌购买或租用的产品和服务。 可以使用支票，汇票，采购订单或其他付款方式在线，使用信用卡或离线从供应商处购买电子令牌。 由于供应商是电子令牌的发行人，所以不需要由第三方（如银行或其他组织）处理交易。 这减少了进行电子商务所涉及的开销，并为供应商提供了更大量的控制。 此外，供应商可随时对电子代币的价格进行全面控制。 对于提供软件产品出售或出租的供应商，使用电子令牌可使各种租赁安排切实可行。 此外，用户在供应商处注册和购买电子令牌。 用户可以在使用电子令牌进行电子商务的任何其他供应商处购买产品。

公开(公告)号：US20190205587A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16326748

申请日：2016-08-25

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06K7/14 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/40

CPC分类号： G06K7/1413 ,  G06K7/1456 ,  G06K19/00 ,  G06Q20/204 ,  G06Q20/3274 ,  G06Q20/347 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/4033 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q2220/00

摘要： A person conducting offline commerce transaction provides a number that uniquely identifies the person, such as a credit card number, cell phone number, or other number. That number is converted into a dual barcode comprising a first barcode and a second barcode. Each barcode comprises a predetermined standard number of digits to render them compatible with standardized barcode readers available at most retail and commercial establishments. The person's barcode number is encrypted by an encryption algorithm selected by an index located in the first barcode. The person's barcode is rotated before or after encryption and the resulted encrypted User ID Barcode is placed in the second barcode. The first and second barcodes contain the standard number of digits with one of the digits provided with a unique symbol distinguishing the first and second barcodes from each other and from barcodes that are associated with products that may be scanned during a commercial transaction using the User ID Barcode.

公开(公告)号：US20160098706A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-07

申请号：US14892021

申请日：2014-05-15

申请人： Marvin T. LING

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q20/42 ,  G06Q20/32

CPC分类号： G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G06Q20/3223 ,  G06Q20/42

摘要： A process of transferring funds between two entities or persons is described; the process includes transferring funds from person A to-person B and reversing the process allowing refunds. The processes are performed through a Universal Vendor Management Server (UVM) where both entities A and B are registered and have opened UVM accounts. The funds transfer and refund processes permit the transfer of funds between the respective accounts and the charging of service fees to the entity initiating the transfer or refund process. No third party other than the UVM operator is involved in the transactions such as banks, credit card companies, and the like. The funds transfer may be achieved utilizing a cell phone to make a purchase at a participating vendor. A person enters an amount of payment in the cell phone; the amount is subtracted from the purchasers account and added to the account of the vendor.

摘要翻译： 描述了在两个实体或个人之间转移资金的过程; 该过程包括将资金从人员A转移给个人B并且转移允许退款的过程。 这些过程通过一个通用供应商管理服务器（UVM）执行，其中实体A和B都被注册，并已打开UVM帐户。 资金转帐和退款流程允许在各自账户之间转移资金，并向开始转账或退款过程的实体收取服务费用。 没有UVM运营商以外的第三方涉及银行，信用卡公司等交易。 可以利用手机在参与的供应商进行购买来实现资金转移。 一个人在手机中输入一笔款项; 从购买者帐户中扣除金额，并将其添加到供应商的帐户中。

公开(公告)号：US20130140361A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-06

申请号：US13816955

申请日：2011-08-16

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06K19/14 ,  G06K19/06

CPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  G06K19/14 ,  G06Q20/3274

摘要： Methods and apparatus for conducting offline commerce transactions that use a barcode as an alternative means for personal identification. The user represented in the bar code format, User ID Barcode, is generated from a number that uniquely identifies the user. Numbers such as a cell phone number or a credit card number may be used to generate the User ID Barcode. These numbers are prefixed with a special character before they are converted to the barcode format. Prefixing a special character is necessary so that the bar code generated can be distinguished from any bar code representing products being sold. If a credit card number is used, the User ID Barcode is printed on the back of the credit card which then becomes a 2 and 1 credit card.

摘要翻译： 用于进行离线商务交易的方法和装置，其使用条形码作为个人识别的替代手段。 以条形码格式（User ID Barcode）表示的用户是从唯一标识用户的数字生成的。 可以使用诸如手机号码或信用卡号码的数字来生成用户ID条形码。 这些数字在转换为条形码格式之前以特殊字符为前缀。 需要预定义特殊字符，以便可以将生成的条形码与代表所销售产品的任何条形码进行区分。 如果使用信用卡号码，则会在信用卡背面打印用户ID条码，然后成为2张和1张信用卡。

公开(公告)号：US20080147506A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-19

申请号：US12026516

申请日：2008-02-05

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q20/00

CPC分类号： G06Q20/06 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/28 ,  G06Q20/29 ,  G06Q20/367 ,  G06Q30/0222 ,  G06Q30/0226 ,  G06Q30/0239 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G07F17/16

摘要： Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce using electronic tokens are described. The electronic tokens are issued and maintained by a vendor, who also provides products and services that can be purchased or rented using the electronic tokens. The electronic tokens may be purchased from the vendor either on-line, using a credit card, or off-line, using a check, money order, purchase order, or other payment means. Because the vendor is the issuer of the electronic tokens, there is no need for transactions to be handled by a third party, such as a bank or other organization. This reduces the overhead involved in conducting electronic commerce, and provides the vendor with a greater amount of control. Additionally, the vendor maintains total control over the price of the electronic tokens at any time. For vendors who offer software products for sale or rental, use of electronic tokens makes a variety of rental arrangements practical, including rental for short periods of time, for a specific number of uses, or for a specific number of processing.

摘要翻译： 描述使用电子令牌进行电子商务的方法和装置。 电子令牌由供应商发行和维护，供应商还提供可以使用电子令牌购买或租用的产品和服务。 可以使用支票，汇票，采购订单或其他付款方式在线，使用信用卡或离线从供应商处购买电子令牌。 由于供应商是电子令牌的发行人，所以不需要由第三方（如银行或其他组织）处理交易。 这减少了进行电子商务所涉及的开销，并为供应商提供了更大量的控制。 此外，供应商可以随时对电子代币的价格进行全面控制。 对于提供出售或租赁软件产品的供应商，使用电子令牌可实现多种租赁方案，包括短期租赁，特定数量的使用或特定数量的处理。

公开(公告)号：US06876979B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-05

申请号：US10217871

申请日：2002-08-12

申请人： Marvin T. Ling

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0613 ,  G06Q30/0641

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for supporting electronic commerce in an environment in which multiple service providers each have associated vendors and in which a user may maintain an account at a service provider that is different from the service provider associated with the vendor from which a user makes an on-line purchase. Both tangible products and electronic content products may be sold using the system. A bridge computer may be used to facilitate interactions between service providers. The bridge computer may be used to implement service charge fees, to reimburse service providers for credit card transaction fees, to reimburse service providers with appropriate referral fees, and to otherwise support operation of the system.

摘要翻译： 提供的系统和方法用于在多个服务提供商各自具有相关联的供应商的环境中支持电子商务，并且用户可以在其中维护与服务提供商不同于与用户所在的供应商相关联的服务提供商的帐户 在线购买。 有形产品和电子内容产品都可以使用该系统销售。 桥式计算机可以用于促进服务提供者之间的交互。 桥式计算机可用于实施服务费用，偿付服务提供商的信用卡交易费用，以适当的转介费偿还服务提供商，否则支持系统的运行。

公开(公告)号：US20150142672A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-21

申请号：US14401998

申请日：2013-05-20

申请人： Marvin T. LING

发明人： Marvin T. Ling

IPC分类号： G06Q20/40 ,  G06Q20/34

CPC分类号： G06Q20/4014 ,  G06Q20/3276 ,  G06Q20/355 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for conducting offline commerce transactions that use a barcode as the user ID as an alternative means for personal identification is described. The user ID represented in the bar code format referred to as the User ID Barcode is generated from a number that uniquely identifies the user. Such numbers as a cell phone number or a credit card number or other number that uniquely identifies user may be used to generate the User ID Barcode. The unique personal identifier, the User ID Barcode is expanded to include the Country Code of the country in which the issuing company is domiciled.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用条形码作为用户ID的用于进行个人识别的替代手段的脱机商务交易的方法和装置。 被称为用户ID条形码的条形码格式表示的用户ID是从唯一标识用户的号码生成的。 诸如蜂窝电话号码或信用卡号码或唯一标识用户的其他号码的号码可用于生成用户ID条形码。 唯一的个人标识符，用户ID条形码被扩展为包括发行公司所在国家的国家代码。