| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7616840 |
Techniques for using an image for the retrieval of television program information |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method for determining a video file such as a television program file is provided. The method comprises receiving information identifying an input image; comparing the input image with a plurality of video files to determine a video file that includes information that is considered to |
| 7606444 |
Multimodal access of meeting recordings |
October 20, 2009 |
| A meeting recorder captures multimodal information of a meeting. Subsequent analysis of the information produces scores indicative of visually and aurally significant events that can help identify significant segments of the meeting recording. Textual analysis can enhance searching f |
| 7603615 |
Multimedia projector-printer |
October 13, 2009 |
| A multimedia projector/printer system capable of displaying, printing, and controlling all multimedia content associated with a multi-media document. The multimedia projector/printer has a multimedia image generator. A print driver interface is provided that allows users to "print" a |
| 7554576 |
Information capture and recording system for controlling capture devices |
June 30, 2009 |
| Techniques for capturing and receiving digital information. The digital information may comprise information of one or more types including video information, audio information, images, documents, whiteboard information, notes information, and the like. Various actions may be perform |
| 7519906 |
Method and an apparatus for visual summarization of documents |
April 14, 2009 |
| A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine |
| 7506250 |
Techniques for determining electronic document information for paper documents |
March 17, 2009 |
| Techniques for determining electronic document information for a paper document. The electronic document information determined for a paper document may include information identifying an electronic document corresponding to the paper document. The electronic document information may |
| 7505178 |
Semantic classification and enhancement processing of images for printing applications |
March 17, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of enhanced documents using a semantic classification scheme. A printing system receives an image to be printed. The system classifies the image according to the semantic classification scheme and, based on this classification, performs enhancem |
| 7424974 |
Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents |
September 16, 2008 |
| Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents. Embodiments of the present invention can track physical locations of paper documents that have identification tags physically associated with them. Each identification tag that is physically associated with |
| 7424129 |
Printing system with embedded audio/video content recognition and processing |
September 9, 2008 |
| A printing system includes embedded functionality for performing media content recognition and processing. Based on the results of the content recognition and processing performed on the media content, the printing system can generate a paper-based or other printed representation the |
| 7394938 |
Automated techniques for comparing contents of images |
July 1, 2008 |
| Automated techniques for comparing contents of images. For a given image (referred to as an "input image"), a set of images (referred to as "a set of candidate images") are processed to determine if the set of candidate images comprises an image whose contents or portions thereof match |
| 7357300 |
Method and apparatus for tracking documents in a workflow |
April 15, 2008 |
| A workflow system and method include tracking the physical movement of documents. The information of the physical movement is incorporated with the flow graph of a workflow. A display of the workflow can then be enhanced by the information relating to the physical movement of the doc |
| 7308443 |
Techniques for video retrieval based on HMM similarity |
December 11, 2007 |
| A query is received. The query may be an object containing temporal information. A query model including static and temporal components is then determined for the object. A weighting for static and temporal components is also determined. The query model is then compared with one or m |
| 7298930 |
Multimodal access of meeting recordings |
November 20, 2007 |
| A meeting recorder captures multimodal information of a meeting. Subsequent analysis of the information produces scores indicative of visually and aurally significant events that can help identify significant segments of the meeting recording. Textual analysis can enhance searching f |
| 7266568 |
Techniques for storing multimedia information with source documents |
September 4, 2007 |
| A method of storing information for recorded information and a source document is provided. The method comprises: determining a first piece of information included in the recorded information; determining at least a first source document from one or more source documents that comprises |
| 7236632 |
Automated techniques for comparing contents of images |
June 26, 2007 |
| Automated techniques for comparing contents of images. For a given image (referred to as an "input image"), a set of images (referred to as "a set of candidate images") are processed to determine if the set of candidate images comprises an image whose contents or portions thereof match |
| 7136530 |
Extracting information from symbolically compressed document images |
November 14, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for extracting information from symbolically compressed document images. A deciphering module generates first and second text strings by deciphering respective sequences of template identifiers in first and second symbolically compressed document images. A cond |
| 7129840 |
Document security system |
October 31, 2006 |
| Document monitoring provides a measure of document security. Documents incorporating radio frequency identification (RFID) tags can be monitored by appropriate interrogation components for movement activity. A surface suitable for placement of documents is configured for monitoring RFID |
| 7103584 |
Adaptive mixture learning in a dynamic system |
September 5, 2006 |
| An online Gaussian mixture learning model for dynamic data utilizes an adaptive learning rate schedule to achieve fast convergence while maintaining adaptability of the model after convergence. Experimental results show an unexpectedly dramatic improvement in modeling accuracy using |
| 6976032 |
Networked peripheral for visitor greeting, identification, biographical lookup and tracking |
December 13, 2005 |
| According to the invention, a visitor kiosk for the capture and storage of personal information about visitors. The visitor kiosk is placed at the entry point to a facility being monitored. Each visitor signs in at the kiosk. Their business card and an image of their face are scanned. If |
| 6895552 |
Method and an apparatus for visual summarization of documents |
May 17, 2005 |
| A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine |
| 6860422 |
Method and apparatus for tracking documents in a workflow |
March 1, 2005 |
| A workflow system and method include tracking the physical movement of documents. The information of the physical movement is incorporated with the flow graph of a workflow. A display of the workflow can then be enhanced by the information relating to the physical movement of the doc |
| 6671684 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous highlighting of a physical version of a document and an el |
December 30, 2003 |
| A method and an apparatus for simultaneous highlighting of a paper document is described. The device includes a highlighter. A scanner is used and configured to capture at least one highlighted mark place on a paper document. The scanner is coupled to a memory for storing electronic |
| 6658151 |
Extracting information from symbolically compressed document images |
December 2, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for extracting information from symbolically compressed document images. A deciphering module generates first and second text strings by deciphering respective sequences of template identifiers in first and second symbolically compressed document images. A cond |
