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5483602 Method and apparatus for detecting printed images on documents by testing for the presence in the images of structural elements having defined regularities which are recognizable by the eye and common to a variety of documents  
In order to detect security documents irrespective of their individual graphic designs, a method and apparatus are provided in which the presence of certain structural elements common to a variety...
5479269 Automated form handling and generating system and a form sheet associated to said system  
A document handling system comprises physical presentation means for receiving, presenting, and removing a document with respect to the system. Furthermore, it is provided with scanning memos for...
5452379 Image capture and storage techniques in association with optical mark reading  
A method of combined optical mark reading ("OMR") and image processing utilizes a response sheet having a grid of response positions suitable for marking and for processing by OMR and at least one...
5452380 Method and system for imaging a text  
In a method and system for imaging a text by using a different font than that designated when formatting or by changing a character size, a row area width a character sequence width and a total...
5434933 Image processing  
A system and method are disclosed for recognizing the type of an electronically stored image of a document. The method is composed of two parts: form signature computation, and signature matching....
5428694 Data processing system and method for forms definition, recognition and verification of scanned images of document forms  
An improved forms recognition method and system are disclosed, that minimizes the time required to perform the forms recognition process, by adaptively changing the processing sequence. In...
5428462 Facsimile apparatus having user name register with means for receiving image signals and for compressing and storing same so as to print identifier, logo or trademark of sender with reduced storage means  
User identification name register method and device in a facsimile, capable of performing a compression coding of image signals recorded in a card for a user identification name register and...
5420944 Techniques for aligning, focusing and normalizing imaging system  
A set of track gauges for use in aligning, focussing and normalizing an imaging system of a high speed document processor have been provided. Each of the gauges fit within a track (14) in front of...
5416849 Data processing system and method for field extraction of scanned images of document forms  
An improved data processing system and method are disclosed for field extraction of scanned images of document forms. The process makes use of a viewpoint structure which characterizes the interior...
5416308 Transaction document reader  
A transaction document reader reads image data on a transaction document. The image data includes marking areas employed by a user to record marks and includes characters. A sensor senses, one row...
5414781 Method and apparatus for classifying documents  
A method and apparatus for identifying documents and classes of documents. The documents are provided with distinctive logotypes which are preferably at the top of each document. The coding of the...
5410620 Digital data reader of digital data recording sheet  
A system and method for locating and reading digital data in data regions within a data field disposed on a surface of an object to be identified include the capability of compensating for optical...
5408540 Character slant recognition in a word image  
An Image processing apparatus and method for character slant detection and correction is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: scanning logic for scanning a word image and applying a local slant test...
5408535 Video test strip reader and method for evaluating test strips  
A video test strip reader uses a video imager or camera for viewing a viewing field containing reagent test strips each having test pads reacted with a specimen containing constituents of interest....
5398289 Process for programming and producing one or more signature prints in an electronic printing system  
An automatic signature printing process for an electronic printing system having a source of signature sheets, a programmer to program the system to print jobs including signatures; an input...
5386298 Automated form handing and generating system and a form sheet associated to said system  
A document handling system comprises physical presentation means for receiving, presenting, and removing a document with respect to the system. Furthermore, it is provided with scanning means for...
5369716 Document reader and reading processing method therefor  
A document reader having a scanner. The layout of the image data read by the scanner from a document is analyzed. In accordance with the analysis of the lay out, the image data is divided into...
5301044 Marking material containing a taggant, and method of producing an image  
Taggants are incorporated into marking materials used to create images. Reproduction systems detect the taggants, and use the resulting information to control reproduction. The invention is...
5282052 Techniques for automatic form creation by combining partial operations  
An automatically created form includes a field for requesting a combined operation. A processor creates the form in response to another form that includes fields that are marked to indicate a...
5247591 Method and apparatus for the primary and secondary routing of fax mesages using hand printed characters  
The present invention includes an open-ended set of cover sheet forms that may be readily interpreted by the fax server system. In this system a first standardized cover sheet is designed to accept...
5235655 Mark placing and canceling method and mark recognizing device  
A mark placing and canceling method, operating with a mark sheet provided with mark columns formed of closed areas demarcated with boundary lines, for entering a mark indicating a set-up of a...
5231663 Image processing system  
An image processing system receives a series of pixel elements representative of a scanned image. The system converts the pixel elements into a vector representation of the scanned image. The...
5225900 Method of storing information within a reproduction system  
Taggants are incorporated into marking materials used to create images. Reproduction systems detect the taggants, and use the resulting information to control reproduction. The invention is...
5224180 Facsimile apparatus and the method  
A facsimile apparatus possesses a function in which the number of output copies of a received document is designated in the form of image data. In order to obtain this function, sheet information,...
5204515 Method of reading identification code sheets using borders to determine scan angle  
An identification code sheet includes of codes of merchandise, a character string or a document etc. The sheet can be read by a sensor. The identification code sheet including a representation area...
5199084 Apparatus and method for locating characters on a label  
Locating and recognizing characters on a machine produced label, for example, is accomplished faster and more accurately by searching for first and second identifiable objects within first and...
5194729 Document reading apparatus with area recognizing sensor and obstacle detection  
A document reading apparatus comprising a document table, a reading section disposed above the document table for reading a document placed on the document table. The reading section includes a...
5172988 Form printer with interactive camera and computer control  
The invention provides the user with the capability of viewing a form positioned in a printer associated with a computer, a keyboard and a monitor. The printer has a camera and a lens positioned...
5159187 Document reading apparatus having a variable designating image  
A document reading apparatus comprising a document table, a reading section disposed above the document table for reading a document placed on the document table. The reading section includes a...
5140139 Preparing mark/read documents with markable boxes and locating the boxes from the document scan data  
A "mark read" document is prepared with a pattern of boxes within which marks may selectively be entered, together with printed characters for instructions or other informational purposes. The...
5138465 Method and apparatus for highlighting nested information areas for selective editing  
Apparatus and method for producing selectively edited reproductions of an original documents with high productivity. Selected areas of information on the originals are bounded by a loop of a first...
5138670 Image reading apparatus capable of reading desired image areas  
A plurality of index members are arranged at desired positions on an end portion of a platen glass, the members being movable in a scanning direction of a scanner. A black mark is provided on a...
5099340 Electronic filing apparatus  
An electronic filing apparatus includes a determinating device for receiving an image signal to determine whether or not image represented by the image signal is image of an OMR sheet in accordance...
5083313 Video signal digitizer  
Video signal digitizer for processing scan line information representing image information from a video camera scanning a field of view having multiple images distributed therein. The digitizer...
5068913 Image reader with platen criterial mark for determining document scan start  
An image reader which has a criterion member arranged at the upstream side of a platen with respect to the subscan direction and controls a scanner so as to scan the criterion member and subsequent...
5048106 Image reader  
An image reader having a scanning optical means for a document, a projection lens and an image sensor for reading an image of a document is disclosed. The image reader includes a pattern element on...
5038392 Method and apparatus for adaptive image processing by recognizing a characterizing indicium in a captured image of a document  
In a system for capturing an image of a document having a characterizing indicium associated therewith, the invention includes the step of storing in the system a plurality of document templates....
5023923 Programmable sensor aperture  
A document to be verified or tested as a possible counterfeit is scanned by a system that optically senses a specific target area or aperture on the document. This area may include material...
5011413 Machine-interpretable figural response testing  
This invention provides automatic testing systems and methods for testing for figural responses to a test inquiry. The testing system includes a test sheet of predetermined dimensions having a grid...
4972311 X-Y table error mapping apparatus and method  
Apparatus and a method of correcting for repeatable positioning errors in an X-Y table is provided. An accurate mask is provided having a plurality of repetitive recognizable patterns thereon which...
4965678 Area designation apparatus in image processing system  
An area designation apparatus includes an input unit for inputting coordinates of an area for image processing and a controller for determining an area on the basis of the coordinates input by the...
4963996 Image reader/editor with operator interaction  
An image reading apparatus is disclosed which allows manual designation of the area to be read. This scanner accepts operator input to position the read head prior to actual scanning. Start and end...
4876571 Copying machine having a bar code reader  
A copying machine including a sheet in which bar codes corresponding to various copying modes are printed, a bar code reader for reading the bar codes from the sheet, a decoding section for...
4864631 Obstructed-field-indicia-sensing device  
A method and apparatus for detecting predetermined register indicia on a moving web of material having an obstructing field of indicia positioned about the register indicia.
4811416 Method for reading a document and a document reading apparatus utilizing an image buffer  
In a document reading apparatus, a document is subdivided into a plurality of information fields into which character and/or image information has been recorded in accordance with predetermined...
4803737 Optical digitizer  
A novel digitizer operable on an optical digitization basis comprises a transparent flat plate as a light active surface located on a graphic data recording medium, and a cursor functioning as an...
4760247 Optical card reader utilizing area image processing  
An optical card reader for reading marks made on the face of a preprinted card utilizes a video camera and a memory device to capture and store an image of at least a portion of the card....
4748679 Weighted-pixel characteristic sensing system  
A system for sensing a characteristic of a document, e.g. translucency, by using radiation from the document at a specific window area. The identified window area is illuminated to provide...
4736109 Coded document and document reading system  
A coded document is provided for use in a document reading system having a plurality of markable areas defined thereon and a first and second coded pattern disposed in predetermined relation to the...
4702595 Pattern recognition system with working area detection  
A pattern recognition system is disclosed with working area detection which automatically positions a field in a proper position with respect to an optical scanning means to optimize the pattern...
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