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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-5,781,665 |
Apparatus and method for cropping an image A method and apparatus for cropping an image in digital form. The image to be cropped is represented as a first digital array which is operated on by an edge... |
| US-5,781,664 |
Highly efficient method and structure for motion compensation in a video
decompression system A novel method and structure for the implementation of Half Pixel Filtering and Block Averaging that are efficient for implementation on a general purpose CPU.... |
| US-5,781,663 |
System for recognizing various input data types An image recognition apparatus recognizes an input locus as a command, a figure and a character, respectively in gesture recognition mode, figure recognition... |
| US-5,781,662 |
Information processing apparatus and method therefor Handwritten/input stroke data is compared with a gesture dictionary. If the data coincides with a specific gesture, it is checked whether the gesture is... |
| US-5,781,661 |
Handwritting information detecting method and apparatus detachably
holding writing tool The purpose of the present invention is to provide a handwriting information detecting method and apparatus for the same, in which a user can choose any... |
| US-5,781,660 |
Image processing method and apparatus A method, apparatus and computer program product for extracting the line of text to be read, and compensating for any inclination or shifting in the column... |
| US-5,781,659 |
OCR classification based on transition ground data An OCR system 10 classifies an input image vector of an unclassified symbol with respect to a library 14T of template image vectors of pre-classified characters.... |
| US-5,781,658 |
Method of thresholding document images A method of multithresholding a document image considers both local and global information in determining the number of thresholded levels contained in a... |
| US-5,781,657 |
Apparatus for inspecting pattern of photomask and method therefor Graphic data for forming a light-shielding pattern and graphic data for forming a semitransparent pattern are stored in first and second memories, respectively.... |
| US-5,781,656 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting patterns composed of reticle data A method and apparatus for inspecting patterns of reticle data includes carrying out a sizing process in which source data for designing a given device are... |
| US-5,781,655 |
Strand dimension sensing Strand dimension of selected strands in a layup of strands is determined by obtaining a pixel image, analyzing the pixel image to define candidate strands to be... |
| US-5,781,654 |
Check authentication system utilizing payee information A system and method for detecting and thus preventing check fraud utilizing a digital computer with image capture and interpretation systems. The system converts... |
| US-5,781,653 |
Image processing apparatus for determining copying-inhibited document There is provided by the present invention an image processing apparatus which accurately determines a copying-inhibited document prepared by using paper with a... |
| US-5,781,652 |
Three-dimensional support socket digitizing system and method An improved three-dimensional, support socket digitizing system to be used primarily to manufacture a precisely configured clinical support device such as an... |
| US-5,781,651 |
Compact fingerprint recognizing apparatus illuminated with
electroluminescent device A fingerprint recognizing apparatus includes: a prism, an electroluminescent device secured or adhered on an incident surface of the prism for emitting a uniform... |
| US-5,781,650 |
Automatic feature detection and age classification of human faces in
digital images The invention includes a four step process for automatically finding facial images of a human face in an electronically digitized image (for example, taken by a... |
| US-5,781,649 |
Surface inspection of a disk by diffraction pattern sampling An optical inspection apparatus detects anomalies by reflecting a beam of coherent light off the surface of a sample. An anomaly present on the surface causes... |
| US-5,781,648 |
Pulse domain neuromorphic integrated circuit for computing motion An integrated circuit that computes the velocity of a visual stimulus moving between two photoreceptor locations is disclosed. In its most basic version, the... |
| US-5,781,647 |
Gambling chip recognition system A computer implemented gambling chip recognition system having the ability to capture an image of a stack of gambling chips and automatically processing the... |
| US-5,781,646 |
Multi-segmented high deformation piezoelectric array A multi-segmented flextensional transducer includes a plurality of electroplated electroactive members which deform in concert when energized by an electrical... |
| US-5,781,645 |
Loudspeaker system A loudspeaker system comprises an array of cells each including a loudspeaker driver unit. The axes of all the driver units converge at a single point in front... |
| US-5,781,644 |
Pick-up device for a microphone A pick-up device includes a front cover, a diaphragm incorporating a voice coil disposed posteriorly of the front cover, a front flux shield plate disposed... |
| US-5,781,643 |
Microphone plosive effects reduction techniques A microphone for reducing distortion of an audio signal due to wind or plosive sounds emitted by a user, including a microphone cartridge defining a central axis... |
| US-5,781,642 |
Speaker system A speaker system that has a first speaker containing a first speaker unit in a first cavity and a second speaker containing a speaker unit wherein the crossover... |
| US-5,781,640 |
Adaptive noise transformation system A system for suppressing the effects of undesirable noise from an annoying noise source contains a plurality of transformation sounds which, when combined with... |
| US-5,781,638 |
Electro-acoustic transducer An electro-acoustic transducer having a main body portion 4 housing at least a speaker unit, a pinna inserting portion 5 protruding from the main body portion... |
| US-5,781,637 |
Method for fabricating a hearing aid faceplate and a faceplate produced
thereby A method for forming a standardized faceplate for an individually adapted in-the-ear hearing aid shell which matches the physical characteristics of the hearing... |
| US-5,781,636 |
Method and apparatus for generating sounds with tremolo and vibrato
sound effects A digital sound generator with tremolo and vibrato sound effects is provided, which comprises: a source memory for storing different types of wave-tables; a... |
| US-5,781,635 |
Method and apparatus for improved digital message transaction model The invention is a machine-readable medium for implementing an improved electronic transaction model. The machine-readable medium stores at least one... |
| US-5,781,634 |
Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system Methods and systems for preparing mailpieces involve the creation of mailing lists which includes correct and incorrect recipient address information. The list... |
| US-5,781,633 |
Capability security for transparent distributed object systems A system providing capability security for distributed object systems is disclosed. The basic tenet of capability security is that the right to do something to... |
| US-5,781,632 |
Method and apparatus for secured transmission of confidential data over
an unsecured network A method and apparatus that allows INternet users to purchase or order goods and services through the INternet by permitting the secured transmission of... |
| US-5,781,631 |
Limited-traceability systems Cryptographic methods and apparatus for payment and related transaction systems are disclosed that allow some kinds of tracing under some conditions and make... |
| US-5,781,630 |
Method and device for accurately dating an electronic document In a method for verifying the instant that a transaction is implemented or that a document is created, signed, sent and/or received, it is provided for a time... |
| US-5,781,629 |
Digital document authentication system A process for time-stamping a digital document is provided. The process provides a certificate which not only allows for the authentication of a document at a... |
| US-5,781,628 |
System and method for selective restriction of ciphering A system and method for selectively restricting wireless ciphering communications within a telecommunications system is disclosed. A ciphering database contains... |
| US-5,781,627 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device with copy-preventive function A semiconductor integrated circuit device with a copy-preventive function comprises a memory for storing data to be used by users, an input unit for performing... |
| US-5,781,626 |
Communication device capable of controlling transmission parameters of
outputted DTMF signals A communication device, such as a telephone or a facsimile device, includes an input device for inputting code information for a call to be transmitted through a... |
| US-5,781,625 |
System and apparatus for generating within the premises a dial tone for
enhanced phone services A system and apparatus includes a premises phone connected to a phone network along a first communication channel. A dial tone controller generates within the... |
| US-5,781,624 |
Method for sharing network resources by virtual partitioning A method of operating a network by sharing resources associated with various classes among calls in the various classes according to a state dependent... |
| US-5,781,623 |
Method of controlling an access network as well as exchange and access
network The invention concerns a method of controlling an access network (AN) with a number of user ports by means of an exchange (LE) connected to the access network... |
| US-5,781,622 |
Two-line apparatus for telephone intercom An apparatus for providing an intercom function on a telephone, without the need for an external power supply, having DTMF or pulse capabilities including an... |
| US-5,781,621 |
Microcontroller with a caller identification unit A microcontroller (100) for processing caller information received from a telephone line to display on a display panel of a telecommunication device. The... |
| US-5,781,620 |
Method and system for toll carrier selection The invention provides a method for automatically selecting a carrier network from a plurality of available networks to carry a telephone call (including MTS,... |
| US-5,781,619 |
Method of automatically printing out rapid key labels for facsimile
machine There is disclosed a method for automatically printing out a rapid key label for a facsimile machine having a telephone/facsimile number memory unit storing data... |
| US-5,781,618 |
Method for transmitting absence information in facsimile system According to a method for recording and transmitting absence information in a facsimile system, an absence information recording mode is established in response... |
| US-5,781,617 |
Communication server apparatus using frequency multiplexing and method A communication server (58) includes a plurality of pairs of frequency agile modulators (638) and demodulators (640) each set to operate at a unique frequency... |
| US-5,781,616 |
System and associated method for historical dialing A system and method for facilitating communication between a calling party and a first person via a first termination telephone number formerly associated with... |
| US-5,781,615 |
Fully distributed message storage facilities in a distributed switching
system Storing messages intended for a communication terminal in a service circuit associated with the local network of a switch node serving the communication... |
| US-5,781,614 |
Message retrieval via alternative access A multi-media messaging system (106) provides multi-media message access capability to non-subscriber message recipients (126) who lack multi-media ... |
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