Alexander S Brunner

US Patent:

20130208084, Aug 15, 2013

Filed:

Jan 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/752009

Inventors:

Alexander Brunner - Howell MI, US
Sidney Trey Smith - Howell MI, US
Randall Timothy Long - Brighton MI, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/232

US Classification:

348 36

Abstract:

A device for acquiring two-dimensional images of a three-dimensional object including a housing having a receptacle for receiving the object. The receptacle has a floor and an interior sidewall. The sidewall has at least one sight window and a plurality of lights for illuminating the object. A rotatable turntable is positioned on the floor of the receptacle, and the object is positioned on the turntable. At least one camera having an iris is located within the housing and positioned so that the iris can obtain images of the object through the sight window, allowing the camera to obtain still images of the object as the object is rotated on the turntable. There is also provided methods for stitching the still images of the three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional image to facilitate optical character recognition and further data processing.

US Patent:

43107516, Jan 12, 1982

Filed:

May 7, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/036754

Inventors:

Gregory K. Martin - East Detroit MI
Alexander Brunner - West Bloomfield MI

Assignee:

Visual Systems Corp. - Southfield MI

International Classification:

G06M 306

US Classification:

235 92MP

Abstract:

A microfilm indexing machine for automatically generating an index for a roll of microfilm. The indexing machine can be utilized in combination with either a microfilmer equipped with blip or image count capability to generate an index while the microfilm is being created, or with a microfilm reader to generate an index for an existing roll of microfilm. The indexing machine is a microprocessor based unit that is programmed to respond to the count signals produced by the image marker on a microfilmer or the blip sensors on a microfilm reader. The microprocessor is programmed to process the count signals and automatically update the contents of one or more counters. Document identifications are made via a keyboard and are printed on a paper tape. Upon receipt of the next count signals following the entry of a document identification, the microprocessor is further programmed to print adjacent the identification information the contents of the counter(s) which corresponds to the address location of the identified document on the roll of microfilm. When the index for the entire roll has been completed, the paper tape is removed and preferably microfilmed and spliced to the beginning of the corresponding roll of microfilm.