Mitchell A Medina

US Patent:

6407828, Jun 18, 2002

Filed:

Jun 1, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/087938

Inventors:

Mitchell Medina - Essex Fells NJ

Assignee:

International Patent Holdings LTD - Hamilton HM EX

International Classification:

H04N 140

US Classification:

358462, 358468, 358435, 37910001

Abstract:

A document transmission module is connected between a conventional document digitizing device (host unit) and a communication interface. The module receives conventional data output from its host unit and re-transmits them to a destination document transmission protocol machine in one of standard and high speed modes depending on the compatibility of the destination document transmission protocol machine. The standard mode communication employs an image data format for both text and graphics. The high speed mode distinguishes text from graphics and performs optical character recognition on suspected character information. When characters are successfully recognized, only a code, e. g. ASCII, and the location of the character is transmitted, realizing significant improvements in compression ratios over conventional data transmission. Graphics and unrecognizable characters are transmitted as bit-mapped pixels or in conventional compressed fax format. The document transmission module is also capable of receiving incoming data from transmitting machines through the communication interface in both the standard and high speed modes.

US Patent:

7075673, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

Nov 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/704484

Inventors:

Robert Lech - Jackson NJ, US
Mitchell A. Medina - New York NY, US
Catherine B. Elias - Plainsboro NJ, US

Assignee:

EON-Net L.P. - Tortola

International Classification:

H04N 1/40

US Classification:

358 115, 382175

Abstract:

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

US Patent:

7259887, Aug 21, 2007

Filed:

Apr 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/401002

Inventors:

Robert Lech - Jackson NJ, US
Mitchell A. Medina - New York NY, US
Catherine B. Elias - Plainsboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Eon-Net L.P. - Tortola

International Classification:

G06K 9/36

US Classification:

358 115, 382180

Abstract:

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

US Patent:

7474434, Jan 6, 2009

Filed:

Mar 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/723139

Inventors:

Robert Lech - Jackson NJ, US
Mitchell A. Medina - New York NY, US
Catherine B. Elias - Plainsboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Millennium L.P. - George Town, Grand Cayman

International Classification:

H04N 1/40

US Classification:

358 115, 382180

Abstract:

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

US Patent:

7570383, Aug 4, 2009

Filed:

Mar 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/723133

Inventors:

Robert Lech - Jackson NJ, US
Mitchell A. Medina - New York NY, US
Catherine B. Elias - Plainsboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Glory Licensing LLC - Charlestown, Nevis

International Classification:

H04N 1/40

US Classification:

358 115, 358 21

Abstract:

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

US Patent:

7672007, Mar 2, 2010

Filed:

Oct 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/979264

Inventors:

Robert Lech - Jackson NJ, US
Mitchell A. Medina - New York NY, US
Catherine B. Elias - Plainsboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Glory Licensing LLC - Charlestown

International Classification:

H04N 1/40

US Classification:

358 115, 382180

Abstract:

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

US Patent:

20020149800, Oct 17, 2002

Filed:

Jun 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/165646

Inventors:

Mitchell Medina - Essex Fells NJ, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL PATENT HOLDINGS, LTD.

International Classification:

H04N001/32
H04N001/40
H04N001/41

US Classification:

358/426020, 358/462000, 358/426040, 358/426120

Abstract:

A document transmission module is connected between a conventional document digitizing device (host unit) and a communication interface. The module receives conventional data output from its host unit and re-transmits them to a destination document transmission protocol machine in one of standard and high speed modes depending on the compatibility of the destination document transmission protocol machine. The standard mode communication employs an image data format for both text and graphics. The high speed mode distinguishes text from graphics and performs optical character recognition on suspected character information. When characters are successfully recognized, only a code, e.g. ASCII, and the location of the character is transmitted, realizing significant improvements in compression ratios over conventional data transmission. Graphics and unrecognizable characters are transmitted as bit-mapped pixels or in conventional compressed fax format. The document transmission module is also capable of receiving incoming data from transmitting machines through the communication interface in both the standard and high speed modes. Data sent and received in the high speed mode contain codes for text characters and bit-mapped or compressed pixels for graphics and unrecognized characters and are either printed or recorded in a storage medium. Since text characters are received as codes, any desired printing resolution can be selected for them.

US Patent:

20040240735, Dec 2, 2004

Filed:

Apr 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/425534

Inventors:

Mitchell Medina - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06K009/34

US Classification:

382/173000

Abstract:

An intelligent text selection method is provided that includes the steps of selecting a portion of a graphical document, the portion having graphical text information and non-text graphical information, differentiating the graphical text character information from non-text graphical information within the portion and converting the graphical text information into corresponding character code data.