Xerox Corporation

Thomas Alan Silver

Matthew Owen Scrafford

Kirk V Pothos

M Kerrigan Hawes

Steven T Schlonski

Craig H Mallery

Christopher Lee Jones

Jason Robert Croft

As set forth herein, methods and systems facilitate the fusing of unassociated images into an original document image. An unassociated image is received into a set of unassociated images in computer memory by an associated scanning device, and the size for each unassociated image is determined. The size of each unassociated image is then compared to at least one other known image size, and a matching related unassociated image is retrieved from the set of unassociated images corresponding to each unassociated image based at least in part on an output of the comparison. The matches of related images are then aligned and fused to form an original document image.

Fusing of unassociated images

A server on a network controls a database which functions as an 'asset manager' for a large population of items or assets. For 'network' assets which are capable of electronically communicating data about themselves, such as computers and digital printers, relevant data is gathered over the network and entered into the database. For &#x201c;non-network&#x201d; assets which are not capable of electronic communication, such as typewriters and furniture, information is gathered into the database by other means. Within the database, the distinction between network and non-network assets is largely hidden.

Asset management system for network-based and non-network-based assets and information

Growing community of inventors

Rochester, NY, United States of America

Thomas Alan Silver