The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1991
Norman P Kern, Birmingham, MI (US);
Brian K Forbes, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
John G Hemmann, Union Lake, MI (US);
James D Rogan, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Morten Wiken, Plymouth, MI (US);
Joseph M Capo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Howard H Green, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
An image-based document processing system comprised of a plurality of hardware components arranged as a platform for processing documents using document images. The system employs a layered software architecture comprised of application programs, system services and a plurality of native operating systems provided for particular ones of the hardware components. The system services are callable by the application programs to provide an interface between the application programs and the native operating systems during operation of the system.