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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Robert Habermehl, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
706 20 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for processing an image, the method comprising the steps of providing an image and specifying a portion of the image. The present invention also includes utilizing an artificial neural net to associate the portion of the image with an application, wherein a plurality of positions are selected within the specified portion of the image.