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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:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Maurizio Pilu, Bristol, GB;
Guy DE Warrenne Bruce Adams, Stroud, GB;
Inventors:
Maurizio Pilu, Bristol, GB;
Guy de Warrenne Bruce Adams, Stroud, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image capture device electronically captures and selects a desired text portion. A visible light image is projected onto text on a document to enable a user to position the light image relative to the desired text portion. At least some of the text is captured in accordance with a position of the light image. A text selector selects the desired text portion from the captured text.