Daniel A Benson

US Patent:

6665836, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Jun 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/098649

Inventors:

Michael J. Wynblatt - Plainsboro NJ
Daniel C. Benson - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

7155011, 715513, 715531, 707 1

Abstract:

A method for managing document information on an information net, such as the World Wide Web (WWW), comprises the steps of inputting a structured document; extracting selected document properties from the structured document; forming a feature vector representative of the properties; and forming a caricature derived from the feature vector.

US Patent:

61012742, Aug 8, 2000

Filed:

Jun 2, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/866970

Inventors:

Arturo Pizano - Belle Mead NJ
Farshid Arman - Hamilton NJ
Daniel Conrad Benson - Lawrenceville NJ
Remi Depommier - Plainsboro NJ

Assignee:

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G06K 936

US Classification:

382176

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for the identification and interpretation of text captions in an encoded video stream of digital video signals comprises sampling by selecting frames for video analysis, decoding by converting each of frames selected into a digitized color image, performing edge detection for generating a grey scale image, binarizing by converting the grey scale image into a bi-level image by means of a thresholding operation, compressing groups of consecutive pixel values in the binary image, mapping the consecutive pixel values into a binary value, and separating groups of connected pixels and determining whether they are likely to be part of a text region in the image or not.

US Patent:

60187107, Jan 25, 2000

Filed:

Dec 13, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/768046

Inventors:

Michael J. Wynblatt - Plainsboro NJ
Arding Hsu - Kendall Park NJ
Daniel C. Benson - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G10L 502
G10L 506

US Classification:

704260

Abstract:

A system for providing a primarily audio environment for world wide web access includes a system for rendering structured documents using audio, an interface for information exchange to users, a non-keyword based WWW search system and a few miscellaneous features. The system for rendering structured documents using audio includes a pre-rendering system which converts a HTML document into an intermediate document and a rendering system which actually generates an audio output. The interface includes a non-visual browsing system and an interface to users for visual browsing environments.