Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a cost required for transmission, disk space and mail time by efficiently conducting transmission and reception of electronic mails including attachments in a communications system. SOLUTION: A receiver placed on the way separates the attachment of an electronic mail message from the electronic mail and stores the attachment. Furthermore, the attachment is replaced with reference information before the electronic mail message is sent to a recipient and the reference information is distributed to the recipient. According to this invention, the attachment of an electronic mail is stored at a place as close as possible to the recipient and a sender side does not need to revise a component for processing the electronic mail and the network.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a recognition speed by sending a character that is not clearly recognized through supplementary recognition to a correction system, classifying the character and using the information to educate a supplementary recognition unit. SOLUTION: All characters that are classified by a primary recognition subsystem 1 which has lower reliability value than defined threshold is next sent to a supplementary recognition subsystem 3. A character (rejection) that is not recognized even by the subsystem 3 or is recognized mistakenly is next sent to a correction system 5, e.g. a video coding system. The rejected character is corrected manually in the correction system and the final result of character recognition is usually formed (arrow 6). Here, an additional pattern adaptation system 7 is arranged between the systems 5 and 3 and an input from the system 5 can be used for further education of the system 3 in a continuous process.
Abstract:
PCT No. PCT/EP95/00857 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 10, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 10, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 8, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/24693 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 14, 1993An apparatus and method for recognizing written characters. In one aspect, a method for recognizing written characters comprises the steps of: recognizing written characters with each of a plurality of writing recognition units, each of the writing recognition units supplying reliability values for each recognized character; determining a confidence level for each of the written characters from the corresponding reliability value for the written characters; testing the agreement of the results from the writing recognition units for each of the recognized characters; evaluating a plurality of rules for each of the recognized character with the corresponding levels and agreements; and delivering the overall result of the writing recognition process.
Abstract:
Circuit arrangement for crosstalk compensation in electrooptical scanners The invention concerns a circuit arrangement for compensating for the crosstalk occurring between adjacent cells of a linear photodiode array in a scanner for an illuminated object, characterized in that, using the actual value Ri of the signal derived from the ith cell and the actual values of the signals R(i+1) and R(i-1) derived from the (i+1)st and the (i-1)st cells, the signal portion (a) of the ith cell contributing to the signal of the (i-1)st and the (i+1)st cell and the influence of (a) of the signals R(i+1) and R(i-1) on the actual signal Ri of the ith cell is eliminated in practice by determining the signal according to the formula and that the output of the linear photodiode array (7) has connected to it a shift register (11) with at least three outputs (12, 13, 14), to the first and the third output of which one inverter stage (15, 16) and one control element (17, 18) each for (a) linked therewith is connected, and that the output of the first control element (17) and the second output (13) of the shift register (11) are connected to a first adder (19), whose output is connected to one input of a second adder (20) having its second input connected to the output of the second control element (18).
Abstract:
A keyboard data input device includes a one-hand module having a finger section with groups of keys each of which fixedly assigned to a finger of the operator. The keyboard has a cover part which includes a palm rest section and grooves. A group of keys is sequentially arranged at the ground of said grooves to be reached by the outstretched or bent fingers when the operator's hand is in contact with the palm rest section. A thumb section located adjacent to the forefinger groove comprises a flat area which includes groups of command keys, and comprises further keys at an upright wall adjacent to the forefinger groove. The keyboard may be used for two-hand operation by providing two separate one-hand modules. The keyboard comprises a graphical multipurpose display visualize control information and characters typed in. The keyboard may further include a bar code scanner.
Abstract:
For pattern recognition and validation, especially of hand-written signatures, the invention provides that original files of basic structures are established and stored in a reference image file (39). The structure to be verified is analyzed in the same way and with the same methods to find their significant basic structures. Information stored in the reference image file and information found as significant basic structures are compared. This comparison is performed in the order of significance sequentially or parallel at least for some information entities. Validation is performed for each single comparison step and the results are weighted. If no clear result is gained, a stepwise refinement of the recognition structures is performed by repeating the recognition and validation procedure on a higher level of information, or with other words with finer details to be analyzed.
Abstract:
METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING AND CONTROLLING THE PRINT QUALITY OF A PRINTER The invention concerns a computer-controlled method of automatically determining the print quality value of a printer and of controlling the print quality value towards an optimum value DQopt, using both the empirically determined average optimum image contrast signal (PCS) and the standard deviation ? PCS. the average optimum image contrast signal is derived from the relation where RB is the reflection of the background and Ri is the reflection of a picture element or dot i (PEL). The actual value of the image contrast signal is derived from the individual values PCS = for all n picture by optoelectronically scanning all picture elements i of a character along the skeleton line and the background, and deriving from these scanning values a factor and a print quality factor and deriving ln x2 from said print quality factor. Subsequently the actual print quality value DQ = aO + a1 ? ln x2 is determined, and by iterative automatic comparison of the stored optimum print quality value DCopt and the print quality thus determined, control variables are derived and used in a closed control loop for adjusting the different printer parameters.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and system for handling E-mail messages in a communication system. According to the present invention in a communication system comprising one or several intermediate receivers any attachment in an E-mail message is detached in the intermediate receiver and stored. Furthermore the attachment is replaced with a reference to the stored attachment before the E-mail message is forwarded to the recipient. With the use of the present invention the attachment of the E-mail stays always as close as possible to the receiver location. Changes to E-mail handling components on the sender's side and in the transmitting network are not necessary. Since storage and transmission of redundant data is suppressed, there are considerable savings of transmission cost, disk space, and mailing time.
Abstract:
Method for processing e-mail in a computer system where there is one or more receiving computers (102) between a senders and addressees. Method has the following steps: separation and storage of any attachments from the e-mail in the intermediate mail-server computer (102) and replacement of the attachment with a reference to it before sending on the e-mail to the addressee. Independent claims are made for a system for processing e-mail according to the above method a software application that can be loaded in computer memory to carry out the method steps and a computer system for use with the software application.