DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSCRIPTION SUGGESTIONS AND COMPLETIONS

Patent №

US 8,600,152

Granted

2013-12-03

Filed 2009

Owner

ANCESTRY.COM OPERATIONS INC.

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12605999

Methods, devices and systems are described for transcribing text from artifacts to electronic files. A computer system is provided, wherein the computer system comprises a computer-readable storage device. An image of the artifact is received wherein text is present on the artifact. A first portion of the text is analyzed. Characters representing the first portion of the text are identified at a first confidence level equal to or greater than a threshold confidence level. The characters representing the first portion of the text are stored. A second portion of the text appearing on the artifact is analyzed. A plurality of candidates to represent the second portion of the text are identified at a second confidence level below the threshold confidence level. Finally, the plurality of candidates to a user for selection are presented.

Natural languageVisionG06V 30/127G06V 30/226G06V 30/268G06V 30/416G06V 30/10

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Vision1.00
Machine learning0.22
Evolutionary computation0.19
AI hardware0.12
Knowledge representation0.08
Planning0.02
Speech0.01

Ownership

ANCESTRY.COM OPERATIONS INC.

assignment · 236310439

Assignors

JENSEN, LEE SAMUEL

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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