Patents by Inventor Allen Reed TOMLINSON

Allen Reed TOMLINSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points, gradient characterization, and pre-stored indicators of environmental lighting conditions
    Patent number: 9691002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points and/or light gradients to account for the effects of lighting conditions that can vary across different environments, according to an implementation of the invention. To chain reference points and/or characterize light gradients, the system may determine a color shift value, which represents the effects of lighting conditions of a target environment (in which the lighting conditions may be unknown) relative to a reference environment (in which the lighting conditions may be known). The chained reference points, gradient characterization, color shift values, and/or other information may be used to store a delta map that characterizes the lighting conditions of an environment so that it may be reused for subsequent color shifts without re-characterizing the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Carbon Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Reed Tomlinson, Frances Allie O'Connell
  • System and Method of Adjusting the Color of Image Objects Based on Chained Reference Points, Gradient Characterization, and Pre-stored Indicators of Environmental Lighting Conditions
    Publication number: 20160117568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points and/or light gradients to account for the effects of lighting conditions that can vary across different environments, according to an implementation of the invention. To chain reference points and/or characterize light gradients, the system may determine a color shift value, which represents the effects of lighting conditions of a target environment (in which the lighting conditions may be unknown) relative to a reference environment (in which the lighting conditions may be known). The chained reference points, gradient characterization, color shift values, and/or other information may be used to store a delta map that characterizes the lighting conditions of an environment so that it may be reused for subsequent color shifts without re-characterizing the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: CARBON OBJECTS, INC.
    Inventors: Allen Reed TOMLINSON, Frances Allie O'CONNELL
  • System and method of adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points, gradient characterization, and pre-stored indicators of environmental lighting conditions
    Patent number: 9204018
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points and/or light gradients to account for the effects of lighting conditions that can vary across different environments, according to an implementation of the invention. To chain reference points and/or characterize light gradients, the system may determine a color shift value, which represents the effects of lighting conditions of a target environment (in which the lighting conditions may be unknown) relative to a reference environment (in which the lighting conditions may be known). The chained reference points, gradient characterization, color shift values, and/or other information may be used to store a delta map that characterizes the lighting conditions of an environment so that it may be reused for subsequent color shifts without re-characterizing the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Carbon Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Reed Tomlinson, Frances Allie O'Connell
  • System and Method of Adjusting the Color of Image Objects Based on Chained Reference Points, Gradient Characterization, and Pre-stored Indicators of Environmental Lighting Conditions
    Publication number: 20150207960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for adjusting the color of image objects based on chained reference points and/or light gradients to account for the effects of lighting conditions that can vary across different environments, according to an implementation of the invention. To chain reference points and/or characterize light gradients, the system may determine a color shift value, which represents the effects of lighting conditions of a target environment (in which the lighting conditions may be unknown) relative to a reference environment (in which the lighting conditions may be known). The chained reference points, gradient characterization, color shift values, and/or other information may be used to store a delta map that characterizes the lighting conditions of an environment so that it may be reused for subsequent color shifts without re-characterizing the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: CARBON OBJECTS, INC.
    Inventors: Allen Reed TOMLINSON, Frances Allie O'CONNELL