Patents by Inventor Brian E. Mittelstaedt

Brian E. Mittelstaedt 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).

  • Publication number: 20180330152
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to digital image processing, storage, retrieval, and presentation systems and methods for ordering and ranking visually perceivable facial expressions identified within the selected set of digital images. In addition, arranging for presentation the ordered and ranked set of digital images in response to a user-selection of an emotional expression or range of emotional expressions and presenting the selected arranged set of digital images on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Kodak Alaris Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. MITTELSTAEDT, Joseph MANICO
  • Publication number: 20130108157
    Abstract: A computing system storing a digital image and identifying a region in the digital image that includes a human face. A padding amount is determined based on a size of the individual region. The padding amount can be determined based on a width of the individual region and a size of the digital image. A head pose and eye gaze direction contained in the individual region can be used to select a direction for extending borders of a cropped region of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Raymond William Ptucha, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, David K. Rhoda
  • Publication number: 20130108167
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for modifying a digital image, comprising loading the digital image into an electronic memory accessible by the computer, identifying an individual region in the digital image that includes a human face, determining a padding amount based on a size of the individual region, digitally defining a padded region including padding borders of the individual region by the padding amount. The padding amount is based on a ratio of the size of the individual region to a size of the digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Raymond William Ptucha, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, David K. Rhoda
  • Patent number: 6406428
    Abstract: An ultrasound lenticular image product comprising: a lenticular lens element; and a composite image associated with the lenticular lens element. The composite image presents a sequence of ultrasound images of a subject of interest internal to a living being, such as the motion of a fetus carried in the womb of a pregnant woman.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Brian E. Mittelstaedt
  • Patent number: 6278800
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and associated apparatus for transforming the color-image signals of a color image reproduction system to an intermediary image metric, defined in terms of colorimetric properties not necessarily corresponding to the colorimetric properties associated with either the system's input or output device, such that nonlinear transformations of all the individual image-bearing signal components, each encoded in terms of the intermediary image metric, result in desirable shadow-to-highlight characteristics for all colored objects of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ethan Madden, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Edward Joseph Giorgianni
  • Patent number: 5870642
    Abstract: A panoramic support for a camera having a rotatable indexing head used to rotate the camera the same angle between successive image recordings in order to obtain a series of recorded images that can be combined to provide a comprehensive panoramic image, is characterized in that the rotatable indexing head is adapted to support the camera alternatively in a horizontal orientation for making horizontal-format recorded images and in a vertical orientation for making vertical-format recorded images, and includes respective angle indicators for rotating the camera one angle between each horizontal-format image recording and another angle between each vertical-format image recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Joseph A. Manico, John R. Domm
  • Patent number: 5609978
    Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Jose E. Rivera, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5582961
    Abstract: A photographic element, is disclosed which includes a support and at least three silver halide emulsion layers, that records exposure information. The exposure information is recorded in three image-recording units and wherein the spectral sensitivities of said image-recording units are chosen such that the average color error, .DELTA.E*.sub.ab, is less than or equal to 3.1. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is computed for a specified set of test colors of known spectral reflectance, and the light source is specified as D.sub.65. .DELTA.E*.sub.ab is the average CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) .DELTA.E*.sub.ab between the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates of said test colors and the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*)-space coordinates corresponding to transformed exposure signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Giorgianni, Brian E. Mittelstaedt, Richard A. Simon, Teresa A. Smith, James E. Sutton