Patents by Inventor Dominique Pitteloud

Dominique Pitteloud 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automerging images by matching features and aligning images
    Patent number: 5611033
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically merging multiple image portions to produce a single image. Image portions are produced, such as by a hand-held scanner, with overlapping areas. The overlapping area of a first image portion is examined to determine a distinguishing feature. The overlapping area of the second image portion is then searched to locate the corresponding feature. The differences in alignment of the two features, such as rotation, expansion or compression, are then determined. One of the image portions is then rotated, compressed or expanded in the amount necessary to align the two images. The two images are then merged by eliminating the overlapping portion of one of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Pitteloud, Peter Phillips, Jean-Paul H. Martin