Patents by Inventor Douglas Walter Obrecht

Douglas Walter Obrecht 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).

  • Determining a consistent color for an image
    Patent number: 9846951
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining an image that includes a connected component that includes a set of pixels, calculating a representative color for the set of pixels, mapping the representative color to an application color in an application color palette of an application, and generating an electronic document that includes a revised version of the connected component in the application color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason James Grams, Douglas Walter Obrecht, Stuart Guarnieri
  • DETERMINING A CONSISTENT COLOR FOR AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20170287171
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining an image that includes a connected component that includes a set of pixels, calculating a representative color for the set of pixels, mapping the representative color to an application color in an application color palette of an application, and generating an electronic document that includes a revised version of the connected component in the application color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason James Grams, Douglas Walter Obrecht, Stuart Guarnieri
  • Creating a duotone color effect using an ICC profile
    Patent number: 8630488
    Abstract: A method for creating a duotone color effect from a lightest color and a darkest color, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a lightest color RGB tuple and a darkest color RGB tuple; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the lightest color RGB tuple and the darkest color RGB tuple; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a duotone image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Walter Obrecht
  • Creating a luminance effect using an ICC profile
    Patent number: 8571310
    Abstract: A method for creating a luminance effect, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a luminance effect parameter; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the luminance effect parameter; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a final image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Walter Obrecht
  • CREATING A DUOTONE COLOR EFFECT USING AN ICC PROFILE
    Publication number: 20130136344
    Abstract: A method for creating a duotone color effect from a lightest color and a darkest color, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a lightest color RGB tuple and a darkest color RGB tuple; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the lightest color RGB tuple and the darkest color RGB tuple; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a duotone image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Walter Obrecht
  • CREATING A LUMINANCE EFFECT USING AN ICC PROFILE
    Publication number: 20130136345
    Abstract: A method for creating a luminance effect, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a luminance effect parameter; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the luminance effect parameter; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a final image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Walter Obrecht