Patents by Inventor Eero P. Simoncelli

Eero P. Simoncelli 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).

  • Fractal-based image compression and interpolation
    Patent number: 5148497
    Abstract: An image interpolator for converting an original image into an enhanced image, the interpolator including rule logic for embodying a rule specifying how pixel patterns associated with first subband image data transform into corresponding pixel patterns associated with second subband image data, the first and second subband image data being derived from a reference image; and conversion logic for generating the enhanced image from the original image based upon the rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alex P. Pentland, Eero P. Simoncelli, Thomas P. Stephenson