Patents by Inventor Ian Jaffray

Ian Jaffray 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 transforming a digitized signal of an image into a reflective surface
    Patent number: 5325200
    Abstract: The apparatus and method employ a variety of units, including Laplacian filters, rank value filters, edge detectors, gain units and summation units, to transform an input digitized signal of an image, the transformation being carried out for each pixel independently. The various elements are combined to produce a variety of desired visual effects, e.g. a brush stroke effect, or the appearance of a reflective chrome surface. Further, an apparatus is provided in which a conditioning unit generates a conditioning function, which enables different parts of an image to be combined in accordance with different methods. Thus, a foreground of an image could have the edge content reinforced, whilst the background has brush stroke texture added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Imageware Research and Development Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Jaffray, John F. Bronskill
  • Apparatus and method for transforming a digitized signal of an image to incorporate an airbrush effect
    Patent number: 5245432
    Abstract: The apparatus and method employ a variety of units, including Laplacian filters, rank value filters, edge detectors, gain units and summation units, to transform an input digitized signal of an image, the transformation being carried out for each pixel independently. The various elements are combined to produce a variety of desired visual effects, e.g. an airbrush effect. Further, an apparatus is provided in which a conditioning unit generates a conditioning function, which enables different parts of an image to be combined in accordance with different methods. Thus, a foreground of an image could have the edge content reinforced, whilst the background has brush stroke texture added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Imageware Research and Development Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Jaffray, John F. Bronskill
  • Apparatus and method for transforming a digitized signal of an image
    Patent number: 5063448
    Abstract: The apparatus and method employ a variety of units, including Laplacian filters, rank value filters, edge detectors, gain units and summation units, to transform an input digitized signal of an image, the transformation being carried out for each pixel independently. The various elements are combined to produce a variety of desired visual effects, e.g. a brush stroke effect, edge enhancement or the appearance of a reflective chrome surface. Further, an apparatus is provided in which a conditioning unit generates a conditioning function, which enables different parts of an image to be combined in accordance with different methods. Thus, a foreground of an image could have the edge content reinforced, whilst the background has brushstroke texture added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Imageware Research and Development Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Jaffray, John F. Bronskill