Patents by Inventor Lucien Hayen

Lucien Hayen 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).

  • System for supplying a processed radiographic image to a remote device
    Patent number: 5654555
    Abstract: A system for supplying a processed radiographic image to a remote device. The system is disclosed for supplying a radiographic image obtained by reading an exposed photostimulable phosphor screen that has been processed in a processing station to a remote device such as a display device that is connected with said processing station via a network and a distributed network filing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert
    Inventors: Tom Buytaert, Lucien Hayen
  • Method for constructing a histogram in digital image processing by statistical pixel sampling
    Patent number: 5579402
    Abstract: A method of creating a histogram of an image signal matrix, representative of a radiographic image obtained by scanning a stimulable phosphor sheet carrying a radiation image with stimulating rays, detecting the light emitted after stimulation and converting the detected light into electrical image signals, is described wherein the histogram is created by capturing only a fraction of the image pixels comprised in the image signal matrix, this fraction being determined on the basis of statical pixel sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert
    Inventor: Lucien Hayen