Patents by Inventor Tomasz Matraszek
Tomasz Matraszek 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).
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Patent number: 7187788Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Patent number: 7184578Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Publication number: 20060256382Abstract: An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Tomasz Matraszek, Elena Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Kenneth Parulski
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Publication number: 20060228037Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Richard Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Publication number: 20060228040Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Richard Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Publication number: 20060228038Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Richard Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Publication number: 20060228039Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Richard Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Patent number: 7082211Abstract: A retouching method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image involves acquiring a digital image containing one or more faces and detecting a location of facial feature points in the faces, where the facial feature points include points identifying salient features such as skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair. The location of the facial feature points are used to segment the face into different regions such as skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions. Facially relevant characteristics of the different regions are determined and, based on these facially relevant characteristics, an ensemble of enhancement filters are selected, each customized especially for a particular region, and the default parameters for the enhancement filters are selected. The enhancement filters are then executed on the particular regions, thereby producing an enhanced digital image from the digital image.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek, Mark R. Bolin, Henry Nicponski
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Publication number: 20060153470Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2006Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Richard Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Patent number: 7039222Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Patent number: 7003139Abstract: A method for determining affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a user; monitoring the facial expression of the user as the user views the digital image; and using the facial expression of the user to determine affective information for the digital image.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Serguei Endrikhovski, Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Tomasz A. Matraszek, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jose M. Mir
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Publication number: 20040170337Abstract: A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one or more original digital images that have been selected for enhancement, wherein the script file includes an instruction for the location of each original digital image; (b) using the instructions in the script file, acquiring an original digital image containing one or more faces; (c) detecting a location of facial feature points in the one or more faces, said facial feature points including points identifying salient features including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair; (d) using the location of the facial feature points to segment the face into different regions, said different regions including one or more of skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions; (e) determining one or more facially relevant characterType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek
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Publication number: 20040101212Abstract: An imaging method is provided. In accordance with this embodiment, an image of a scene is captured. Affective information is collected at capture. The affective information is associated with the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Tomasz A. Matraszek, Kenneth A. Parulski, Carolyn A. Zacks, Karen M. Taxier, Michael J. Telek, Frank Marino, Dan Harel
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Publication number: 20030223622Abstract: A retouching method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image involves acquiring a digital image containing one or more faces and detecting a location of facial feature points in the faces, where the facial feature points include points identifying salient features such as skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and hair. The location of the facial feature points are used to segment the face into different regions such as skin, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, neck and hair regions. Facially relevant characteristics of the different regions are determined and, based on these facially relevant characteristics, an ensemble of enhancement filters are selected, each customized especially for a particular region, and the default parameters for the enhancement filters are selected. The enhancement filters are then executed on the particular regions, thereby producing an enhanced digital image from the digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard A. Simon, Tomasz Matraszek, Mark R. Bolin, Henry Nicponski
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Publication number: 20030165270Abstract: A method for determining affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a user; monitoring the facial expression of the user as the user views the digital image; and using the facial expression of the user to determine affective information for the digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Serguei Endrikhovski, Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Tomasz A. Matraszek, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jose M. Mir
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Publication number: 20030165269Abstract: A method for determining affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes sequentially displaying a plurality of digital images for viewing by a user; monitoring the viewing time for each of the plurality of digital images; and using the viewing time to determine affective information for at least one of the digital images.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Tomasz A. Matraszek, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jose M. Mir
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Publication number: 20030156304Abstract: A method for collecting and associating affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a particular user; automatically collecting affective information for the digital image as the particular user views the image; and associating the affective information with the particular user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Tomasz A. Matraszek, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jose M. Mir
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Publication number: 20030128389Abstract: A method for providing a retrieval scheme for stored digital images includes providing affective information to classify at least one digital image from a plurality of stored digital images; providing a user identifier; associating the affective information and the user identifier with the at least one digital image; and using the affective information and the user identifier to facilitate retrieval of the at least one digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2001Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Tomasz A. Matraszek, Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Kenneth A. Parulski
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Publication number: 20030122839Abstract: An image file for storing a digital image and information related to the digital image includes digital image data; a user identifier; and affective information which relates to the feelings or emotions of the user toward the digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Tomasz A. Matraszek, Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Kenneth A. Parulski
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Publication number: 20030117651Abstract: A method of arranging a plurality of visual images in an album, based on affective information which classifies such images includes providing affective information to classify at least one digital image from a plurality of stored digital images; using the affective information to determine the importance of the at least one digital image; and producing an album including visual images of the plurality of stored digital images, wherein the importance of the at least one digital image is used to arrange the visual images.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Tomasz A. Matraszek, Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Serguei Endrikhovski, Kenneth A. Parulski