Patents Examined by Daniel G Miriam
  • Method for automatically determining the acceptability of a digital image
    Patent number: 7899256
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, James R. Niederbaumer, Lorrie Claver, legal representative