Patents by Inventor Ahmet Mufit Ferman

Ahmet Mufit Ferman 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).

  • Methods and Systems for Identifying the Orientation of a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20090290801
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for determining the orientation of an electronic document image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and Systems for Glyph-Pixel Selection
    Publication number: 20090110320
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for detecting glyph pixels in a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Richard J. Campbell, Jon M. Speigle, Ahmet Mufit Ferman
  • Methods and Systems for Refining Text Color in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20090021753
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for refining text color in a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, John E. Dolan
  • Methods and Systems for Identifying Text Orientation in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20080317341
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for determining text orientation in a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jon M. Speigle, Ahmet Mufit Ferman
  • Methods and Systems for Identifying Text Orientation in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20080317343
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for determining text orientation in a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Jon M. Speigle
  • Methods and Systems for Refining Text Detection in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20080205753
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for refining text-detection results for a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence Shao-hsien Chen, Jon M. Speigle, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and Systems for Detecting Character Content in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20080181496
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for detecting glyph pixels in a rasterized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell, Jon M. Speigle
  • Methods and Systems for Characterizing Regions of Substantially-Uniform Color in a Digital Image
    Publication number: 20080181497
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for characterization of background regions of substantially-uniform color in a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Jon M. Speigle
  • Methods and systems for complexity-based process blending
    Patent number: 7292736
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and Systems for Detecting Pictorial Regions in Digital Images
    Publication number: 20070206857
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for detection of pictorial regions in an image using a masking condition, an entropy measure, and region growing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Richard John Campbell, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Toyohisa Matsuda, Lawrence Shao-hsien Chen
  • Methods and systems for complexity-based variable process selection and application
    Patent number: 7266252
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and systems for complexity-based segmentation refinement
    Patent number: 7266243
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and systems for complexity-based process selection
    Patent number: 7266253
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and systems for complexity-based regional process selection
    Patent number: 7266242
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and systems for complexity estimation and complexity-based selection
    Patent number: 7260276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and system for sectionalized complexity-based process selection
    Patent number: 7218778
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Method and systems for complexity-based process combination
    Patent number: 7212683
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • Methods and systems for cumulative, complexity-based process selection
    Patent number: 7212684
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for image complexity estimation and selective complexity-based image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Dolan, Toyohisa Matsuda, Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Richard John Campbell
  • System for presenting audio-video content
    Publication number: 20040197088
    Abstract: A system for viewing audio-video content together with temporal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, M. Ibrahim Sezan, Petrus J. L. van Beek
  • Audiovisual management system
    Publication number: 20030206710
    Abstract: A system for structuring usage history for audiovisual materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Ahmet Mufit Ferman, Petrus J.L. van Beek, James H. Errico