Patents by Inventor Alexander L. Berestov

Alexander L. Berestov 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).

  • Patent number: 6982726
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer readable media for manipulating and formatting data sets (e.g., 105, 106) described using different coordinate systems. One version of the invention provides a method for formatting data sets described using different coordinate systems into a single format (136). The method includes the steps of a) acquiring (310) a first coordinate system data set, b) formatting (320) the first coordinate system data set into non-Cartesian representation (NCR) format (136), and c) storing (330) the resulting formatted data sets in NCR format. The method can further include the step of acquiring a second coordinate system data set and formatting the second coordinate system data set in NCR format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Alexander L. Berestov
  • Publication number: 20040100489
    Abstract: Automatically generating a three dimensional web page from a two dimensional web page for display in a web browser by the web browser receiving two dimensional (HTML) content for the two dimensional web page, parsing the two dimensional content to separate (HTML) objects contained in the two dimensional content and to identify (utilizing HTML tags) an object type (e.g. text, buttons, frames, images, animation and video) for the objects contained in the two dimensional content, processing the objects differently (e.g. utilizing different algorithms), based on the object type identified in the parsing step, to generate three dimensional (HTML) content for the objects, and generating the three dimensional (HTML) web page utilizing the three dimensional content for the objects obtained in the processing step. Color channel separation may be performed to separate different color channels, such as red, blue and green.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Alexander L. Berestov, David D. Deer
  • Patent number: 6714672
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for adjustment and matching of stereoscopic images (206, 208) of the eye fundus (106). Illumination errors between the images are eliminated, such as by adjusting groups of pixels so that the mean and variance of a group (306) from the left image (206) will have the same mean intensity and variance as the corresponding group (308) from the right image (208). An epipolar line adjustment is performed, such as by shifting points in the images based on matched points in the images. Image occlusion errors are detected and removed, such as by matching point analysis. Once these adjustment steps have been completed, a matching analysis can be preformed using the corrected images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Alexander L. Berestov, Harry T. Garland
  • Patent number: 6690762
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium formats imaging data associated with an object in an n-dimensional file format. Once two-dimensional imaging ray data (projected or reflected data) is acquired, it is saved into an n-dimensional format (500) along with data describing the reference point and focal point of the image. A preferred format (500) comprises a file header (505), a header of the reference point, coordinates of the focal point field, a transformation field, and dimension sub-headers (550, 560). The system comprises a data acquisition module (612), a data storage module (630), a data reading module (640), and a data processing module (610) for formatting the data, reading the formatted data, and fusing the formatted data with other data sets, such as three-dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Alexander L. Berestov
  • Publication number: 20030113006
    Abstract: Processing of up to a plurality of radiographic images of a subject, includes the capture of at least two visible light images of the subject, two or more of the visible light images in correspondence to at least one radiographic image. The visible light images are captured by one or more visible light cameras, each visible light camera in a known geometric relation to the radiographic source. Radiographic geometry of each radiographic image is calculated relative to the radiographic source and the subject through stereoscopic analysis of the visible light images and through reference to the known geometric relation between the one or more visible light cameras and the radiographic source. Three-dimensional radiographic information on the subject is generated and manipulated by processing the up to a plurality of radiographic images based on the recovered radiographic geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Alexander L. Berestov
  • Patent number: 5917780
    Abstract: Rather than having only two diametrically opposed band attachment points on a watch case and a single strap watchband, a watch has multiple attachment points at opposite edges of its watch case, and a watchband with multiple branches for fastening to the watch case's multiple attachment points. These branches may be straps fabricated of materials such as fabric, leather, metal or flexible plastics, and buckles and other appropriate fastening devices are integral with the strap. The multiple branch band also may be a continuously expandable linkage structure which attaches to the case, and which expands over the hand and then contracts to comfortably hold the watch on the wrist, or a metallic band having a central clasp for securing the watch to the wrist. A multiple band watchband for attachment to two opposing edges of a watch case is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Daniel Robbins
    Inventor: Alexander L. Berestov