Patents by Inventor Alfredo Mendez, JR.

Alfredo Mendez, JR. 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).

  • Method and system for noise reduction in video systems
    Patent number: 9165345
    Abstract: A system and method of image processing is provided, including implementing adaptive pixel replacement techniques or reducing noise. The method includes obtaining a data map of an image frame, wherein the data map comprises good pixels and bad pixels at locations associated with the data map. The method also includes assigning different techniques to the bad pixels, wherein a first technique is assigned to a first bad pixel and a second technique is assigned to a second bad pixel. The method further includes adjusting information associated with the bad pixels for a chosen technique for each of the bad pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: David C. Hutchison, Douglas A. Blettner, Henry W. Neal, Alfredo Mendez, Jr.
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE REDUCTION IN VIDEO SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140270568
    Abstract: A system and method of image processing is provided, including implementing adaptive pixel replacement techniques or reducing noise. The method includes obtaining a data map of an image frame, wherein the data map comprises good pixels and bad pixels at locations associated with the data map. The method also includes assigning different techniques to the bad pixels, wherein a first technique is assigned to a first bad pixel and a second technique is assigned to a second bad pixel. The method further includes adjusting information associated with the bad pixels for a chosen technique for each of the bad pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David C. Hutchison, Douglas A. Blettner, Henry W. Neal, Alfredo Mendez, JR.