Patents by Inventor Anthony E. Taddei

Anthony E. Taddei 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).

  • Color detection using spectroscopic imaging and processing in random array of microspheres
    Patent number: 7034941
    Abstract: A method of determining one or more color characteristics of a colored microsphere comprising: providing a microarray of microspheres, including at least one colored microsphere which has a color characteristic; producing a magnified optical image of individual microspheres of the microarray; locating a microsphere in the aperture of a spectrometer to confine the color region of interest of the located microsphere in order to determine one or more color characteristics thereof; and determining one or more color characteristics of the located microsphere by means of the spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Samuel Chen, Anthony E. Taddei, Joaquin Calcines, Krishnan Chari, Martin C. Kaplan, Douglas L. Vizard
  • Color detection using spectroscopic imaging and processing in random array of microspheres
    Publication number: 20040265905
    Abstract: A method of determining one or more color characteristics of a colored microsphere comprising: providing a microarray of microspheres, including at least one colored microsphere which has a color characteristic; producing a magnified optical image of individual microspheres of the microarray; locating a microsphere in the aperture of a spectrometer to confine the color region of interest of the located microsphere in order to determine one or more color characteristics thereof; and determining one or more color characteristics of the located microsphere by means of the spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Samuel Chen, Anthony E. Taddei, Joaquin Calcines, Krishnan Chari, Martin C. Kaplan, Douglas L. Vizard