Patents by Inventor Brian E. Chapman

Brian E. Chapman 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 apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation
    Patent number: 7120290
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify the image by generating a reduced-dimensionality image data set from a multidimensional image by formulating a set of projection paths through image points selected from the multidimensional image, selecting an image point along each projection path, analyzing each image point to determine spatial similarities with at least one other point adjacent to the selected image point in a given dimension, and grouping the image point with the adjacent point or spatial similarities between the points is found thereby defining the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Andrew L. Alexander, John A. Roberts, Brian E. Chapman
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation
    Publication number: 20040086175
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify the image by generating a reduced-dimensionality image data set from a multidimensional image by formulating a set of projection paths through image points selected from the multidimensional image, selecting an image point along each projection path, analyzing each image point to determine spatial similarities with at least one other point adjacent to the selected image point in a given dimension, and grouping the image point with the adjacent point or spatial similarities between the points is found thereby defining the data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Andrew L. Alexander, John A. Roberts, Brian E. Chapman
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation
    Patent number: 6674894
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify the image by generating a reduced-dimensionality image data set from a multidimensional image by formulating a set of projection paths through image points selected from the multidimensional image, selecting an image point along each projection path, analyzing each image point to determine spatial similarities with at least one other point adjacent to the selected image point in a given dimension, and grouping the image point with the adjacent point or spatial similarities between the points is found thereby defining the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Andrew L. Alexander, John A. Roberts, Brian E. Chapman
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation
    Patent number: RE43225
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify the image by generating a reduced-dimensionality image data set from a multidimensional image by formulating a set of projection paths through image points selected from the multidimensional image, selecting an image point along each projection path, analyzing each image point to determine spatial similarities with at least one other point adjacent to the selected image point in a given dimension, and grouping the image point with the adjacent point or spatial similarities between the points is found thereby defining the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Andrew L. Alexander, John A. Roberts, Brian E. Chapman