Patents by Inventor Brian E. Cooper

Brian E. Cooper 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: 7676090
    Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
  • Patent number: 7518754
    Abstract: The input pixels in an image to be halftoned using error diffusion are dithered using a first type of passband dither. A second type of passband dither may also be added to a thresholding matrix used in halftoning. This second type of passband dither may be the same as the first type of passband dither. In such case, the second type of passband dither is a scaled multiple of the first type of passband dither. The halftoning process may be implemented in an application specific integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Cooper, Shaun T. Love, Steven F. Weed
  • Patent number: 7302107
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for JPEG encoding an image that includes variable quantization for each block, depending upon the classification of each block, which is dependent on the classification of pixels in that block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
  • Patent number: 7079686
    Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
  • Publication number: 20040037473
    Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon