Patents by Inventor Bruce Allen Maxwell
Bruce Allen Maxwell 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).
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Patent number: 10043249Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr.
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Patent number: 9330337Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, determining intrinsic component information as a function of spatio-spectral information for the image, and calculating analytical information, as a function of the intrinsic component information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 9230332Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method comprises the steps of providing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Andrew Neil Stein, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8976174Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for manipulating an image comprises the steps of manipulating the image to provide an intensity adjusted image, deriving a bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation of the image and utilizing the bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation to manipulate the intensity adjusted image to generate a color correct intensity adjusted image. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of manipulating the image to provide an intensity adjusted image is carried out by executing a gamma correction method.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8976173Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for manipulating an image comprises the steps of deriving a bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation of the image, and utilizing the bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation to manipulate the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8879849Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Publication number: 20140314318Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, JR.
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Publication number: 20140307970Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, determining intrinsic component information as a function of spatio-spectral information for the image, and calculating analytical information, as a function of the intrinsic component information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 8849018Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing a set of estimates for the orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and calculating an orientation for each one of the image locations as a function of the set of estimates for the orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Francois Lalonde, Patrick Buehler, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, Andrew Neil Stein, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8805066Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140219574Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8787666Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, determining intrinsic component information as a function of spatio-spectral information for the image, and calculating analytical information, as a function of the intrinsic component information.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 8693772Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Publication number: 20140056514Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method comprises the steps of providing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Andrew Neil Stein, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20140050399Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing a set of estimates for the orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and calculating an orientation for each one of the image locations as a function of the set of estimates for the orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Francois LALONDE, Patrick BUEHLER, Bruce Allen MAXWELL, Casey Arthur SMITH, Andrew Neil STEIN, Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF
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Patent number: 8655102Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, augmenting a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area, and identifying token regions in the augmented image.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Publication number: 20130342694Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of arranging a digital camera on a vehicle body, operating the digital camera to provide an image file depicting an image of a scene related to vehicle operation, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic representation of the image and using the intrinsic representation to analyze the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8606050Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Andrew Neil Stein, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8553979Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 8452109Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, assembling a feature vector for the image file, the feature vector containing information regarding a likelihood that a selected pair of regions of the image file are of a same intrinsic characteristic, for example, a same texture, providing a classifier derived from a computer learning technique, computing a classification score for the selected pair of regions of the image file, as a function of the feature vector and the classifier and classifying the regions as being of the same intrinsic characteristic, as a function of the classification score.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Neil Alldrin, Kshitiz Garg, Andrew Neil Stein, Kristin Jean Dana, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, Youngrock Yoon, Besma Roui Abidi