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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Publication number: 20130129208Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF, Casey Arthur SMITH, Bruce Allen MAXWELL
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Publication number: 20130114891Abstract: 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 modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 8437545Abstract: 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 approximate intrinsic estimate representation of the image as an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20130089263Abstract: 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: October 11, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8391601Abstract: 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, 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: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: 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: 20120321222Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur SMITH, Andrew Neil STEIN, Bruce Allen MAXWELL, Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF
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Publication number: 20120314950Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur SMITH, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 8319821Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining an illumination flux condition in a scene. The method comprises the steps of generating and storing a sequence of images of the scene, each one of the sequence of images comprising an array of pixels and corresponding to the scene photographed in a preselected polarization direction, different from the polarization direction of other ones of the sequence of images, determining a polarization sequence vector for at least one pixel in the array, as a function of color information for the pixel in the array, among the sequence of images; and utilizing the polarization sequence vector to determine one of a shadowed and lit illumination condition for the at least one pixel.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Kristin Jean Dana, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8260050Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a test bed for optimizing an image segregation is provided. According to a feature of the present invention, the test bed comprises a memory storing an image file containing an image, a set of operations, a set of constraint software modules and a set of parameters relevant to the image, a transform module for performing a preselected one of the set of operations, defined by a preselected one of the set of constraint software modules, on the image, as a function of preselected ones of the set of parameters, to provide an output image, a test module utilizing the transform module output image, an analysis module for analyzing test module performance, and a feedback loop for varying selected ones of the operations, constraint software modules and parameters, for input to the transform module, to provide a new output image for input to the test module.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell
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Patent number: 8175390Abstract: 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, identifying a boundary in the image, calculating a representation of the boundary extending to segments of the image at either side of the boundary, performing feature calculations on the representation and classifying the boundary as caused by a material change, as a function of the feature calculations.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8144975Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell
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Patent number: 8144978Abstract: 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 identifying token regions in the image, each token region comprising a connected image region of similar color and intensity, and utilizing the identified token regions to generate single material token regions for use in processing material and illumination aspects of the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, Kristin Jean Dana, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8139867Abstract: In an 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 generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8139850Abstract: In an 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, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8059898Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for learning object recognition in an image is provided. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing a training set of standard images, calculating intrinsic images corresponding to the standard images and building a classifier as a function of the intrinsic images.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 7995854Abstract: 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 step of performing a filter response technique to identify patches of uniform reflectance within the image. In a further exemplary embodiment, the method comprises the additional step of utilizing the identified patches of uniform material reflectance to generate single material token regions for use in processing material and illumination aspects of the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 7995058Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining an illumination field in an image. The method comprises the steps of identifying uniform and linear tokens in the image and utilizing the uniform and linear tokens to identify an illumination field.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Publication number: 20110170768Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110142328Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell
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Publication number: 20110075918Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for learning object recognition in an image is provided. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing a training set of standard images, calculating intrinsic images corresponding to the standard images and building a classifier as a function of the intrinsic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell