Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Hochuli

Bruce E. Hochuli 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).

  • Hybrid image compressor
    Patent number: 6163625
    Abstract: A source image (101) consisting of more than one type of image is efficiently compressed. The source image (101) is divided into regions, and each region is assigned to one image type. Separate images (105) based on each image type are constructed from those regions belonging to that image type. These separate images (105) are compressed using schemes optimized for the image type. Later these compressed images are decompressed and reassembled into a reproduction (108) of the original source image (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Samson Y. Ng, Bruce E. Hochuli, David H. Elrod
  • Image discriminator
    Patent number: 6097845
    Abstract: A system and method for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among a plurality of compression techniques. Multiple compression schemes are applied to a source image (101) concurrently and the results are stored. Image discrimination is performed in parallel with the image compression to generate a recommendation regarding the stored compressed images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Samson Y. Ng, Bruce E. Hochuli