Patents by Inventor Bruce J. Lindbloom

Bruce J. Lindbloom 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).

  • Publication number: 20140204112
    Abstract: A method or computer program product for color selection in a color image, including operations or instructions for selecting a base color in a base color portion of a color image; computing a perceptual color difference between the base color and a respective second color in the color image; comparing the perceptual color difference to a tolerance; and, identifying whether the color difference satisfies the tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: COREL CORPORATION, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce J. LINDBLOOM
  • Patent number: 8488875
    Abstract: A method or computer program product for color selection in a color image, including operations or instructions for selecting a base color in a base color portion of a color image; computing a perceptual color difference between the base color and a respective second color in the color image; comparing the perceptual color difference to a tolerance; and, identifying whether the color difference satisfies the tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: COREL CORPORATION, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 8358306
    Abstract: Technology for re-coloring a region of a color image including determining an original base color in a region of a color image; establishing at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image; and combining a new base color with the at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image thereby producing a re-colored region of the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce J Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 8270709
    Abstract: A method or computer program product for color selection in a color image, including operations or instructions for selecting a base color in a base color portion of a color image; computing a perceptual color difference between the base color and a respective second color in the color image; comparing the perceptual color difference to a tolerance; and, identifying whether the color difference satisfies the tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Publication number: 20110268314
    Abstract: A system that provides automatic background analysis of a digital image or other media element makes a determination that the image or media element may benefit from correction, and prompts the user to use a correction feature of the system. In some implementations, the prompt itself can navigate the user to the controls for the correction feature. Accordingly, users are notified when they might benefit from correction, and they can be further led to discover a feature with which they may have previously been unfamiliar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: COREL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas E. Meisner, Bruce J. Lindbloom, Michael Greenhalgh
  • Publication number: 20110199378
    Abstract: Technology for re-coloring a region of a color image including determining an original base color in a region of a color image; establishing at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image; and combining a new base color with the at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image thereby producing a re-colored region of the color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: COREL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 7990381
    Abstract: Technology for re-coloring a region of a color image including determining an original base color in a region of a color image; establishing at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image; and combining a new base color with the at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image thereby producing a re-colored region of the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 7945126
    Abstract: A system that provides automatic background analysis of a digital image or other media element makes a determination that the image or media element may benefit from correction, and prompts the user to use a correction feature of the system. In some implementations, the prompt itself can navigate the user to the controls for the correction feature. Accordingly, users are notified when they might benefit from correction, and they can be further led to discover a feature with which they may have previously been unfamiliar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas E. Meisner, Bruce J. Lindbloom, Michael Greenhalgh
  • Publication number: 20080144956
    Abstract: A system that provides automatic background analysis of a digital image or other media element makes a determination that the image or media element may benefit from correction, and prompts the user to use a correction feature of the system. In some implementations, the prompt itself can navigate the user to the controls for the correction feature. Accordingly, users are notified when they might benefit from correction, and they can be further led to discover a feature with which they may have previously been unfamiliar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: COREL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas E. Meisner, Bruce J. Lindbloom, Michael Greenhalgh
  • Publication number: 20080068377
    Abstract: Technology for re-coloring a region of a color image including determining an original base color in a region of a color image; establishing at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image; and combining a new base color with the at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image thereby producing a re-colored region of the color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Publication number: 20080056564
    Abstract: A method or computer program product for color selection in a color image, including operations or instructions for selecting a base color in a base color portion of a color image; computing a perceptual color difference between the base color and a respective second color in the color image; comparing the perceptual color difference to a tolerance; and, identifying whether the color difference satisfies the tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 5740076
    Abstract: An improved method is described for obtaining, processing and displaying information relating to the ability of a display system to render any candidate color. This method is comprised of a Gamut Signal Encoder which produces a signal that is separately processed by a Distance Encoder, a Distance Classifier and Color Encoder and a Gamut Test Encoder, thus providing three processed signals for assisting in the understanding of a display device's ability to render the color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Candela, Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce J. Lindbloom
  • Patent number: 4674058
    Abstract: A graphic arts method and apparatus for representation via display media of arbitrary two dimensional figures are disclosed. The method and apparatus of the present invention convert raw figure data into a reduced data set which defines a two dimensional arbitrary shape, herein referred to an a bezier figure, whose edges are defined by second order parametric curves such that the edges of the bezier figure closely approximate those of the figure represented by the raw data. The bezier figure data is converted for presentation on a display medium of an image which closely approximates that of the figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Dicomed Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce J. Lindbloom, Peter Mathews, David S. Yam