Patents by Inventor C. Douglas Mazzapica

C. Douglas Mazzapica 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).

  • Method of eliminating hot spot in digital photograph
    Patent number: 6999126
    Abstract: A method of eliminating a hot spot of a digital photograph. A light recording area for receiving a light reflected from a scene to be photographed is segmented into a grid of a plurality of squares. Each of the squares is identified with a coordinate. An exposure value of each square is defined. The exposure value of one of the squares is selected as a key exposure value. A neutral density or color with a certain degree is applied to any square that is over-exposed. The over-exposed square has an exposure value larger than the key exposure value with at least a predetermined number of stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: C. Douglas Mazzapica
  • Method of eliminating hot spot in digital photograph
    Publication number: 20030052990
    Abstract: A method of eliminating a hot spot of a digital photograph. A light recording area for receiving a light reflected from a scene to be photographed is segmented into a grid of a plurality of squares. Each of the squares is identified with a coordinate. An exposure value of each square is defined. The exposure value of one of the squares is selected as a key exposure value. A neutral density or color with a certain degree is applied to any square that is over-exposed. The over-exposed square has an exposure value larger than the key exposure value with at least a predetermined number of stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: C. Douglas Mazzapica