Patents by Inventor Chadwick M. Coleman

Chadwick M. Coleman 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).

  • Channel-based binarization of color
    Patent number: 10922801
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a binary image from a color image are disclosed. A method includes: acquiring a color image; generating a first grayscale image from a first color channel in the color image and a second grayscale image from a second color channel in the color image; and generating a binary image using at least the first grayscale image and the second grayscale image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Chadwick M. Coleman
  • CHANNEL-BASED BINARIZATION OF COLOR
    Publication number: 20190026876
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a binary image from a color image are disclosed. A method includes: acquiring a color image; generating a first grayscale image from a first color channel in the color image and a second grayscale image from a second color channel in the color image; and generating a binary image using at least the first grayscale image and the second grayscale image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Chadwick M. COLEMAN
  • Method and system for circular to horizontal transposition of an image
    Patent number: 8218904
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically transposing an image from a circular image space to another image space, for example, horizontal. Examples of applications include a mail piece a roundel on a mail piece. On a mail piece, company name, city and state, or zip code information can be contained in the roundel instead of, for example, in the permit block. The system implements the methods electronically. Control and data information is electronically executed and stored on computer-readable media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Chadwick M. Coleman, Richard VanHall
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CIRCULAR TO HORIZONTAL TRANSPOSITION OF AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20100054629
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically transposing an image from a circular image space to another image space, for example, horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chadwick M. Coleman, Richard VanHall