Patents by Inventor Charles H. Whitfield

Charles H. Whitfield 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).

  • Patent number: 6778696
    Abstract: An integrated conventional and digital photographic system for processing and printing images, the system comprises (a) a conventional photographic processing control system having a chemical-based operator for developing chemically processed photographic materials which conventional photographic processing system includes a computer-based process control operator for directing chemical adjustments of the chemical-based operator; and (b) a digital processing system having a digital device with computer-implemented color management thereon for managing color operations of the digital device; wherein the computer-based process control operator transmits process information associated with the conventional photographic processing system to the digital device, and the digital device transmits process information to the computer-based process control operator both of which transmissions are used for controlling undesired variations in either system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Charles H. Whitfield