Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Heinz

Christopher M. Heinz 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: 7643175
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a print using a color imaging system are provided. The automatic color enhancement system results in digital prints that have a photographic “look and feel” by using special profiles and adjustments that capture the traditional photographic image process of photo-like color and tone scale reproduction to RGB-encoded picture elements and to be used to combine in with electrophotographic process media ICC profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Diane M. Herrick, Stephen E. Johnson, Christopher M. Heinz, Chung-Hui Kuo
  • Publication number: 20080144141
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a print using a color imaging system are provided. The automatic color enhancement system results in digital prints that have a photographic “look and feel” by using special profiles and adjustments that capture the traditional photographic image process of photo-like color and tone scale reproduction to RGB-encoded picture elements and to be used to combine in with electrophotographic process media ICC profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Diane M. Herrick, Stephen E. Johnson, Christopher M. Heinz, Chung-Hui Kuo
  • Patent number: 5583665
    Abstract: A system that combines a reference color image with a color move tracer image creating a combined image capable of being edited as desired by the operator and one which records the actual color edits made on the reference image. The tracer is a color grid that represents the domain of colors in a specified color space encoding. The grid is converted into a color edit transform table and the color edits within the color space on a higher resolution version of the reference image, or on other images, can be performed using a table look-up operation. The invention can also be used to capture effects transforms that modify the input/output and/or screen display of an image without necessarily modifying the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: H. Scott Gregory, Jr., Christopher M. Heinz, Timothy K. Rodgers, Jr., George B. Pawle, Douglas G. Walker