Patents by Inventor Colleen E. Vermillion

Colleen E. Vermillion 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).

  • Producing panoramic digital images by digital camera systems
    Patent number: 6714249
    Abstract: A panoramic digital image is produced by providing a digital camera having a memory and which is operable in a first mode for producing individual still digital images, and in a second mode for capturing a series of overlapping digital images to be used in constructing the panoramic digital image. The digital camera is mounted on a stand, rotated on the stand through a series of predetermined positions, and operated in the second mode to capture the series of overlapping digital images. The series of overlapping digital images corresponding to the panoramic digital image is stored in a predetermined location in the memory, and processed to stitch such images together to produce the panoramic digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael J. May, Kenneth A. Parulski, Eugene R. Rinas, Brett VanSprewenburg, Colleen E. Vermillion, Clay A. Dunsmore
  • PRODUCING PANORAMIC DIGITAL IMAGES BY DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20030095193
    Abstract: A panoramic digital image is produced by providing a digital camera having a memory and which is operable in a first mode for producing individual still digital images, and in a second mode for capturing a series of overlapping digital images to be used in constructing the panoramic digital image. The digital camera is mounted on a stand, rotated on the stand through a series of predetermined positions, and operated in the second mode to capture the series of overlapping digital images. The series of overlapping digital images corresponding to the panoramic digital image is stored in a predetermined location in the memory, and processed to stitch such images together to produce the panoramic digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. MAY, KENNETH A. PARULSKI, EUGENE R. RINAS, BRETT VANSPREWENBURG, COLLEEN E. VERMILLION, CLAY A. DUNSMORE