Patents by Inventor David C. Barnum

David C. Barnum 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: 7817914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes selecting at least one subject displayed on an image capture device as an image trigger condition and entering a threshold level corresponding to the at least one image trigger condition. The technique further provides monitoring a signal from at least one sensor detecting the at least one image trigger condition and obtaining at least one digital image upon detecting the sensed image trigger condition meeting the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Cheryl J. Kuberka, David C. Barnum, Frances C. Williams, John N. Border, Kenneth A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7676145
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes configuring an image capture device in a learning mode for sensing at least one variable in the device's surroundings and defining a normal state of the at least one variable. Further, the technique includes initiating image capture upon detecting a transition of the at least one variable from the normal state to a new condition, wherein the transition exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and redefining the normal state to the new condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Cheryl J. Kuberka, David C. Barnum, Frances C. Williams, John N. Border, Kenneth A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080298796
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes selecting at least one subject displayed on an image capture device as an image trigger condition and entering a threshold level corresponding to the at least one image trigger condition. The technique further provides monitoring a signal from at least one sensor detecting the at least one image trigger condition and obtaining at least one digital image upon detecting the sensed image trigger condition meeting the threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Cheryl J. Kuberka, David C. Barnum, Frances C. Williams, John N. Border, Kenneth A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080298795
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes configuring an image capture device in a learning mode for sensing at least one variable in the device's surroundings and defining a normal state of the at least one variable. Further, the technique includes initiating image capture upon detecting a transition of the at least one variable from the normal state to a new condition, wherein the transition exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and redefining the normal state to the new condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Cheryl J. Kuberka, David C. Barnum, Frances C. Williams, John N. Border, Kenneth A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080297608
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for acquiring images from multiple image capture devices. The system includes a first device coupled to the cooperative network for broadcasting a request to one or more image capture devices participating in the cooperative network for capturing an image at a predetermined location. The system also includes a storage device coupled to the cooperative network for storing the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: John N. Border, David C. Barnum, Cheryl J. Kuberka