Patents by Inventor Don Heiden

Don Heiden 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).

  • Image acquisition architecture
    Patent number: 6489973
    Abstract: An image acquisition architecture includes a device class representing a physical image acquisition device, a storage class representing storage areas of the image acquisition device, a package class representing sets of data files stored in a storage area of the image acquisition device, and an item class representing individual data files within the sets of data files stored in the storage area of the image acquisition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Don Heiden