Patents by Inventor Donald L. Wallquist

Donald L. Wallquist 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: 4591998
    Abstract: Digital apparatus for generating moving grates of stimulus modulated bar patterns is disclosed. The bar patterns are modulated according to sinusoidal or other mathematical relations and can be alternately displayed as color and/or intensity variations on the display screen. Multiple display images, operator control of grate movement, and the use of image processing apparatus are also incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Kuperman, Donald L. Wallquist
  • Patent number: 4558359
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for aiding analysis of images through the introduction of additonal physically displaced image elements in complementary color which are generated by digital processing of original image elements. The added elements and original image are viewed stereoscopically on an electronic reconstructed image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Kuperman, Donald L. Wallquist
  • Patent number: 4494838
    Abstract: The mapping provides a capability for quantifying an external scene in a manner equivalent to the allocation at perceptual bandwidth in the human retina. The device samples the scene, either photographically or by video; records a digital version of the scene, processes the digital version so that the effects of the distribution rods in the retina provides the weighting for allocating signal processing bandwidth differentially across the scene in accordance with human physiological data, and produces a recording of the processed digital image.The processing uses a selected acuity factor as a parameter, a neighborhood is assigned to each pixel, with a radius r equal to (1.0+(acuity factor.times.R))/2.0, where R is the distance from the center of the image. The digital values of all pixels in the neighborhood are summed and the sum is divided by the number of pixels in the neighborhood to obtain an average value. This value is then assigned to the pixel in forming a processed image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Donald L. Wallquist, Gilbert G. Kuperman