Patents by Inventor EDWARD G. ATRERO

EDWARD G. ATRERO 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).

  • Region of interest extraction
    Patent number: 8773577
    Abstract: An example image capture device determines a region of interest using a first image captured while a light source is powered off and a second image captured while a light source is powered on and uses the region of interest to automatically set configurations. In one example, an image capture device includes a controlled light source, an image sensor configured to capture images, and a processing unit configured to cause the image sensor to capture a first image of a scene while the controlled light source is powered off, cause the image sensor to capture a second image of the scene while the controlled light source is powered on, calculate luminance differences between a plurality of regions in the first image and a plurality of collocated regions in the second image, and determine that a region of interest includes those regions for which the luminance differences exceed a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ruben M. Velarde, Thomas W. Osborne, Szepo Robert Hung, Haiyin Wang, Liang Liang, Ying X Noyes, Edward G. Atrero
  • METHOD FOR DIGITAL WATERMARK USE BY A MOBILE STATION
    Publication number: 20120122429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for digital watermark use by a mobile station. In the method, a mobile station receives a plurality of digital watermarks. The mobile station detects at least two digital watermarks in the received plurality of watermarks. Based on the at least two detected digital watermarks, a user-specific rule is applied to select a predefined action. The mobile station performs the selected predefined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew A. Wood, Manuel E. Jaime, Chong U. Lee, Kamran Moallemi, Edward G. Atrero, Ming-Chang Tsai
  • REGION OF INTEREST EXTRACTION
    Publication number: 20120105668
    Abstract: An example image capture device determines a region of interest using a first image captured while a light source is powered off and a second image captured while a light source is powered on and uses the region of interest to automatically set configurations. In one example, an image capture device includes a controlled light source, an image sensor configured to capture images, and a processing unit configured to cause the image sensor to capture a first image of a scene while the controlled light source is powered off, cause the image sensor to capture a second image of the scene while the controlled light source is powered on, calculate luminance differences between a plurality of regions in the first image and a plurality of collocated regions in the second image, and determine that a region of interest includes those regions for which the luminance differences exceed a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: RUBEN M. VELARDE, THOMAS W. OSBORNE, SZEPO ROBERT HUNG, HAIYIN WANG, LIANG LIANG, YING X. NOYES, EDWARD G. ATRERO