Patents by Inventor Eric B. Hinkle

Eric B. Hinkle 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).

  • Apparatus and method for computing the radon transform of digital images
    Patent number: 5136660
    Abstract: In a digital Radon transform processor, a Radon projection of a pixellated digital image is obtained by providing the digital image in raster scanned format, and, for each image pixel, determining a processor storage location which corresponds to a ray along which a line integral of the projection is taken. Then, for that storage location, the length of the portion of the corresponding ray which intersects the pixel is multiplied by the pixel intensity and the contents of the storage location are incremented by the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Myron D. Flickner, Eric B. Hinkle, Jorge L. C. Sanz