Patents by Inventor Herbert Carl Stankwitz

Herbert Carl Stankwitz 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).

  • Edge ringing artifact suppression methods and apparatuses
    Patent number: 7978926
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods or suppressing edge ringing in images. For example, in some embodiments a method of processing an image to suppress ringing and broadened edges induced by image correction processing, includes high-pass filtering a first image to obtain a second image, processing said second image including applying non-linear apodization to said second image to obtain a third image, low-pass filtering said first image to obtain a fourth image, and combining the third image and the fourth image to obtain an output image, wherein the output image is characterized by having reduced edge-response sidelobes as compared to the first images. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to devices comprising means and/or modules to suppress edge ringing in images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Integrity Applications Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Fairbanks, Herbert Carl Stankwitz, Stephen Paul Taylor
  • EDGE RINGING ARTIFACT SUPPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUSES
    Publication number: 20110116728
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods or suppressing edge ringing in images. For example, in some embodiments a method of processing an image to suppress ringing and broadened edges induced by image correction processing, includes high-pass filtering a first image to obtain a second image, processing said second image including applying non-linear apodization to said second image to obtain a third image, low-pass filtering said first image to obtain a fourth image, and combining the third image and the fourth image to obtain an output image, wherein the output image is characterized by having reduced edge-response sidelobes as compared to the first images. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to devices comprising means and/or modules to suppress edge ringing in images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Integrity Applications Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Fairbanks, Herbert Carl Stankwitz, Stephen Paul Taylor
  • Edge ringing artifact suppression methods and apparatuses
    Patent number: 7876973
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods or suppressing edge ringing in images. For example, in some embodiments a method of processing an image to suppress ringing and broadened edges induced by image correction processing, includes high-pass filtering a first image to obtain a second image, processing said second image including applying non-linear apodization to said second image to obtain a third image, low-pass filtering said first image to obtain a fourth image, and combining the third image and the fourth image to obtain an output image, wherein the output image is characterized by having reduced edge-response sidelobes as compared to the first images. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to devices comprising means and/or modules to suppress edge ringing in images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Integrity Applications Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Fairbanks, Herbert Carl Stankwitz, Stephen Paul Taylor