Patents by Inventor J. Allen Heath

J. Allen Heath 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).

  • Motion picture watermarking using two color planes
    Patent number: 7227671
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recording a watermark pattern on a color recording medium that forms an image using a number N of colorants, the method comprising the step of forming the watermark pattern using at least two colorants, but fewer than N colorants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Zolla, Paul W. Jones, J. Allen Heath, Scott P. MacKenzie, Thomas F. Powers
  • Watermarking method for motion picture image sequence
    Patent number: 7068297
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a watermark pattern along a length of photosensitive medium, the photosensitive medium having a frame pitch in the length direction that is the sum of an image frame height plus an interframe distance. The method exposes watermark tiles contiguously along the length of the photosensitive medium, wherein each watermark tile has a height dimension that is an integral divisor of the frame pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul W. Jones, J. Allen Heath, Robert J. Zolla, Scott P. MacKenzie, Thomas F. Powers
  • Watermarking method for motion picture image sequence
    Patent number: 6980226
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a watermark pattern along a length of photosensitive medium, the photosensitive medium having a frame pitch in the length direction that is the sum of an image frame height plus an interframe distance. The method exposes watermark tiles contiguously along the length of the photosensitive medium, wherein each watermark tile has a height dimension that is an integral divisor of the frame pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul W. Jones, J. Allen Heath, Robert J. Zolla, Scott P. MacKenzie, Thomas F. Powers