Patents by Inventor James E. Adams, Jr.
James E. Adams, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 8073246Abstract: A method of modifying a CFA image or full-color image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, includes capturing the panchromatic channel at a different exposure time than at least one of the color image channels with the CFA sensor within one image; producing a panchromatic edge map and a color edge map from the CFA image; using the panchromatic edge map and the color edge map to provide motion estimates; and using the motion estimates to modify at least one of the channels of the CFA image or full-color image.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James E. Adams, Jr., Aaron T. Deever, Russell J. Palum
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Patent number: 8068153Abstract: A method of forming a full-color output image using a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, comprising capturing a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, wherein the panchromatic channel is captured using a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels; computing an interpolated color image and an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing a chrominance image from the interpolated color image; and forming the full color output image using the interpolated panchromatic image and the chrominance image.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mrityunjay Kumar, James E. Adams, Jr.
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Patent number: 8045024Abstract: A method of forming a full-color output image using a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, comprising capturing a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, wherein the panchromatic channel is captured using a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels; computing an interpolated color image and an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing a transform relationship from the interpolated color image; and forming the full color output image using the interpolated panchromatic image and the functional relationship.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mrityunjay Kumar, James E. Adams, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110188748Abstract: A method for reducing noise in a color image captured using a digital image sensor having pixels being arranged in a rectangular minimal repeating unit. The method comprises, for a first color channel, determining noise reduced-pixel values using a first noise reducing process that includes computing weighted pixel differences by combining the pixel differences with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values. The method further comprises a second noise reducing process that includes computing weighted chroma differences by combining chroma differences with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Efrain O. Morales
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Publication number: 20110187902Abstract: A method for reducing noise in an image captured using a digital image sensor having pixels being arranged in a rectangular minimal repeating unit, comprising: computing first weighted pixel differences by combining first pixel differences between the pixel value of a central pixel and pixel values for nearby pixels of the first channel in a plurality of directions with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values; computing second weighted pixel differences by combining second pixel differences between pixel values for pixels of at least one different channel in the plurality of directions with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values; and computing a noise-reduced pixel value for the central pixel by combining the first and second weighted pixel differences with the pixel value for the central pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Efrain O. Morales
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Patent number: 7876956Abstract: A method for producing a noise-reduced digital color image, includes providing an image having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the image a panchromatic image and at least one color image; and using the panchromatic image and the color image to produce the noise-reduced digital color image.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James E. Adams, Jr., Michele O'Brien, Bruce H. Pillman
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Publication number: 20100309350Abstract: An image sensor for capturing a color image comprising a two dimensional array of light-sensitive pixels including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least three different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a rectangular minimal repeating unit having at least eight pixels and having at least two rows and two columns, wherein for a first color response, the color pixels having the first color response alternate with panchromatic pixels in at least two directions, and for each of the other color responses there is at least one row, column or diagonal of the repeating pattern that only has color pixels of the given color response and panchromatic pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Bruce H. Pillman, James A. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20100309347Abstract: A method is described for forming a full-color output image from a color filter array image comprising capturing an image using an image sensor including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least two different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a rectangular minimal repeating unit wherein for a first color response, the color pixels having the first color response alternate with panchromatic pixels in at least two directions, and for each of the other color responses there is at least one row, column or diagonal of the repeating pattern that only has color pixels of the given color response and panchromatic pixels. The method further comprising, computing an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing an interpolated color image from the color filter array image; and forming the full color output image from the interpolated panchromatic image and the interpolated color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Bruce H. Pillman, James A. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20100302423Abstract: An image sensor for capturing a color image comprising a two dimensional array of light-sensitive pixels including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least two different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a repeating pattern having a square minimal repeating unit having at least three rows and three columns, the color pixels being arranged along one of the diagonals of the minimal repeating unit, and all other pixels being panchromatic pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Bruce H. Pillman, James A. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20100302418Abstract: A method of forming a full-color output image from a color filter array image having a plurality of color pixels having at least two different color responses and panchromatic pixels, comprising capturing a color filter array image using an image sensor including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least two different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a repeating pattern having a square minimal repeating unit having at least three rows and three columns, the color pixels being arranged along one of the diagonals of the minimal repeating unit, and all other pixels being panchromatic pixels; computing an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing an interpolated color image from the color filter array image; and forming the full color output image from the interpolated panchromatic image and the interpolated color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Mrityunjay Kumar, Bruce H. Pillman, James A. Hamilton
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Patent number: 7844127Abstract: A method of enhancing a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels, forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels, forming a reference panchromatic image in response to the captured panchromatic pixels, forming an edge map in response to the reference panchromatic image and using the edge map to enhance the full-color image.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James E. Adams, Jr., John F. Hamilton, Jr., Michele O'Brien
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Patent number: 7830430Abstract: A method for forming a final digital color image, includes: capturing an image using an image sensor having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the captured image a digital high resolution panchromatic image and a digital high resolution color differences image; and using the digital high resolution panchromatic image and the digital high resolution color differences image to produce the final digital high resolution full color image.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James E. Adams, Jr., John F. Hamilton, Jr., Michele O'Brien
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Publication number: 20100265370Abstract: A method of forming a full-color output image using a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, comprising capturing a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, wherein the panchromatic channel is captured using a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels; computing an interpolated color image and an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing a transform relationship from the interpolated color image; and forming the full color output image using the interpolated panchromatic image and the functional relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Mrityunjay Kumar, James E. Adams, JR.
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Publication number: 20100245636Abstract: A method of forming a full-color output image using a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, comprising capturing a color filter array image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, wherein the panchromatic channel is captured using a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels; computing an interpolated color image and an interpolated panchromatic image from the color filter array image; computing a chrominance image from the interpolated color image; and forming the full color output image using the interpolated panchromatic image and the chrominance image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Mrityunjay Kumar, James E. Adams, JR.
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Publication number: 20100232692Abstract: A method for forming a final digital color image with reduced motion blur including of a processor for providing images having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photo responses, interpolating between the panchromatic pixels and color pixels to produce a panchromatic image and a full-resolution color image to produce a fall-resolution synthetic panchromatic image from the fill-resolution color image; and developing color correction weights in response to the synthetic panchromatic image and the panchromatic image; and using the color correction weights to modify the fill-resolution color image to provide a final color digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Mrityunjay Kumar, James E. Adams, JR., Bruce H. Pillman
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Patent number: 7769241Abstract: A method of sharpening a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels; forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels and forming a reference panchromatic image in response to the captured panchromatic pixels; forming a high-frequency panchromatic image from the reference panchromatic image; and providing a sharpened full-color image in response to the high-frequency panchromatic image and the full-color image.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James E. Adams, Jr., Michele O'Brien, John F. Hamilton, Jr., Bruce H. Pillman, Amy D. Enge
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Publication number: 20100119148Abstract: A method of modifying a CFA image or full-color image having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, includes capturing the panchromatic channel at a different exposure time than at least one of the color image channels with the CFA sensor within one image; producing a panchromatic edge map and a color edge map from the CFA image; using the panchromatic edge map and the color edge map to provide motion estimates; and using the motion estimates to modify at least one of the channels of the CFA image or full-color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: James E. Adams, JR., Aaron T. Deever, Russell J. Palum
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Publication number: 20100104209Abstract: A method of improving a first color filter array image from an image sensor having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, includes capturing the panchromatic channel at a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels with the image sensor; using the color channels to provide a luminance channel; and analyzing the color filter array image and the luminance channel to determine defective pixels in the color channels and using neighboring color and luminance pixel values to improve the defective pixels to produce a second color filter array image or full-color image having at least one improved channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Aaron T. Deever, James E. Adams, JR., John F. Hamilton, JR.
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Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors in a rangefinder configuration to provide a range map
Patent number: 7683962Abstract: An electronic camera for producing an output image of a scene from a captured image signal includes a first imaging stage comprising a first image sensor for generating a first sensor output and a first lens for forming a first image of the scene on the first image sensor, and a second imaging stage comprising a second image sensor for generating a second sensor output and a second lens for forming a second image of the scene on the second image sensor, where the lenses have different focal lengths. A processing stage uses the sensor output from one of the imaging stages as the captured image signal and uses the images from both imaging stages to generate a range map identifying distances to the different portions of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John N. Border, Amy D. Enge, Efrain O. Morales, Bruce H. Pillman, Keith A. Jacoby, James E. Adams, Jr., Russell J. Palum, Andrew C. Gallagher -
Patent number: 7652717Abstract: A method of enhancing a digital image produced by a digital imaging device, includes using the digital imaging device to capture at least two original digital images of the same scene with each digital image being under two different lighting conditions and producing for each such digital images a plurality of pixels; using the pixel values of at least two of the captured digital images under different lighting conditions to produce difference values; and modifying the pixel values of the original digital image in response to the corresponding difference values.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Amy D. Enge, James E. Adams, Jr.