Patents by Inventor Jan P. Allebach
Jan P. Allebach 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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Publication number: 20240104742Abstract: In examples, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor to receive an input image from an image sensor. The processor is also to scale a size of the input image to a programmed size. The processor is also to encode the scaled input image to provide a feature map having a fractional size of the scaled input image. The processor is also to process the feature map according to lite reduced atrous spatial pyramid pooling (LR-ASPP) to provide a LR-ASPP result. The processor is also to decode the LR-ASPP result to provide an image segmentation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Weichen XU, Yezhi SHEN, Qian LIN, Jan P. ALLEBACH, Fengqing ZHU
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Publication number: 20240054608Abstract: In some examples in accordance with the present description, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor and a controller. The controller is to receive multiple images from the image sensor including respective foregrounds and backgrounds. The controller is also to segment the respective foregrounds from the backgrounds. The controller is also to combine the backgrounds to form a fused background. The controller is also to receive a new image including a new image foreground and a new image background. The controller is also to segment the new image foreground from the new image background.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Yezhi SHEN, Weichen XU, Qian LIN, Jan P. ALLEBACH, Fengqing ZHU
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Publication number: 20240029472Abstract: In some examples in accordance with the present description, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a controller to implement an image segmentation process. The controller is to obtain color information of an image. The controller also is to obtain depth information of the image. The controller also is to determine a depth of a face represented in the color information. The controller also is to segment a foreground of the image from a background of the image according to the color information and the depth information based on the depth of the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Yezhi SHEN, Weichen XU, Qian LIN, Jan P. ALLEBACH, Fengqing ZHU
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Publication number: 20220366931Abstract: An example method comprises identifying a plurality of zones of a spectrogram of an audio sample associated with an operation cycle of an imaging device, generating a set of audio models by transforming the audio sample to a power spectrum and identifying a plurality of audio features within the power spectrum and for the plurality of zones, generating a plurality of simulated audio samples using the set of audio models by adjusting an audio feature of the plurality of audio features, and outputting a set of training data including the audio sample and the plurality of simulated audio samples to train a predictive model indicative of a predicted failure of the imaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Kathryn Janet Ferguson, Casey Lee CAMPBELL, Jan P. ALLEBACH, Mark Quentin SHAW, John Stuart BOLTON, George T. CHIU, Patricia DAVIES, Guochenhao SONG, Zhiyang WEN
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Publication number: 20220219473Abstract: Methods for fabricating printed devices and monitoring one or more performance characteristics of the printed devices during their fabrication in a high-speed process. Such a method includes developing a physics-based model of at least a first component of the printed devices, fabricating the printed devices with the high-speed process using fabrication steps that comprise depositing the first components, acquiring a physical characteristic of a plurality of the first components of a plurality of the printed devices following the depositing of the first components, predicting a performance characteristic of the printed devices based on the physics-based model of the first component and the physical characteristic acquired of the plurality of the first components; and then modifying at least one of the fabrication steps performed during the fabricating of a subsequently-fabricated group of the printed devices to adjust the performance characteristic of the subsequently-fabricated group of the printed devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Jan P. Allebach, Muhammad Ashraful Alam, Rahim Rahimi, Babak Ziaie, Ali Shakouri, Mukerrem Cakmak, Nicholas Glassmaker, Xihui Wang, Qinyu Yang
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Patent number: 11336904Abstract: A video coder includes a processing resource and a non-transitory storage device containing instructions executable by the processing resource to compute a weighted ? frame based on a saliency map and a ? frame. The saliency map is to indicate the relative importance of each pixel in a current frame based on its perceptual significance. The ? frame is to include differences between corresponding pixels in a current frame and a motion predicted frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Edward J. Delp
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Patent number: 11303779Abstract: Example implementations relate to halftone image creation. An example non-transitory machine-readable medium can include instructions executable to determine a highlight core shape and a shadow core shape of a microcell within a supercell. The instructions can be executable to determine growth sequences for a plurality of pixels within the highlight core and the shadow core and between the microcell and other microcells within the supercell, divide each of the plurality of pixels into a plurality of subpixels, and create a halftone image for an unequal resolution printing device using a constrained direct binary search model and based on the highlight core shape, shadow core shape, growth sequences, and the plurality of subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kurt Robert Bengston, Wan-Eih Huang, Tongyang Liu, Jan P Allebach
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Publication number: 20210231646Abstract: A ?PAD may include a substrate comprising a substrate. The ?PAD may further include a non-polar material printed on a surface of the substrate such that a portion the surface is exposed. The exposed portion may include a receiving area, a plurality of test areas, and a plurality of channels disposed between the receiving area and the test areas. The ?PAD may further include colorimetric sensors respectively positioned in the test areas. The channel regions may be configured to receive an analyte solution from the receiving area and direct the analyte solution to the colorimetric sensors. A system may perform image processing on captured images of the ?PAD to provide multiplexed analysis of analyte solutions applied to the ?PAD.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Lia Antoaneta Stanciu-Gregory, Jan P. Allebach, George Tsu-Chih Chiu, Lixby S. Diaz, Min Zhao
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Publication number: 20210195058Abstract: Example implementations relate to halftone image creation. An example non-transitory machine-readable medium can include instructions executable to determine a highlight core shape and a shadow core shape of a microcell within a supercell. The instructions can be executable to determine growth sequences for a plurality of pixels within the highlight core and the shadow core and between the microcell and other microcells within the supercell, divide each of the plurality of pixels into a plurality of subpixels, and create a halftone image for an unequal resolution printing device using a constrained direct binary search model and based on the highlight core shape, shadow core shape, growth sequences, and the plurality of subpixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Kurt Robert Bengston, Wan-Eih Huang, Tongyang Liu, Jan P Allebach
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Patent number: 10757435Abstract: In example implementations, a method executed by a processor is provided. The method determines an amount of video information that is lost in a video frame due to compression. A drift correction is applied to the video frame to add back a percentage of the amount of video information that is lost. The video frame is encoded with the drift correction.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Edward J. Delp
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Patent number: 10674043Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a lossy compression, at a selected step size, of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a difference value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference color table including a first set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is within an error threshold at the selected step size, and a second set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is outside an error threshold at the selected step size. The memory device further comprises corrective information to correct the second set of difference nodes of the reconstructed difference color table.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Chuohao Tang, Sean Michael Collison, Amy Ruth Reibman, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Jay S. Gondek
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Patent number: 10630868Abstract: In some examples, a component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10602028Abstract: A memory device includes a compressed color table and corrective information. The compressed color table includes a first set of nodes of the color table compressed with a lossy compression at a selected compression ratio. The first set of nodes include a color difference within an error threshold at the selected compression ratio. Corrective information is included for a second set of nodes of the color table. The second set of nodes have a color difference outside the error threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach, Sean Michael Collison, Mark Q. Shaw, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20200077104Abstract: A video coder includes a processing resource and a non-transitory storage device containing instructions executable by the processing resource to compute a weighted ? frame based on a saliency map and a ? frame. The saliency map is to indicate the relative importance of each pixel in a current frame based on its perceptual significance. The ? frame is to include differences between corresponding pixels in a current frame and a motion predicted frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Edward J. Delp
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Patent number: 10574862Abstract: In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising corrective data to produce a customized color table for a first color gamut, wherein the corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to employ a plurality of color gamuts for printing. The corrective data comprises a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to the customized color table. The corrective data is accessible by the printing device to transform the reference color table to the customized color table used for printing to a media using the first color gamut.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Terry M. Nelson, Sean Michael Collison, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10531103Abstract: A video coder includes a processing resource and a non-transitory storage device containing instructions executable by the processing resource to compute a weighted ? frame based on a saliency map and a ? frame. The saliency map is to indicate the relative importance of each pixel in a current frame based on its perceptual significance. The ? frame is to include differences between corresponding pixels in a current frame and a motion predicted frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.Inventors: Mark Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Edward J. Delp
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Patent number: 10498931Abstract: In some examples, a fuser for a printing device includes a memory device comprising corrective data corresponding to a reference color table for the printing device that is able to operate in a plurality of different modes, the corrective data comprising quantized coefficients derived from a compression of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a value that is to be combined with a corresponding node of the reference color table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference table. The corrective data including residue values to combine with the reconstructed difference table to produce a customized color table for a selected mode of the plurality of different modes.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Terry M. Nelson, Anthony Peter Holden, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10460219Abstract: In an example, a method is described that includes dividing an input image into a plurality of strips, where each strip is smaller than a whole of the input image. A plurality of binary images is then generated, where each of the binary images corresponds to one of the strips. Connected component labeling is performed on the binary images, one binary image at a time. An object map for the input image is then generated based on the results of the connected component labeling.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Brent Michael Bradburn, Zuguang Xiao, Mengqi Gao, Lu Wang, Jan P. Allebach
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Publication number: 20190306375Abstract: A memory device includes a compressed color table and corrective information. The compressed color table includes a first set of nodes of the color table compressed with a lossy compression at a selected compression ratio. The first set of nodes include a color difference within an error threshold at the selected compression ratio. Corrective information is included for a second set of nodes of the color table. The second set of nodes have a color difference outside the error threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach, Sean Michael Collison, Mark Q. Shaw, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20190275807Abstract: In some examples, a component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach