Patents by Inventor Jeffry R. Brown

Jeffry R. Brown 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).

  • Image identification system
    Patent number: 6895104
    Abstract: Methods and procedures for improving the performance and reliability of image analysis within an image identification system include a series of image qualification functions designed to quickly process a fraction of available image data and to provide feedback to a system user pertaining to image quality and authenticity. Functions designed to produce image models based on original image data and to catalogue such image models into a searchable database are included in the present invention. The present invention also includes functions for comparing one image model to another. Finally, the present invention provides functions for making a quick determination as to which, if any, of a potential thousands (or more, i.e., millions) of image models within a searchable database exhibit a desired level of similarity, as compared to a target image model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: SAC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Wendt, Jeffry R. Brown, Mira Kristina LaCous, Gary Lawrence Zarn, Benedict Wittig
  • Image identification system
    Publication number: 20030118218
    Abstract: Methods and procedures for improving the performance and reliability of image analysis within an image identification system include a series of image qualification functions designed to quickly process a fraction of available image data and to provide feedback to a system user pertaining to image quality and authenticity. Functions designed to produce image models based on original image data and to catalogue such image models into a searchable database are included in the present invention. The present invention also includes functions for comparing one image model to another. Finally, the present invention provides functions for making a quick determination as to which, if any, of a potential thousands (or more, i.e., millions) of image models within a searchable database exhibit a desired level of similarity, as compared to a target image model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Barry Wendt, Benedict Witting, Jeffry R. Brown, Mira Kristina LaCous, Gary Lawrence Zarn