Patents by Inventor Jerry Douglas Paxson

Jerry Douglas Paxson 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).

  • System and method supporting likeness determination using a GUI to simplify image analysis
    Patent number: 5870093
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product that permit a user to view an image of an object on a graphical user interface (GUI) and perform operations on the image. The method comprising the steps of displaying a set of pictorial representation types on the GUI and allowing the user to select one of the pictorial representation types, by making a likeness determination between the image and the set of pictorial representation types. The system performs a process on the image based on the selected pictorial representation type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Media Cybernetics, L.P.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Hugues Martin, Jerry Douglas Paxson, John Arthur Schmitz, Sam Steppel