Patents by Inventor Joel A. Howard

Joel A. Howard 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).

  • Patent number: 9380286
    Abstract: Stereoscopic target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott D. Cohen, Brian L. Price, Bryan Stuart Morse, Joel A. Howard
  • Patent number: 9350969
    Abstract: Target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott D. Cohen, Brian L. Price, Bryan Stuart Morse, Joel A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20150097827
    Abstract: Target region fill techniques involving transformations are described. In one or more implementations, a patch to be used to fill a target region in an image of an scene is identified. A transformation to be applied to the patch is guided using depth information of the scene and at least a portion of the target region in the image is filled using the transformed patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott D. Cohen, Brian L. Price, Bryan S. Morse, Joel A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20140313187
    Abstract: Stereoscopic target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott D. Cohen, Brian L. Price, Bryan Stuart Morse, Joel A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20140313188
    Abstract: Target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott D. Cohen, Brian L. Price, Bryan Stuart Morse, Joel A. Howard
  • Patent number: 4199060
    Abstract: A lock installation kit for use in installing, into a door, a dead bolt lock, a lock set with a latch, or other similar types of locks. The kit includes a hole cutter which can drill a hole entirely through a side face of the door, the hole being of a size sufficient to receive therethrough either a doorknob mechanism in the case of a lock set, or a lock cylinder in the case of a dead bolt lock. A template is also included which can be positioned over an edge of the door for locating the hole on the door side face at a predetermined distance from the door edge. In the case of a lock set with a latch, the template also locates the center of the end face of the door, and the kit then includes a wood drill for drilling a hole in the end face of the door of the size sufficient to receive therethrough the latch of the lock set. The hole cutter and template, and also the wood drill in the case of the lock set, together with appropriate instructions, are all combined with a single package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Howard Hardware Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel A. Howard