Patents by Inventor Kevin Craig Scott

Kevin Craig Scott 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: 10506136
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a printer using a reflective scanner is disclosed. Because the reflective scanner used for calibration may only be able to accurately measure a limited density range that is less than the full density range of the printer, some information from the reflective scanner is disregarded or deemphasized during the calibration process. A calibration page is printed and scanned. Lookup tables (LUTs) that comprise the printer calibration values are updated based on adjustments calculated from the scanner for density regions where the scanner produces relatively accurate measurements, but updated based on the preexisting settings for density regions where the scanner produces relatively inaccurate measurements. In transitions regions between accurate and inaccurate regions, the LUTs are adjusted based on a combination of measurements from the scanner and the preexisting settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KODAK ALARIS INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Craig Scott, Stuart Gerard Evans, Steven R. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160072983
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a printer using a reflective scanner is disclosed. Because the reflective scanner used for calibration may only be able to accurately measure a limited density range that is less than the full density range of the printer, some information from the reflective scanner is disregarded or deemphasized during the calibration process. A calibration page is printed and scanned. Lookup tables (LUTs) that comprise the printer calibration values are updated based on adjustments calculated from the scanner for density regions where the scanner produces relatively accurate measurements, but updated based on the preexisting settings for density regions where the scanner produces relatively inaccurate measurements. In transitions regions between accurate and inaccurate regions, the LUTs are adjusted based on a combination of measurements from the scanner and the preexisting settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Kodak Alaris Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Craig Scott, Stuart Gerard Evans, Steven R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9213923
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a printer using a reflective scanner is disclosed. Because the reflective scanner used for calibration may only be able to accurately measure a limited density range that is less than the full density range of the printer, some information from the reflective scanner is disregarded or deemphasized during the calibration process. A calibration page is printed and scanned. Lookup tables (LUTs) that comprise the printer calibration values are updated based on adjustments calculated from the scanner for density regions where the scanner produces relatively accurate measurements, but updated based on the preexisting settings for density regions where the scanner produces relatively inaccurate measurements. In transitions regions between accurate and inaccurate regions, the LUTs are adjusted based on a combination of measurements from the scanner and the preexisting settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: KODAK ALARIS INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Craig Scott, Stuart Gerard Evans, Steven R. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150077766
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a printer using a reflective scanner is disclosed. Because the reflective scanner used for calibration may only be able to accurately measure a limited density range that is less than the full density range of the printer, some information from the reflective scanner is disregarded or deemphasized during the calibration process. A calibration page is printed and scanned. Lookup tables (LUTs) that comprise the printer calibration values are updated based on adjustments calculated from the scanner for density regions where the scanner produces relatively accurate measurements, but updated based on the preexisting settings for density regions where the scanner produces relatively inaccurate measurements. In transitions regions between accurate and inaccurate regions, the LUTs are adjusted based on a combination of measurements from the scanner and the preexisting settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Kodak Alaris Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Craig Scott, Stuart Gerard Evans, Steven R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5739928
    Abstract: A technique, applicable for use in implementing a print preview function in a color electronic imaging system, that, under a variety of different ambient lighting conditions, will yield a highly acceptable color match between a color image appearing on a CRT monitor and that which will be produced by the system as a printed version of the same image. Specifically, a computer system (120) is employed to scan an image and, through an ambient illumination sensor (27), senses the spectral content of the ambient illumination. The computer displays the scanned image along with various non-image information which can be used to adjust the color of the image. The computer transforms the color of the scanned image and the non-image information such that a resultant display of the image and the non-image information on a color monitor (24) will show the appearance of a print when the print is viewed under the ambient illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Kevin Craig Scott