Patents by Inventor Lawrence Lee Reiners

Lawrence Lee Reiners 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).

  • Publication number: 20080205755
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to identifying objects by comparing their histograms. In aspect, the histograms of different color resolutions are constructed for each image and each compared to a corresponding histogram of another image. The results of the comparisons are combined to obtain an indicator of the difference between the color contents of the images and can be used to determine whether the images match each other. In another aspect, the color space is divided unevenly for each histogram, with the portions of the color space corresponding to white or gray being more finely divided than the portions corresponding to more saturated colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Bennett William Jackson, Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Patent number: 7113652
    Abstract: A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product, for utilizing a normalized gray scale pattern find within a machine vision system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Banner Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Patent number: 7095893
    Abstract: A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product for determining a range of image decimation values for use in processing of images within a machine vision system. The system and method generates a high resolution reference image, generates a set of decimated reference images from the high resolution reference image, generates a set of interpolated reference images having a spatial image resolution identical to the high resolution reference image from the set of decimated images, cross-correlates the set of interpolated reference images with the high resolution reference image to generate a set of cross-correlation values, and selects a subset of the set of decimated reference images corresponding to interpolated references images that generated a cross correlation value greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Banner Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Patent number: 7085433
    Abstract: A system, method, and corresponding computer data product, generates a high resolution reference image, generates a set of rotated reference images from the high resolution reference image, cross-correlates the set of rotated reference images with the high resolution reference image to generate a set of cross-correlation values, and determines that the high resolution reference image is suitable for use in a normalized gray scale pattern find process when the difference between any two correlation values generated by the image cross correlation module is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Banner Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Publication number: 20040136611
    Abstract: A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product, for utilizing a normalized gray scale pattern find within a machine vision system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Banner Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Publication number: 20040131280
    Abstract: A system, method, and corresponding computer data product, generates a high resolution reference image, generates a set of rotated reference images from the high resolution reference image, cross-correlates the set of rotated reference images with the high resolution reference image to generate a set of cross-correlation values, and determines that the high resolution reference image is suitable for use in a normalized gray scale pattern find process when the difference between any two correlation values generated by the image cross correlation module is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Banner Engineering Corp
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners
  • Publication number: 20040131281
    Abstract: A computer controlled system, method, and corresponding computer data product for determining a range of image decimation values for use in processing of images within a machine vision system. The system and method generates a high resolution reference image, generates a set of decimated reference images from the high resolution reference image, generates a set of interpolated reference images having a spatial image resolution identical to the high resolution reference image from the set of decimated images, cross-correlates the set of interpolated reference images with the high resolution reference image to generate a set of cross-correlation values, and selects a subset of the set of decimated reference images corresponding to interpolated references images that generated a cross correlation value greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Banner Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Reiners