Patents by Inventor Lorrie Claver

Lorrie Claver 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).

  • Method for automatically determining the acceptability of a digital image
    Patent number: 7899256
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, James R. Niederbaumer, Lorrie Claver, legal representative
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF A DIGITAL IMAGE
    Publication number: 20100303363
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, James R. Niederbaumer, Lorrie Claver
  • Method for automatically determining the acceptability of a digital image
    Patent number: 7809197
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Elena A. Fedorovskaya, James R. Niederbaumer, Lorrie Claver, legal representative
  • Method for automatically determining the acceptability of a digital image
    Publication number: 20060126093
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining the acceptability of an input image for a predetermined output operation, such as printing, includes the steps of: (a) identifying one or more important areas in the input image; (b) calculating a salient acceptability feature for each of the important areas; (c) determining the acceptability of the input image from the salient acceptability features of the important areas; and (d) implementing the predetermined output operation based on the acceptability of the input image determined in step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Elena Fedorovskaya, James Niederbaumer, Lorrie Claver