Patents by Inventor Lynn V. Larsen

Lynn V. Larsen 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).

  • Color fringe desaturation for electronic imagers
    Patent number: 7577311
    Abstract: A method for correcting colored fringe artifacts in a region of an image around saturated pixels captured by an electronic imager associated with a color filter array, includes providing a threshold map of the image based on thresholding one or more color channels with a common or separate threshold value for each color channel; providing a first edge map by dilating the threshold map as a function of the color fringe width, producing a first dilated threshold map and subtracting the threshold map from the first dilated threshold map; and color-desaturating image pixels that correspond to the first edge map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Russell J. Palum, Bruce H. Pillman, Lynn V. Larsen
  • Orientation-sensitive electronic vertical shutter release lock
    Patent number: 6738095
    Abstract: A digital camera comprising; a user controlled camera system; an orientation sensor for sensing whether the camera is in one of a horizontal or vertical positions; a user actuated switch located on the side of the camera when the camera is in the horizontal position; and means for selectively enabling/disabling said user controlled camera system as a function of the orientation of said orientation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James A. Dibella, Lynn V. Larsen, Michael Venturino, Albert Ferland
  • ORIENTATION-SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC VERTICAL SHUTTER RELEASE LOCK
    Publication number: 20040046869
    Abstract: A digital camera comprising; a user controlled camera system; an orientation sensor for sensing whether the camera is in one of a horizontal or vertical positions; a user actuated switch located on the side of the camera when the camera is in the horizontal position; and means for selectively enabling/disabling said user controlled camera system as a function of the orientation of said orientation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: James A. Dibella, Lynn V. Larsen, Michael Venturino, Albert Ferland