Patents by Inventor Peter T. Fry

Peter T. Fry 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).

  • Detection of animate or inanimate objects
    Patent number: 8306265
    Abstract: Image data representing a captured image of an environment or a portion thereof, and electric-field data representing electric fields present in the environment or a portion thereof are received. The electric-field data and the image data represent information gathered from an overlapping portion of the environment. A candidate object is identified in the overlapping portion and classified as animate or inanimate based at least upon an analysis of the image data and the electric-field data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Fry, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • DETECTION OF ANIMATE OR INANIMATE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20100177968
    Abstract: Image data representing a captured image of an environment or a portion thereof, and electric-field data representing electric fields present in the environment or a portion thereof are received. The electric-field data and the image data represent information gathered from an overlapping portion of the environment. A candidate object is identified in the overlapping portion and classified as animate or inanimate based at least upon an analysis of the image data and the electric-field data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Peter T. Fry, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • Method and system for ordering image related goods and services
    Patent number: 7120593
    Abstract: A method and system for ordering digital image goods and/or services with respect to an image provided as a low resolution digital file and a low resolution digital image file. The method includes transmitting the low resolution digital image file to a server at a remote image service provider over a communication network, manipulating the image and/or ordering of goods and/or services with respect to the image, and transmitting of the high resolution digital image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Fry, Louis A. Chauvin
  • Method and system for image distribution
    Publication number: 20030167469
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system of offering for sale images related to a television program via interactive television. The method comprises the step of in association with said program, displaying a representation of the image for sale and an invitation to purchase said image on a user's interactive television display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Colin Hardingham, Patrick McNulty, Peter T. Fry