Patents by Inventor Raymond L. Picard

Raymond L. Picard 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).

  • Adaptive image acquisition system
    Patent number: 4949391
    Abstract: An adaptive image acquisition system employing a hand-held optical scanner or camera is disclosed. The system includes an adaptive camera exposure control system to adjust the camera exposure time to the media's reflectivity characteristics. The system assembles a "filmstrip" of images from compressed video data, wherein redundant image data appearing in successive image frames has been removed. The system employs a correlation process between successive frames to identify the redundant frame information and determined the camera velocity. By adapting the correlation process to the velocity of the camera, the effects of variations in the velocity may be substantially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Everex Ti Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Faulkerson, Raymond L. Picard, Edward J. Menard, Sanford M. Bennett, Timothy J. McCarthy, Edwin S. Foden, Michael A. Gipe, Allan A. Moluf, Michael W. Jacobs, Bruce E. Boatner
  • Adaptive exposure control system
    Patent number: 4882629
    Abstract: An adaptive image acquisition system employing a hand-held optical scanner or camera is disclosed. The system includes an adaptive camera exposure control system to adjust the camera exposure time to the media's reflectivity characteristics. The system assembles a "film-strip" of images from compressed video data, wherein redundant image data appearing in successive image frames has been removed. The system employs a correlation process between successive frames to identify the redundant frame information and determine the camera velocity. By adapting the correlation process to the velocity of the camera, the effects of variations in the velocity may be substantially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Everex Ti Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Faulkerson, Raymond L. Picard, Edward J. Menard, Sanford M. Bennett, Timothy J. McCarthy, Edwin S. Foden, Michael A. Gipe, Allan A. Moluf, Michael W. Jacobs, Boatner Bruce E.