Patents by Inventor Regis J. Van Steenkiste

Regis J. Van Steenkiste 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).

  • Patent number: 5767987
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing an enhanced resolution image from a set of lower resolution pixel image scans uses jitter and cogging errors introduced by the scanner to provide the additional information about the image that is required to produce the high resolution. One of the image scans is selected as a prototype image and is interpolated to produce an image of higher density samples (mixels). Each of the remaining pixel image scans is aligned with the interpolated prototype. The mixel values of the prototype are iteratively adjusted by minimizing an error metric representing the difference between pixel values computed from the prototype and the corresponding pixel values of each of the lower resolution pixel image scans. The method and apparatus are suitable for use in document copying system, high resolution television imaging, facsimile system, and character regeneration systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignees: Ricoh Corporation, Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Wolff, Regis J. Van Steenkiste