Patents by Inventor Ricardo R. Figueroa

Ricardo R. Figueroa 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).

  • Processing film images for digital cinema
    Patent number: 6985253
    Abstract: Scanner density values of a digitized image of an original film are processed so that a projection of the digitized image closely matches that image which a film projector would produce when projecting the original film. A method comprises the steps of transforming the scanner density values to printing density values; digital color balancing by writing the printing density values and a LAD patch onto film; printing the film is printed to LAD; transforming the images from device dependent color space values into device independent color space values; carrying out a relationship between the device independent color space and a display device output to obtain RGB code values; adjusting any non-linearity between the RGB code values and the display device output; and scaling the adjusted RGB code values to an appropriate bit depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ricardo R. Figueroa, Thomas O. Maier, John C. Brewer
  • Processing film images for digital cinema
    Publication number: 20020118211
    Abstract: Scanner density values of a digitized image of an original film are processed so that a projection of the digitized image closely matches that image which a film projector would produce when projecting the original film. A method comprises the steps of transforming the scanner density values to printing density values; digital color balancing by writing the printing density values and a LAD patch onto film; printing the film is printed to LAD; transforming the images from device dependent color space values into device independent color space values; carrying out a relationship between the device independent color space and a display device output to obtain RGB code values; adjusting any non-linearity between the RGB code values and the display device output; and scaling the adjusted RGB code values to an appropriate bit depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ricardo R. Figueroa, Thomas O. Maier, John C. Brewer