Patents by Inventor Richard A. Manville

Richard A. Manville 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).

  • Method and system for enhancing short wave infrared images using super resolution (SR) and local area processing (LAP) techniques
    Patent number: 8200046
    Abstract: A high resolution image of a scene or object is generated by collecting a plurality of images, enhancing the plurality of images to produce a sequence of enhanced images, registering the sequence of enhanced images, accumulating the intensities of the registered sequence of enhanced images to produce a composite image, and enhancing the composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: DRS RSTA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Harry C. Lee, Richard A. Manville
  • Method and system for enhancing images using multi-resolution histogram shaping
    Patent number: 8170360
    Abstract: A method for enhancing an image is provided. The method generates a plurality of Gaussian images from the image, and generates a first plurality of Laplacian images from the generated Gaussian images, the plurality of Laplacian images constituting a Laplacian pyramid of images. The method generates a histogram for each of the plurality of Laplacian images, and shapes each of the generated histograms using a predetermined probability density function to produce a second plurality of Laplacian images. The method further combines iteratively each of the second Laplacian images with each of the plurality of Gaussian images expanded at each iteration to generate an enhanced image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: DRS RSTA, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa L. Pace, Richard A. Manville
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING IMAGES USING MULTI-RESOLUTION HISTOGRAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20100129003
    Abstract: A method for enhancing an image is provided. The method generates a plurality of Gaussian images from the image, and generates a first plurality of Laplacian images from the generated Gaussian images, the plurality of Laplacian images constituting a Laplacian pyramid of images. The method generates a histogram for each of the plurality of Laplacian images, and shapes each of the generated histograms using a predetermined probability density function to produce a second plurality of Laplacian images. The method further combines iteratively each of the second Laplacian images with each of the plurality of Gaussian images expanded at each iteration to generate an enhanced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Teresa L. Pace, Richard A. Manville
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SHORT WAVE INFRARED IMAGES USING SUPER RESOLUTION (SR) AND LOCAL AREA PROCESSING (LAP) TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20090257683
    Abstract: A high resolution image of a scene or object is generated by collecting a plurality of images, enhancing the plurality of images to produce a sequence of enhanced images, registering the sequence of enhanced images, accumulating the intensities of the registered sequence of enhanced images to produce a composite image, and enhancing the composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Harry C. Lee, Richard A. Manville