Patents by Inventor Richard Inman

Richard Inman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for automated, multi-level red eye correction
    Publication number: 20060257132
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus for multi-level red eye correction in a digital image are described. In an embodiment, a method receives an input that identifies an actual red eye in a digital image and a red eye candidate score associated with the actual red eye. The red eye candidate score of the actual red eye exceeds a detection threshold value. The method corrects the coloration of the actual red eye with a level of correction based on the red eye candidate score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Katerina Shiffer, John Warpakowski Furlan, Richard Inman
  • Methods and apparatus for efficient, automated red eye detection
    Publication number: 20060257026
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus to detect red eye in a digital image are described. In an embodiment, a method identifies one or more red eye candidate zones within an identified skin region in a digital image. A first red eye candidate zone includes connected regions of pixels of a different color in the digital image than their natural color and exceeds a minimum size. The first red eye candidate zone is determined to be an actual red eye by comparing a red eye candidate score to a detection threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Katerina Shiffer, John Furlan, Richard Inman
  • Self propelled pallet truck
    Patent number: 4287959
    Abstract: A pallet truck for lifting and transporting pallets. The truck is moved by a self-propelled carriage having two wheels. Each wheel is propelled by a separate direct current electric motor, the motors being wired in series, so as to automatically adjust the speed of the respective wheels during turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Inventor: Richard Inman
  • Polymer compositions containing a bisazomethine pigment
    Patent number: 4038241
    Abstract: Polymer compositions containing as a pigment a compound having the formula: ##STR1## in the pigmentary form in which it has an orange-red color and has an X chromaticity co-ordinate of from 0.59 to 0.63 and a Y chromaticity of from 0.33 to 0.36, each as hereinbefore defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Richard Inman, James McGeachie McCrae, Christopher Midcalf, Alison Turner