Patents by Inventor Robert Paul Cloutier

Robert Paul Cloutier 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).

  • SORTING A MEDIA STACK USING A PRINTER
    Publication number: 20130152806
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print media input holder; a print region; at least one media transport element for moving sheets of recording medium from the print media input holder to the print region; a scan element disposed along a printing path; and a print media output holder; and a controller including: a selectable media sort mode that includes: using the scan element to determine whether a sheet of recording medium has marks on a first side of the sheet; and moving the sheet of recording medium to a first location or a second location depending on whether the first side of the sheet is determined to have marks on it; and a selectable printing mode that does not include determining whether the sheet of recording medium has marks on it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Chen Quan, Robert Paul Cloutier
  • Combined ambient and flash exposure for improved image quality
    Patent number: 8224176
    Abstract: A method for capturing an improved archival image using an electronic image capture device having a flash, comprising: capturing at least two preview images of a scene at different capture times using the image capture device; determining a scene brightness; using a processor to analyze the captured preview images to determine a motion velocity for the scene; determining a flash exposure setting and an ambient exposure setting responsive to a ratio between the determined scene brightness and the determined motion velocity; and capturing an archival image using the determined flash exposure setting and the determined ambient exposure setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bruce Harold Pillman, John Norvold Border, Robert Paul Cloutier, Richard Bruce Wheeler
  • COMBINED AMBIENT AND FLASH EXPOSURE FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY
    Publication number: 20120177352
    Abstract: A method for capturing an improved archival image using an electronic image capture device having a flash, comprising: capturing at least two preview images of a scene at different capture times using the image capture device; determining a scene brightness; using a processor to analyze the captured preview images to determine a motion velocity for the scene; determining a flash exposure setting and an ambient exposure setting responsive to a ratio between the determined scene brightness and the determined motion velocity; and capturing an archival image using the determined flash exposure setting and the determined ambient exposure setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce Harold Pillman, John Norvold Border, Robert Paul Cloutier, Richard Bruce Wheeler