Patents by Inventor Roger R. A. Morton
Roger R. A. Morton 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).
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Patent number: 7542184Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 7508555Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 7202982Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 7171055Abstract: A method for reducing the visibility of sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts in an image, where the image is produced in a scene-to-output imaging system that is represented by a modulation transfer function, includes the steps of: (a) providing a source image signal as an input image having sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts, where image content is represented by an image frequency response and a frequency response amplitude; (b) determining a preferred aliasing ratio by utilizing an aliasing equation that depends on image frequency and pixel count of the imaging system; and (c) adjusting the frequency response amplitude of the image signal for image frequencies corresponding to the preferred aliasing ratio so as to correspondingly adjust the modulation transfer function of the scene to output system to maintain the preferred aliasing ratio while reducing the frequency response amplitude, thereby providing an image with reduced visibility artifacts.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Roger R. A. Morton
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Patent number: 7164807Abstract: Artifacts in an image introduced by sub-Nyquist aliasing are reduced below a visually perceptible level by a method comprising the steps of: providing an input image having sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts; using a visual perception algorithm to identify the location and characteristics of the sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts, thereby generating artifact coordinates and parameters; and processing the sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts by reference to the artifact coordinates and parameters to reduce their visibility, thereby providing an artifact corrected image.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Roger R. A. Morton
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Patent number: 7116450Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 7110151Abstract: A remote ordering system for receiving an order for goods and/or services over a communication network, the system including an electronic storage device for storing digital images, and a computer for accessing said digital images on said storage device and for communicating with a remote customer over said communication network. The computer can receive orders for goods and/or services with respect to the stored digital images. The digital images stored on said storage device having associated identification information that is used by said customer in placing the orders and an output device for producing said goods and/or services set forth in said order.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 7031035Abstract: A method for selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: obtaining a digital image file containing a plurality of images; employing the digital image file to produce an index print having the plurality of images along with an index number associated with each image and a customer order number; prior to making any individual prints, delivering the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; using the index print to order prints of selected images; making prints of the selected images; and delivering the selected prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Publication number: 20040213480Abstract: Artifacts in an image introduced by sub-Nyquist aliasing are reduced below a visually perceptible level by a method comprising the steps of: providing an input image having sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts; using a visual perception algorithm to identify the location and characteristics of the sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts, thereby generating artifact coordinates and parameters; and processing the sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts by reference to the artifact coordinates and parameters to reduce their visibility, thereby providing an artifact corrected image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventor: Roger R. A. Morton
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Publication number: 20040213479Abstract: A method for reducing the visibility of sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts in an image, where the image is produced in a scene-to-output imaging system that is represented by a modulation transfer function, includes the steps of: (a) providing a source image signal as an input image having sub-Nyquist aliasing artifacts, where image content is represented by an image frequency response and a frequency response amplitude; (b) determining a preferred aliasing ratio by utilizing an aliasing equation that depends on image frequency and pixel count of the imaging system; and (c) adjusting the frequency response amplitude of the image signal for image frequencies corresponding to the preferred aliasing ratio so as to correspondingly adjust the modulation transfer function of the scene to output system to maintain the preferred aliasing ratio while reducing the frequency response amplitude, thereby providing an image with reduced visibility artifacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventor: Roger R. A. Morton
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Publication number: 20040027610Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R.A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Publication number: 20040017584Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R.A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 6631011Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 6600572Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 6549306Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Publication number: 20020181029Abstract: A method for selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: obtaining a digital image file containing a plurality of images; employing the digital image file to produce an index print having the plurality of images along with an index number associated with each image and a customer order number; prior to making any individual prints, delivering the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; using the index print to order prints of selected images; making prints of the selected images; and delivering the selected prints to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R.A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Publication number: 20020063900Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R.A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Publication number: 20020054346Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Inventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R.A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Patent number: 6366407Abstract: A lenticular image product comprising: a lenticular material having an array of lenticules with cylindrical lenses; and a lenticular image associated with the lenticular material, the lenticular image having an original image having a wide angle view and at least one final image having a narrow angle view created from the original image, such that tilting of the lenticular image product produces a zoom effect between the original and final images.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jose E. Rivera, James W. Meyer, Alan L. Wertheimer, Kathryn B. Lomb, Roger R. A. Morton
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Patent number: 6353487Abstract: A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with an index number associated with each image and an order number; sending the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; ordering photographic prints via telephone from the customer's home to the photofinisher, specifying the order number and the index numbers associated with the images for which prints are desired; and making photographic prints of the selected images at the photofinisher and sending the photographic prints to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: John Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco