Patents by Inventor Russell J. Austin

Russell J. Austin 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).

  • Digital nonuniformity correction for image sensors
    Patent number: 6522355
    Abstract: A method of compensating for nonuniformities in an image sensor includes: providing an image sensing device 20; measuring test pixel signals from the image sensing device 20 during a test mode; determining which test pixel signals are greater than a fixed threshold level ST; and calculating nonuniformity coefficients for the pixels having test pixel signals greater than the fixed threshold level ST.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaroslav Hynecek, Russell J. Austin