Patents by Inventor Samuel Segui

Samuel Segui 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).

  • Calibration method and strip for film scanners in digital photofinishing systems
    Patent number: 6442497
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a scanner in a digital photofinishing system, including the steps of: providing a calibration strip having a series of calibration patches including a plurality of neutral and colored patches, and including a Dmin patch; providing reference printing density values for each of the patches on the calibration strip; scanning the calibration strip in the scanner to produce scanner densities for each patch; and performing a regression on the scanner densities and the reference printing densities to produce a calibration matrix for converting from scanner density to printing density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey D. Houston, Jacquelyn S. Ellinwood, Samuel Segui