Patents by Inventor Shanmuga Sundaram Mahendran

Shanmuga Sundaram Mahendran 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).

  • Method to generate thumbnails for digital images
    Patent number: 8213741
    Abstract: This invention generates object-focused thumbnails from input images reflecting the mood and intention of the user, based on the original high-resolution picture. The invention includes edge detection, clustering detected edges into regions, ranking the regions and forming the thumbnail from a portion of the input image having a predetermined thumbnail size centered at a center of the highest ranking region. With this invention, the thumbnail accurately captures the focus of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Prabindh Sundareson, Shanmuga Sundaram Mahendran
  • Method to Generate Object Focused Thumbnails for Digital Images
    Publication number: 20100158409
    Abstract: This invention generates object-focused thumbnails from input images reflecting the mood and intention of the user, based on the original high-resolution picture. The invention includes edge detection, clustering detected edges into regions, ranking the regions and forming the thumbnail from a portion of the input image having a predetermined thumbnail size centered at a center of the highest ranking region. With this invention, the thumbnail accurately captures the focus of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Prabindh Sundareson, Shanmuga Sundaram Mahendran