Patents by Inventor Sharatchandra Pankanti

Sharatchandra Pankanti 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).

  • Application independent system, method, and architecture for privacy protection, enhancement, control, and accountability in imaging service systems
    Patent number: 8752197
    Abstract: The system and method obscures descriptive image information about one or more images. The system comprises a selector for selecting the descriptive image information from one or more of the images, a transformer that transforms the descriptive information into a transformed state, and an authorizer that provides authorization criteria with the image. In a preferred embodiment, the transformed state is the respective image encoded with the descriptive information. The descriptive information can be obscured so that the descriptive information in the transformed state can be decoded only if one or more authorization inputs satisfy the authorization criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf M. Bolle, Lisa M. Brown, Jonathan H. Connell, Arun Hampapur, Sharatchandra Pankanti, Andrew W. Senior, Ying-Li Tian
  • Application independent system, method, and architecture for privacy protection, enhancement, control, and accountability in imaging service systems
    Publication number: 20030231769
    Abstract: The system and method obscures descriptive image information about one or more images. The system comprises a selector for selecting the descriptive image information from one or more of the images, a transformer that transforms the descriptive information into a transformed state, and an authorizer that provides authorization criteria with the image. In a preferred embodiment, the transformed state is the respective image encoded with the descriptive information. The descriptive information can be obscured so that the descriptive information in the transformed state can be decoded only if one or more authorization inputs satisfy the authorization criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf M. Bolle, Lisa M. Brown, Jonathan H. Connell, Arun Hampapur, Sharatchandra Pankanti, Andrew W. Senior, Ying-Li Tian