Patents by Inventor Stanley McDaniel

Stanley McDaniel 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 and apparatus for automatic removal of optical artifacts in scanning
    Patent number: 7397939
    Abstract: A system and method for removing optical iridescent artifacts in an image includes scanning an article having a transparent and reflective surface to create the image, identifying potential optical iridescent artifacts in the image resulting from the scan using a search pattern on the image of the article, confirming through a color analysis operation that the potential optical iridescent artifacts discovered along the search pattern are optical iridescent artifacts and not printed on the article and removing the confirmed iridescent artifacts from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Jia, Laura Zhou, Stanley McDaniel
  • Method and apparatus for automatic removal of optical artifacts in scanning
    Publication number: 20040042682
    Abstract: A system and method for removing optical iridescent artifacts in an image includes scanning an article having a transparent and reflective surface to create the image, identifying potential optical iridescent artifacts in the image resulting from the scan using a search pattern on the image of the article, confirming through a color analysis operation that the potential optical iridescent artifacts discovered along the search pattern are optical iridescent artifacts and not printed on the article and removing the confirmed iridescent artifacts from the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Jia, Laura Zhou, Stanley McDaniel