Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Etz

Stephen P. Etz 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).

  • System and method for controlling image compression based on image emphasis
    Patent number: 6832006
    Abstract: A method to automatically vary the compression of images by ranking images within clusters based upon image emphasis. The ranking process computes one or more quantities related to one or more features in each image. The features can include the content of images. The invention processes the quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers. The invention applies the quantities to the images to produce the ranking and variably compresses the images depending upon the ranking. The images having a low ranking and are compressed more than images that have a high ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andreas E. Savakis, Majid Rabbani, Stephen P. Etz
  • System and method for controlling image compression based on image emphasis
    Publication number: 20030059121
    Abstract: A method to automatically vary the compression of images by ranking images within clusters based upon image emphasis. The ranking process computes one or more quantities related to one or more features in each image. The features can include the content of images. The invention processes the quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers. The invention applies the quantities to the images to produce the ranking and variably compresses the images depending upon the ranking. The images having a low ranking and are compressed more than images that have a high ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andreas E. Savakis, Majid Rabbani, Stephen P. Etz