Patents by Inventor Stephen P. J. Cossey

Stephen P. J. Cossey 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).

  • Computer based method and system for determining a parameter for a material
    Patent number: 8422744
    Abstract: A computer based method for determining a characteristic of a material, including accepting as input to a specially programmed portable computer, and using a processor for the computer, image data, for a surface of a material. The image data is accepted from a device including a light source and a magnifying element. Using the processor, the method: creates a binary image from the image data such that each pixel in the plurality of pixels has one of two possible values; segments the binary image such that an object occupying an area of the surface is located in the binary image and boundaries surrounding the object are located in the binary image; and generates, using the segmented binary image: one or more parameters regarding features of the material, or at least one statistical parameter regarding at least one feature in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cossey and Associates Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. J. Cossey, William Edward Full
  • Combined portable can opener and cleaner
    Patent number: D317856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventor: Stephen P. J. Cossey