Patents by Inventor Steven Joseph Bushell
Steven Joseph Bushell 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).
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Patent number: 10043249Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140314318Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, JR.
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Patent number: 8805066Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr.
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Patent number: 8787662Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, identifying token regions in the image as a function pixel color comparisons relative to threshold values and varying the threshold values in selected areas of the image.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8391601Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr.
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Patent number: 8319821Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining an illumination flux condition in a scene. The method comprises the steps of generating and storing a sequence of images of the scene, each one of the sequence of images comprising an array of pixels and corresponding to the scene photographed in a preselected polarization direction, different from the polarization direction of other ones of the sequence of images, determining a polarization sequence vector for at least one pixel in the array, as a function of color information for the pixel in the array, among the sequence of images; and utilizing the polarization sequence vector to determine one of a shadowed and lit illumination condition for the at least one pixel.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Kristin Jean Dana, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Publication number: 20120114231Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, identifying token regions in the image as a function pixel color comparisons relative to threshold values and varying the threshold values in selected areas of the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Casey Arthur Smith
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Patent number: 8144975Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell
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Patent number: 8139850Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 8139867Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20110142328Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Steven Joseph Bushell
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Patent number: 7936377Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a camera is provided. The camera comprises a lens and a sensor to record an image focused by the lens in N color bands, wherein N equals a number of color bands, with the number and respective locations and widths of the N color bands being selected to optimize the image for processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Steven Joseph Bushell
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Patent number: 7894662Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 7865031Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for an automatic chromatic aberration correction. The method comprises the steps of setting a range of test correction factors, applying the test correction factors of the range, incrementally, to a test block of the image, measuring chromatic aberration error at the test block after application of each of the test correction factors, and selecting a test correction factor having a lowest chromatic aberration error.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20100278448Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Neil Alldrin, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, JR.
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Patent number: 7760912Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of converting a color band representation of the image to a homogeneous representation of spectral and spatial characteristics of a texture region in the image and utilizing the homogeneous representation of spectral and spatial characteristics of a texture region in the image to identify homogeneous tokens in the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bruce Allen Maxwell
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Patent number: 7760942Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for classifying pixel values in a motion sequence of images. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of determining spectral information relevant to the sequence of images, and utilizing the spectral information to classify a pixel as one of background, shadow and object.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20100142805Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, JR., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Publication number: 20100142825Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, JR., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
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Patent number: 7639874Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for classifying pixel values in a motion sequence of images. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of determining spectral information relevant to the sequence of images, and utilizing the spectral information to classify a pixel as one of background, shadow and object.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Bushell, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff