Patents by Inventor Steven Patrick Hiss

Steven Patrick Hiss 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).

  • Noise reduction in a storage phosphor data acquisition system
    Patent number: 5671359
    Abstract: A laser imaging system, such as a storage phosphor system, provides an x-ray image signal. X-ray image processing apparatus includes an image processor for processing the x-ray image signal for an image parameter to produce an image processed x-ray image signal; a database for storing image parameters for producing different versions of an image processed x-ray image signal; and a control system for controlling the image processor and database to create multiple versions of the x-ray image signal, such that each version has different image parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Wayne William Godlewski, James Dale Chapman, Gary M. Diana, Steven Patrick Hiss, Jane Mildred Volo, Richard Weil, Lance H. Underwood