Patents by Inventor Thomas Mark Ellis

Thomas Mark Ellis 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).

  • Evaluating digital images using head points
    Patent number: 8498453
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image analysis module and an error detection module. The image analysis module is configured to analyze a digital image and to locate a plurality of head points of a subject in the digital image. The image analysis module is configured to detect a high hair condition of a subject, and to compute an adjusted top of head point if a high hair condition is present. The error detection module is configured to evaluate the head points identified by the image analysis module by performing a geometry test to evaluate a geometry of the head points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Lifetouch, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Benson, Thomas Mark Ellis, Charmaine O. Light, Michael John Surma, Richard Lee Swanson