Patents by Inventor Walter E. Bruehs

Walter E. Bruehs 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).

  • Patent number: 7050636
    Abstract: In a method of improving a characteristic of an image according to its material content, where the image is comprised of image pixels, a belief map corresponding spatially to the image pixels is generated. The belief map includes belief values indicating the likelihood that respective pixels are representative of a particular material, such as flesh. An improvement parameter is generated from the belief map, and the improvement parameter is applied uniformly to the image pixels to improve the characteristic, such as the sharpness, of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andrew C. Gallagher, Walter E. Bruehs
  • Publication number: 20030108245
    Abstract: In a method of improving a characteristic of an image according to its material content, where the image is comprised of image pixels, a belief map corresponding spatially to the image pixels is generated. The belief map includes belief values indicating the likelihood that respective pixels are representative of a particular material, such as flesh. An improvement parameter is generated from the belief map, and the improvement parameter is applied uniformly to the image pixels to improve the characteristic, such as the sharpness, of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Andrew C. Gallagher, Walter E. Bruehs