Patents by Inventor Wayne W. Hintz

Wayne W. Hintz 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).

  • Timing generator for electronic image sensor with tables that control line and frame timing
    Patent number: 7304676
    Abstract: A timing generator for an electronic image sensor includes one or more memory based tables for controlling timing events that occur within one or more different types of image sensor lines, and one or more memory based tables for controlling timing events that occur within one or more different types of image sensor frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John T. Compton, David M. Charneski, Wayne W. Hintz, Edward P. Lawler, William F. DesJardin, Richard B. Brolly, Herbert J. Erhardt
  • Timing generator for electronic image sensor with tables that control line and frame timing
    Publication number: 20040095497
    Abstract: A timing generator for an electronic image sensor includes one or more memory based tables for controlling timing events that occur within one or more different types of image sensor lines, and one or more memory based tables for controlling timing events that occur within one or more different types of image sensor frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: John T. Compton, David M. Charneski, Wayne W. Hintz, Edward P. Lawler, William F. DesJardin, Richard B. Brolly, Herbert J. Erhardt
  • Variable drive controller for image sensing systems
    Publication number: 20040056851
    Abstract: A timing generator for controlling an image sensor, the timing generator includes a first output driver that is continuously supplying a current to an output; a second output driver that is connected in parallel with the first output driver and that is selectively energized for supplying an additional current to the output; a controller that is electrically connected to the second driver which, based on the resulting waveform at the output, is adjusted to either supply its current or not supply its current for varying a total current to the output to control an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward P. Lawler, David Charneski, Wayne W. Hintz, John T. Compton, Herbert J. Erhardt
  • Method for processing color image records subject to misregistration
    Patent number: 5475428
    Abstract: In an electronic camera that can be utilized with a color filter wheel accessory for obtaining a color image composed of a sequence of red, green, and blue records, slight movement of the camera body can produce misregistration in the color records. Such misregistration can be determined by dividing the color image into a plurality of subsections, and selecting the particular subsection that meets a predetermined criterion for color neutrality, and that contains monochrome edge information suitable for correlation. The color records are brought into registration by processing the edge information of the selected subsection to determine the misregistration between the color records, and by shifting the misregistered records first by integer, and then by fractional pixel shift values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Wayne W. Hintz, Robert H. Hibbard, Kenneth A. Parulski