Patents by Inventor Willi Staeheli

Willi Staeheli 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: 6556276
    Abstract: A digital reorder system and med is disclosed for making reprints from a negative strip. The strip advances toward a digital scanner which reads the bar code adjacent each frame to determine frame number and other parameters, and an image associated with each frame is scanned by a digital camera. Computer software manipulates the bar code information and the scanned image to place the image in a proper orientation. Consequently, the operator need not spend time orienting the negative strips prior to insertion into the feeder. The reorder system can include a multiple strip feeder which receives a stack of negative strips and automatically feeds the strips one-by-one into the reorder system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Gretag Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Willi Staeheli, Douglas A. Kenyon, Marc Sevigny, Michael Jefferson
  • Publication number: 20020110374
    Abstract: A digital reorder system and method is disclosed for making reprints from a negative strip. The strip advances toward a digital scanner which reads the bar code adjacent each frame to determine frame number and other parameters, and an image associated with each frame is scanned by a digital camera. Computer software manipulates the bar code information and the scanned image to place the image in a proper orientation. Consequently, the operator need not spend time orienting the negative strips prior to insertion into the feeder. The reorder system can include a multiple strip feeder which receives a stack of negative strips and automatically feeds the strips one-by-one into the reorder system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Willi Staeheli, Douglas A. Kenyon, Marc Sevigny, Michael Jefferson