Inventor

Charles A. Bouman

Inventor

West Lafayette, IN, US

Overview

1991–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 60 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Tprimary

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general41%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television17%

A61BDiagnosis13%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding7%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests6%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties3%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus2%

G03HHolographic processes or apparatus2%

G06FElectric digital data processing2%

PatentTitleYear

11,126,914Image generation using machine learning2021 10,591,871Method of single shot imaging for correcting phase errors2020 10,416,609Single shot imaging using digital holography receiver2019 10,409,047High frame-rate multichannel beam-scanning microscopy2019 10,248,666Creation of hierarchical dictionary2019 10,185,885Tex line detection2019 10,163,232Tomographic reconstruction system2018 9,784,960'High frame-rate multichannel beam-scanning microscopy'2017 9,508,163'Accelerated iterative reconstruction'2016 9,466,136'Methods and systems for performing model-based image processing'2016 9,460,485'Systems and methods for guided de-noising for computed tomography'2016 9,261,467'System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography'2016 9,042,640'Methods and system for analyzing and rating images for personalization'2015 9,020,230'Method and apparatus for iterative reconstruction'2015 9,020,262'Symbol compression using conditional entropy estimation'2015 8,923,583'Methods and systems for performing model-based iterative reconstruction'2014 8,885,975'Method and apparatus for iterative reconstruction'2014 8,837,830'Finding text in natural scenes'2014 8,805,056'Automatic detection and grouping of straight lines in images for personalization'2014 8,798,396'Apparatus and method of segmenting an image in an image coding and/or decoding system'2014 8,787,521'System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography'2014 8,780,131'Systems and methods for text-based personalization of images'2014 8,655,033'Iterative reconstruction'2014 8,619,074'Rendering personalized text on curved image surfaces'2013 8,451,510'Image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof'2013 8,416,914'System and method of iterative image reconstruction for computed tomography'2013 8,300,963'Apparatus and method of matching symbols in a text image coding and decoding system'2012 8,254,680'Apparatus and method of segmenting an image in an image coding and/or decoding system'2012 8,233,682'Methods and systems for improving spatial and temporal resolution of computed images of moving objects'2012 8,218,715'Methods and systems to facilitate correcting gain fluctuations in iterative image reconstruction'2012 8,175,115'Method and system for iterative reconstruction'2012 8,135,186'Method and system for image reconstruction'2012 7,983,462'Methods and systems for improving quality of an image'2011 7,907,783'Apparatus and method of matching symbols in a text image coding and decoding system'2011 7,899,247'Apparatus and method of segmenting an image according to a cost function and/or feature vector and/or receiving a signal representing the segmented image in an image coding and/or decoding system'2011 7,885,371'Method and system for image reconstruction'2011 7,724,164'Apparatus and method of dynamically caching symbols to manage a dictionary in a text image coding and decoding system'2010 7,676,074'Systems and methods for filtering data in a medical imaging system'2010 7,583,780'Systems and methods for improving a resolution of an image'2009 7,511,857'Halftoning method and system'2009 7,450,270'Image data processing methods, hard imaging devices, and articles of manufacture'2008 7,440,602'Methods, apparatus, and software to compensate for failed or degraded components'2008 7,336,400'Transforming an input image to produce an output image'2008 7,327,822'Methods, apparatus, and software for reconstructing an image'2008 7,312,898'Transformation of an input image to produce an output image'2007 7,308,071'Methods, apparatus, and software for reconstructing an image'2007 7,301,674'Translation of an input pixel value to an output pixel value'2007 7,272,205'Methods, apparatus, and software to facilitate computing the elements of a forward projection matrix'2007 7,251,306'Methods, apparatus, and software to facilitate iterative reconstruction of images'2007 7,245,778'Methods, devices and systems for compressing images'2007 7,031,025'Combined dot density and dot size modulation'2006 6,907,102'Iterative reconstruction methods for multi-slice computed tomography'2005 6,768,782'Iterative method for region-of-interest reconstruction'2004 6,683,998'Apparatus and method of building an electronic database for resolution synthesis'2004 6,466,702'Apparatus and method of building an electronic database for resolution synthesis'2002 6,075,926'Computerized method for improving data resolution'2000 6,058,248'Computerized method for improving data resolution'2000 5,544,284'Sequential product code quantization of digital color image'1996 5,432,893'Sequential scalar quantization of digital color image using mean squared error-minimizing quantizer density function'1995 5,047,842'Color image display with a limited palette size'1991

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1991–2021Based in West Lafayette, IN, US· patent location history

1995–2019Patents assigned to PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (31)· patent assignee history

2004–2016Patents assigned to UNIV NOTRE DAME DU LAC (18)· patent assignee history

2004–2019Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (10)· patent assignee history

2007–2021Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (23)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to BOUMAN CHARLES A (12)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	31	1995–2019
GEN ELECTRIC	23	2007–2021
UNIV NOTRE DAME DU LAC	18	2004–2016
BOUMAN CHARLES Aself	12	2012–2015
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO	10	2004–2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
West Lafayette, IN, US	60	1991–2021