Inventor

Bruce H. Pillman

Inventor
Rochester, NY, US

Overview

55→
Patents
1998–2019
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 55 as inventor

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

H04Nprimary
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television48%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general17%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding9%
G06FElectric digital data processing8%
G06KGraphical data reading7%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer2%
H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation2%
G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light1%
G01SRadio direction-finding1%
PatentTitleYear
RE047458Pattern conversion for interpolation20199,686,469'Automatic digital camera photography mode selection'20179,665,775'Identifying scene boundaries using group sparsity analysis'20179,438,899'Statistically lossless compression system and method'20169,424,473'Identifying scene boundaries using group sparsity analysis'20169,270,882'System and method for contextual digital photography mode selection'20169,076,043'Video summarization using group sparsity analysis'20159,013,604'Video summary including a particular person'20158,989,503'Identifying scene boundaries using group sparsity analysis'20158,970,720'Automatic digital camera photography mode selection'20158,928,772'Controlling the sharpness of a digital image'20158,913,835'Identifying key frames using group sparsity analysis'20148,818,085'Pattern conversion for interpolation'20148,724,919'Adjusting the sharpness of a digital image'20148,665,345'Video summary including a feature of interest'20148,643,746'Video summary including a particular person'20148,558,913'Capture condition selection from brightness and motion'20138,452,082'Pattern conversion for interpolation'20138,428,308'Estimating subject motion for capture setting determination'20138,416,339'Providing multiple video signals from single sensor'20138,379,934'Estimating subject motion between image frames'20138,355,074'Exposing pixel groups in producing digital images'20138,330,825'Zoom lens system characterization for image sharpening'20128,305,452'Remote determination of image-acquisition settings and opportunities'20128,253,832'Interpolation for four-channel color filter array'20128,237,831'Four-channel color filter array interpolation'20128,228,418'Anti-aliasing spatial filter system'20128,224,082'CFA image with synthetic panchromatic image'20128,224,176'Combined ambient and flash exposure for improved image quality'20128,218,068'Exposing pixel groups in producing digital images'20128,203,633'Four-channel color filter array pattern'20128,164,651'Concentric exposure sequence for image sensor'20128,125,546'Color filter array pattern having four-channels'20128,031,258'Providing multiple video signals from single sensor'20117,995,116'Varying camera self-determination based on subject motion'20117,911,505'Detecting illuminant flicker'20117,903,168'Camera and method with additional evaluation image capture based on scene brightness changes'20117,876,956'Noise reduction of panchromatic and color image'20117,852,402'Method and apparatus for capturing high quality long exposure images with a digital camera'20107,769,230'Producing low resolution images'20107,769,229'Processing images having color and panchromatic pixels'20107,769,241'Method of sharpening using panchromatic pixels'20107,683,962'Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors in a rangefinder configuration to provide a range map'20107,656,441'Hue correction for electronic imagers'20107,609,958'Automatic focus system calibration for image capture systems'20097,602,438'Method and apparatus for capturing high quality long exposure images with a digital camera'20097,577,311'Color fringe desaturation for electronic imagers'20097,561,789'Autofocusing still and video images'20097,443,431'Fixed pattern noise removal in CMOS imagers across various operational conditions'20087,158,174'Method for automatic white balance of digital images'20077,092,017'Fixed pattern noise removal in CMOS imagers across various operational conditions'20067,012,634'System and method for calibrating an image capture device'20066,759,814'Illuminator and method of making same'20046,573,932'Method for automatic white balance of digital images'20035,796,874'Restoration of faded images'1998

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1998–2015Patents assigned to EASTMAN KODAK CO (29)· patent assignee history
1998–2019Based in Rochester, NY, US· patent location history
2011–2013Patents assigned to OMNIVISION TECH INC (9)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to PILLMAN BRUCE H (15)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to PILLMAN BRUCE HAROLD (10)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to KUMAR MRITYUNJAY (9)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
EASTMAN KODAK CO291998–2015
PILLMAN BRUCE Hself152012–2015
PILLMAN BRUCE HAROLDself102012–2015
KUMAR MRITYUNJAY92012–2015
OMNIVISION TECH INC92011–2013
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Rochester, New York, US551998–2019