Peter D Burns

US Patent:

20030002744, Jan 2, 2003

Filed:

Apr 6, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/827552

Inventors:

Alex Lopez-Estrada - Chandler AZ, US
Peter Burns - Fairport NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company

International Classification:

G06K009/40
G06T005/00

US Classification:

382/254000, 382/275000

Abstract:

A method for producing an image noise table having statistics in a particular metric format for use with image processing algorithms including gathering estimated noise statistics of noise estimates provided from image capture medium, or image capture device(s), or combinations thereof which are in one or more metric formats; transforming the gathered noise statistics from their metric format(s) to a second metric format useable in the image noise table; transforming the second metric format noise statistics based upon the spatial qualities of image capture to a format for use in the image noise table; and providing the image noise table using the transformed second metric format statistics.

US Patent:

20080189176, Aug 7, 2008

Filed:

Feb 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/670287

Inventors:

Peter J. Burns - Phoenix AZ, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 14

Abstract:

An advertiser pays a fee to have an advertisement placed on a land vehicle to make the vehicle a mobile billboard or a billboard vehicle. An ad containing the advertiser's message can be made of vinyl and wrapped on one or more external surfaces of the vehicle. The vehicle can then be rented or leased by a car company of origin for inclusion in a fleet of such vehicles that are based in one or more identified locations. Location specific chronological traffic patterns and historical and predictive travel for rental and/or leased land vehicles, and driver safety history, are various optional data used in operations research algorithms and analysis to design systems and methods of pricing the rental and/or leasing of land vehicles and their fleets in revenue models to maximize reach and frequency of the advertiser's message with considerations of maximizing profits from advertising, renting, and/or leasing.