Joseph E Holmes

US Patent:

6459501, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Mar 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/280232

Inventors:

Joseph Holmes - Kensington CA 94707

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

358 19, 358502, 358518, 358515, 358520

Abstract:

A small-gamut colorant set is a new system and mechanism for reproducing monochrome images on a wide range of color printing devices with an unprecedented combination of flexibility and quality. It is fundamentally unlike, and yet in certain ways similar to, both existing colorant systems for printing color images and existing colorant systems for printing monochrome images. It combines many advantages from both of these families of traditional colorant systems into a kind of system that is superior in many ways for printing monochrome images. It uses a set of at least three tinted gray colorants to create a color space within which a small amount of chroma adjustment and the full range of hue adjustment is possible. These three tinted grays may be accompanied by a black colorant, and/or other shades of gray, or a second set of three tinted grays, depending on the opportunities presented by the nature of the printing device.

US Patent:

6686953, Feb 3, 2004

Filed:

Mar 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/797897

Inventors:

Joseph Holmes - Kensington CA 94707

International Classification:

H04N 1700

US Classification:

348179, 348181

Abstract:

A novel process of visual calibration of a computer display or the like in volves adjusting the appearance and relative appearance of targets and su targets displayed on the display. An objective method is provided for determining the precisely optimal brightness setting for CRT displays, which method is also applicable to the setting of the âBlack Levelâ control on some FPDs. A precise method is provided to visually determine conformity of a displays tonality to a given standard tone curve, for example a gamma 1. 8 curve, which is embodied in one of the preferred calibration target sets. The need to sense and therefore be able to control and to verify the correct gray balance of the entire tone scale of the display is met. The problem of verifying the similarity of the tone curve in the display profile and that of the actual calibration is solved. By converting a preferred RGB gamma target into CIE Lab image data through an ideal display profile of the correct gamma, a new kind of target is taught.

US Patent:

RE42089, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Feb 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/347787

Inventors:

Joseph Holmes - Kensington CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 17/00
H04N 17/02

US Classification:

348179, 348181

Abstract:

A novel process of visual calibration of a computer display or the like in volves adjusting the appearance and relative appearance of targets and su targets displayed on the display. An objective method is provided for determining the precisely optimal brightness setting for CRT displays, which method is also applicable to the setting of the “Black Level” control on some FPDs. A precise method is provided to visually determine conformity of a display's tonality to a given standard tone curve, for example a gamma 1. 8 curve, which is embodied in one of the preferred calibration target sets. The need to sense and therefore be able to control and to verify the correct gray balance of the entire tone scale of the display is met. The problem of verifying the similarity of the tone curve in the display profile and that of the actual calibration is solved. By converting a preferred RGB gamma target into CIE Lab image data through an ideal display profile of the correct gamma, a new kind of target is taught.

US Patent:

46567712, Apr 14, 1987

Filed:

Oct 29, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/792461

Inventors:

Joseph G. Holmes - Piedmont CA

International Classification:

A01M 3106

US Classification:

43 3

Abstract:

A duck decoy or any other object (10) is made easy to pick up and carry, especially when being retrieved manually from cold water, by the present arrangement. An eyelet (12) is attached to its underside (or any other surface). A flexible line (16), such as a string, is passed through the eyelet. A weight or stop (20) is attached to one end of the line and a washer (18) or other annulus providing a loop is attached to the other end of the line. When the decoy is floating in water, the washer end of the line is at the eyelet and the weight extends down, away from the decoy. To retrieve the decoy from its floating position, it is manually grasped, lifted out of the water, and an elongated member (26) attached to a carrying handle (38) is passed through the washer. The decoy is then released, allowing it to fall to the weight at the other end of the line, whereby it will hang on the other end of the line from the elongated member and the washer, whereby it can be conveniently carried, along with a plurality of other decoys, by the elongated member with minimal manual handling.