Farpoint Optics and Image Science

Patents

• Moire distance measurement method and apparatus

US Pat. 4988886 - Filed Apr 6, 1989 - Issued Jan 29, 1991 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Russell J. Palum and John E. Greivenkamp

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Moire distance measurements using a grating printed on or attached to a surface

US Pat. 5075560 - Filed Sep 20, 1990 - Issued Dec 24, 1991 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John E. Greivenkamp, Jr., Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company

 

• Method and apparatus for absolute Moire distance measurements using a grating printed on or attached to a surface

US Pat. 5075562 - Filed Sep 20, 1990 - Issued Dec 24, 1991 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John E. Greivenkamp, Jr., Russell J. Palum, Kevin G. Sullivan

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company

 

• Integrating cylinder with end input illumination for use as an illuminator in a film scanner

US Pat. 5241459 - Filed Jun 1, 1992 - Issued Aug 31, 1993 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Martin C. Kaplan, Andrew F. Kurtz, Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Apparatus for mechanically dithering a CCD array

US Pat. 5335091 - Filed Dec 31, 1991 - Issued Aug 2, 1994 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventor: Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Flexible fiber optic illuminator and method

US Pat. 5367440 - Filed Aug 14, 1992 - Issued Nov 22, 1994 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: David W. Gruszczynski, Russell J. Palum, Sarah R. Welch, Andrew D. Thompson, Richard A. Bierma

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Linear integrating cavity light source for infra-red illumination of sensitized media

US Pat. 5548120 - Filed Nov 14, 1994 - Issued Aug 20, 1996 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: H. Galen Parker, Robert B. Bilhorn, Martin C. Kaplan, Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Apparatus and method for printing with a non-refractive imaging system

US Pat. 5642149 - Filed Sep 20, 1993 - Issued Jun 24, 1997 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventor: Russell Jay Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Optical blur filter having a four-feature pattern

US Pat. 6326998 - Filed Oct 8, 1997 - Issued Dec 4, 2001 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventor: Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company



• Anti-aliasing low-pass blur filter for reducing artifacts in imaging apparatus

US Pat. 6937283 - Filed Dec 3, 1996 - Issued Aug 30, 2005 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: David Kessler, Alan C. G. Nutt, Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Autofocusing still and video images

Pat. 7561789 - Filed Jun 29, 2006 - Issued Jul 14, 2009 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John N. Border, Russell J. Palum, Bruce H. Pillman, Lynn Schilling-Benz

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Color fringe desaturation for electronic imagers

US Pat. 7577311 - Filed May 3, 2005 - Issued Aug 18, 2009 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Russell J. Palum, Bruce H. Pillman, Lynn V. Larsen

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company 

 

• Alignment of lens array images using autocorrelation

US Pat. 7593597 - Filed Jul 27, 2004 - Issued Sep 22, 2009 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Russell J. Palum, Heidi L. Hall, John F. Hamilton, Jr.

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company

 

• Automatic focus system calibration for image capture systems

US Pat. 7609958 - Filed Aug 1, 2006 - Issued Oct 27, 2009 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John N. Border, Dan Harel, Russell J. Palum, John D. Griffith, Scott C. Cahall, Bruce H. Pillman

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Hue correction for electronic imagers

US Pat. 7656441 - Filed Jan 5, 2005 - Issued Feb 2, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Russell J. Palum, Bruce H. Pillman, John F. Hamilton, Jr.

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide improved focusing capability

US Pat. 7676146 - Filed Mar 9, 2007 - Issued Mar 9, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John N. Border, Russell J. Palum, Wilbert F. Janson, Jr., Kenneth A. Parulski, Keith A. Jacoby

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors in a rangefinder configuration to provide a range map

US Pat. 7683962 - Filed Mar 9, 2007 - Issued Mar 23, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John N. Border, Amy D. Enge, Efrain O. Morales, Bruce H. Pillman, Keith A. Jacoby, James E. Adams, Jr., Russell J. Palum, Andrew C. Gallagher

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company

 

• Lens array assisted focus detection

US Pat. 7702229 - Filed Oct 18, 2006 - Issued Apr 20, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: Lynn Schilling-Benz, John N. Border, Thomas F. Powers, Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


• Dual range focus element

US Pat. 7852454 - Filed Sep 25, 2008 - Issued Dec 14, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Company

Inventors: John N. Border, Russell J. Palum

Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company


•   Pattern conversion for interpolation

US 8452082 B2                                                                   Issued

Inventors            Russell J. Palum, Bruce H. Pillman Publication date            May 28, 2013

Filing date   Sep 27, 2007               Priority date       Sep 27, 2007

Original Assignee             Eastman Kodak Company