Roger R Morton

US Patent:

6486937, Nov 26, 2002

Filed:

Dec 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/476478

Inventors:

Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY
Timothy J. Tredwell - Fairport NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 2732

US Classification:

355 22, 355 33, 347248

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for printing large format lenticular images on a lenticular sheet ( ) having a plurality of generally parallel lenticules ( ) on a front side of the lenticular sheet ( ). A sensor ( ) senses a beginning of each lenticule ( ). A printhead ( ) prints interleaved image information on the lenticular sheet ( ) in a series of swaths ( ). A width of each of the swaths ( ) is less than a width of the lenticular sheet ( ). Each of the swaths ( ) is printed in a direction parallel to the lenticules ( ) and each of the swaths ( ) is printed in a direction perpendicular to the lenticules ( ).

US Patent:

6556273, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

Nov 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/709099

Inventors:

Christopher E. Wheeler - Fairport NY
Gary W. Ahlquist - Webster NY
Wayne K. Shaffer - Penfield NY
Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 2150

US Classification:

352 92

Abstract:

A system for providing motion picture photographic film with encoded information, such as unique film footage and frame identification, which can be machine read prior to film processing. This system provides machine readable encoded information markings on the raw stock film which may be read in a camera or other photoprocessing device with a reader prior to or concurrent with the film image capture process. The machine readable encoded information markings may be easily converted into a âvideo imageâ for display in a real time video from a CCD imager in the film camera or other device. Furthermore this pre-processing machine readable encoded information may be used in conjunction with optical latent image recorded information which becomes machine or human readable after processing as presently provided by film manufacturers according to industry standards.

US Patent:

6588904, Jul 8, 2003

Filed:

Oct 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/982462

Inventors:

Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY
Christopher L. Dumont - Webster NY
Kenneth J. Repich - Fairport NY
Alan T. Brewen - Pittsford NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 148

US Classification:

352228, 352229, 353 95

Abstract:

A system for compensating for film flutter in a motion picture film projector during projection of a motion picture film comprising multiple film image frames is described, the system comprising sensing the position of film image frames in a film gate of the projector relative to the focal plane of the projection lens assembly of the projector as the film image frames are being projected, and correcting the position of the film in the film gate of the projector or the position of the focal plane of the projection lens assembly to reduce the distance between the film image and the focal plane of the projection lens assembly as the film image frames are being projected, wherein the correction of the position of an individual film image frame in the film gate or that of the position of the focal plane of the projection lens assembly during projection of the individual frame image is based on the actual sensed position of the individual film image frame in the film gate, or on the position of a previously projected film image frame which was sensed as it was being projected.

US Patent:

6717649, Apr 6, 2004

Filed:

Apr 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/116939

Inventors:

Joshua M. Cobb - Victor NY
Jeffery R. Hawver - Rochester NY
Andrea S. Rivers - Bloomfield NY
Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 2732

US Classification:

355 33, 355 22, 347248

Abstract:

A method of sensing the pitch or relative location of a lenticular lens on a sheet of transparent lenticular material of the type having a repeating pattern of cylindrical lenses on one side and a flat opposite side, comprising the steps of: forming a beam of light; focusing the beam of light into a spot smaller than the pitch of the cylindrical lenses onto the lenticular material; moving the lenticular material relative to the beam in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the cylindrical lenses to modulate the angle of reflection or refraction of the beam of light; and sensing the position of the modulated beam of light to determine the pitch or relative location of lenticular material to the focused spot.

US Patent:

6727972, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Apr 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/116889

Inventors:

Joshua M. Cobb - Victor NY
Jeffery R. Hawver - Rochester NY
Andrea S. Rivers - Bloomfield NY
Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 2732

US Classification:

355 22, 355 33, 347248

Abstract:

A method of sensing the pitch or relative location of a lenticular lens on a sheet of transparent lenticular material of the type having a repeating pattern of cylindrical lenses on one side and a flat opposite side, comprising the steps of: forming a beam of light; focusing the beam of light into a spot smaller than the pitch of the cylindrical lenses onto the lenticular material; moving the lenticular material relative to the beam in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the cylindrical lenses to modulate the angle of reflection or refraction of the beam of light; and sensing the position of the modulated beam of light to determine the pitch or relative location of lenticular material to the focused spot.

US Patent:

6868190, Mar 15, 2005

Filed:

Oct 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/692282

Inventors:

Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G06K009/64

US Classification:

382278, 382209, 382274, 382275, 358 326, 358 327, 358463, 34820842, 34820813

Abstract:

A process for transforming digital source image data to provide a desired image look at the end of an imaging step chain is described comprising: defining desired values for at least two image look parameters associated with the desired image look; sensing the values of the defined image look parameters for the digital source image data; and modifying the digital source image data to provide digital output image data with at least one image look parameter value closer to the defined image look parameter value associated with the desired image look. The desired image look parameters may be defined with respect to an image to be displayed after further processing of the digital output image data downstream of the modifying step, information may be provided on the characteristics of the downstream processing, and the modifying step may be designed to compensate for effects of the downstream processing on the desired image look parameters.

US Patent:

6909491, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

Nov 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/285921

Inventors:

Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY, US
Gabriel Fielding - Webster NY, US
Michelle A. Maurer - Rochester NY, US
Christopher L. Dumont - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B019/18
G06T015/00

US Classification:

355 38, 345419

Abstract:

A method is described for processing motion picture scene data through a process in which the scene data is initially acquired from a film or an electronic camera and ultimately projected onto a screen, wherein image losses potentially occur during distribution and projection stages of the process. The method includes the steps of: (a) representing the scene data in a non-linear space; and (b) compensating for the image losses associated with the distribution and projection stages at a point in the process before they occur by converting the scene data into an intermediate space representing the space in which the losses occur and filtering the scene data in the intermediate space to compensate the scene data for the losses. Additional steps provide additional benefits, including the steps of: (a) digitally scaling the digital scene data anamorphically to provide an image that makes full use of the available film space on the film; (b) recording multiple intermediate prints from the digital scene data and performing a single printing step to make each release print from an intermediate print; and (c) using motion compensated frame averaging to digitally remove noise.

US Patent:

7088388, Aug 8, 2006

Filed:

Feb 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/072251

Inventors:

Steven D. MacLean - Webster NY, US
Roger A. Morton - Penfield NY, US
Kenneth A. Parulski - Rochester NY, US
Nestor M. Rodriguez - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

H04N 9/68

US Classification:

348234, 348238, 3482281, 3482291

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for calibrating a sensor for highlights and for processing highlights is described. In an embodiment, a method includes identifying highlight regions in an image of a scene. The method further includes calculating flare intensity values for the image using the locations of the highlight regions. The method also includes subtracting the flare intensity values from the image.