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William C. Kress
Also filed as: KRESS WILLIAM · KRESS WILLIAM C
16 granted patents·12 pending applications·148 citations·filing 1991–2011
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28 records- 0185US7019868B2Black generation method for CMYK color printer using multiple lookup tables and interpolationSHARP LAB OF AMEIRCA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 28, 2006·60 cites·18 claims
- 0270US7518752B2System and method for two color document renderingTOSHIBA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 14, 2009·3 cites·15 claims
- 0364US8483508B2Digital image tone adjustmentYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 9, 2013·2 cites·17 claims
- 0463US5223891AProduction of second-generation camera-original control tool photographies via photography of digitally-generated transparency of an original sceneEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 29, 1993·27 cites·15 claims
- 0560US7265875B2Halftone super-cell optimization for artifact reductionTOSHIBA TEC KK·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 4, 2007·4 cites·16 claims
- 0660US5987169AMethod for improving chromatic text resolution in images with reduced chromatic bandwidthSHARP LAB OF AMERICA INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 16, 1999·26 cites·13 claims
- 0756US6650438B1Construction of a color transform to reduce effects of scanner metamerismSHARP LAB OF AMERICA INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 18, 2003·19 cites·11 claims
- 0855US8027536B2System and method for image fog scene detectionTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 27, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 0954US7466445B2Color and density calibration of color printersTOSHIBA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 16, 2008·2 cites·18 claims
- 1053US8311327B2System and method for backlit image detectionKRESS WILLIAM C·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 13, 2012·2 cites·12 claims
- 1152US7679782B2System and method for extracting grayscale data in accordance with a prescribed tolerance functionTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 16, 2010·1 cites·9 claims
- 1248US2009245636A1System and method for brightness adjustment for electronic imagesYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1348US2009274383A1System and method for global image enhancement of darkened imageYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1447US8634649B2Backlit scene type detectionYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 21, 2014·0 cites·18 claims
- 1546US2007291316A1Automatic image enhancement using computed predictorsTOSHIBA AND TOSHIBA TEC KABUSH·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 1645US7701618B2Automatic image enhancement using computed predictorsTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 20, 2010·0 cites·17 claims
- 1745US7450271B2System and method for optimizing image output qualityTOSHIBA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·0 cites·12 claims
- 1845US2011116689A1System and method for classification of digital images containing human subjects characteristicsYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 1945US2007296984A1System and method for device specific color space conversionTOSHIBA TEC KK·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2044US7430061B2System and method to eliminate clipping during color conversionTOSHIBA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 30, 2008·0 cites·30 claims
- 2144US2005024430A1Printer profile mapping of input primaries to output primariesFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2240US2009220120A1System and method for artistic scene image detectionYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2340US2009214108A1System and method for isolating near achromatic pixels of a digital imageYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2438US8237989B2Method to improve a halftone by combining halftoning with algorithmic processingHERRON STEPHEN K·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 7, 2012·0 cites·12 claims
- 2538US2010046832A1System and method for backlit image adjustmentKRESS WILLIAM C·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2638US2011026818A1System and method for correction of backlit face imagesYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2738US2011110589A1Image Contrast EnhancementTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2837US2012114265A1Image Contrast EnhancementYEN JONATHAN·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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