I am sometimes asked about my professional work and various publications. Here is a summary.
Papers
- NSF SBIR Grant: Raster to Object Conversion, 1989.
- Digital Film: Hiding the Raster, 133rd SMPTE Technical Conference, 1991.
- Digital Film Part 2: Good Grays and Continuous Colors, 134th SMPTE Technical Conference, 1992.
- MultiFormat Film Recorders, 2nd Annual Continuous Tone Printing Conference, 1992.
- Lessons in Imaging Science, SMPTE Electronic Imaging Conference, New York, 1993.
- Pixels, Pictures, and Perception, SMPTE New York Section Tutorial, New York, 1994. Also presented at National Association of Broadcasters Convention, Las Vegas, 1995.
- Behind Gamma’s Disguise, SMPTE Journal vol 104, n 7, July 1995.
- Color Film Exposure in CRT Image Recorders, MGI white paper, January 1996
- Deriving Digital Imaging Specifications: Some Requirements for Artifact-Free Continuous Tone Output Part1: Spatial Requirements, IS&T 49th Conference, Minneapolis, 1996.
- Deriving Digital Imaging Specifications: Some Requirements for Artifact-Free Continuous Tone Output Part2: Pixel Intensity Coding, IS&T 49th Conference, Minneapolis, 1996.
- “Digital Color” (Film), Course 28, SIGGRAPH 96, New Orleans.
- “Scanning and Recording of Motion Picture Film” (CRT film recording), SIGGRAPH 97, Los Angeles.
- The Colors of the Stars, Sixth Color Imaging Conference, 1998. Featured as keynote presentation at RIT Industrial Partners Conference, 1999.
- Smooth Ramps: Walking the Straight and Narrow path through Color Space, Seventh Color Imaging Conference, 1999.
- The Colors of the Deep Sky, IS&T/SID Tenth Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale AZ, 2002, (Cactus Award second place winner).
- The Colors of the Deep Sky, Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, vol 47, n 6, November 2003.
- High Dynamic Range Astronomical Imaging, Color and Imaging Conference 15, San Jose CA, 2007.
- Optimizing Anaglyph Colors, Color and Imaging Conference 17, Albuquerque NM, 2009.
- Underwater Color Correction, Color and Imaging Conference 25, Lillehammer Norway, 2017. (Another second place Cactus Award).
Patents
- 4,312,359 Noninvasive blood pressure measuring system (1982)
- 4,754,334 Image recorder having automatic alignment method and apparatus (1988)
- 5,170,182 Apparatus and method for registering an image on a recording medium (1992)
- 5,389,985 Image recording apparatus and rearview CRT therefore
- D419,185 Perforated paper blank for color matching strips
- 6,112,665 Method and computer generated swatch cards for matching colors
- 6,381,036 Method for determining printer colorant levels
- 6,539,323 Methods and apparatus for correcting spectral color measurements
- 6,647,149 Methods and apparatus for securely transmitting digital image data
- 7,027,655 Digital image compression with spatially varying quality levels… by identifying areas of interest
- 7,302,103, 7397,961 Apparatus and methods for digital image compression
- 7,598,964 Apparatus and methods for editing hue and saturation in color profiles
- 8,013,871 Apparatus and methods for selective color editing of color profiles
- 8,243,326 Methods and apparatus for color profile editing
- 9,786,094 Method and apparatus for creating a dimensional layer for an image file
- 9,952,539, 10,114,307 Method and apparatus for variable gloss reduction
- 10,447,896 Interactive three-dimensional (3D) color histograms