Michael Tinker
Sarnoff Corporation
23 Papers
668 Citations
Michael Tinker is an academic researcher from Sarnoff Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Image processing & Digital image processing. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 23 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael Tinker include Wilmington University & SRI International.
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Papers
Patent
Secure information distribution system utilizing information segment scrambling
Glenn Arthur Reitmeier,Michael Tinker +1 more
- 12 Aug 1999
TL;DR: A method and apparatus for securing and, optionally, distributing an information stream by dividing the information stream into a collection of segments and compressing the segments, rearranging the order of the segments and encrypting the segments is described in this article.
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Method and system for rendering and combining images to form a synthesized view of a scene containing image information from a second image
Rakesh Kumar,James Keith Hanna,R. James Bergen,Padmanabhan Anandan,Kevin Williams,Michael Tinker +5 more
- 25 Aug 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, an image processing system for imaging a scene to mosaic, selecting a new viewpoint of the scene, and rendering a synthetic image from the mosaic of a scene from that new viewpoint is presented.
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Region-based information compaction as for digital images
Glenn Arthur Reitmeier,Michael Tinker +1 more
- 19 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for preserving the dynamic range of a relatively high dynamic range information stream (S1), illustratively a high resolution video signal, subjected to a relatively low dynamic range encoding (230, 15) and/or transport (235, 30) process(es).
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Enhanced MPEG information distribution apparatus and method
Michael Tinker,Jeremy D. Pollack,Glenn Arthur Reitmeier +2 more
- 05 Jun 1998
TL;DR: In this article, a method and concomitant apparatus for compressing, multiplexing and, in optional embodiments, encrypting, transporting, decrypting, decompressing and presenting high quality video information in a manner that substantially preserves the fidelity of the video information.
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Method and apparatus for providing strobed image capture
Dominick Loiacono,James R. Matey,Oleg Naroditsky,Michael Tinker,Thomas Zappia +4 more
- 28 Mar 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a method and apparatus for strobed image capture includes stroboscopic illumination synchronized with one or more cameras to improve a signal to noise ratio, reduce motion blur and avoid object damage in sensor systems used to analyze illumination sensitive objects.
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