COPYRIGHTS

    ROBERT M. FREE - hereafter referred to as AUTHOR

    15732 Los Gatos Blvd, #536, Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

PATENTS

    Filed or in Process

  • IHC Color Space - Created 2006 by AUTHOR
    Optimized for visual recognition; provides significant advantages for quantization, compression, and image/video search/collation.

  • MPID Mobile Positive Identification - Created 2008 by AUTHOR for Graphcomp
    Lightweight crypto method that positively identifies mobile devices accessing web services. Does not require SSL libs, is unrestricted for export, and is hardened against spoofing, man-in-middle, and replay attacks.

  • CSD Chromatic Skin Detection< - SN 12/693,338 - Created 2009 by AUTHOR for Graphcomp, filed by Apple
    Optimized skin-tone filtering; reduces false positives and improves detection performance.

  • CBF Crude But Fast Noise Reduction - SN 12/693,352 - Created 2009 by AUTHOR for Graphcomp, filed by Apple.
    Fast despeckler tuned for haar-like detection.

  • 3D Navigation of 2D Video Sequences - Created 2009 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Provides real-time 3D navigation of cached video frames.

  • YUV Chroma Score - SN 12/693,365 - Created 2009 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Analogous to IHC, using UV coordinates for faster sorting and searches.

  • UV Skin Detection - SN 12/693,368 - Created 2009 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Analogous to CSD, using UV coordinates optimized for digital video.

  • Light Source Detection from Synthesized Objects - Created 2010 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Determining light source vectors based on surface normals.

  • Hue-proximity Skin-tone Filtering - Created 2010 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Skin-tone filtering by measuring distance from a given hue.

  • Low Threshold Face Recognition - Created 2010 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Face recognition optimized for low-security use cases.

  • Correlation-less Stitching of Panoramic Images - Created 2010 by AUTHOR, filed by Apple
    Stitching mobile images into a panoramic montage without correlation processing.

COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE

    Source code and visual presentation

  • VIEWER - Copyright 1973-1974 by AUTHOR.
    3D perspective viewing system with hidden line removal and 3D vector fonts.
    Written in APL for the IBM 360 platform and Tektronix display systems.

  • PRMLIB - Copyright 1982 by AUTHOR.
    Virtual graphics programming library.
    Written in FORTRAN for the PRIME/PRIMOS platform and Tektronix display systems.

  • gcDECLIB - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR.
    Virtual graphics and windowing programming library.
    Written in FORTRAN for the VAX/VMS platform and Tektronix display systems.

  • gcDOSLIB - Copyright 1986-1990 by AUTHOR.
    Virtual graphics and windowing programming library.
    Written in MASM for the DOS platform, supporting MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA and TARGA display adapters.

  • gcVIEW - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR.
    3D perspective viewing system.
    Written in FORTRAN and gcDOSLIB.

  • gcVIS - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR.
    Automated 2D to 3D conversion package.
    Written in FORTRAN for the VAX/VMS platform.

  • gcTERRAIN - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR.
    Automated 2D contour to 3D terrain model conversion package.
    Written in FORTRAN for the VAX/VMS platform.

  • gcSLIDE - Copyright 1987 by AUTHOR.
    Vector-based slide presentation system.
    Written in MASM and gcDOSLIB.

  • gcTGRPCX and gcTGRPIC - Copyrights 1987 by AUTHOR.
    Optimized TGRAF to PCX/PIC conversion utilities.
    Written in MASM and gcDOSLIB.

  • gcSCANBIF - Copyright 1988 by AUTHOR.
    Optical scanning to GDS CAD conversion package.
    Written in FORTRAN for the VAX/VMS platform.

  • gcSCAN - Copyright 1988 by AUTHOR.
    DMA-based optical scanning, display and compression system.
    Written in MASM and gcDOSLIB.

  • gcCOGO - Copyright 1989 by AUTHOR.
    HP to PC COGO file conversion package.
    Written in MASM and gcDOSLIB.

  • gcVIEW (MSW) - Copyright 1990 by AUTHOR.
    3D perspective viewing system.
    Written in C and MSW SDK.

  • MUTT Lite - Copyright 1994-1995 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    MUD client with hotkey, automated scripting and trigger support.
    Written in C and MSW SDK.

  • MUTT Live - Copyright 1994-1995 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    MUTT Lite, plus ANSI color, multi-media and animation support.
    Written in C++ and MSW SDK.

  • MUTTAPI - Copyright 1994-1995 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    A MUD DLL and SDK.
    Written in C++ and MSW SDK.

  • MUTT Elite - Copyright 1994-1995 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    MUTT Live, plus MUTTAPI support.
    Written in C++ and MSW SDK.

  • MUTT Esprit - Copyright 1994-1995 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    3D MUD client.
    Written in C++ and MSW SDK.

  • gcMIME - Copyright 1996 by AUTHOR.
    C API and C++ Class Libs for Multipart-MIME, Base64 encode/decode, UUENCODE and UUDECODE support.

  • gcMATX - Copyright 1996 by AUTHOR.
    C API and C++ Class Libs for n-dimensional matrix arithmetic; includes determinant and matrix inversion.

  • Grafman Filters -- Render:MEDIA - Copyright 1996 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    Photoshop plugin filter module that provides 7 image-processing filters and their inverses.
    Written in C++.

  • RFC Indexer & Search Engine - Copyright 1996-1997 by AUTHOR.
    A Web-enabled indexer and search engine optimized for RFC keyword searches.
    Written in Perl.

  • Java Navigator - Copyright 1997 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    Java applet controls for navigation.

  • MUTT-Java - Copyright 1997 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR. A Java MUD Client with interactive web support.

  • gcPoser - Copyright 1997 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    A Java/VRML/EAI Avatar poser.

  • VRML/FS - Copyright 1997 by AUTHOR; Trade Mark held by AUTHOR.
    An ISAPI plugin that supports 3D/VRML navigation of file systems.
    Written in C++.

  • gcDBX - Copyright 2001 by AUTHOR.
    A collection of dbi-based, abstracted DB object classes and subclasses.
    Written as Perl modules.

  • gcAuth - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A object class that implements an optimized, secure, self-validating session key, with a specified lifespan between renewals. Requires no Cookies, nor a DB-hit after initial authentication.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • gcSite - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A base class that that creates a brandable web engine, which partitions code, templates and content - allowing engineers, designers and artists to work independently. Templates may be applied to multiple sites; multiple templates can be applied to a given site. Leverages CSS; requires no Cookies, or other client-side scripting.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • gcData, gcMembers, gcCommunity, gcAdmin - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    Subclasses of gcSite, which provides (respectively) a) data read/right (via XML) and gcDBX, b) authentication and session management (via gcAuth), and access control, c) bulletin boards, messaging and d) tools for creating, eediting, managing content.
    Written as Perl modules.

  • gcSoap - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    Abstracts local object/method calls with remote object/methos calls via SOAP.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • wabLookup - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    Validates an email address from distributed Outlook Express WAB addressbooks on an intranet; used for "whitelist" validation.
    Written in C++ as a DLL/COM object.

  • wabFetch - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A distributed object that updates a central DB with email addresses from Outlook Express WAB addressbooks from an entire intranet.
    Written in C++ as a DLL/COM object.

  • gcSpam - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A object class that provides methods to effectively block spam through the use of blacklists, whitelists and heuristic graylists.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • gcString - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A utility class that provides string tools; in particular, it provides a Diff method to determine the delta between the content of two files.
    Written as a Perl Module.

  • gcKeyword - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    An object class that digests a body of text and performs a statistical analysis on word frequency - for use in indexing the content of text files.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • gcRepo - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    A base class that provides methods to transfer deltas to/from a file repository.
    Written as a Perl module; uses gcSoap.

  • gcSync, gcPush, gcPull - Copyright 2003 by AUTHOR.
    Respectively subclasses gcRepo to provide differential syncing, pushing and pulling of files, to/from a repository.
    Written as Perl Modules.

  • gcPlaylist - Copyright 2004 by AUTHOR.
    Subclasses gcRepo to generate a random list of files from a repository that fit within a specified footprint, creates a differential list based on what already exists on the client, downloads the new files and constructs a playlist for use with a media player.
    Written as a Perl Module; works on a PocketPCs.

  • gcUUID - Copyright 2004 by AUTHOR.
    An object class that generates universally unique IDs. Reproduceable UUIDs can be generated from user parameters; randomly unique UUIDs can be automatically generated from NIC, time and random keys. Provides a GenGUID method which produces MS-compliant GUIDs.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • gcTV - Copyright 2004 by AUTHOR.
    An object class that implements TiVo's Home Media Option Music & Photos, and Discovery specifications. Implements image caching, rotation and scaling, and song streaming.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • TiVoBeacon, TiVoServer - Copyright 2004 by AUTHOR.
    Respectively, a UDP discovery server for TiVo recorders, and a lightweight HTTP server that support queries and media serving for TiVo recorders.
    Written in Perl, using gcTV.

  • gcSpooler, gcJob, gcMailer - Copyright 2005 by AUTHOR.
    Respectively provides a) a spooler base class, b) a job management subclass and c) an email-specific job class for sending email notification.
    Written as Perl modules.

  • gcNewsLetter - Copyright 2005 by AUTHOR.
    Subclasses of gcAdmin(tm), which provides an interface for uploading/managing mail groups and to send email to groups of members.
    Written as Perl modules using gcDBX(tm).

  • gc3D, gcMaterial, gcTransform, gcMesh, gcPrimitives, gcNodeFormat - Copyright 2005 by AUTHOR.
    Classes supporting the generation of 3D scene graphs and primitives. Written as Perl modules.

  • gcVRML, gcNVSG, gcDirectX - Copyright 2005 by AUTHOR.
    Subclasses of gc3D(tm), which provides output for (respectively) VRML, NVSG and DirectX
    Written as Perl modules.

  • Video3D - Copyright 2005 by AUTHOR.
    GPU tecnology to alter camera angles in real-time, within post-process video.
    Written DirectX/C++.

  • gcCaptcha - Copyright 2007 by AUTHOR.
    3D Captcha and authentication system.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • OpenGL::Server - Copyright 2007 by AUTHOR.
    Distributed OpenGL Server.
    Written as a Perl module.

  • POGL OpenGL-Image - Copyright 2007-2008 by AUTHOR.
    Optimized imaging abstraction for OpenGL.
    Written in c.

  • POGL OpenGL-Shader - Copyright 2007-2008 by AUTHOR.
    OpenGL shader abstraction.
    Written in c.

  • gcStitcher - Copyright 2008 by AUTHOR.
    GPU-based panoramic stitcher used to harvest video scenegraphs.
    Written in POGL.

  • Clydomania - Copyright 2009 by AUTHOR.
    GPU-based kaleidoscope iPhone app.
    Written in Objective-C.

  • BugEyes - Copyright 2009 by AUTHOR.
    iPhone app that superimposes OpenGL eyes over faces from a camera photo, using haar-like detection of faces/feature.
    Written in Objective-C.

  • Tiveras - Copyright 2009 by AUTHOR.
    TiVo Home Media server implemented on an iPhone that shares peer-to-peer photos.
    Written in Objective-C.

  • Grafman’s Media 1 - Copyright 2009 by AUTHOR.
    A suite of imaging filters implemented on an iPhone app.
    Written in Objective-C.

  • Stitcher - Copyright 2009 by AUTHOR.
    GPU-based panoramic stitcher implemented as an iPhone app.
    Written in Objective-C.

  • gcHaar, gcObjectDetect, gcFaceDetect - Copyright 2011 by AUTHOR.
    GPU-enhanced 2D object detector for mobile devices, desktop and server-side applications. 2x-17x faster than OpenCV, depending on optimization features. Written in portable C, optimized for iOS (iPhone/iPad).

COPYRIGHTED WEB CONTENT

    Authoring & Publishing

  • Graphcomp - Copyright 1992-2007 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Grafman Productions - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • The Internet Spec List - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Protocol docs; logo.

  • Jameraude - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Cartoon series; logo.

  • GIF*DOT - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Image generator; logo.

  • MUTT's MUD List - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Script resource; logo.

  • VR-Pick - Copyright 1995-1996 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Product review; logo.

  • VR Snowman - Copyright 1995-1996 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML generator.

  • Grafman's VR Gallery - Copyright 1995-1996 by AUTHOR. VRML world.

  • Jameraude MUD Site - Copyright 1996-1997 by AUTHOR. PennMUSH-based MUD world.

  • VR Bunny - Copyright 1996-1997 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML generator.

  • VR Valentine - Copyright 1996 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML generator.

  • VR Jameraude - Copyright 1996-1997 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML Avatar generator.

  • VR Hero - Copyright 1996 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML Avatar generator.

  • VR Dome - Copyright 1996-1997 by AUTHOR. CGI-based VRML dome generator.

  • POGL: Portable OpenGL Developer's Site - Copyright 2007-2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Voomsta: Video Effects Services - Copyright 2007-2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Unalogo: Image/Logo Registration Service - Copyright 2007-2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Vizcat: Scalable GPU Service - Copyright 2008-2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Clydomania: iPhone App Site - Copyright 2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

  • Tiveras: iPhone App Site - Copyright 2009 and Trademarked by AUTHOR. Publishing; logo.

OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • FFMPEG Logo vhook - 2006 conceived/implemented in C by AUTHOR; contributed by Fabrik Inc.
    Video composting plugin.

  • CPAN OpenGL module - 2007 upgraded to support over 50 OpenGL extensions in C by AUTHOR; contributed by AUTHOR
    3D/GPU Rendering Interface.

  • PerlMagick - 2007 conceived/implemented in C by AUTHOR; contributed by AUTHOR.
    Added new APIs for optimized access to image buffers.

  • CPAN OpenGL::Image module - 2007 conceived/implemented in Perl by AUTHOR; contributed by AUTHOR.
    Optimized interface between OpenGL and image buffers within common imaging libraries. Includes a Targa (TGA) implementation.

  • CPAN OpenGL::Shader module - 2007 conceived/implemented in Perl by AUTHOR; contributed by AUTHOR.
    Abstracted interface for OpenGL shading languages such as ARB (assembly), Cg and GLSL.

  • CPAN OpenGL::Array Extensions - 2008 conceived/implemented in C by AUTHOR; contributed by AUTHOR.
    GPU-optimized interface for common image processing effects (affine transforms, scaling, blur, etc).

COPYRIGHTED DOCUMENTS

    Training manuals and sales materials

  • GDS CAD System Managers Manual - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR. CAD system managers manual.

  • Beginning GDS CAD Users Manual - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR. CAD users manual.

  • Advanced GDS CAD Users Manual - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR. CAD users manual.

  • GDS Executive Seminar - Copyright 1986 by AUTHOR. Seminar booklet.

  • Automated Optical Scanning and Vectorization - Copyright 1987 by AUTHOR. Seminar booklet.

  • MUTTER - Copyright 1994 by AUTHOR. A MUD-based scripting language.

  • MUTTAPI(tm) - Copyright 1994 by AUTHOR. A MUD-based development specification.

  • GraphComp name, logo, letterheads and various product brochures independently conceived and produced from 1986 through 1996 and solely owned, Copyrighted and Trade Marked by AUTHOR.

  • Grafman Productions name, logo, letterheads and various product brochures independently conceived and produced from 1995 through 1996 and solely owned, Copyrighted and Trade Marked by AUTHOR.

COPYRIGHTED FONTS

    Font styles and Bitmaps

  • Hebrew, Cyrillic, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana and Architectural bitmap fonts independently conceived and produced from 1987 through 1990 and solely owned and Copyrighted by AUTHOR.