Patents Examined by Amir Shahmiri
  • Patent number: 8614714
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory for storing instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes combining, in a nonlinear manner, a first set of vertex displacements that represent the difference between a first animated expression and a neutral animated expression with a second set of vertex displacements that represent the difference between a second animated expression and the neutral animated expression. The number of vertices associated with the first set of vertex displacements of the first animated expression is equivalent to the number of vertices associated with the second set of vertex displacements of the second animated expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Koperwas, Frederic P. Pighin
  • Patent number: 8576251
    Abstract: A scaling-up control method and a scaling-up control apparatus are used in a display device. The display device includes a scaler for converting an original image signal into an output image signal by performing a linear interpolation. Moreover, by utilizing a global locking mechanism and a local locking mechanism to perform the linear interpolation to determine the actual position of the interpolated pixel, the position error of the pixel position is largely reduced. Since the difference between the calculated pixel value and the ideal pixel value is reduced, the imaging quality of the output image signal is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Ming Hsu, Yu-Hsien Yang, Li-Ru Lyu