Patents by Inventor Din-Chang Tseng

Din-Chang Tseng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8446471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for generating a surrounding seamless bird-view image with distance assistance interface, which process a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different image sensing devices. After that, an assistant marking is determined according to the relationship between acquired image space and the real space and thereby is formed on the surrounding seamless bird-view image so as to assist the driver in the carrier for avoiding collision or events affecting the safety being occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tung-Chuan Wu, Li-Kung Huang, Din-Chang Tseng, Hsin-Liang Shen, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8242895
    Abstract: A method and system for forming a surrounding seamless bird-view image by processing a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different imaging devices is provided in the present invention. During the process, the surrounding images are converted into corresponding bird-images respectively and then an overlapping area corresponding to each two adjacent bird-view images is determined. After that, distances between the pixel in the overlapping area and the boundary of the overlapping area in each adjacent bird-view image is calculated so as to determine a weighting value for each corresponding pixel in each adjacent bird-view image thereby forming an overlapping image, wherein each pixel in the overlapping image is determined according to the weighting value and information of the corresponding pixel in each adjacent image. After determining the overlapping image for each two adjacent bird-view image, it is capable of forming the surrounding seamless bird-view image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang Shen, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, Tung-Chuan Wu, Din-Chang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20110156887
    Abstract: A method and system for forming a surrounding seamless bird-view image by processing a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different imaging devices is provided in the present invention. During the process, the surrounding images are converted into corresponding bird-images respectively and then an overlapping area corresponding to each two adjacent bird-view images is determined. After that, distances between the pixel in the overlapping area and the boundary of the overlapping area in each adjacent bird-view image is calculated so as to determine a weighting value for each corresponding pixel in each adjacent bird-view image thereby forming an overlapping image, wherein each pixel in the overlapping image is determined according to the weighting value and information of the corresponding pixel in each adjacent image. After determining the overlapping image for each two adjacent bird-view image, it is capable of forming the surrounding seamless bird-view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang SHEN, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, Tung-Chuan Wu, Din-Chang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20110157361
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for generating a surrounding seamless bird-view image with distance assistance interface, which process a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different image sensing devices. After that, an assistant marking is determined according to the relationship between acquired image space and the real space and thereby is formed on the surrounding seamless bird-view image so as to assist the driver in the carrier for avoiding collision or events affecting the safety being occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tung-Chuan WU, Li-Kung Huang, Din-Chang Tseng, Hsin-Liang Shen, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 6765480
    Abstract: The present invention is a monocular computer vision technique. The technique is used to aid road vehicle driving for safety. An camera (e.g., camera or TV camera or camcorder) is installed in a vehicle facing to the road in front of the vehicle to capture a sequence of road/scene images for analyzing the driving situation. The situation includes the distance to a front obstacle or vehicle, the speed of the vehicle, and the left/right location of the vehicle in a road lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Din-Chang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20030030546
    Abstract: The present invention is a monocular computer vision technique. The technique is used to aid road vehicle driving for safety. An camera (e.g., camera or TV camera or camcorder) is installed in a vehicle facing to the road in front of the vehicle to capture a sequence of road/scene images for analyzing the driving situation. The situation includes the distance to a front obstacle or vehicle, the speed of the vehicle, and the left/right location of the vehicle in a road lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventor: Din-Chang Tseng