Patents by Inventor Jia-Hou CHANG

Jia-Hou CHANG 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: 8897548
    Abstract: A low-complexity method of converting 2D images/videos into 3D ones includes the steps of identifying whether each pixel in one of the frames is an edge feature point; locating at least two vanishing lines in the frame according to the edge feature point; categorizing the frame into the one of close-up photographic feature, of landscape feature, and of vanishing-area feature; if the frame is identified to have the vanishing-area feature or the landscape feature to generate a GDM; and apply a modificatory procedure to the GDM to generate a final depth information map; if the frame is identified to have the close-up photographic feature, distinguish between a foreground object and a background information in the frame and define the depth of field to generate the final depth information map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: National Chung Cheng University
    Inventors: Jiun-In Guo, Jui-Sheng Lee, Cheng-An Chien, Jia-Hou Chang, Cheng-Yen Chang
  • Publication number: 20140294287
    Abstract: A low-complexity method of converting 2D images/videos into 3D ones includes the steps of identifying whether each pixel in one of the frames is an edge feature point; locating at least two vanishing lines in the frame according to the edge feature point; categorizing the frame into the one of close-up photographic feature, of landscape feature, and of vanishing-area feature; if the frame is identified to have the vanishing-area feature or the landscape feature to generate a GDM; and apply a modificatory procedure to the GDM to generate a final depth information map; if the frame is identified to have the close-up photographic feature, distinguish between a foreground object and a background information in the frame and define the depth of field to generate the final depth information map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: National Chung Cheng University
    Inventors: Jiun-In GUO, Jui-Sheng LEE, Cheng-An CHIEN, Jia-Hou CHANG, Cheng-Yen Chang
  • Publication number: 20140111605
    Abstract: A low-complexity panoramic image and video stitching method includes the steps of (1) providing a first image/video and a second image/video; (2) carrying out an image/video alignment to locate a plurality of common features from the first and second images/videos and to align the first and second images/videos pursuant to the common features; (3) carrying out an image/video projection and warping to make the first and second coordinates of the common features in the first and second images/videos correspond to each other and to stitch the first and second images/videos according to the mutually corresponsive first and second coordinates; (4) carrying out an image/video repairing and blending for compensating chromatic aberrations of at least one seam between the first and second images/videos; and outputting the stitched first and second images/videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiun-In GUO, Jia-Hou CHANG, Cheng-An CHIEN