Patents by Inventor Kai Ho Edgar Cheung

Kai Ho Edgar Cheung 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).

  • Publication number: 20230110393
    Abstract: A method for image transformation including receiving, from an electronic device, an input image having represented therein an object having a predefined region with a selected characteristic, extracting, from the input image, an isolated image corresponding to the predefined region, inputting the isolated image into a baseline generator, trained by an offline unbalanced neural network, that generates a new image that represents a modification to the predefined region in which the selected characteristic is replaced with a baseline characteristic, and generating an output image that reflects a modification of the input image to include a representation of the new image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuhui Jiang, Aneesh Bhat, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung, Yun Fu
  • Publication number: 20220386759
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Songyao Jiang, Bin Sun, Haiyi Mao, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
  • Patent number: 11039675
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Bin Sun, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
  • Publication number: 20200015575
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Shiseido Americas Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Songyao Jiang, Bin Sun, Haiyi Mao, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
  • Publication number: 20190289986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Shiseido Americas Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Songyao Jiang, Bin Sun, Haiyi Mao, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
  • Publication number: 20190269224
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Shiseido Americas Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Songyao Jiang, Bin Sun, Haiyi Mao, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
  • Publication number: 20190014884
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Shuyang Wang, Sumin Lee, Songyao Jiang, Bin Sun, Haiyi Mao, Kai Ho Edgar Cheung