Patents by Inventor Liang-Kang Huang
Liang-Kang Huang 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).
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Patent number: 10366540Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a displayer, a graphic processing circuit, sensors and a control circuit. The displayer is configured for displaying a virtual reality scene or an augmented reality scene. The graphic processing circuit is coupled to the displayer. The graphic processing circuit is configured for computing a plurality of scene segments in the virtual reality scene or the augmented reality scene. The sensors are configured for collecting attention factors. The control circuit is coupled to the sensors and the graphic processing circuit. The control circuit is adapted to generate an attention map according to the attention factors. The attention map indicates priority rankings of the scene segments. The control circuit is further adapted to allocate a distribution of computational resources of the graphic processing circuit between the scene segments according to the priority rankings. The scene segments are computed differentially according to the distribution of computational resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Edward Chang, Liang-Kang Huang, Chih-Yang Chen
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Patent number: 10152827Abstract: A method to provide a 3D outfit model able to be adjusted corresponding to a 3D human model. The method includes following steps. A three-dimensional (3D) human model is provided, and vertices of the 3D human model are located at first positions. A 3D outfit model is provided, and vertices of the 3D outfit model are located at second positions. In response to that the 3D human model is deformed and the vertices of the 3D human model are displaced from the first positions to third positions, the 3D outfit model is adjusted corresponding to the 3D human model, by setting each of the vertices of the 3D outfit model to fourth positions according to the second positions and displacements of the vertices of the 3D human model between the first positions and the third positions.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Sheng-Jie Luo, Liang-Kang Huang, Yu-Ting Wu, Tung-Peng Wu
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Patent number: 10148929Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a motion sensor, an image capturing unit, a display unit and a processing unit. A controlling method for the electronic apparatus includes following steps. An initial orientation of the electronic apparatus is obtained by the motion sensor when a first image is captured by the electronic apparatus. A predetermined rotation angle relative to the initial orientation is assigned. A rotation prompt indicating the predetermined rotation angle is displayed via the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Liang-Kang Huang, Yu-Ting Lee, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Chun-Hsiang Huang
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Publication number: 20180276894Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a displayer, a graphic processing circuit, sensors and a control circuit. The displayer is configured for displaying a virtual reality scene or an augmented reality scene. The graphic processing circuit is coupled to the displayer. The graphic processing circuit is configured for computing a plurality of scene segments in the virtual reality scene or the augmented reality scene. The sensors are configured for collecting attention factors. The control circuit is coupled to the sensors and the graphic processing circuit. The control circuit is adapted to generate an attention map according to the attention factors. The attention map indicates priority rankings of the scene segments. The control circuit is further adapted to allocate a distribution of computational resources of the graphic processing circuit between the scene segments according to the priority rankings. The scene segments are computed differentially according to the distribution of computational resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Edward CHANG, Liang-Kang HUANG, Chih-Yang CHEN
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Patent number: 10073543Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an original designation region relative to an image; receiving a user input on the image, in which the user input is at least one stroke on the image; segmenting a regional area corresponding to the stroke to update the original designation region, in which the regional area at least partially overlaps with the original designation region.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Sheng-Jie Luo, Liang-Kang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Tung-Peng Wu
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Patent number: 9704258Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Sheng-Jie Luo, Liang-Kang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Yu-Ting Lee
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Patent number: 9654763Abstract: A controlling method suitable for an electronic apparatus is disclosed herein. The electronic apparatus includes a first image-capturing unit and a second image-capturing unit. The controlling method includes steps of: obtaining a plurality of second images by the second image-capturing unit when the first image-capturing unit is operated to capture a plurality of first images for a stereo process; detecting an object in the second images; calculating a relative displacement of the object in the second images; and, determining whether the first images are captured by an inappropriate gesture according to the relative displacement calculated from the second images.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Chun-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Ting Lee, Liang-Kang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Edward Chang
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Publication number: 20160358339Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sheng-Jie LUO, Liang-Kang HUANG, Tzu-Hao KUO, Yu-Ting LEE
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Patent number: 9491366Abstract: An electronic device and an image composition method thereof are provided. The electronic device selects a plurality of key images from a plurality of images corresponding to a scene according to a first image characteristic, and selects at least two portions from the plurality of key images according to a second image characteristic. Each of the at least two portions corresponds to different regions of the scene. Then, the electronic device generates a composite image corresponding to the scene by combining the at least two portions and provide the composite image and at least two of the key images from which the at least two portions are selected to a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Hsiang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Liang-Kang Huang
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Patent number: 9466118Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Sheng-Jie Luo, Liang-Kang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo, Yu-Ting Lee
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Patent number: 9380213Abstract: Image composition apparatuses and methods are provided. The image composition method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of images having at least partial common scene, performing analysis on the plurality of images to determine at least one image feature of the plurality of images, determining at least two sub-regions by comparing the image feature between the plurality of images, determining at least two portions selected from at least two source images among the plurality of images, the at least two portions comprising the at least two sub-regions, generating a composite image by combining the at least two portions, and providing the composite image to a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventors: Liang-Kang Huang, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo
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Publication number: 20160055682Abstract: A method to provide a 3D outfit model able to be adjusted corresponding to a 3D human model. The method includes following steps. A three-dimensional (3D) human model is provided, and vertices of the 3D human model are located at first positions. A 3D outfit model is provided, and vertices of the 3D outfit model are located at second positions. In response to that the 3D human model is deformed and the vertices of the 3D human model are displaced from the first positions to third positions, the 3D outfit model is adjusted corresponding to the 3D human model, by setting each of the vertices of the 3D outfit model to fourth positions according to the second positions and displacements of the vertices of the 3D human model between the first positions and the third positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Sheng-Jie LUO, Liang-Kang HUANG, Yu-Ting WU, Tung-Peng WU
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Patent number: 9179071Abstract: An electronic device and an image selection method thereof are provided. The electronic device is configured to obtain a series of images; determine camera states corresponding to the series of images; select first images from the series of images according to the camera states; determine object states corresponding to the first images; divide the first images into a number of groups according to the object states; and select a candidate image from each of the number of groups. The image selection method is applied to the electronic device to implement the aforesaid operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventors: Tzu-Hao Kuo, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Liang-Kang Huang
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Publication number: 20150253880Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an original designation region relative to an image; receiving a user input on the image, in which the user input is at least one stroke on the image; segmenting a regional area corresponding to the stroke to update the original designation region, in which the regional area at least partially overlaps with the original designation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Sheng-Jie LUO, Liang-Kang HUANG, Tzu-Hao KUO, Tung-Peng WU
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Publication number: 20150206312Abstract: An image segmentation method includes displaying, through a display component, an image; receiving, through a user input component, a user command relative to an original designation region of the image; shrinking the original designation region according to first depth information corresponding to the image to generate a shrunk designation region of the image; generating a plurality of seeds according to the shrunk designation region and the user command; and segmenting the image according to the seeds to obtain at least one segmented region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Sheng-Jie LUO, Liang-Kang HUANG, Tzu-Hao KUO, Yu-Ting LEE
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Publication number: 20150186018Abstract: A touch selection method, an electronic apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed herein. The touch selection method is able to perform a touch selection on a display of an electronic apparatus, in which the display displays content. The touch selection method includes following operations: assigning a selection unit corresponding to one of zoom levels, in which the selection unit includes pixels on the display that are regarded as a minimum selectable component for the touch selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Sheng-Jie LUO, Liang-Kang HUANG, Tzu-Hao KUO
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Publication number: 20140307053Abstract: A controlling method suitable for an electronic apparatus is disclosed herein. The electronic apparatus includes a motion sensor, an image capturing unit, a display unit and a processing unit. The controlling method includes following steps. An initial orientation of the electronic apparatus is obtained by the motion sensor when a first image is captured by the electronic apparatus. A predetermined rotation angle relative to the initial orientation is assigned. A rotation prompt indicating the predetermined rotation angle is displayed via the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: HTC CorporationInventors: Liang-Kang HUANG, Yu-Ting LEE, Tzu-Hao KUO, Chun-Hsiang HUANG
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Publication number: 20140293012Abstract: A controlling method suitable for an electronic apparatus is disclosed herein. The electronic apparatus includes a first image-capturing unit and a second image-capturing unit. The controlling method includes steps of: obtaining a plurality of second images by the second image-capturing unit when the first image-capturing unit is operated to capture a plurality of first images for a stereo process; detecting an object in the second images; calculating a relative displacement of the object in the second images; and, determining whether the first images are captured by an inappropriate gesture according to the relative displacement calculated from the second images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: HTC CorporationInventors: Chun-Hsiang HUANG, Yu-Ting LEE, Liang-Kang HUANG, Tzu-Hao KUO, Edward CHANG
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Publication number: 20140219582Abstract: Image composition apparatuses and methods are provided. The image composition method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of images having at least partial common scene, performing analysis on the plurality of images to determine at least one image feature of the plurality of images, determining at least two sub-regions by comparing the image feature between the plurality of images, determining at least two portions selected from at least two source images among the plurality of images, the at least two portions comprising the at least two sub-regions, generating a composite image by combining the at least two portions, and providing the composite image to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: HTC CorporationInventors: Liang-Kang Huang, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Tzu-Hao Kuo
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Publication number: 20140218555Abstract: An electronic device and an image selection method thereof are provided. The electronic device is configured to obtain a series of images; determine camera states corresponding to the series of images; select first images from the series of images according to the camera states; determine object states corresponding to the first images; divide the first images into a number of groups according to the object states; and select a candidate image from each of the number of groups. The image selection method is applied to the electronic device to implement the aforesaid operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: HTC CorporationInventors: Tzu-Hao Kuo, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Liang-Kang Huang