Patents by Inventor Wei Ting Dong

Wei Ting Dong 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: 11100623
    Abstract: A method of estimating an indoor lighting condition includes acquiring an image from a camera at a location within an indoor space at a selected time, determining the location from which the image is taken, and estimating an outdoor sunlight density based on the location and the selected time. The method also includes collecting a plurality of daylight factors, each daylight factor of the plurality of daylight factors corresponding to a characteristic of the indoor space, calculating an indoor daylight index for the indoor space in real time based on the outdoor sunlight density and the plurality of daylight factors, and presenting the indoor daylight index to a user in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Howard N. Anglin, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 11093542
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for multimedia object management. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is disclosed and the method may be implemented by one or more processors in a computer. In the method, a graphic pattern indicating a request for searching in a repository for at least one target object may be received. A search condition may be obtained from the received graphic pattern by a graphical analysis. Based on an association model indicating associations between the search condition and at least one feature of one or more objects in the repository, at least one target object may be found according to the obtained search condition. In other implementations, a computer-implemented system and a computer program product for searching for at least one target object is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Ying Li, Su Liu, Jun Qian Zhou
  • Patent number: 10929705
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery specified by the user. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20200349693
    Abstract: A method of estimating an indoor lighting condition includes acquiring an image from a camera at a location within an indoor space at a selected time, determining the location from which the image is taken, and estimating an outdoor sunlight density based on the location and the selected time. The method also includes collecting a plurality of daylight factors, each daylight factor of the plurality of daylight factors corresponding to a characteristic of the indoor space, calculating an indoor daylight index for the indoor space in real time based on the outdoor sunlight density and the plurality of daylight factors, and presenting the indoor daylight index to a user in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Howard N. Anglin, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20200151493
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery specified by the user. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 10650266
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 10599945
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery specified by the user. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20190377968
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20190095445
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for multimedia object management. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is disclosed and the method may be implemented by one or more processors in a computer. In the method, a graphic pattern indicating a request for searching in a repository for at least one target object may be received. A search condition may be obtained from the received graphic pattern by a graphical analysis. Based on an association model indicating associations between the search condition and at least one feature of one or more objects in the repository, at least one target object may be found according to the obtained search condition. In other implementations, a computer-implemented system and a computer program product for searching for at least one target object is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Ying Li, Su Liu, Jun Qian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190057279
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for cataloging images based on a gridded color histogram analysis. The computer accesses an image gallery specified by a user, wherein the image gallery is at least one of an image gallery stored on a user computing device, an image gallery stored on a user account at a third-party image storage, or an image gallery searched on the web. The computer receives a request to search the image gallery specified by the user. The computer performs a search of the image gallery, wherein the search is using a color based histogram algorithm based on a user input. The computer transmits a cataloged and sorted image gallery to the user computing device to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Wei Ting Dong, Shi Kun Li, Su Liu