Patents by Inventor Zhi-Guang Zhou

Zhi-Guang Zhou 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: 7440037
    Abstract: Anti-aliasing characters for improved display on an interlaced television monitor is described. In one implementation, an expanded character is generated by increasing a character's original dimensions. The expanded character includes multiple sub-blocks and each sub-block includes multiple pixels. The pixels of each sub-block are mapped to a single destination color that is based on specific numbers of foreground pixels in the sub-block and a particular number of gray levels used to represent the character. Subsequent to this mapping, the expanded character is scaled back to its original size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Rong Wang, You-Shun Liu, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Shan Xu
  • Publication number: 20060092176
    Abstract: Anti-aliasing characters for improved display on an interlaced television monitor is described. In one implementation, an expanded character is generated by increasing a character's original dimensions. The expanded character includes multiple sub-blocks and each sub-block includes multiple pixels. The pixels of each sub-block are mapped to a single destination color that is based on specific numbers of foreground pixels in the sub-block and a particular number of gray levels used to represent the character. Subsequent to this mapping, the expanded character is scaled back to its original size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Rong Wang, You-Shun Liu, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Shan Xu
  • Patent number: 6995803
    Abstract: The described arrangements and procedures anti-alias a character for display on a monitor such as an interlaced television monitor. In one implementation, an expanded character is generated by increasing a character's original dimensions. The expanded character includes multiple sub-blocks and each sub-block includes multiple pixels. The pixels of each sub-block are mapped to a single destination color that is based on specific numbers of foreground pixels in the sub-block and a particular number of gray levels used to represent the character. Subsequent to this mapping, the expanded character is scaled back to its original size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Rong Wang, You-Shun Liu, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Shan Xu
  • Publication number: 20050172323
    Abstract: Television web services are described. In an implementation, a method includes exposing one or more web services over a web service interface to a plurality of applications. Each of the web services relates to television programming and at least two of the applications are not compatible with other. One or more requests received at the web service interface from at least one of the applications are processed by a corresponding one of the web services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Yu Yang, Zhi-Guang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20040172648
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided which allows a user to navigate through channels with programs that share related attribute information, such as a common category. The channels can include at least one broadcast channel that presents programs at scheduled times, and at least one on-demand channel that presents programs for viewing at user-specified times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Shan Xu, Peter T. Barrett, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Zhi Zheng, Mingda Pan, Qin Hong, Youshun Liu, Yu Yang, Yurong Wang
  • Publication number: 20030218694
    Abstract: The described arrangements and procedures anti-alias a character for display on a monitor such as an interlaced television monitor. In one implementation, an expanded character is generated by increasing a character's original dimensions. The expanded character includes multiple sub-blocks and each sub-block includes multiple pixels. The pixels of each sub-block are mapped to a single destination color that is based on specific numbers of foreground pixels in the sub-block and a particular number of gray levels used to represent the character. Subsequent to this mapping, the expanded character is scaled back to its original size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yu-Rong Wang, You-Shun Liu, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Shan Xu