Patents by Inventor Zhouning Li

Zhouning Li 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).

  • User interface of query by color statistics
    Patent number: 6647141
    Abstract: A system and method for manipulating a histogram to perform query by color statistics are described. In one embodiment, color elements of an object based upon a color space are quantized and a histogram is created from the color elements. Further, the histogram is manipulated and displayed. In one embodiment, a database of images is queried by comparing the edited histogram with at least one existing histogram maintained in the database and at least one image corresponding to the at least one existing histogram is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Zhouning Li