Patents by Inventor Che-Tsung Lin

Che-Tsung Lin 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: 10803355
    Abstract: A method for training an image generator includes multiple iterations, each including: inputting a real image the a first generator; generating a generated image by an image transformation branch of the first generator; inputting the generated image to a discriminator; obtaining a loss value from the discriminator; generating a segmented image by an image segmentation branch of the first generator; obtaining a segmentation loss value according to the segmented image; inputting the generated image to a second generator; generating a reconstructed image by the second generator; and obtaining a reconstruction loss value according to the reconstructed and the real images. Difference in network weights of the image transformation and segmentation branches is compared to obtain a similarity loss value. Network parameters of the first and the second generators are updated according to the loss value, the segmentation loss value, the reconstruction loss value and the similarity loss value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Che-Tsung Lin
  • Patent number: 10718620
    Abstract: A navigation and positioning device including a storage, a mark feature analyzer, a first coordinate fusion component and a second coordinate fusion component is provided. The storage stores map information including a traffic mark feature and its mark coordinate. The mark feature analyzer is used for analyzing whether a captured image has the traffic mark feature. When the captured image has the traffic mark feature, the mark feature analyzer analyzes the traffic mark feature in the captured image and calculates a device coordinate according to the mark coordinate. The first coordinate fusion component fuses the device coordinate and a first fusion coordinate and uses fused coordinate as a second fusion coordinate. The second coordinate fusion component fuses the second fusion coordinate, traffic carrier inertial information and a global positioning coordinate and uses fused coordinate as an updated first fusion coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Xuan Wu, Yu-Yin Peng, Pin-Yung Chen, Che-Tsung Lin, Kang Li
  • Publication number: 20200202174
    Abstract: A method for training an image generator includes multiple iterations, each including: inputting a real image the a first generator; generating a generated image by an image transformation branch of the first generator; inputting the generated image to a discriminator; obtaining a loss value from the discriminator; generating a segmented image by an image segmentation branch of the first generator; obtaining a segmentation loss value according to the segmented image; inputting the generated image to a second generator; generating a reconstructed image by the second generator; and obtaining a reconstruction loss value according to the reconstructed and the real images. Difference in network weights of the image transformation and segmentation branches is compared to obtain a similarity loss value. Network parameters of the first and the second generators are updated according to the loss value, the segmentation loss value, the reconstruction loss value and the similarity loss value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Che-Tsung LIN
  • Publication number: 20200191577
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for road image reconstruction and a system thereof. The method for road image reconstruction includes: a capturing step, capturing an image It-n at time t-n and an image It at time t, the image It-n at time t-n and the image It at time t including identical road surface pixels and different road surface pixels; an analyzing step, analyzing the image It-n at time t-n and the image It at time t to obtain a plurality of feature correspondences; an estimating step, estimating a geometric relationship between the image It-n at time t-n and the image It at time t from the feature correspondences; and a stitching step, stitching the image It-n at time t-n and the image It at time t into a complete road image It-n, t according to the geometric relationship of the feature correspondences, and distances between the identical road surface pixels and the different road surface pixels in the image It-n at time t-n and the image It at time t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Che-Tsung Lin
  • Publication number: 20190086215
    Abstract: A navigation and positioning device including a storage, a mark feature analyzer, a first coordinate fusion component and a second coordinate fusion component is provided. The storage stores map information including a traffic mark feature and its mark coordinate. The mark feature analyzer is used for analyzing whether a captured image has the traffic mark feature. When the captured image has the traffic mark feature, the mark feature analyzer analyzes the traffic mark feature in the captured image and calculates a device coordinate according to the mark coordinate. The first coordinate fusion component fuses the device coordinate and a first fusion coordinate and uses fused coordinate as a second fusion coordinate. The second coordinate fusion component fuses the second fusion coordinate, traffic carrier inertial information and a global positioning coordinate and uses fused coordinate as an updated first fusion coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Xuan WU, Yu-Yin PENG, Pin-Yung CHEN, Che-Tsung LIN, Kang LI
  • Patent number: 10192287
    Abstract: An image processing method is adapted to process images captured by at least two cameras in an image system. In an embodiment, the image processing method comprises: matching two corresponding feature points for two images, respectively, to become a feature point set; selecting at least five most suitable feature point sets, by using an iterative algorithm; calculating a most suitable radial distortion homography between the two images, according to the at least five most suitable feature point sets; and fusing the images captured by the at least two cameras at each of timing sequences, by using the most suitable radial distortion homography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Wei Chan, Che-Tsung Lin
  • Patent number: 10037597
    Abstract: An image inpainting method includes the following steps: segmenting image, acquiring a plurality of images, and having the plurality of images segment into noise-contained pixel images and non-noise-contained pixel images, and confirming the positions of every noise pixel of the noise pixel image; and performing inpainting in light of the noise-contained pixel images, finding out the offset map and geometric relationship of the pixel corresponding relationship without being subjected to the affection of noise and having the pixel corresponding relationship with minimum parallax, making use of the offset map or the geometric relationship to extract corresponding pixel that is not subjected to the affection of noise, performing inpainting and substituting the noise pixel in the plurality of images to generate at least a synthetic image without containing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Wei Chan, Che-Tsung Lin
  • Publication number: 20180150939
    Abstract: An image processing method is adapted to process images captured by at least two cameras in an image system. In an embodiment, the image processing method comprises: matching two corresponding feature points for two images, respectively, to become a feature point set; selecting at least five most suitable feature point sets, by using an iterative algorithm; calculating a most suitable radial distortion homography between the two images, according to the at least five most suitable feature point sets; and fusing the images captured by the at least two cameras at each of timing sequences, by using the most suitable radial distortion homography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Sheng-Wei CHAN, Che-Tsung LIN
  • Patent number: 9734427
    Abstract: Surveillance systems with a plurality of cameras and image processing method thereof are provided. Based on a plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras, some of the images are translucentized with other images and the other images are stitched with each other according to the space geometrical relations of cameras. The benefit of the surveillance system is that monitoring the field surveilled by each camera is no longer necessary to watch each image separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Che-Tsung Lin, Yu-Chen Lin
  • Publication number: 20170132764
    Abstract: An image inpainting method includes the following steps: segmenting image, acquiring a plurality of images, and having the plurality of images segment into noise-contained pixel images and non-noise-contained pixel images, and confirming the positions of every noise pixel of the noise pixel image; and performing inpainting in light of the noise-contained pixel images, finding out the offset map and geometric relationship of the pixel corresponding relationship without being subjected to the affection of noise and having the pixel corresponding relationship with minimum parallax, making use of the offset map or the geometric relationship to extract corresponding pixel that is not subjected to the affection of noise, performing inpainting and substituting the noise pixel in the plurality of images to generate at least a synthetic image without containing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: SHENG-WEI CHAN, CHE-TSUNG LIN
  • Publication number: 20160142644
    Abstract: Surveillance systems with a plurality of cameras and image processing method thereof are provided. Based on a plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras, some of the images are translucentized with other images and the other images are stitched with each other according to the space geometrical relations of cameras. The benefit of the surveillance system is that monitoring the field surveilled by each camera is no longer necessary to watch each image separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Che-Tsung LIN, Yu-Chen LIN
  • Patent number: 9311818
    Abstract: A dynamic fusion method of images includes: receiving broadcast information from surrounding vehicles of a host vehicle; determining whether at least one of the surrounding vehicles travels in the same lane as the host vehicle to become a neighboring vehicle of the host vehicle according to the broadcast information; determining whether the neighboring vehicle is too close to the host vehicle and blocks the view of the host vehicle; and performing a transparentization or translucentization process on the neighboring vehicle in an image captured by the host vehicle when the neighboring vehicle blocks the view of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Che-Tsung Lin, Yu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 9224052
    Abstract: A method for in-image periodic noise pixel inpainting is provided. It is determined whether a current frame includes periodic noise pixels, and locations of periodic noise pixels are identified. Non-periodic-noise pixels in a reference frame are utilized to inpaint the periodic noise pixels in the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Che-Tsung Lin, Yu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 9082315
    Abstract: A surrounding bird view image generation method for use in an automobile-side device of an articulated vehicle is provided. The articulated vehicle includes a first body part, a second body part and a connection part. The proceeding directions of the first and the second body parts form an angle. The image processing method includes the steps of: storing an angle-to-surrounding-image model table; detecting an angle and providing an angle measurement; accessing the angle-to-surrounding-image model table to obtain a selected angle and a selected surrounding image model corresponding to the angle measurement; capturing 6 adjacent images corresponding to the surrounding of the vehicle body by the image capturers disposed on the 6 surrounding sides of the articulated vehicle; obtaining a practical operating surrounding image by processing the first to the sixth images with the selected surrounding image model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Lin, Che-Tsung Lin, Ming-Jen Tu, Li-Fen Liu, Hsin-Liang Shen
  • Publication number: 20140341434
    Abstract: A dynamic fusion method of images includes: receiving broadcast information from surrounding vehicles of a host vehicle; determining whether at least one of the surrounding vehicles travels in the same lane as the host vehicle to become a neighboring vehicle of the host vehicle according to the broadcast information; determining whether the neighboring vehicle is too close to the host vehicle and blocks the view of the host vehicle; and performing a transparentization or translucentization process on the neighboring vehicle in an image captured by the host vehicle when the neighboring vehicle blocks the view of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: CHE-TSUNG LIN, YU-CHEN LIN
  • Patent number: 8774546
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for single-image-based rain streak removal are introduced herein. In this method and apparatus, an original image is decomposed into a high frequency part and a low frequency part, and the high frequency image is then decomposed into a rain part and a non-rain part. The non-rain high frequency image and the original low frequency image are used to produce a non-rain image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Li-Wei Kang, Chia-Wen Lin, Che-Tsung Lin, Yu-Chen Lin
  • Publication number: 20140169695
    Abstract: A method for in-image periodic noise pixel inpainting is provided. It is determined whether a current frame includes periodic noise pixels, and locations of periodic noise pixels are identified. Non-periodic-noise pixels in a reference frame are utilized to inpaint the periodic noise pixels in the current frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Che-Tsung LIN, Yu-Chen LIN
  • Publication number: 20130236858
    Abstract: A surrounding bird view image generation method for use in an automobile-side device of an articulated vehicle is provided. The articulated vehicle includes a first body part, a second body part and a connection part. The proceeding directions of the first and the second body parts form an angle. The image processing method includes the steps of: storing an angle-to-surrounding-image model table; detecting an angle and providing an angle measurement; accessing the angle-to-surrounding-image model table to obtain a selected angle and a selected surrounding image model corresponding to the angle measurement; capturing 6 adjacent images corresponding to the surrounding of the vehicle body by the image capturers disposed on the 6 surrounding sides of the articulated vehicle; obtaining a practical operating surrounding image by processing the first to the sixth images with the selected surrounding image model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Lin, Che-Tsung Lin, Ming-Jen Tu, Li-Fen Liu, Hsin-Liang Shen
  • Publication number: 20130236116
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for single-image-based rain streak removal are introduced herein. In this method and apparatus, an original image is decomposed into a high frequency part and a low frequency part, and the high frequency image is then decomposed into a rain part and a non-rain part. The non-rain high frequency image and the original low frequency image are used to produce a non-rain image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Li-Wei Kang, Chia-Wen Lin, Che-Tsung Lin, Yu-Chen Lin