Patents by Inventor Cheng-Min Lee

Cheng-Min Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20130244054
    Abstract: The invention provides a composite material, which includes a titanium alloy substrate and a metallic glass layer. The metallic glass layer is disposed on the titanium alloy substrate. The thickness of the metallic glass layer is 50 nm-200 nm, in which in comparison with the titanium alloy substrate, the fatigue life of the composite material of the invention is increased by 5-17 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jinn P. Chu, Cheng-Min Lee, Shian-Ching Jang
  • Patent number: 7957592
    Abstract: A method and system of video object segmentation are disclosed herein. A pixel data of an image is received, wherein the pixel data has a corresponding location. A difference value between a pixel value of the pixel data and a pixel value in the corresponding location of a previous image is obtained. Utilizing the difference value and the pixel data, a multi-layered background registration is performed to get a background. Using the background, a background region of the image is removed. Furthermore, a process of removing an average value of luminance from the image and from the background is carried out to prevent object segmentation failure caused by the non-uniform luminance problem, which is produced by variation and flickering of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tsung-Jen Huang, Cheng-Min Lee, Yi-Ching Liaw, Jim Zong-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20080130744
    Abstract: A method and system of video object segmentation are disclosed herein. A pixel data of an image is received, wherein the pixel data has a corresponding location. A difference value between a pixel value of the pixel data and a pixel value in the corresponding location of a previous image is obtained. Utilizing the difference value and the pixel data, a multi-layered background registration is performed to get a background. Using the background, a background region of the image is removed. Furthermore, a process of removing an average value of luminance from the image and from the background is carried out to prevent object segmentation failure caused by the non-uniform luminance problem, which is produced by variation and flickering of illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tsung-Jen Huang, Cheng-Min Lee, Yi-Ching Liaw, Jim Zong-Chang Lai