Patents by Inventor Chih-Ming Kung

Chih-Ming Kung 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: 20170181689
    Abstract: A method for measuring a muscle tone is used in a muscle tone measuring system including a sensing end and a processing end. The method for measuring the muscle tone includes respectively arranging the sensing end and the processing end on first and second limb parts of a limb that are interconnected by a joint of the limb. The sensing end detects a strength of a force that is applied to the first limb part and a plurality of physical quantities of a movement of the first limb part. The processing end detects an environment temperature and the physical quantities of a movement of the second limb part, and collects the physical quantities of the movements of the first and second limb parts, the environment temperature and the strength of the force according to a sampling rate during a period of measuring time. The muscle tone measuring system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ko-Lung Lin, Ming-Hui CHENG, Chih-Ming Kung, Ho-Chung Fu, Yu-Min TING
  • Patent number: 8929447
    Abstract: In an image deblurring method, an image processor determines an absolute difference between a pixel value of each pixel in a current image frame and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel in a reference image frame to obtain a total absolute difference corresponding to the current image frame by summing up the absolute differences corresponding respectively the pixels of the current image frame. When the total absolute difference is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and not smaller than a predetermined third threshold value, the image processor generates an interpolated image frame based on the current and reference image frames using one of unidirectional motion estimation and bidirectional motion estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Chang Jung Christian University
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Kung, Chih-Ming Kung, Cheng-Han Shen, Chuan-Chun Ku
  • Publication number: 20140023141
    Abstract: In an image deblurring method, an image processor determines an absolute difference between a pixel value of each pixel in a current image frame and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel in a reference image frame to obtain a total absolute difference corresponding to the current image frame by summing up the absolute differences corresponding respectively the pixels of the current image frame. When the total absolute difference is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and not smaller than a predetermined third threshold value, the image processor generates an interpolated image frame based on the current and reference image frames using one of unidirectional motion estimation and bidirectional motion estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Kung, Chih-Ming Kung, Cheng-Han Shen, Chuan-Chun Ku