Patents by Inventor CHIN-PIN KUO

CHIN-PIN KUO 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: 20220207687
    Abstract: A method applied in an electronic device for detecting and classifying apparent defects in images of products inputs an image to a trained autoencoder to obtain a reconstructed image, determines whether the image reveals defects based on a defect criterion for filtering out small noise reconstruction errors. If so revealed, the electronic device calculates a plurality of structural similarity values between the image and a plurality of template images with marked defect categories, determines a target defect category corresponding to the highest structural similarity value, and classifies the defect revealed in the image into the target defect category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TUNG-TSO TSAI, TZU-CHEN LIN, CHIN-PIN KUO, SHIH-CHAO CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20220207707
    Abstract: A method for detecting defects in products from images thereof and an electronic device applying the method inputs a defect image repair data set into an autoencoder to train the autoencoder, and generates a reconstructed image, calculates a reference error value between the sample image and the reconstructed image by a preset error function, and set a threshold value based on the reference error value. The electronic device inputs an image possibly revealing a defect into the autoencoder and generates the reconstructed image corresponding to the image to be detected, and uses the preset error function to calculate the reconstruction error between the image and the reconstructed image, thereby determining whether the image being analyzed does reveal defects. When the reconstruction error is greater than the threshold value, a determination is made that a defect is revealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: JUNG-HAO YANG, CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIH-TE LU, TZU-CHEN LIN, WAN-JHEN LEE, WEI-CHUN WANG
  • Publication number: 20220207714
    Abstract: In a product defect detection method, a detection image of a product is obtained. A first preset number of detection blocks are cut out from the detection image. The detection blocks are input into an auto-encoder to obtain reconstructed blocks and a mean square error between each detection block and the corresponding reconstructed block is calculated, an association between the mean square error and the detection block being established. Whether the product carries defective is determined according to the mean square error of each detection block. The method improves accuracy of detecting defects of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: JUNG-HAO YANG, CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIH-TE LU, TZU-CHEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20220207879
    Abstract: A method for evaluating environment and surroundings of a pedestrian passageway, used in an electronic device, obtains a position information of a target area, and obtains a streetscape image corresponding to the position information of the area. The method further inputs the streetscape image into a trained convolutional neural network, makes the trained convolutional neural network carry out a convolution calculation of the streetscape image to generate a feature vector for classifying a number of target objects in the streetscape image, and outputs the feature vector. The feature vector is input into a full convolution neural network to apply a certain color to a number of pixels belonging to a same target object, and outputs the streetscape image with colored target objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: YUEH CHANG, CHIN-PIN KUO, TZU-CHEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20220207706
    Abstract: A method for detecting defects in product applied in a computer device inputs an image of a product under test to an automatic encoder to obtain a reconstructed image, and the image is segmented into N image blocks and the reconstructed image is segmented into N image blocks. The computer device associates each of the N testing blocks with one reconstructed blocks according to positions of the N testing blocks in the image and positions of the N reconstructed blocks in the reconstructed image. The computer device further calculates mean square errors between each of the N testing blocks and each of the N reconstructed blocks, and associates each mean square error with each of the N testing blocks, whether the product has defects being determined based on the mean square errors corresponding to each of the N testing blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, WEI-CHUN WANG
  • Publication number: 20220207724
    Abstract: A method of determining a distribution of stein cells in a cell image, an electronic device and a storage medium are disclosed. The method acquires a cell image and segments the cell image and obtaining a plurality of sub-images. The plurality of sub-images is inputted into a stein cell detection model to detect to obtain a number of stein cells in each sub-image. A position of each sub-image in the cell image is determined. A distribution of the stein cells in the cell image is output, according to the number of stein cells in each sub-image and the position of each sub-image in the cell image. The present disclosure an accuracy of the distribution of stein cells in the cell image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: WAN-JHEN LEE, CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIH-TE LU
  • Publication number: 20220207892
    Abstract: A method for classifying cells densities by cell images being input into artificial computer intelligence obtains positional information of all central points of all groups of first encoding features generated when training a model of convolutional neural network and ranges of densities of images of biological cells represented by different central points. The method inputs a test image of the biological cells into a trained model of the convolutional neural network to encode the test image, to obtain a second encoding feature. The method also determines a central point nearest to the second encoding feature according to the positional information. The method determines a range of densities of the test image according to the ranges of densities of the images represented by different central points and the central point nearest to the second encoding feature. An electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: WAN-JHEN LEE, CHIH-TE LU, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20220207859
    Abstract: In an image comparison method, an original reference image and an original test image are obtained. The original reference image and the original test image are binarized to obtain a reference binary image and a test binary image. The reference binary image and the test binary image are detected edges to obtain a reference edge image and a test edge image. A morphological expansion is performed on the reference edge image to obtain an expanded reference edge image. An OR operation is performed on the extended reference edge image and the test edge image to obtain an extended test edge image. An XOR operation is performed on the expanded reference edge image and the expanded test edge image. The method improves the accuracy of image comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: CHUNG-YU WU, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20220198228
    Abstract: A method for detecting defects in multi-scale images and a computing device applying the method acquires a to-be-detected image and converts the to-be-detected image into a plurality of target images of preset sizes. Feature extraction is performed on each target image by using a pre-trained encoder to obtain a latent vector, the latent vector of each target image is inputted into a decoder corresponding to the encoder to obtain a reconstructed image and then into a pre-trained Gaussian mixture model to obtain an estimated probability. Reconstruction error is calculated according to each target image and the corresponding reconstructed image. A total error is calculated according to the reconstruction error of each target image and the corresponding estimated probability, and a detection result is determined according to the total error of each target image and a corresponding preset threshold, thereby improving an accuracy of defect detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, TUNG-TSO TSAI
  • Publication number: 20220198633
    Abstract: A defect detection method based on an image of products and an electronic device can accurately determine the error threshold by determining the reconstruction error generated during image reconstruction and by determining the estimated probability generated by the Gaussian mixture model. The test error can then be compared with the error, since the test error and the error threshold are compared numerically, the existence of subtle defects are revealed in the product image, thereby improving the accuracy of defect detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, TUNG-TSO TSAI, SHIH-CHAO CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20220198634
    Abstract: A method for selecting a light source for illuminating defects, an electronic device, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. The method includes acquire grayscale images of an object with a known defect and generates a pseudo-hyperspectral image cube based on the grayscale images, so that algorithms related to hyperspectral images can analyze the grayscale images collected under different light sources. A most effective or target light source can be automatically and quickly determined from the plurality of light sources, improving an efficiency of light source selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHUNG-YU WU, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20220198645
    Abstract: A model input size determination method, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, the method includes acquiring a plurality of test images and a defect result; and encoding each test image to obtain an encoding vector. The encoding vector is decoded to obtain a reconstructed image, then a reconstruction error and a plurality of sub-vectors are calculated; the plurality of sub-vectors is inputted into a Gaussian mixture model, then a plurality of sub-probabilities, an estimated probability and a test error are determined; a detection result in the test image according to the test error and the corresponding error threshold are obtained; an accuracy according to the detection result and the defect result are determined, and an input size is selected from the plurality of preset sizes according to the accuracy. An accuracy of defect detection in manufacturing can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, TUNG-TSO TSAI
  • Publication number: 20220198678
    Abstract: In a method of distinguishing objects in images, a first image segmentation model is applied to segment a first segmented image including a first object from a test image. A second image segmentation model is applied to segment a second segmented image including a second object from the test image. A third segmented image marking the first object and the second object is obtained according to first coordinates of the first object in the first segmented image and/or second coordinates of the second object in the second segmented image. The method can segment different objects from an image quickly and accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, GUO-CHIN SUN, YUEH CHANG, CHUNG-YU WU
  • Publication number: 20220189008
    Abstract: A method for detecting data defects and a computing device applying the method obtains a test image for analysis. A field to which the test image relates is determined. Based on the field, a target convolutional layer is determined from a convolutional neural network. The target convolutional layer is used to extract features of the test image. A target score of the test image and a score threshold corresponding to the field are determined. If the target score is less than the score threshold, it is determined that the test image reveals defects, thereby improving an accuracy of defect detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: TZU-CHEN LIN, TUNG-TSO TSAI, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20220189193
    Abstract: A method for detecting and counting pedestrians in real-time for statistical purposes together with facial recognition of such pedestrians acquires video for analysis. Images showing pedestrians are extracted, such pedestrians being identified by a first detection model and pedestrian frames are outputted. A facial identification operation is executed based on the pedestrian frames and facial sub-frames are extracted. Removal of duplications of individual pedestrians in the images in the facial sub-frames is executed by a second detection model. Path of movement of detected pedestrians is tracked and labeled based on a specified algorithm when the faces of individual pedestrians are not recorded in a database. When the path of movement passes through a specified location, the face-imaged pedestrian is considered a target object, a total number of the target objects is counted. An apparatus applying the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: WEI-CHUN WANG, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20220178814
    Abstract: A method for calculating a density of stem cells in a cell image and an electronic device are provided. A plurality of preset ratios and a plurality of density calculation models can be used to perform hierarchical density calculations on the cell image. Starting from the largest preset ratio (the first preset ratio) reduction of the cell image to no reduction, the density calculation is performed on the cell image using a model starting with a highest density calculation (the first density calculation model) to a model with the smallest density calculation (the third density calculation model), which can quickly detect densities of various stem cells. Using different preset ratios and corresponding density calculation models for calculation, it is not necessary to calculate the number of stem cells to obtain the density of stem cells, which improves a calculation efficiency of the density of stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: WAN-JHEN LEE, CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIH-TE LU
  • Patent number: 11354801
    Abstract: A method for detecting a tumor from images which are required to be shrunken in resolution obtains one or more first images. Then, the method segments or divides the detection images into a number of detection image blocks according to an input size of training data of a convolutional neural network architecture, before segmenting, each of the plurality of detection image blocks comprising coordinate values. The detection image blocks are input into a preset tumor detection model to generate image blocks of a result of the detection images. The method merges the image blocks into a single image according to the coordinate values of each detection image block. Colors of normal areas, abnormal areas, and overlapping areas of the abnormal areas are all different. The method generates a final detection according to color depths in the image. A tumor detection device and a non-transitory storage medium are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chen Lin, Chin-Pin Kuo, Tung-Tso Tsai, Guo-Chin Sun, I-Hua Chen, Wan-Jhen Lee
  • Publication number: 20220165075
    Abstract: A method for classifying cells densities by cell images being input into artificial computer intelligence inputs an image of biological cells as a test image into one or more trained models of convolutional neural network until a reconstructed image of the biological cells generated by one trained model matches with the test image. Each of the trained models of the convolutional neural network corresponds to one certain density range in which cell densities of images of the biological cells are found. The method also determines that a cell density of the test image is within the density range corresponding to the trained model of the convolutional neural network for which the reconstructed image of the biological cells and the test image match. A related electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Wan-Jhen Lee, Chin-Pin Kuo, Chih-Te Lu
  • Publication number: 20220164978
    Abstract: For the benefit of pedestrians, a method for identifying and locating positions of obstacles moving on a pedestrian sidewalk acquires an image of the sidewalk and processes the image to divide it. The divided image comprises classifications of objects in the image on a pixel by pixel basis. The classifying of objects in the divided image comprises the sidewalk classification, and classification of the obstacles appears in the image. Pixels surrounding the obstacles are acquired in terms of number and classifications. Positions of the obstacles are determined based on a preset threshold, the classifications of adjacent pixels of the obstacles, and the pixel number of the adjacent pixel in each object classification. An apparatus and a system applying the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: YUEH CHANG, CHIN-PIN KUO, GUO-CHIN SUN
  • Patent number: 11341971
    Abstract: A computing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to acquire a voice instruction through at least two voice receiving devices, analyze the voice instruction to determine at least one display device controlled by the voice instruction, generate a control instruction according to the voice instruction, and send the control instruction to the at least one display device to cause the at least one display device to display corresponding contents according to the voice instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Yi Lin, Chin-Pin Kuo