Patents by Inventor Chin-Yuan TING
Chin-Yuan TING 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).
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Patent number: 12029622Abstract: An oral-area positioning device is provided in the invention. The oral-area positioning device includes a storage circuit, a positioning circuit and a calculation circuit. The storage circuit stores information corresponding to a plurality of oral areas. The positioning circuit obtains a target image from an oral-image extracting device, and obtains a first position estimation result according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas and a first algorithm. The positioning device obtains a second position estimation result at least according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas, a second algorithm and a reference image position of a reference image, wherein the reference image position is one of the oral areas. The calculation circuit generates a third position estimation result according to the first position estimation result and the second position estimation result.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Yu-Hsun Chen, Chin-Yuan Ting, Shao-Ang Chen
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Patent number: 11907340Abstract: An image positioning device is provided in the invention. The image positioning device includes a calculation circuit and a positioning circuit. The calculation circuit obtains a plurality of images from an image capturing device and classifies the images into a plurality of main groups based on a first algorithm, wherein each main group corresponds to a different area and the calculation circuit classifies the images of each main group into a plurality of sub-groups based on a feature of each image of each main group and a clustering algorithm. The positioning circuit is coupled to the calculation circuit. The positioning circuit positions each sub-group in the area corresponding to each main group based on the relative position relationship between each sub-group of each main group.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Yu-Hsun Chen, Yu-Cheng Chien, Chin-Yuan Ting, Shao-Ang Chen
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Publication number: 20230301751Abstract: A distinguishing device for dental plaque and dental calculus includes a light-emitting diode, an image sensing unit, and a processor. The light-emitting diode movies in a first direction and is separated from teeth in an oral cavity by a predetermined distance in a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The light-emitting diode generates a blue light to illuminate the teeth, so that dental plaque on the teeth generates a first autofluorescence and dental calculus on the teeth generates a second autofluorescence. The image sensing unit is configured to sense the first autofluorescence and the second autofluorescence. The processor is coupled to the image sensing unit to distinguish a dental plaque area from a dental calculus area on the teeth according to the first autofluorescence and the second autofluorescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Hao-Ping LEE, Tong-Ming HSU, Chin-Yuan TING, Shao-Ang CHEN, Kuan-Chung CHEN, Hsin-Lun HSIEH
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Publication number: 20230298316Abstract: An image classifying device is provided in the invention. The image classifying device includes a storage device, a calculation circuit and a classifying circuit. The storage device stores information corresponding to a plurality of image classes. The calculation circuit obtains a target image from an image extracting device and obtains the feature vector of the target image. The calculation circuit obtains a first estimation result corresponding to the target image based on the information corresponding to the plurality of image classes and the feature vector and obtains a second estimation result corresponding to the target image based on a reference image, wherein the reference image corresponds to one of the image classes. The classifying circuit adds the target image into one of the image classes based on the first estimation result and the second estimation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Chia-Yuan CHANG, Kai-Ju CHENG, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Hao-Ping LEE, Tong-Ming HSU, Chin-Yuan TING, Shao-Ang CHEN, Kuan-Chung CHEN
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Publication number: 20220366183Abstract: An image positioning device is provided in the invention. The image positioning device includes a calculation circuit and a positioning circuit. The calculation circuit obtains a plurality of images from an image capturing device and classifies the images into a plurality of main groups based on a first algorithm, wherein each main group corresponds to a different area and the calculation circuit classifies the images of each main group into a plurality of sub-groups based on a feature of each image of each main group and a clustering algorithm. The positioning circuit is coupled to the calculation circuit. The positioning circuit positions each sub-group in the area corresponding to each main group based on the relative position relationship between each sub-group of each main group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Yu-Cheng CHIEN, Chin-Yuan TING, Shao-Ang CHEN
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Patent number: 11471034Abstract: A method for distinguishing plaque and calculus is provided. The method is used in a device and includes the following steps: emitting, by a blue light-emitting diode, blue light to illuminate teeth in an oral cavity, wherein the blue light is used to generate autofluorescence of plaque and calculus on the teeth; sensing, by an image sensor, the autofluorescence of plaque and calculus; and distinguishing, by a processor, a plaque area and a calculus area on the teeth based on the autofluorescence.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Chin-Yuan Ting, Tsung-Hsin Lu, Huan-Tang Wu, Shao-Ang Chen, Yu-Hsun Chen, Jia-Chyi Wang, Chih-Wei Sung, Huan-Pin Shen
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Publication number: 20220142739Abstract: An oral-area positioning device is provided in the invention. The oral-area positioning device includes a storage device, a positioning circuit and a calculation circuit. The storage device stores information corresponding to a plurality of oral areas. The positioning circuit obtains a target image from an oral-image extracting device, and obtains a first position estimation result according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas and a first algorithm. The positioning device obtains a second position estimation result at least according to the information corresponding to the plurality of oral areas, a second algorithm and a reference image position of a reference image, wherein the reference image position is one of the oral areas. The calculation circuit generates a third position estimation result according to the first position estimation result and the second position estimation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Chin-Yuan TING, Shao-Ang CHEN
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Patent number: 11037317Abstract: A tooth-position recognition system includes an electronic device and a calculation device. The electronic device includes a first camera. The first camera is configured to capture a plurality of tooth images. The calculation device includes a second camera and a processor. The second camera is configured to capture a user image. The processor is configured to receive the tooth images, compare the corresponding position of each pixel in each tooth image to generate a depth map, and input the tooth images, the depth map, and a plurality of first tooth-region identifiers into a tooth deep-learning model. The tooth deep-learning model outputs a plurality of deep-learning probability values that are the same in number as the first tooth-region identifiers. The processor inputs the user image and the plurality of second tooth-region identifiers into a user-image deep-learning model.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Kuan-Chung Chen, Yu-Cheng Chien, Chung-Sheng Wu, Hao-Ping Lee, Chin-Yuan Ting, Yu-Hsun Chen, Shao-Ang Chen, Jia-Chyi Wang, Chih-Wei Sung
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Publication number: 20210074011Abstract: A tooth-position recognition system includes an electronic device and a calculation device. The electronic device includes a first camera. The first camera is configured to capture a plurality of tooth images. The calculation device includes a second camera and a processor. The second camera is configured to capture a user image. The processor is configured to receive the tooth images, compare the corresponding position of each pixel in each tooth image to generate a depth map, and input the tooth images, the depth map, and a plurality of first tooth-region identifiers into a tooth deep-learning model. The tooth deep-learning model outputs a plurality of deep-learning probability values that are the same in number as the first tooth-region identifiers. The processor inputs the user image and the plurality of second tooth-region identifiers into a user-image deep-learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Kuan-Chung CHEN, Yu-Cheng CHIEN, Chung-Sheng WU, Hao-Ping LEE, Chin-Yuan TING, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Shao-Ang CHEN, Jia-Chyi WANG, Chih-Wei SUNG
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Publication number: 20210059511Abstract: A method for distinguishing plaque and calculus is provided. The method is used in a device and includes the following steps: emitting, by a blue light-emitting diode, blue light to illuminate teeth in an oral cavity, wherein the blue light is used to generate autofluorescence of plaque and calculus on the teeth; sensing, by an image sensor, the autofluorescence of plaque and calculus; and distinguishing, by a processor, a plaque area and a calculus area on the teeth based on the autofluorescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Hsin-Lun HSIEH, Chin-Yuan TING, Tsung-Hsin LU, Huan-Tang WU, Shao-Ang CHEN, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Jia-Chyi WANG, Chih-Wei SUNG, Huan-Pin SHEN
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Patent number: 10799120Abstract: An image processing method for a fluorescence reaction region of teeth. The image processing method includes emitting blue light from a light source to illuminate the teeth in a mouth, so that the teeth generate fluorescence; capturing a first teeth image of the teeth by an image capturing unit; separating the first teeth image into a first red-value image, a first green-value image, and a first blue-value image by a processing unit; transforming the first red-value image into a second red-value image by the processing unit using a pixel value transforming function; and combining the second red-value image, the first green-value image, and the first blue-value image into a second teeth image by the processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Tsung-Hsin Lu, Yu-Hsun Chen, Hao-Ping Lee
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Patent number: 10791935Abstract: A method for dynamically adjusting fluorescent imaging is provided. The method is used in a device and includes the following steps: emitting, by a light emitting diode, light to illuminate teeth in an oral cavity, wherein the light is used to generate fluorescence from the teeth; filtering, by an optical filter, the fluorescence; receiving, by an image sensor, a signal and adjusting a gain value of an analog-to-digital converter according to the signal; converting, by the analog-to-digital converter, the filtered fluorescence into a digital signal and adjusting the digital signal according to the gain value; and generating, by a processor, an output image signal that corresponds to the gain value from the digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Chin-Yuan Ting, Tsung-Hsin Lu
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Patent number: 10779735Abstract: An image-processing method for marking plaque fluorescent reaction areas is provided, including: obtaining a first RGB image of a mouth region; obtaining a second RGB image of the mouth region; respectively converting the first RGB image and the second RGB image into a first HSV image and a second HSV image; obtaining a first average brightness value of the first HSV image and a second average brightness value of the second HSV image; normalizing the first average brightness value or the second average brightness value according the first average brightness value and the second average brightness value to obtain a normalized image; converting the normalized image into a third RGB image, and obtaining a plurality of pixel points of the dental plaque according to the third RGB image and the first RGB image or the second RGB image; and marking the pixel points in the third RGB image.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Tsung-Hsin Lu, Yu-Hsun Chen, Hao-Ping Lee
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Publication number: 20200069188Abstract: An image processing method for a fluorescence reaction region of teeth. The image processing method includes emitting blue light from a light source to illuminate the teeth in a mouth, so that the teeth generate fluorescence; capturing a first teeth image of the teeth by an image capturing unit; separating the first teeth image into a first red-value image, a first green-value image, and a first blue-value image by a processing unit; transforming the first red-value image into a second red-value image by the processing unit using a pixel value transforming function; and combining the second red-value image, the first green-value image, and the first blue-value image into a second teeth image by the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Chin-Yuan TING, Hsin-Lun HSIEH, Tsung-Hsin LU, Yu-Hsun CHEN, Hao-Ping LEE
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Publication number: 20200022582Abstract: An image-processing method for marking plaque fluorescent reaction areas is provided, including: obtaining a first RGB image of a mouth region; obtaining a second RGB image of the mouth region; respectively converting the first RGB image and the second RGB image into a first HSV image and a second HSV image; obtaining a first average brightness value of the first HSV image and a second average brightness value of the second HSV image; normalizing the first average brightness value or the second average brightness value according the first average brightness value and the second average brightness value to obtain a normalized image; converting the normalized image into a third RGB image, and obtaining a plurality of pixel points of the dental plaque according to the third RGB image and the first RGB image or the second RGB image; and marking the pixel points in the third RGB image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Tsung-Hsin Lu, Yu-Hsun Chen, Hao-Ping Lee
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Publication number: 20190350461Abstract: A method for dynamically adjusting fluorescent imaging is provided. The method is used in a device and includes the following steps: emitting, by a light emitting diode, light to illuminate teeth in an oral cavity, wherein the light is used to generate fluorescence from the teeth; filtering, by an optical filter, the fluorescence; receiving, by an image sensor, a signal and adjusting a gain value of an analog-to-digital converter according to the signal; converting, by the analog-to-digital converter, the filtered fluorescence into a digital signal and adjusting the digital signal according to the gain value; and generating, by a processor, an output image signal that corresponds to the gain value from the digital signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Kai-Ju CHENG, Hsin-Lun HSIEH, Chin-Yuan TING, Tsung-Hsin LU
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Patent number: 9736429Abstract: A cloud video system is provided. The cloud video system includes: a cloud server and a plurality of clients. The clients are connected to the cloud server via a network, and each client has an individual role. When the first of the clients has established a video session call with other clients, the cloud server determines whether to record the video session call according to the individual role of each client in the video session call.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chen-Che Huang, Yu-Hsing Lin, Chin-Yuan Ting, Chun-Hsiung Fang, Hung-Bin Lin, Shih-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 9438857Abstract: A video conferencing system is provided. The video conferencing system includes: a first video conferencing terminal; a second video conferencing terminal, for establishing a video conference with the first video conferencing terminal via a peer-to-peer connection; and a management server. When a user needs to add a third video conferencing terminal to the video conference to establish a multi-way video conference, the first video conferencing terminal and the second video conferencing terminal automatically terminate the peer-to-peer connection, and connect to the third video conferencing terminal through the management server to perform the multi-way video conference.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Rong-Quen Chen, Yu-Hsing Lin, Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Yuan-Ruei Jhang
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Publication number: 20160205347Abstract: A video conferencing system is provided. The video conferencing system includes: a first video conferencing terminal; a second video conferencing terminal, for establishing a video conference with the first video conferencing terminal via a peer-to-peer connection; and a management server. When a user needs to add a third video conferencing terminal to the video conference to establish a multi-way video conference, the first video conferencing terminal and the second video conferencing terminal automatically terminate the peer-to-peer connection, and connect to the third video conferencing terminal through the management server to perform the multi-way video conference.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Rong-Quen Chen, Yu-Hsing Lin, Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Yuan-Ruei Jhang
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Patent number: 9288180Abstract: A communication system and method are provided. In the communication system, a first electrical device has an end point which is configured to connect to a plurality of 3G dongles, wherein the 3G dongles have different IP addresses; a cloud server integrates the IP addresses to generate an integrated IP address when the cloud server detects that the first electrical device is connected to the 3G dongles; and a second electrical device transmits data packets with the first electrical device via the integrated IP address through the cloud server.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Rong-Quen Chen, Chun-Hsiung Fang, Kai-Ju Cheng, Chin-Yuan Ting, Chih-Wei Sung, Yu-Hsing Lin, Ying-Jie Wang, Chen-Hsuan Weng, Hsin-Lun Hsieh, Chih-Yuan Huang, Yuan-Ping Chang