Patents by Inventor Ching-Kit CHAN

Ching-Kit CHAN 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: 12051155
    Abstract: An illustrative 3D modeling system generates a hair orientation image based on a 2D image depicting a human subject having hair. The hair orientation image includes semantic segmentation data indicating whether image elements of the hair orientation image depict the hair of the human subject or content other than the hair. The hair orientation image further includes hair flow data indicating a flow direction of the hair depicted by various image elements. Based on the hair orientation image, the 3D modeling system generates a 3D model of the hair of the human subject. The 3D modeling system then integrates the 3D model of the hair of the human subject with a 3D model of a body of the human subject. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Solmaz Hajmohammadi, Denny Breitenfeld, Ching-kit Chan
  • Publication number: 20230274502
    Abstract: An illustrative 3D modeling system generates a hair orientation image based on a 2D image depicting a human subject having hair. The hair orientation image includes semantic segmentation data indicating whether image elements of the hair orientation image depict the hair of the human subject or content other than the hair. The hair orientation image further includes hair flow data indicating a flow direction of the hair depicted by various image elements. Based on the hair orientation image, the 3D modeling system generates a 3D model of the hair of the human subject. The 3D modeling system then integrates the 3D model of the hair of the human subject with a 3D model of a body of the human subject. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Solmaz Hajmohammadi, Denny Breitenfeld, Ching-kit Chan
  • Patent number: 10090466
    Abstract: The generation of photocurrent in an ideal two-dimensional Dirac spectrum is symmetry forbidden. In sharp contrast, a three-dimensional Weyl semimetal can generically support significant photocurrent due to the combination of inversion symmetry breaking and finite tilts of the Weyl spectrum. To realize this photocurrent, a noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetal is coupled to a pair of electrodes and illuminated with circularly polarized light without any voltage applied to the Weyl semimetal. The wavelength of the incident light can range over tens of microns and can be adjusted by doping the Weyl semimetal to change its chemical potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ching-Kit Chan, Patrick A. Lee, Netanel Lindner, Gil Refael, Qiong Ma, Suyang Xu, Nuh Gedik
  • Publication number: 20180026185
    Abstract: The generation of photocurrent in an ideal two-dimensional Dirac spectrum is symmetry forbidden. In sharp contrast, a three-dimensional Weyl semimetal can generically support significant photocurrent due to the combination of inversion symmetry breaking and finite tilts of the Weyl spectrum. To realize this photocurrent, a noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetal is coupled to a pair of electrodes and illuminated with circularly polarized light without any voltage applied to the Weyl semimetal. The wavelength of the incident light can range over tens of microns and can be adjusted by doping the Weyl semimetal to change its chemical potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Technion R&D Foundation
    Inventors: Ching-Kit CHAN, Patrick A. LEE, Netanel LINDNER, Gil REFAEL, Qiong MA, Suyang XU, Nuh GEDIK