Patents by Inventor Chung-Chi TSAI

Chung-Chi TSAI 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: 20250148777
    Abstract: Imaging systems and techniques are described. In some examples, an imaging system generates a segmentation map of an image by processing image data associated with the image using a segmentation mapper. Different object types in the image are categorized into different regions in the segmentation map. The imaging system generates an augmented segmentation map by processing at least the segmentation map using a segmentation map error correction engine. The imaging system generates processed image data by processing the image using the augmented segmentation map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Chung-Chi TSAI, Hau HWANG
  • Patent number: 12293521
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for image segmentation are provided. For example, a computing device may obtain an image, and may apply a process to the image to generate input image feature data and input image segmentation data. Further, the computing device may obtain reference image feature data and reference image classification data for a plurality of reference images. The computing device may generate reference image segmentation data based on the reference image feature data, the reference image classification data, and the input image feature data. The computing device may further blend the input image segmentation data and the reference image segmentation data to generate blended image segmentation data. The computing device may store the blended image segmentation data within a data repository. In some examples, the computing device provides the blended image segmentation data for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chung-Chi Tsai, Shubhankar Mangesh Borse, Meng-Lin Wu, Venkata Ravi Kiran Dayana, Fatih Murat Porikli, An Chen
  • Publication number: 20240427018
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for determining changes in distance. For instance, an apparatus for determining changes in distance is provided. The apparatus may include an electromagnetic (EM)-radiation emitter configured to emit EM radiation toward an environment; a detector configured to receive reflected EM radiation from the environment; phase-calculation circuitry configured to calculate a phase-difference value indicative of a difference between a phase of the emitted EM radiation and a phase of the reflected EM radiation; and differencing circuitry configured to trigger an event responsive to a difference between a current phase-difference value and a prior phase-difference value exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Lin WU, Shusil DANGI, Kai HE, Chung-Chi TSAI
  • Patent number: 12125144
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for modifying the scale and/or position of objects in images. For instance, a system can obtain a two-dimensional (2D) input image from a camera and a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the 2D input image. The system can further determine a first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to a target object in the 2D input image. The system can adjust a pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object. The system can further generate a 2D output image having a modified version of the target object based on the adjusted pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object to be output on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meng-Lin Wu, Chung-Chi Tsai, An Chen
  • Publication number: 20240112404
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for modifying the scale and/or position of objects in images. For instance, a system can obtain a two-dimensional (2D) input image from a camera and a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the 2D input image. The system can further determine a first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to a target object in the 2D input image. The system can adjust a pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object. The system can further generate a 2D output image having a modified version of the target object based on the adjusted pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object to be output on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Lin WU, Chung-Chi TSAI, An CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240078679
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for image segmentation are provided. For example, a computing device may obtain an image, and may apply a process to the image to generate input image feature data and input image segmentation data. Further, the computing device may obtain reference image feature data and reference image classification data for a plurality of reference images. The computing device may generate reference image segmentation data based on the reference image feature data, the reference image classification data, and the input image feature data. The computing device may further blend the input image segmentation data and the reference image segmentation data to generate blended image segmentation data. The computing device may store the blended image segmentation data within a data repository. In some examples, the computing device provides the blended image segmentation data for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chung-Chi TSAI, Shubhankar Mangesh BORSE, Meng-Lin WU, Venkata Ravi Kiran DAYANA, Fatih Murat PORIKLI, An CHEN
  • Patent number: 11810256
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for modifying the scale and/or position of objects in images. For instance, a system can obtain a two-dimensional (2D) input image from a camera and a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the 2D input image. The system can further determine a first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to a target object in the 2D input image. The system can adjust a pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object. The system can further generate a 2D output image having a modified version of the target object based on the adjusted pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object to be output on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meng-Lin Wu, Chung-Chi Tsai, An Chen
  • Publication number: 20230143034
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for modifying the scale and/or position of objects in images. For instance, a system can obtain a two-dimensional (2D) input image from a camera and a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the 2D input image. The system can further determine a first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to a target object in the 2D input image. The system can adjust a pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object. The system can further generate a 2D output image having a modified version of the target object based on the adjusted pose of the first portion of the 3D representation of the 2D input image corresponding to the target object to be output on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Meng-Lin WU, Chung-Chi TSAI, An CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220108454
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for foreground image segmentation. In some examples, a method can include obtaining a first image of a target and a second image of the target, the first image having a first field-of-view (FOV) and the second image having a second FOV; determining, based on the first image, a first segmentation map that identifies a first estimated foreground region in the first image; determining, based on the second image, a second segmentation map that identifies a second estimated foreground region in the second image; generating a third segmentation map based on the first segmentation map and the second segmentation map; and generating, using the second segmentation map and the third segmentation map, a refined segmentation mask that identifies the target as a foreground region of the first and/or second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chung-Chi TSAI, Sreevatsan MADHAVAN, Shang-Chih CHUANG, Kuang-Jui HSU, Venkata Ravi Kiran DAYANA, Xiaoyun JIANG
  • Patent number: 11276177
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for foreground image segmentation. In some examples, a method can include obtaining a first image of a target and a second image of the target, the first image having a first field-of-view (FOV) and the second image having a second FOV; determining, based on the first image, a first segmentation map that identifies a first estimated foreground region in the first image; determining, based on the second image, a second segmentation map that identifies a second estimated foreground region in the second image; generating a third segmentation map based on the first segmentation map and the second segmentation map; and generating, using the second segmentation map and the third segmentation map, a refined segmentation mask that identifies the target as a foreground region of the first and/or second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chung-Chi Tsai, Sreevatsan Madhavan, Shang-Chih Chuang, Kuang-Jui Hsu, Venkata Ravi Kiran Dayana, Xiaoyun Jiang
  • Publication number: 20210366084
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to QCFA deblurring. An example method includes obtaining an image to be processed and determining an average of pixel values between a first one or more pixels and a second one or more pixels of the image. The second one or more pixels neighbor the first one or more pixels. The method also includes determining a difference between pixel values of the first one or more pixels and the second one or more pixels, generating one or more weights based on the average and the difference, and combining the average and the difference based on the one or more weights to generate a deblurred pixel value. A processed image includes one or more deblurred pixel values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yang-Yao Lin, Shang-Chih Chuang, Chung-Chi Tsai, Xiaoyun Jiang
  • Publication number: 20210004962
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating an image processing effect via disparity-guided salient object detection. In some examples, a system can detect a set of superpixels in an image; identify, based on a disparity map generated for the image, an image region containing at least a portion of a foreground of the image; calculate foreground queries identifying superpixels in the image region having higher saliency values than other superpixels in the image region; rank a relevance between each superpixel and one or more foreground queries; generate a saliency map for the image based on the ranking of the relevance between each superpixel and the one or more foreground queries; and generate, based on the saliency map, an output image having an effect applied to a portion of the output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chung-Chi TSAI, Shang-Chih CHUANG, Xiaoyun JIANG