Patents by Inventor Cong-Thien Pham

Cong-Thien Pham 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).

  • Apparatus and method for detecting hands of subject in real time
    Patent number: 8588467
    Abstract: An apparatus and method can effectively detect both hands and hand shape of a user from images input through cameras. A skin image detecting skin regions from one of the input images and a stereoscopic distance image are used. For hand detection, background and noise are eliminated from a combined image of the skin image and the distance image and regions corresponding to actual both hands are detected from effective images having a high probability of hands. For hand shape detection, a non-skin region is eliminated from the skin image based on the stereoscopic distance information, hand shape candidate regions are detected from the remaining region after elimination, and finally a hand shape is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sunkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Je-Han Yoon, Hee-Jun Song, Hyun-Sik Shim, Young-Hee Park, Jae-Wook Jeon, Tae-Houn Song, Cong-Thien Pham, Seung-Hun Jin, Duc-Dung Nguyen
  • Apparatus and method for detecting hands of subject in real time
    Publication number: 20100329511
    Abstract: An apparatus and method can effectively detect both hands and hand shape of a user from images input through cameras. A skin image detecting skin regions from one of the input images and a stereoscopic distance image are used. For hand detection, background and noise are eliminated from a combined image of the skin image and the distance image and regions corresponding to actual both hands are detected from effective images having a high probability of hands. For hand shape detection, a non-skin region is eliminated from the skin image based on the stereoscopic distance information, hand shape candidate regions are detected from the remaining region after elimination, and finally a hand shape is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION
    Inventors: Je-Han Yoon, Hee-Jun Song, Hyun-Sik Shim, Young-Hee Park, Jae-Wook Jeon, Tae-Houn Song, Cong-Thien Pham, Seung-Hun Jin, Duc-Dung Nguyen