Patents by Inventor Dan Kong

Dan Kong 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: 20070103595
    Abstract: A video super-resolution method that combines information from different spatial-temporal resolution cameras by constructing a personalized dictionary from a high resolution image of a scene resulting in a domain specific prior that performs better than a general dictionary built from images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Yihong Gong, Mei Han, Dan Kong, Hai Tao, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 7161606
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are presented that use a direct synthesis approach using layers in order to directly generate a virtual view from a pair of images. In one embodiment, a range space is discretized into a plurality of layers. For each layer, the first input image and the second input image are warped to the layer. A matching score is then determined for each pixel in the new view based on the warped input images. For each pixel in the virtual view, a best layer is determined. After the best layer has been determined, the color of the pixel in that layer is used for that pixel in the generated view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Héctor H. González-Baños, Hai Tao, Dan Kong
  • Publication number: 20050151759
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are presented that use a direct synthesis approach using layers in order to directly generate a virtual view from a pair of images. In one embodiment, a range space is discretized into a plurality of layers. For each layer, the first input image and the second input image are warped to the layer. A matching score is then determined for each pixel in the new view based on the warped input images. For each pixel in the virtual view, a best layer is determined. After the best layer has been determined, the color of the pixel in that layer is used for that pixel in the generated view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Hector Gonzalez-Banos, Hai Tao, Dan Kong