Patents by Inventor Der-Lor Way

Der-Lor Way 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 providing panoramic images
    Patent number: 6798923
    Abstract: A method and system of merging a pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image including the following steps. A set of feature points are extracted along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientation. A set of registration parameters is obtained by determining an initial set of feature points from a first one of the images which matches a set of feature points of a second one of the images. A seamless panoramic image is rendered using the first and second images with the set of registration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jun-Wei Hsieh, Cheng-Chin Chiang, Der-Lor Way
  • Apparatus and method for providing panoramic images
    Patent number: RE43206
    Abstract: A method and system of merging a pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image including the following steps. A set of feature points are extracted along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientation. A set of registration parameters is obtained by determining an initial set of feature points from a first one of the images which matches a set of feature points of a second one of the images. A seamless panoramic image is rendered using the first and second images with the set of registration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: TransPacific IP Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Wei Hsieh, Cheng-Chin Chiang, Der-Lor Way