Patents by Inventor Fan-Tao Zeng

Fan-Tao Zeng 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).

  • Focus enhancing method for portrait in digital image
    Patent number: 8306283
    Abstract: A focus enhancing method for a portrait in a digital image is applied to an electronic device capable of receiving or reading a digital image and executing a focus enhancing process with respect to a portrait in the digital image, wherein the focus enhancing process includes a foreground definition procedure for defining a head region and a body region of the portrait as a foreground of the digital image, a foreground and background segmentation procedure for cutting away an image other than the foreground from the digital image and defining the result as a background of the digital image, and a foreground and background blending procedure for blurring the background, feathering a transition region coupled to the foreground and the background, and blending the foreground, the transition region and the background to form a new digital image with a prominent portrait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Arcsoft (Hangzhou) Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua-Qi Zhang, Min Cheng, Guang-Yan Liu, Fan-Tao Zeng, Jin Wang
  • Focus enhancing method for portrait in digital image
    Publication number: 20100266207
    Abstract: A focus enhancing method for a portrait in a digital image is applied to an electronic device capable of receiving or reading a digital image and executing a focus enhancing process with respect to a portrait in the digital image, wherein the focus enhancing process includes a foreground definition procedure for defining a head region and a body region of the portrait as a foreground of the digital image, a foreground and background segmentation procedure for cutting away an image other than the foreground from the digital image and defining the result as a background of the digital image, and a foreground and background blending procedure for blurring the background, feathering a transition region coupled to the foreground and the background, and blending the foreground, the transition region and the background to form a new digital image with a prominent portrait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: ArcSoft ( Hangzhou) Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hua-Qi Zhang, Min Cheng, Guang-Yan Liu, Fan-Tao Zeng, Jin Wang