Patents by Inventor Hongqin Zhang

Hongqin Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 9055283
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a display having color channels. Each color channel is capable of adjusting settings for pixel values at gray level entries. The method includes selecting a gray level entry for calibration. The method also includes providing a target white point in chromaticity coordinates (x, y) and a target brightness at the selected gray level entry to the display. The method further includes adjusting the setting for the pixel values for the color channels at the selected gray level entry such that the display achieves the target white point and the target brightness at an adjusted pixel value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Gabriel Marcu, Jiaying Wu, Anuj Bhatnagar, Hongqin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9041815
    Abstract: An operator friendly camera testing module is described. The camera testing module includes at least a color shift evaluation unit and a color non-uniformity evaluation unit. The color shift evaluation unit providing a color shift metric and the color non-uniformity evaluation unit providing a color non-uniformity metric each used to characterize a digital camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent, Chong Yip Chow
  • Publication number: 20140267785
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a display having color channels. Each color channel is capable of adjusting settings for pixel values at gray level entries. The method includes selecting a gray level entry for calibration. The method also includes providing a target white point in chromaticity coordinates (x, y) and a target brightness at the selected gray level entry to the display. The method further includes adjusting the setting for the pixel values for the color channels at the selected gray level entry such that the display achieves the target white point and the target brightness at an adjusted pixel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Gabriel Marcu, Jiaying Wu, Anuj Bhatnagar, Hongqin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8797429
    Abstract: A digital image captured by a digital camera module is scaled to a smaller size, and separately horizontal direction filtered and vertical direction filtered using one-dimensional spatial filters. The horizontal direction filtered image and the vertical direction filtered image are combined, wherein edge regions and corner regions of the combined filtered image are created differently than its middle region. The combined filtered image is then thresholded selected pixels of the thresholded image are marked as a blemish region. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Iain A. McAllister
  • Patent number: 8599269
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention here are automated systems and processes for testing a camera device. The processes can detect dark signal non-uniformity (DSNU) within a digital image that has been captured by a solid-state imaging sensor of the camera device under test. Techniques that may be able to detecting localized and global color drifts of various shapes have been described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robin B. Jenkin, Hongqin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130229531
    Abstract: A digital image captured by a digital camera module is scaled to a smaller size, and separately horizontal direction filtered and vertical direction filtered using one-dimensional spatial filters. The horizontal direction filtered image and the vertical direction filtered image are combined, wherein edge regions and corner regions of the combined filtered image are created differently than its middle region. The combined filtered image is then thresholded selected pixels of the thresholded image are marked as a blemish region. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Iain A. McAllister
  • Patent number: 8364032
    Abstract: A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out by the rear facing camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chong Yip Chow, Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent
  • Publication number: 20120148225
    Abstract: A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out by the rear facing camera assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chong Yip Chow, Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent
  • Publication number: 20120086812
    Abstract: An operator friendly camera testing module is described. The camera testing module includes at least a color shift evaluation unit and a color non-uniformity evaluation unit. The color shift evaluation unit providing a color shift metric and the color non-uniformity evaluation unit providing a color non-uniformity metric each used to characterize a digital camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent, Chong Yip Chow
  • Patent number: 8155514
    Abstract: A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out by the rear facing camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chong Yip Chow, Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent
  • Publication number: 20120070140
    Abstract: A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out by the rear facing camera assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chong Yip Chow, Hongqin Zhang, Shizhe Shen, Michael DiVincent