Patents by Inventor Hung-Shiuan Liau

Hung-Shiuan Liau 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: 7860311
    Abstract: A video object segmentation method takes advantage of edge and color features in conjunction with edge detection and change detection to improve the accuracy of video object segmentation for rainy situations. The video object segmentation method of the present invention includes analyzing HSI-color information of the initially extracted objects to obtain features of the moving object; performing edge detection to obtain edges of the moving object for reducing the effect of confusing raindrops with moving objects in rainy dynamic background; performing object region detection to generate an accurate object mask for solving the uncovered-background problem and the still-object problem; and employing a bounding-box based matching method for solving the reflection problem of the moving object in the rained ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Huper Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Ho Chen, Hung-Shiuan Liau
  • Publication number: 20080187219
    Abstract: A video object segmentation method takes advantage of edge and color features in conjunction with edge detection and change detection to improve the accuracy of video object segmentation for rainy situations. The video object segmentation method of the present invention includes analyzing HSI-color information of the initially extracted objects to obtain features of the moving object; performing edge detection to obtain edges of the moving object for reducing the effect of confusing raindrops with moving objects in rainy dynamic background; performing object region detection to generate an accurate object mask for solving the uncovered-background problem and the still-object problem; and employing a bounding-box based matching method for solving the reflection problem of the moving object in the rained ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Chao-Ho Chen, Hung-Shiuan Liau