Patents by Inventor Jie Yan

Jie Yan 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: 20050147280
    Abstract: A system and method that includes a virtual human face generation technique which synthesizes images of a human face at a variety of poses. This is preferably accomplished using just a frontal and profile image of a specific subject. An automatic deformation technique is used to align the features of a generic 3-D graphic face model with the corresponding features of these pre-provided images of the subject. Specifically, a generic frontal face model is aligned with the frontal image and a generic profile face model is aligned with the profile image. The deformation procedure results in a single 3-D face model of the specific human face. It precisely reflects the geometric features of the specific subject. After that, subdivision spline surface construction and multi-direction texture mapping techniques are used to smooth the model and endow photometric detail to the specific 3-D geometric face model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6895112
    Abstract: Red-eye detection based on red region detection with eye confirmation initially identifies pixels that correspond to the color of red-eye within an image. A determination is then made as to whether these identified pixels and surrounding areas are part of an eye or not part of an eye. Those identified pixels that are determined to be part of an eye are the detected red-eye regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tong-Xian Chen, Xiangrong Chen, John C. Platt, Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050058340
    Abstract: Red-eye detection based on red region detection with eye confirmation initially identifies pixels that correspond to the color of red-eye within an image. A determination is then made as to whether these identified pixels and surrounding areas are part of an eye or not part of an eye. Those identified pixels that are determined to be part of an eye are the detected red-eye regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tong-Xian Chen, Xiangrong Chen, John Platt, Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050058342
    Abstract: Red-eye detection based on red region detection with eye confirmation initially identifies pixels that correspond to the color of red-eye within an image. A determination is then made as to whether these identified pixels and surrounding areas are part of an eye or not part of an eye. Those identified pixels that are determined to be part of an eye are the detected red-eye regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tong-Xian Chen, Xiangrong Chen, John Platt, Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050053279
    Abstract: Red-eye detection based on red region detection with eye confirmation initially identifies pixels that correspond to the color of red-eye within an image. A determination is then made as to whether these identified pixels and surrounding areas are part of an eye or not part of an eye. Those identified pixels that are determined to be part of an eye are the detected red-eye regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tong-Xian Chen, Xiangrong Chen, John Platt, Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20020136450
    Abstract: Red-eye detection based on red region detection with eye confirmation initially identifies pixels that correspond to the color of red-eye within an image. A determination is then made as to whether these identified pixels and surrounding areas are part of an eye or not part of an eye. Those identified pixels that are determined to be part of an eye are the detected red-eye regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Tong-Xian Chen, Xiangrong Chen, John C. Platt, Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20020106114
    Abstract: A system and method that includes a virtual human face generation technique which synthesizes images of a human face at a variety of poses. This is preferably accomplished using just a frontal and profile image of a specific subject. An automatic deformation technique is used to align the features of a generic 3-D graphic face model with the corresponding features of these pre-provided images of the subject. Specifically, a generic frontal face model is aligned with the frontal image and a generic profile face model is aligned with the profile image. The deformation procedure results in a single 3-D face model of the specific human face. It precisely reflects the geometric features of the specific subject. After that, subdivision spline surface construction and multi-direction texture mapping techniques are used to smooth the model and endow photometric detail to the specific 3-D geometric face model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Jie Yan, Hong-Jiang Zhang