Patents by Inventor Jim Zhou

Jim Zhou 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: 11989854
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display to display an image based on processed image data. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry to generate the processed image data. The image processing circuitry may receive input image data corresponding to an image in a first perspective and warp the input image data from the first perspective to a second perspective, generating warped image data. Additionally, the image processing circuitry may determine one or more occluded regions in the second perspective and determine fill-data corresponding to the occluded regions. The processed image data may be generated by combining the warped image data and the fill-data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jim C. Chou, Jian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240095871
    Abstract: A device may include a display for displaying an image frame based on warped image data and image processing circuitry to generate the warped image data by warping input image data to account for one or more distortions associated with displaying the image. The image processing circuitry may include a two-stage cache architecture having an first cache and an second cache and warp the input image data by generating mapping data indicative of a warp between the input image space and the output image space and fetching the input image data to populate the first cache. Warping may also include populating the second cache with a grouping of pixel values from the first cache that are selected according to a sliding window that traverses the first cache based on the mapping data and interpolating between pixel values of the grouping to generate pixel values of the warped image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ido Y Soffair, Uri Nix, Yung-Chin Chen, Jim C Chou, Jian Zhou, Assaf Menachem, Sorin C Cismas
  • Patent number: 11518299
    Abstract: A holographic projection system and method are implemented by a projection device provided on the vehicle; a water mist generating device for generating water mist provided on the vehicle; and a controller in communication with the projection device and the water mist generating device. The controller is configured to detect a signal of user proximity to the vehicle, and activate the water mist generating device and the projection device respectively based on the detected signal, so that the projection device projects an image onto the water mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Heidi Hu, Amy Zheng, Ted Wei, Jim Zhou, Rocky Lu
  • Publication number: 20210268959
    Abstract: A holographic projection system and method are implemented by a projection device provided on the vehicle; a water mist generating device for generating water mist provided on the vehicle; and a controller in communication with the projection device and the water mist generating device. The controller is configured to detect a signal of user proximity to the vehicle, and activate the water mist generating device and the projection device respectively based on the detected signal, so that the projection device projects an image onto the water mist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Heidi Hu, Amy Zheng, Ted Wei, Jim Zhou, Rocky Lu
  • Patent number: 8948267
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a multi-core processor that processes video data. The control core controls a first processing core to process a first set of data blocks of an image frame according to a stairstep pattern. The control core detects, while the first processing core is processing the first set, that a triggering data block has been processed in the first set. The control core controls, while the first processing core is processing the first set, a second processing core to process a second set of data blocks using information from the triggering data block. By processing data blocks in the stairstep pattern, cache hit rate is improved, resulting in improved video decoder performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Moinul H. Khan, Jim Zhou, Jia Bao, Chun Zhu
  • Patent number: 5843208
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for recovering sulfur hexafluoride ("SF.sub.6 ") from a gas stream using membrane separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Amar Anumakonda, Romulus Gaita, Stephen Yates, Jim Zhou