Patents by Inventor Kual-Zheng Lee

Kual-Zheng Lee 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: 10628681
    Abstract: The method for searching a video event includes: capturing a video; obtaining multiple pixels corresponding to the video; calculating a pixel difference value of each pixel by comparing frames at different timestamps in the video; dividing the video into multiple video segments, each video segment including a group of frames; determining a representative value for each pixel in each video segment according to the pixel difference value of each pixel; generating a metadata file which records the representative value for each pixel in each video segment; and searching an event in the video according to the metadata file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng Lee, Yung-Cheng Kao, Hui-Hsiang Kao
  • Publication number: 20190180112
    Abstract: The method for searching a video event includes: capturing a video; obtaining multiple pixels corresponding to the video; calculating a pixel difference value of each pixel by comparing frames at different timestamps in the video; dividing the video into multiple video segments, each video segment including a group of frames; determining a representative value for each pixel in each video segment according to the pixel difference value of each pixel; generating a metadata file which records the representative value for each pixel in each video segment; and searching an event in the video according to the metadata file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng LEE, Yung-Cheng KAO, Hui-Hsiang KAO
  • Patent number: 10283166
    Abstract: A video indexing method includes: analyzing trajectory information of a plurality of objects in video data and storing a plurality of pieces of object trajectory data obtained correspondingly in a storage device; determining whether the storage device satisfies a data removal condition; when the data removal condition is satisfied, performing an object trajectory analysis on the plurality of pieces of object trajectory data to select at least one target object from the objects; and extracting the object trajectory data of the at least one target object from the storage device and generating at least one video indexing image accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei Tsai, Kual-Zheng Lee, Guo-Ruei Chen
  • Publication number: 20180130498
    Abstract: A video indexing method includes: analyzing trajectory information of a plurality of objects in video data and storing a plurality of pieces of object trajectory data obtained correspondingly in a storage device; determining whether the storage device satisfies a data removal condition; when the data removal condition is satisfied, performing an object trajectory analysis on the plurality of pieces of object trajectory data to select at least one target object from the objects; and extracting the object trajectory data of the at least one target object from the storage device and generating at least one video indexing image accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei TSAI, Kual-Zheng LEE, Guo-Ruei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170092330
    Abstract: A video indexing method is provided. The video indexing method includes steps of: analyzing trajectory information of a plurality of objects in a video data to obtain a sequence of object snaps including a plurality of object snaps; generating a sequence of candidate object snaps by filtering off some of the object snaps according to the appearance differences between the object snaps; selecting a plurality of representative object snaps from the sequence of candidate object snaps; and generating a video indexing image by merging the selected representative object snaps into a background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei TSAI, Kual-Zheng LEE, Guo-Ruei CHEN
  • Patent number: 9268791
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for image processing selects at least one image from a plurality of images, and stores the plurality of images into a buffer, until a storage space of the buffer reaches a criterion. When the storage space of the buffer reaches the criterion, a procedure of image processing is performed for a plurality of temporary images stored in the buffer, which includes constructing an image dictionary according to the at least an image selected, and performing an image recovery and reconstruction procedure for the plurality of temporary images in the buffer according to the image dictionary, thereby obtaining a plurality of reconstructed images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei Tsai, Guo-Ruei Chen, Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Patent number: 9082171
    Abstract: An image processing device for reducing image noise and the method thereof are provided. The method for reducing image noise includes the following steps. A filtering operation is performed on a plurality of pixel values of a first image according to a high-pass (HP) filtering mask, a first default filtering mask and a second default filtering mask to obtain a high-pass filtering image, a first low-pass (LP) image and a second LP image, respectively. A difference between the first and the second LP images is calculated to obtain a LP difference image. A pixel weighting calculation is performed according to the HP image and the LP difference image to obtain a pixel weighting mask corresponding to the first image. The first image is calculated according to the pixel weighting mask and one of the first and the second LP images to obtain a noise reducing image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Luo-Wei Tsai, Kual-Zheng Lee, Pang-Chan Hung
  • Publication number: 20150169632
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for image processing selects at least one image from a plurality of images, and stores the plurality of images into a buffer, until a storage space of the buffer reaches a criterion. When the storage space of the buffer reaches the criterion, a procedure of image processing is performed for a plurality of temporary images stored in the buffer, which includes constructing an image dictionary according to the at least an image selected, and performing an image recovery and reconstruction procedure for the plurality of temporary images in the buffer according to the image dictionary, thereby obtaining a plurality of reconstructed images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei TSAI, Guo-Ruei CHEN, Kual-Zheng LEE
  • Publication number: 20140321768
    Abstract: An image processing device for reducing image noise and the method thereof are provided. The method for reducing image noise includes the following steps. A filtering operation is performed on a plurality of pixel values of a first image according to a high-pass (HP) filtering mask, a first default filtering mask and a second default filtering mask to obtain a high-pass filtering image, a first low-pass (LP) image and a second LP image, respectively. A difference between the first and the second LP images is calculated to obtain a LP difference image. A pixel weighting calculation is performed according to the HP image and the LP difference image to obtain a pixel weighting mask corresponding to the first image. The first image is calculated according to the pixel weighting mask and one of the first and the second LP images to obtain a noise reducing image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Luo-Wei Tsai, Kual-Zheng Lee, Pang-Chan Hung
  • Publication number: 20140163405
    Abstract: A physiological information measurement system includes at least one video capture unit, a calculating unit electrical coupled to the video capture unit and a display unit electrical coupled to the calculating unit. The video capture unit captures at least one video provided to the calculating unit. The calculating unit measures physiological information according to the video. The display unit shows the physiological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: PANG-CHAN HUNG, KUAL-ZHENG LEE, LUO-WEI TSAI
  • Patent number: 8582816
    Abstract: A video analytics based object counting method which can obtain and process video frames from one or more video sources is proposed. By setting a variety of parameters, calculating a reference point, and a mapping table, a sampled referenced image can be constructed to obtain image pixels variation information according to these parameters. With the changed value of multiple sampling line segments and the pre-defined reference object, total object counts can be estimated by analyzing the whole number of the triggered sampling line segments and their directional states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng Lee, Luo-Wei Tsai, Pang-Chan Hung
  • Publication number: 20130148848
    Abstract: A video analytics based object counting method which can obtain and process video frames from one or more video sources is proposed. By setting a variety of parameters, calculating a reference point, and a mapping table, a sampled referenced image can be constructed to obtain image pixels variation information according to these parameters. With the changed value of multiple sampling line segments and the pre-defined reference object, total object counts can be estimated by analyzing the whole number of the triggered sampling line segments and their directional states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng LEE, Luo-Wei Tsai, Pang-Chan Hung
  • Publication number: 20130096439
    Abstract: A method and a system for heart rate measurement are provided. The method includes: capturing at least one image, detecting skin-like points by using a skin color detector, labeling the skin-like points and tracking at least one target to be measured, taking statistics on color values of the target at multiple time points, measuring the heart rate through frequency transformation. The method and the system are easy to setup fully an automatic contact-free measurement of multiple persons' heart rates at a time, and applicable in multiple regions of human body for heart rate measurement such as head and neck, arm, and palm regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng Lee, Pang-Chan Hung, Luo-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 8300970
    Abstract: A video enhancement method is disclosed. An input image is retrieved and it is determined whether an enhancement mode is implemented to the input image. If so, motion detection is implemented to the input image that only enhancement coefficients of varied pixels of the input image are recalculated and the enhancement coefficients are updated to an enhancement coefficient table. Based on the enhancement coefficient table, pixel colors of the input image are adjusted and the adjusted image is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8264542
    Abstract: A system for image processing is provided. The system includes a region of interest (ROI) module receiving video from a camera and detects a ROI(s) in a first image. A lookup table generates a value responsive to block type for a first vanishing point (VP). A labeling module identifies a point “p” most close to the first VP, a point “q” most remote to the first VP and a length “h” between “p” and “q” in each ROI(s), and generates information on p, q and h. Another lookup table generates information on p?, q? and h?, wherein p? is a point most close to a second VP, q? is a point most remote to the second VP and h? is a length between p? and q? in ROI(s) in the second image. A transforming module transforms ROI(s) in the first image into an ROI in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng Lee, Fan-Di Jou, Hung-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 7853038
    Abstract: A system and a method of obtaining a dimension of a target object in an image comprises receiving coordinates of a number of feature points in the image, receiving coordinates of at least one reference object in the image with a known dimension, performing a calibration to adjust the coordinates of at least one of the feature points, and receiving coordinates of the target object in the image and determining the dimension of the target object based on the coordinates of the feature points. The coordinates of at least one of the feature points are adjusted to increase an accuracy in determining the dimension of the reference object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Patent number: 7835542
    Abstract: An object tracking method may include: receiving frames of data containing image information of an object; performing an object segmentation to obtain an object motion result; and using the object motion result to conduct an object tracking. In particular, the object segmentation may include: extracting motion vectors from the frames of data; estimating a global motion using the motion vectors; and subtracting the global motion from the motion vectors to generate an object motion result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Lin, Zhi-Hong Ling, Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20100202660
    Abstract: An object tracking method may include: receiving frames of data containing image information of an object; performing an object segmentation to obtain an object motion result; and using the object motion result to conduct an object tracking. In particular, the object segmentation may include: extracting motion vectors from the frames of data; estimating a global motion using the motion vectors; and subtracting the global motion from the motion vectors to generate an object motion result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Lin, Zhi-Hong Ling, Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20100067815
    Abstract: A video enhancement method is disclosed. An input image is retrieved and it is determined whether an enhancement mode is implemented to the input image. If so, motion detection is implemented to the input image that only enhancement coefficients of varied pixels of the input image are recalculated and the enhancement coefficients are updated to an enhancement coefficient table. Based on the enhancement coefficient table, pixel colors of the input image are adjusted and the adjusted image is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Kual-Zheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20090167866
    Abstract: A system for image processing in a multiview video environment including a first camera and a second camera is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kual-Zheng Lee, Fan-Di Jou, Hung-Ming Chen