Patents by Inventor Liao Baiping

Liao Baiping 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: 8009919
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image information storage that stores image information including locations where images are captured as information corresponding to captured image data; a cluster managing section that manages the image information with hierarchical clusters including a plurality of clusters configured in a plurality of layers; a display layer designation section that designates a layer to be displayed as a display layer among from an uppermost layer through a lowermost layer in the plurality of layers; a display condition designation section that designates a display condition of the image data; a conditional filtering section that selects such image data in the display layer that the image information thereof exists within a predetermined range based on the display condition; and a drawing section that draws in the display layer, as an image location display, the image captured locations of the image data selected based on the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Liao Baiping, Ichiro Ueno
  • Publication number: 20070211151
    Abstract: An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost layer to a predetermined layer on the way to a lowermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Liao Baiping, Ichiro Ueno, Chao Xu, Tamaki Kojima, Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20070139546
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image information storage that stores image information including locations where images are captured as information corresponding to captured image data; a cluster managing section that manages the image information with hierarchical clusters including a plurality of clusters configured in a plurality of layers; a display layer designation section that designates a layer to be displayed as a display layer among from an uppermost layer through a lowermost layer in the plurality of layers; a display condition designation section that designates a display condition of the image data; a conditional filtering section that selects such image data in the display layer that the image information thereof exists within a predetermined range based on the display condition; and a drawing section that draws in the display layer, as an image location display, the image captured locations of the image data selected based on the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liao BAIPING, Ichiro Ueno