Patents by Inventor Meng-Chao Kao
Meng-Chao Kao 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).
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Patent number: 11636583Abstract: A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has an unacceptable defect with respect to the predefined auditory standard is determined by analyzing a distribution of signal strength according to the spectrogram.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Wen-Kuong Liu, Tsang-Hsing Lee, Li-Ping Pan
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Patent number: 11326935Abstract: A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has an unacceptable defect with respect to the predefined auditory standard is determined through computer vision according to the spectrogram.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Wen-Kuong Liu
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Publication number: 20210302224Abstract: A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has an unacceptable defect with respect to the predefined auditory standard is determined by analyzing a distribution of signal strength according to the spectrogram.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Jie-Ci YANG, Meng-Chao KAO, Wen-Kuong LIU, Tsang-Hsing LEE, Li-Ping PAN
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Publication number: 20210116293Abstract: A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has an unacceptable defect with respect to the predefined auditory standard is determined through computer vision according to the spectrogram.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Wen-Kuong Liu
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Patent number: 10863294Abstract: A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has a defect is determined through computer vision according to the spectrogram.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Wen-Kuong Liu, Tsang-Hsing Lee, Li-Ping Pan
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Patent number: 10805543Abstract: A display method, a system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. An image of a user in front of a screen is captured by using an image capturing device to generate a user image. A foreground region and a background region in the user image are distinguished by using a depth sensor. A virtual window is set on a display area of the screen according to its display size. Human face detection is performed on the foreground region to obtain plane information of the human face, and depth information of the human face is obtained by using the depth sensor. A background image is generated based on the background region according to the virtual window, the plane information and the depth information of the human face. The foreground region is combined with the background image to generate an output image.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Meng-Chao Kao, Hui-Chen Lin, Jie-Ci Yang
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Patent number: 10602077Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing system for eye-gaze correction are provided. The method is applicable to an image processing system having a screen and an image capturing device and includes the following steps. A user's face in front of the screen is captured by the image capturing device to generate a facial image. A head offset and an eye-gaze position of the user with respect to the screen are obtained based on the facial image so as to accordingly determine whether to correct the facial image. If yes, the facial image is corrected based on the eye-gaze position and a preset codebook to generate a corrected facial image, where the preset codebook records correction information of multiple preset eye-gaze positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Winstron CorporationInventors: Chin-Lun Lai, Jun-Horng Chen, Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao
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Patent number: 10373333Abstract: An interactive clothes and accessories fitting method, a display system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. While the user is wearing a first apparel, images of the user are continuously captured by using an image capturing device to generate a first image sequence, wherein each first image that forms the first image sequence respectively corresponds to a different pose of the user. While the user is wearing a second apparel, images of the user are continuously captured by using the image capturing device. When a second comparison image corresponding to a specific pose of the user is captured by the image capturing device, a first comparison image corresponding to the specific pose is searched from the first image sequence, and the first comparison image and the second comparison image are simultaneously displayed on a screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Ting-Wei Lin, Hui-Chen Lin, Yu-Ting Li
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Publication number: 20190110003Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing system for eye-gaze correction are provided. The method is applicable to an image processing system having a screen and an image capturing device and includes the following steps. A user's face in front of the screen is captured by the image capturing device to generate a facial image. A head offset and an eye-gaze position of the user with respect to the screen are obtained based on the facial image so as to accordingly determine whether to correct the facial image. If yes, the facial image is corrected based on the eye-gaze position and a preset codebook to generate a corrected facial image, where the preset codebook records correction information of multiple preset eye-gaze positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Chin-Lun Lai, Jun-Horng Chen, Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao
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Patent number: 10170059Abstract: A color sequential image method for displaying images using two color fields includes analyzing and sorting percentages of a plurality of colors constituting an input color image, in which a first color possesses a most percentage, a second color possesses a middle percentage, and a third color possesses a third percentage. The method further includes forming a first color field image according to the first color and the third color, and a second color field image according to the second color and the third color.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignees: WISTRON CORP., NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Chi-Wen Chang, Fang-Cheng Lin, Han-Ping Shieh, Meng-Chao Kao, Hui-Chen Lin, Szu-Fen Chen
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Patent number: 9964772Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional image display apparatus, which includes a first reflecting plate and a display unit. The first reflecting plate corresponds to a first visual angle, has a first reflecting surface, and is made of a translucent material. The display unit receives a first color-depth image corresponding to the first visual angle, and projects the first color-depth image to the first reflecting surface to form a virtual image. The display unit also has a first side, which is used to display the first color-depth image, and a predetermined angle is formed between the first side and the first reflecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Wistron Corp.Inventors: Meng-Chao Kao, Jie-Ci Yang, Hui Chen Lin
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Publication number: 20180122096Abstract: An interactive clothes and accessories fitting method, a display system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. While the user is wearing a first apparel, images of the user are continuously captured by using an image capturing device to generate a first image sequence, wherein each first image that forms the first image sequence respectively corresponds to a different pose of the user. While the user is wearing a second apparel, images of the user are continuously captured by using the image capturing device. When a second comparison image corresponding to a specific pose of the user is captured by the image capturing device, a first comparison image corresponding to the specific pose is searched from the first image sequence, and the first comparison image and the second comparison image are simultaneously displayed on a screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Meng-Chao Kao, Ting-Wei Lin, Hui-Chen Lin, Yu-Ting Li
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Publication number: 20180115717Abstract: A display method, a system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. An image of a user in front of a screen is captured by using an image capturing device to generate a user image. A foreground region and a background region in the user image are distinguished by using a depth sensor. A virtual window is set on a display area of the screen according to its display size. Human face detection is performed on the foreground region to obtain plane information of the human face, and depth information of the human face is obtained by using the depth sensor. A background image is generated based on the background region according to the virtual window, the plane information and the depth information of the human face. The foreground region is combined with the background image to generate an output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Meng-Chao Kao, Hui-Chen Lin, Jie-Ci Yang
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Patent number: 9880280Abstract: An object detection method includes, in turn, enabling a first light source, a second light source and a third light source to transmit a first light wave signal, a second light wave signal and a third light wave signal; in turn, receiving the first light wave signal, the second light wave signal and the third light wave signal reflected by an object to determine strengths of the first light wave signal, the second light wave signal and the third light wave signal, respectively; and determining a first displacement of the object along a first direction according to strength variances of the first light wave signal and the second light wave signal, and determining a second displacement of the object along a second direction according to strength variances of the first light wave signal and the third light wave signal, wherein the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Tzu-Chiang Shen, Hui-Chen Lin, Meng-Chao Kao
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Patent number: 9633609Abstract: A display compensating method for eliminating a mura of a display panel. The display compensating method includes capturing an image displayed by the display panel to generate a capturing image; generating a plurality of compensation results according to a plurality of brightness values in the capturing image corresponding to a plurality of display units of the display panel; and setting brightness of the plurality of display units according to the plurality of compensation results to eliminate the mura of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Meng-Chao Kao, Hui-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 9576193Abstract: A gesture recognition method and an gesture recognition apparatus using the same method are proposed. The method includes the following steps: transmitting an infrared signal, and detecting whether an object appears in a predetermined range based on a first infrared signal retrieved from the infrared signal being reflected; when the object appears in the predetermined range, capturing a plurality of images including the object and a plurality of second infrared signals retrieved from the infrared signal being reflected; and recognizing the images to retrieve a horizontal movement direction of a gesture of the object within the predetermined range, and recognizing the second infrared signals to retrieve a depth movement direction of the gesture within the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Hui-Chen Lin, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Meng-Chao Kao
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Publication number: 20160379574Abstract: A color sequential image method for displaying images using two color fields includes analyzing and sorting percentages of a plurality of colors constituting an input color image, in which a first color possesses a most percentage, a second color possesses a middle percentage, and a third color possesses a third percentage. The method further includes forming a first color field image according to the first color and the third color, and a second color field image according to the second color and the third color.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Yi-Pai HUANG, Chi-Wen CHANG, Fang-Cheng LIN, Han-Ping SHIEH, Meng-Chao KAO, Hui-Chen LIN, Szu-Fen CHEN
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Publication number: 20160373729Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional image display apparatus, which includes a first reflecting plate and a display unit. The first reflecting plate corresponds to a first visual angle, has a first reflecting surface, and is made of a translucent material. The display unit receives a first color-depth image corresponding to the first visual angle, and projects the first color-depth image to the first reflecting surface to form a virtual image. The display unit also has a first side, which is used to display the first color-depth image, and a predetermined angle is formed between the first side and the first reflecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Meng-Chao KAO, Jie-Ci YANG, Hui Chen LIN
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Patent number: 9508281Abstract: An apparatus and a method for image analysis and image display are provided. The image display apparatus includes a storage device, a processor, and a display. The storage device stores at least one gain table. Each gain table includes a plurality of gain values. There is a corresponding relationship between the plurality of gain values and a plurality of pixels of an image. For each gray level value of each of the pixels, the processor determines a gain value corresponding to the gray level value according to the at least one gain table. In addition, the processor compensates the image according to the gain values corresponding to the gray level values. The display displays the compensated image.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Meng-Chao Kao, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Hui-Chen Lin
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Publication number: 20160163246Abstract: A display and a method and a system for compensating a brightness or a color of the display are provided. In the method, an image of a homogeneous frame displayed on the display is captured by an image capturing device, and a brightness or color distribution of a plurality of pixel values of the captured image is calculated to determine a target value used for adjusting the brightness or the color of the display. Based on the target value, a plurality of gain values of the pixels of the display are calculated by using the pixel values, and recorded in a gain table. The gain table is written to the display. The display inquires the gain values in the gain table to generate a translucent layer, overlap the translucent layer with a current frame to be displayed, and output the overlapped current frame to a display panel for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Tsang-Hsing Lee, Po-Hsu Chen, Yung-Chih Lin, Meng-Chao Kao