Patents by Inventor Patrick Chou

Patrick Chou 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: 7129989
    Abstract: This invention presented a universal de-interlacing method and system by the motion detection, the motion adaptive interpolation, the directional edge interpolation, the 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery. Four-field motion detection can detect the motion area and the still area. By cooperating with the motion adaptive interpolation and the directional edge interpolation the picture possesses the very clear quality, high contrast, and high resolution. The 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery can detect the 3:2 Pull-Downed movie sequence and recover the interlaced fields into a progressive frames universally without too much overhead of computational power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang-Gee Chen, Shyh-Feng Lin, Patrick Chou, Yu-Lin Chang, Ryan Chen
  • Publication number: 20050036063
    Abstract: This invention presented a universal de-interlacing method and system by the motion detection, the motion adaptive interpolation, the directional edge interpolation, the 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery. Four-field motion detection can detect the motion area and the still area. By cooperating with the motion adaptive interpolation and the directional edge interpolation the picture possesses the very clear quality, high contrast, and high resolution. The 3:2 pull-downed detection and the 3:2 Pull-Downed recovery can detect the 3:2 Pull-Downed movie sequence and recover the interlaced fields into a progressive frames universally without too much overhead of computational power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Liang-Gee Chen, Shyh-Feng Lin, Patrick Chou, Yu-Lin Chang, Ryan Chen
  • Patent number: 5394712
    Abstract: A motorcycle lock is provided which includes a lock body consisting of a metal casing and a lock unit fitted into the metal casing. The lock unit includes two locking plates at the top and a lock cylinder at the bottom, and a shackle having two annular grooves around two opposite ends thereof and respectively inserted into a respective hole on the metal casing and locked by the locking plates. Turning the lock cylinder in one direction causes the locking plates to move in the reverse directions for permitting the shackle to be removed from the lock body. Turning the lock cylinder in the reverse direction causes the stop blocks of the left and right locking plates to engage the annular groove on opposing ends of the shackle for holding down the shackle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Nigostar Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Patrick Chou