Patents by Inventor Shang-Yun Wu

Shang-Yun Wu 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: 7336849
    Abstract: An exposure correction method for digital images first computes a gray-level histogram of an image. Then determine whether the exposure of the image is normal from the gray-level histogram, thereby determining an exposure threshold. The central region of the image is extracted to find an average brightness Iave. The average brightness Iave and a destination brightness Idest are used to determine an adjusting curve y=f(x). The brightness channel is adjusted according to a constructed correspondence table. Therefore, the image processing effects are enhanced even though the processing time is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Destiny Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Shang-Yun Wu
  • Patent number: 7295686
    Abstract: In a method of processing red eye in digital images, a skin area is first determined in an image. Then all inner boundaries within the skin area are picked up. The inner boundaries are matched with an eyelid quadratic curve to determine the location of the eyelid area. Red pixels within the eyelid area are then detected and filled up. A quadratic curve model can be further used to localize an iris area within the eyelid area to improve the precision of red eye localization as well as the processing speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang-Yun Wu
  • Publication number: 20050254723
    Abstract: An exposure correction method for digital images first computes a gray-level histogram of an image. Then determine whether the exposure of the image is normal from the gray-level histogram, thereby determining an exposure threshold. The central region of the image is extracted to find an average brightness Iave. The average brightness Iave and a destination brightness Idest are used to determine an adjusting curve y=f(x). The brightness channel is adjusted according to a constructed correspondence table. Therefore, the image processing effects are enhanced even though the processing time is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Shang-Yun Wu
  • Publication number: 20050069219
    Abstract: In a method of processing red eye in digital images, a skin area is first determined in an image. Then all inner boundaries within the skin area are picked up. The inner boundaries are matched with an eyelid quadratic curve to determine the location of the eyelid area. Red pixels within the eyelid area are then detected and filled up. A quadratic curve model can be further used to localize an iris area within the eyelid area to improve the precision of red eye localization as well as the processing speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Shang-Yun Wu