Patents by Inventor Shum Heung-Yeung

Shum Heung-Yeung 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).

  • Synthesis of progressively-variant textures and application to arbitrary surfaces
    Patent number: 7161601
    Abstract: Methods for synthesizing progressively-variant textures based on texton masks are provided. A first method creates a synthesized texture image guided by a sample texture, first texton mask corresponding to the sample texture and a second texton mask modified based on the first texton mask. A second method also creates a synthesized texture image guided by a first and second sample textures and corresponding first and second texton masks. A method for rendering a synthesized texture on an image of a three-dimensional object includes creating a synthesized texture on the object guided by a two-dimensional progressively-variant sample texture, a texton mask for the sample texture and a mesh of a plurality of vertices representing the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jingdan Zhang, Kun Zhou, Guo Baining, Shum Heung-Yeung