Patents by Inventor Tianbing Brian Teng

Tianbing Brian Teng 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: 8195851
    Abstract: A display, possibly in combination with a computer, is used to manage the shape and position of various inputs, so that the inputs can be presented in combination. Possible combinations include displaying a subset of one input with another input, either overlapping or adjacent, displaying a temporal subset of one input, and using conditions to automatically control the selection of inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbing Brian Teng, Yan Mark Liu
  • Patent number: 7850312
    Abstract: A projector determines horizontal and vertical tilt angles. Using the tilt angles and the inherent properties of the projector, keystone correction corner points for the image can be computed. The keystone correction corner points can be used to perform keystone correction on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongde Wang, Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 7808513
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic keystone correction system and method. The system includes an interface to display a pattern on a projection surface and a controller to distort image data responsive to the pattern. The pattern includes a plurality of polygons, each with a predetermined shape. Each polygon corresponds to a particular system rotation angle. The controller distorts the image data responsive to the rotation angle. A user interacts with the interface to identify a particular polygon that, when projected on a projection surface, has a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 7793018
    Abstract: A display, possibly in combination with a computer, is used to manage the shape and position of various inputs, so that the inputs can be presented in combination. Possible combinations include displaying a subset of one input with another input, either overlapping or adjacent, displaying a temporal subset of one input, and using conditions to automatically control the selection of inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbing Brian Teng, Yan Mark Liu
  • Patent number: 7705862
    Abstract: I describe and claim a system and method for improved keystone correction. The method comprising identifying input values associated with an image projected on the projection surface, the input values including one or more center-points on edges of a distorted projection of the image and including a plurality of corners within the distorted projection of the image, the corners corresponding to an undistorted projection of the image, determining one or more keystone scaling values responsive to the identifying, and predistorting the image responsive to the determining, the predistorted image exhibiting no distortion and aligning with the plurality of corners when projected on the projection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Publication number: 20090268104
    Abstract: A projector determines horizontal and vertical tilt angles. Using the tilt angles and the inherent properties of the projector, keystone correction corner points for the image can be computed. The keystone correction corner points can be used to perform keystone correction on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: PIXELWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongde Wang, Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 7609228
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic keystone correction system and method. The system includes a projection means to project an image on a projection surface and a means for selecting a maximally distorted corner on the image. And the system includes means for moving the maximally distorted corner from a first to a second position and means for distorting image data responsive to the moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 7581839
    Abstract: A projector determines horizontal and vertical tilt angles. Using the tilt angles and the inherent properties of the projector, keystone correction corner points for the image can be computed. The keystone correction corner points can be used to perform keystone correction on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongde Wang, Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 7380946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiautomatic keystone correction system and method. The system includes an interface and a controller. A user selects a plurality of corners within an image projected on a projection surface using the interface and the controller predistorts the image responsive to the selected plurality of corners where the predistorted image exhibits no distortion when re projected on the projection surface. The user further aligns a center of the image with a center of the projection surface, also using the interface. The controller predistorts the image by scaling the image in vertical and horizontal directions using vertical and horizontal scalars, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbing Brian Teng, Mike Callahan
  • Patent number: 7175286
    Abstract: A projector determines horizontal and vertical tilt angles. Using the tilt angles and the inherent properties of the projector, keystone correction corner points for the image can be computed. The keystone correction corner points can be used to perform keystone correction on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongde Wang, Tianbing Brian Teng
  • Patent number: 6997563
    Abstract: A projector determines horizontal and vertical tilt angles. Using the tilt angles and the inherent properties of the projector, keystone correction corner points for the image can be computed. The keystone correction corner points can be used to perform keystone correction on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongde Wang, Tianbing Brian Teng