Patents by Inventor Tung-Lin Hsieh

Tung-Lin Hsieh 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: 8184199
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing apparatus for processing an interlaced video which includes a judging module, a determining module and a processing module. The judging module is used for judging if a pixel in the kth frame among P frames of the interlaced video relates to a moving object. If the result judged by the determining module is YES, the determining module determines one between two pixels adjacent to the judged pixel in the frame as an edge pixel relative to an edge of the moving object. The first processing module is used for calculating a gray scale of the edge pixel determined by the determining module in an average way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Huang, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee, Chin-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 8120648
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for displaying a stereoscopic image, wherein the stereoscopic image includes a first-eye image and a second-eye image. The method is to firstly calculate a shift of the first-eye image with respect to the second-eye image. Then, the method moves the first-eye image for a length of a shift. Afterward, the method outputs the moved first-eye image and the second-eye image to display the stereoscopic image. Thereby, the parallax of the stereoscopic image is adjusted, so as to enhance the synthesizing effect of the stereoscopic image created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Ching-Chun Chiang
  • Patent number: 8090018
    Abstract: The invention discloses an image processing apparatus for improving the definition of an input image. The input image consists of a plurality of pixels, and the pixels are divided into an edge portion and a background portion. The image processing apparatus includes a compound operating unit, a sharpness processing unit, and an edge detecting unit. The compound operating unit is used for generating a noise-eliminated image by subjecting the input image to an open-close process and a close-open process. The sharpness processing unit is used for generating an enhanced image by subjecting the input image to a sharpness process. The edge detecting unit is used for receiving the noise-eliminated image and the enhanced image and determining whether each pixel of the input image belongs to the edge portion or the background portion, so as to selectively output the gray level of each pixel of the enhanced or noise-eliminated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Ming-Horng Shiu, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8077999
    Abstract: This invention discloses an image processing apparatus comprising a filter module, an edge detection module, and a processing module. According to where each pixel locates in an image block, the filter module is used to perform the smooth processing on each pixel to generate a second gray level corresponding to each pixel. The edge detection module is used to determine each pixel to be an edge pixel or a non-edge pixel according to the first gray level and the second gray level of each pixel. The processing module is used to calculate a third gray level of each edge pixel according to a weight, the first gray level, and the second gray level; to calculate a fourth gray level of each non-edge pixel according to the weight, the first gray level, and second gray level, and to output all of the third and fourth gray levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8049936
    Abstract: The invention provides a portable computer system for capturing a target image related to an item. The portable computer system comprises a base, a cover, an image capturing module, and a lightness adjusting module. The cover is pivotally connected to the base, and comprises a panel. According to the size of the item, the cover rotates with respect to the base to project the light radiated from the panel onto the base. The image capturing module is used for rotating with respect to the cover to capture a reference image according to the size of the item. The lightness adjusting module is used for adjusting the lightness of the panel according to the reference image. After the lightness of the panel is adjusted, the item is deposed on the base, and the image capturing module captures the target image related to the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Hsu-Hung Chen, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yao-Shun Tseng
  • Patent number: 8049925
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises a dividing module, a calculating module, a judging module and an adjusting module. The dividing module is used for dividing an image into a plurality of sub-images. The calculating module is used for generating a lightness threshold of the image. The judging module is used for comparing an original average lightness of a target sub-image among the plurality of sub-images with the lightness threshold. The adjusting selectively increases the original average lightness of the target sub-image according to the first judging module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yao-Shun Tseng, Wan-Ching Lee, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8009901
    Abstract: The invention provides an adjusting apparatus and a method thereof for adjusting a 3D image constituted by a plurality of interlaced first-eye-viewed image lines and second-eye-viewed image lines to be outputted to a display panel. However, in practice, there is a leakage problem in a pair of glasses for viewing the 3D image. Therefore, the invention solves the leakage problem by matching a plurality of pre-stored leakage values and then generating a proper output with a corrective calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsu-Hung Chen, Tung-Lin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7983510
    Abstract: The invention discloses a noise reduction device for adjusting gray levels of a video sequence to reduce noises. The noise reduction device of the invention includes a motion detector and a first noise reduction module. The motion detector is used for determining whether an inputted pixel is a motion pixel or a static pixel. If the pixel is a motion pixel, the first noise reduction module directly outputs the pixel without adjustment. If the pixel is a static pixel, the first noise reduction module adjusts the gray level of the pixel according to previous image frame. Because the invention only stores previous image frame, and does not utilizes multiple continuous image frames to adjust the present image frame. Therefore, the display system of the invention needs only to be installed with one buffer, and hardware resource can be further saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Ming-Horng Shiu, Chin-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 7973860
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for processing an input image including M input pixels. Each of the M input pixels respectively has an input gray scale. The apparatus includes a gain generating module, a contrast enhancing module, and a Gamma adjusting module. The gain generating module generates a contrast gain and a minimum input gray scale in accordance with the input gray scales of the M input pixels. The contrast enhancing module adjusts the input gray scales in accordance with the contrast gain and the minimum input gray scale, to generate an intermediate image. The intermediate image includes M intermediate pixels, and each of the M intermediate pixels respectively has an intermediate gray scale. The Gamma adjusting module adjusts the intermediate gray scales lower than a first threshold in accordance with the contrast gain and outputs the adjusted intermediate image as an output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Yung-Sheng Hsu, Hsu-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 7884838
    Abstract: The invention discloses a gamma adjusting apparatus for adjusting the gray level of each pixel of an image signal. The gamma adjusting apparatus includes a measuring unit, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a third processing unit. The measuring unit measures the lightness of N reference gray levels. The first processing unit normalizes the lightness of the N reference gray levels to generate N normalized reference values. The second processing unit compares the N normalized reference values with a standard gamma curve to generate N adjusted gray levels. According to the N reference gray levels and the N adjusted gray levels, the third processing unit sets an adjusting rule. According to the adjusting rule, the gamma adjusting apparatus is capable of adjusting the gray level of each pixel of the image signal to comply with the standard gamma curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yung-Sheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 7876321
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for the transforming of a 2D image into a 3D image. The method comprises the steps of: (a) selecting an object of 2D image; (b) setting a base line in the 2D image; (c) base on the base line, judging whether the object is located on the foreground or background of the 2D image; (d) offering a displacement to the object; (e) moving the object with the displacement to generate a plurality of continuous images; and (f) sequentially outputting each of the continuous images to generate the 3D image. Accordingly, after the user selects an object of 2D image, the method of the invention will automatically transform the 2D image into the 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Wan-Ching Lee, I-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 7733536
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an input image including M image units is provided. Each of the M image units respectively includes N pixels. Each of the pixels respectively has an original gray scale. The apparatus includes a converting module, a gain generating module, and a contrast enhancing module. The converting module is used for generating M luminances. Based on the original gray scales of the N pixels in the ith image unit among the M image units, the converting module generates the ith luminance among the M luminances. A maximum luminance and a minimum luminance are generated based on the M luminances. The gain generating module generates a contrast gain and a minimum gray scale based on the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance. Based on the contrast gain and the minimum gray scale, the contrast enhancing module adjusts the original gray scales of the pixels in the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee, Hsu-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 7646512
    Abstract: The invention discloses an image processing apparatus and method thereof capable of preserving a great deal of light and dark details, so as to improve the contrast of each image. Furthermore, when calculating the value of gray level, the gray levels may be divided into equal parts, each of which includes four gray levels. Accordingly, the range of gray level is changed from 0˜255 to 0˜63, such that the hardware resources can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Publication number: 20090180129
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises a dividing module, a calculating module, a judging module and an adjusting module. The dividing module is used for dividing an image into a plurality of sub-images. The calculating module is used for generating a lightness threshold of the image. The judging module is used for comparing an original average lightness of a target sub-image among the plurality of sub-images with the lightness threshold. The adjusting selectively increases the original average lightness of the target sub-image according to the first judging module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yao-Shun Tseng, Wan-Ching Lee, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Publication number: 20090091803
    Abstract: The invention provides a portable computer system for capturing a target image related to an item. The portable computer system comprises a base, a cover, an image capturing module, and a lightness adjusting module. The cover is pivotally connected to the base, and comprises a panel. According to the size of the item, the cover rotates with respect to the base to project the light radiated from the panel onto the base. The image capturing module is used for rotating with respect to the cover to capture a reference image according to the size of the item. The lightness adjusting module is used for adjusting the lightness of the panel according to the reference image. After the lightness of the panel is adjusted, the item is deposed on the base, and the image capturing module captures the target image related to the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Hsu-Hung Chen, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yao-Shun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20090052789
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing apparatus for processing an interlaced video which includes a judging module, a determining module and a processing module. The judging module is used for judging if a pixel in the kth frame among P frames of the interlaced video relates to a moving object. If the result judged by the determining module is YES, the determining module determines one between two pixels adjacent to the judged pixel in the frame as an edge pixel relative to an edge of the moving object. The first processing module is used for calculating a gray scale of the edge pixel determined by the determining module in an average way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Huang, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee, Chin-Kang Chang
  • Publication number: 20090010565
    Abstract: The invention discloses a noise reduction device for adjusting gray levels of a video sequence to reduce noises. The noise reduction device of the invention includes a motion detector and a first noise reduction module. The motion detector is used for determining whether an inputted pixel is a motion pixel or a static pixel. If the pixel is a motion pixel, the first noise reduction module directly outputs the pixel without adjustment. If the pixel is a static pixel, the first noise reduction module adjusts the gray level of the pixel according to previous image frame. Because the invention only stores previous image frame, and does not utilizes multiple continuous image frames to adjust the present image frame. Therefore, the display system of the invention needs only to be installed with one buffer, and hardware resource can be further saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Ming-Horng Shiu, Chin-Kang Chang
  • Publication number: 20080181530
    Abstract: This invention discloses an image processing apparatus comprising a filter module, an edge detection module, and a processing module. According to where each pixel locates in an image block, the filter module is used to perform the smooth processing on each pixel to generate a second gray level corresponding to each pixel. The edge detection module is used to determine each pixel to be an edge pixel or a non-edge pixel according to the first gray level and the second gray level of each pixel. The processing module is used to calculate a third gray level of each edge pixel according to a weight, the first gray level, and the second gray level; to calculate a fourth gray level of each non-edge pixel according to the weight, the first gray level, and second gray level, and to output all of the third and fourth gray levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Wen Huang, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Publication number: 20080158347
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for displaying a stereoscopic image, wherein the stereoscopic image includes a first-eye image and a second-eye image. The method is to firstly calculate a shift of the first-eye image with respect to the second-eye image. Then, the method moves the first-eye image for a length of a shift. Afterward, the method outputs the moved first-eye image and the second-eye image to display the stereoscopic image. Thereby, the parallax of the stereoscopic image is adjusted, so as to enhance the synthesizing effect of the stereoscopic image created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Ching-Chun Chiang
  • Publication number: 20080143716
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for the transforming of a 2D image into a 3D image. The method comprises the steps of: (a) selecting an object of 2D image; (b) setting a base line in the 2D image; (c) base on the base line, judging whether the object is located on the foreground or background of the 2D image; (d) offering a displacement to the object; (e) moving the object with the displacement to generate a plurality of continuous images; and (f) sequentially outputting each of the continuous images to generate the 3D image. Accordingly, after the user selects an object of 2D image, the method of the invention will automatically transform the 2D image into the 3D image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Hsieh, Wan-Ching Lee, I-Ming Huang