Patents by Inventor Tzu-Ping Lin

Tzu-Ping Lin 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: 7257160
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of picture display. The invention displays the first picture and the second picture and displaying at least one virtual picture in between the first and the second picture. The motion compensator is included in a DVD player. The method includes: decoding the first and the second pictures from the received bit-stream; creating the virtual picture parameter according to the transition effect; and generating the virtual picture according to the virtual picture parameter by the motion compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Ju, Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20070127880
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device, a mixer, a buffer, and an interpolator. The sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device is used for performing sub-picture decoding and color determination on the SPU data, and producing decoded SPU data. The mixer, coupled to the SPU-decoding and color-determining device, is employed to mix the main picture data and the decoded SPU data, and outputting combined video data. The buffer, coupled to the mixer, for storing the combined video data outputted from the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 7180549
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device, a mixer, a buffer, and an interpolator. The sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device is used for performing sub-picture decoding and color determination on the SPU data, and producing decoded SPU data. The mixer, coupled to the SPU-decoding and color-determining device, is employed to mix the main picture data and the decoded SPU data, and outputting combined video data. The buffer, coupled to the mixer, for storing the combined video data outputted from the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20060164547
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device, a mixer, a buffer, and an interpolator. The sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device is used for performing sub-picture decoding and color determination on the SPU data, and producing decoded SPU data. The mixer, coupled to the SPU-decoding and color-determining device, is employed to mix the main picture data and the decoded SPU data, and outputting combined video data. The buffer, coupled to the mixer, for storing the combined video data outputted from the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 7042511
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device, a mixer, a buffer, and an interpolator. The sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device is used for performing sub-picture decoding and color determination on the SPU data, and producing decoded SPU data. The mixer, coupled to the SPU-decoding and color-determining device, is employed to mix the main picture data and the decoded SPU data, and outputting combined video data. The buffer, coupled to the mixer, for storing the combined video data outputted from the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20040207755
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for converting and mixing a plurality of video data without data loss. The video data have a plurality of sampling formats, and the sampling formats at least comprise a high chrominance-sampling-rate format and a low chrominance-sampling-rate format. The method includes receiving a first video data in the low chrominance-sampling-rate format and a second video data in the high chrominance-sampling-rate format, converting the first video data in the low chrominance-sampling-rate format into a first video data in the high chrominance-sampling-rate format, and mixing the first video data in the high chrominance-sampling-rate format with the second video data in the high chrominance-sampling-rate format for generating a mixed video data in the high chrominance-sampling-rate format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 6707499
    Abstract: A method of driving a solid-state imaging device to increase the dynamic range of a CCD image sensor is described. The imaging device has a plurality of light receiving members arranged in a matrix in horizontal and vertical directions. In addition, a plurality of columns of vertical CCD registers associate with the light-receiving members for storing signal charges received from a plurality of light receiving members. A row of horizontal CCD registers is disposed and connected with one end of each columns of vertical CCD registers to transfer the signal charges received from those vertical CCD registers to an output circuit member. The method comprises receiving the signal charges from an object by those light-receiving members for a time period Cs firstly in a normal fashion in BLANKING “high” period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Pan Kung, Tzu-Ping Lin, Chih-Shih Yu
  • Publication number: 20030133508
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of picture display. The invention displays the first picture and the second picture and displaying at least one virtual picture in between the first and the second picture. The motion compensator is included in a DVD player. The method includes: decoding the first and the second pictures from the received bit-stream; creating the virtual picture parameter according to the transition effect; and generating the virtual picture according to the virtual picture parameter by the motion compensator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Ju, Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20030128968
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing a motion picture expert group (MPEG) video, used in a video reproduction apparatus, can prevent a non-reference picture displaying error due to the non-reference picture decoding not completed in time. The apparatus includes a video decoder for generating a non-reference picture on a macroblock-by-macroblock basis by referring to a reference picture; a displaying unit for displaying the non-reference picture on the macroblock-by-macroblock basis. The displaying unit further detects whether decoding of a next macroblock of the non-reference picture is completed when displaying a current macroblock. If decoding of the next macroblock is completed, the displaying unit displays the next macroblock of the non-reference picture. If decoding of the next macroblock is not completed, and the displaying unit displays the corresponding macroblock of the reference picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20030113102
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for video data processing in digital video decoding, such as digital video disk (DVD) decoding, which produces new video data according to main picture data, sub-picture unit (SPU) data, and an aspect ratio. The apparatus includes a sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device, a mixer, a buffer, and an interpolator. The sub-picture-unit-decoding and color-determining device is used for performing sub-picture decoding and color determination on the SPU data, and producing decoded SPU data. The mixer, coupled to the SPU-decoding and color-determining device, is employed to mix the main picture data and the decoded SPU data, and outputting combined video data. The buffer, coupled to the mixer, for storing the combined video data outputted from the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Lin