Patents by Inventor Wai Pak Icarus Choi

Wai Pak Icarus Choi 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).

  • Publication number: 20140010445
    Abstract: A method for compressing image data into a sequence of codes, the image data being represented by a plurality of input color vectors. The method includes a repetitive processing of one color vector at a time with the following steps: receiving one of the input color vectors; comparing the received input color vector with codebook words in a codebook, the codebook words being expressed as color vectors: compressing the received input color vector to generate a code based on the comparison; updating the codebook with a color vector, the color vector being generated by decoding the code; and outputting the code before receiving a next one of the input color vectors; wherein the updating may include rearranging the order of the codebook words based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SOLOMON SYSTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Wing Chi Stephen CHAN, Wai Pak Icarus CHOI
  • Patent number: 8102360
    Abstract: A method of adjusting image intensity to compensate backlight dimming in dynamic backlight control, the method including estimating distortion of an image that corresponds to different mapping index values 204 selected from the intensity levels 202 of an image. The estimated distortion of image represents factors including the quantity of pixels 205 that have intensity exceeding a mapping index value 204; and the amount 206 that the intensity of each pixel exceeds the corresponding mapping index value. The method further includes selecting from a plurality of schemes 301 for adjusting image intensity to minimize the estimated distortion obtained from the estimating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Solomon Systech Limited
    Inventors: Wing Chi Stephen Chan, Wai Pak Icarus Choi, Wai-Yan Stephen Lai
  • Publication number: 20110243437
    Abstract: A method for compressing image data into a sequence of codes, the image data being represented by a plurality of input color vectors. The method includes a repetitive processing of one color vector at a time with the following steps: receiving one of the input color vectors; comparing the received input color vector with codebook words in a codebook, the codebook words being expressed as color vectors; compressing the received input color vector to generate a code based on the comparison; updating the codebook with a color vector, the color vector being generated by decoding the code; and outputting the code before receiving a next one of the input color vectors; wherein the updating may include rearranging the order of the codebook words based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Wing Chi Stephen Chan, Wai Pak Icarus Choi
  • Publication number: 20100104207
    Abstract: A method for compressing image data into a sequence of codes, the image data being represented by a plurality of input color vectors. The method includes a repetitive processing of one color vector at a time with the following steps: receiving one of the input color vectors; comparing the received input color vector with codebook words in a codebook, the codebook words being expressed as color vectors; compressing the received input color vector to generate a code based on the comparison; updating the codebook with a color vector, the color vector being generated by decoding the code; and outputting the code before receiving a next one of the input color vectors; wherein the updating may include rearranging the order of the codebook words based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Wing Chi Stephen CHAN, Wai Pak Icarus CHOI