Patents by Inventor Wai Yu Trevor Tsang

Wai Yu Trevor Tsang 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: 20230016350
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generating keypoint descriptors of the keypoints. An apparatus includes a pyramid image generator circuit and a keypoint descriptor generator circuit. The pyramid image generator circuit generates an image pyramid from an input image. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit determines intensity values of sample points in the pyramid images for a keypoint and determines comparison results of comparisons between the intensity values of pairs of the sample points. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit generate bit values defining the comparison results for the keypoint, each bit value corresponding with one of the comparison results, and generate a sequence of the bit values defining an ordering of the comparison results based on importance levels of the comparisons, where the importance level of each comparison defines how much the comparison is representative of features. Bit values for comparisons having the lowest importance levels may be excluded from the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Liran Fishel, Asaaf Metuki, Chuhan Min, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang
  • Patent number: 11475240
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generating keypoint descriptors of the keypoints. An apparatus includes a pyramid image generator circuit and a keypoint descriptor generator circuit. The pyramid image generator circuit generates an image pyramid from an input image. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit determines intensity values of sample points in the pyramid images for a keypoint and determines comparison results of comparisons between the intensity values of pairs of the sample points. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit generate bit values defining the comparison results for the keypoint, each bit value corresponding with one of the comparison results, and generate a sequence of the bit values defining an ordering of the comparison results based on importance levels of the comparisons, where the importance level of each comparison defines how much the comparison is representative of features. Bit values for comparisons having the lowest importance levels may be excluded from the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Liran Fishel, Assaf Metuki, Chuhan Min, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang
  • Publication number: 20220300749
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generating keypoint descriptors of the keypoints. An apparatus includes a pyramid image generator circuit and a keypoint descriptor generator circuit. The pyramid image generator circuit generates an image pyramid from an input image. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit determines intensity values of sample points in the pyramid images for a keypoint and determines comparison results of comparisons between the intensity values of pairs of the sample points. The keypoint descriptor generator circuit generate bit values defining the comparison results for the keypoint, each bit value corresponding with one of the comparison results, and generate a sequence of the bit values defining an ordering of the comparison results based on importance levels of the comparisons, where the importance level of each comparison defines how much the comparison is representative of features. Bit values for comparisons having the lowest importance levels may be excluded from the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Liran Fishel, Assaf Metuki, Chuhan Min, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang
  • Publication number: 20140253564
    Abstract: Systems and methods include an electronic device having multiple GPUs and a GPU power control process that controls switching between a first GPU and a second GPU, such as a high performance GPU. The electronic device uses the first GPU when an external device is coupled to an adapter connected to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Redman, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang
  • Patent number: 8736618
    Abstract: Systems and methods include an electronic device having multiple GPUs and a GPU power control process that controls switching between a first GPU and a second GPU, such as a high performance GPU. The electronic device may be coupled to an external display by a passive adapter or an active adapter. The GPU power control process may determine if the second GPU is active and switch to the second GPU upon connection of the external display through either the passive adapter or the active adapter. Upon connection of an active adapter, the GPU power control process may use hot plug functionality to determine connection of the external display to the active adapter and provide appropriate switching in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Redman, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang
  • Publication number: 20110267359
    Abstract: Systems and methods include an electronic device having multiple GPUs and a GPU power control process that controls switching between a first GPU and a second GPU, such as a high performance GPU. The electronic device may be coupled to an external display by a passive adapter or an active adapter. The GPU power control process may determine if the second GPU is active and switch to the second GPU upon connection of the external display through either the passive adapter or the active adapter. Upon connection of an active adapter, the GPU power control process may use hot plug functionality to determine connection of the external display to the active adapter and provide appropriate switching in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David J. Redman, Wai Yu Trevor Tsang