Patents by Inventor WEI-CHI TU

WEI-CHI TU 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).

  • Bilateral filter and a method thereof
    Patent number: 9639923
    Abstract: A bilateral filtering method includes decomposing an image patch by pixel intensity to form a stack of patches; computing spatial filtering response of each intensity; multiplying the spatial filtering response of each intensity by corresponding intensity, thereby resulting in multiplied spatial filtering response of each intensity; and summing up the multiplied spatial filtering responses of different intensities weighted with corresponding range weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: National Taiwan University, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Shao-Yi Chien, Wei-Chi Tu, Yi-Nung Liu
  • BILATERAL FILTER AND A METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170011497
    Abstract: A bilateral filtering method includes decomposing an image patch by pixel intensity to form a stack of patches; computing spatial filtering response of each intensity; multiplying the spatial filtering response of each intensity by corresponding intensity, thereby resulting in multiplied spatial filtering response of each intensity; and summing up the multiplied spatial filtering responses of different intensities weighted with corresponding range weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: SHAO-YI CHIEN, WEI-CHI TU, Yi-Nung Liu