Patents by Inventor Wei-Feng Chien

Wei-Feng Chien 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: 10218911
    Abstract: An operating method of a mobile device includes capturing a preview image; displaying the preview image; detecting a photograph in the preview image; in response to the photograph being detected in the preview image, searching a video file corresponding to the photograph in a database; and in response to a video file corresponding to the photograph being searched, playing a video of the searched video file over at least a part of the displayed preview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Shen, Wei-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20180278851
    Abstract: An operating method of a mobile device includes capturing a preview image; displaying the preview image; detecting a photograph in the preview image; in response to the photograph being detected in the preview image, searching a video file corresponding to the photograph in a database; and in response to a video file corresponding to the photograph being searched, playing a video of the searched video file over at least a part of the displayed preview image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta SHEN, Wei-Feng CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20150334309
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method thereof. The image capturing apparatus includes a main camera, a tele camera, a depth camera, and a processing unit. The main camera is used for capturing a main image, the tele camera is used for capturing a tele image, and the depth camera is used for capturing a depth image. The processing unit is coupled to the main, tele, and depth cameras. The processing unit is used for: combining the main image and the tele image to obtain a zoomed image; and generate a depth map corresponding to the zoomed image based on the main image, the tele image, and the depth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Peng, Wei-Feng Chien, Gordon Horng
  • Patent number: 8884866
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a backlight brightness control method thereof are provided. The control method includes the following steps. Detection of an ambient brightness for the electronic apparatus is made to output an ambient brightness signal. Next, whether to adjust the backlight brightness for the display is determined according to a comparison between the ambient brightness signal and a current backlight brightness. If the comparison result indicates that the ambient brightness decrement is lower than a decrement threshold, then an adjustment value is selected from a plurality of step sizes according to the current backlight brightness to decrease the backlight brightness gradually, so that the backlight brightness changes towards a target backlight brightness corresponding to the ambient brightness signal. The step sizes include a first step size and a second step size. The backlight brightness for the display is adjusted according to the current backlight brightness and the adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Yin Chen, Wen-Yueh Su, Chun-Ta Lin, Wei-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20110134091
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a backlight brightness control method thereof are provided. The control method includes the following steps. Detection of an ambient brightness for the electronic apparatus is made to output an ambient brightness signal. Next, whether to adjust the backlight brightness for the display is determined according to a comparison between the ambient brightness signal and a current backlight brightness. If the comparison result indicates that the ambient brightness decrement is lower than a decrement threshold, then an adjustment value is selected from a plurality of step sizes according to the current backlight brightness to decrease the backlight brightness gradually, so that the backlight brightness changes towards a target backlight brightness corresponding to the ambient brightness signal. The step sizes include a first step size and a second step size. The backlight brightness for the display is adjusted according to the current backlight brightness and the adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Yin Chen, Wen-Yueh Su, Chun-Ta Lin, Wei-Feng Chien