Patents by Inventor Wei-Fuu Yang

Wei-Fuu Yang 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).

  • METHOD FOR MONITORING WATER LEVEL OF A WATER BODY AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20160042532
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring water level of a water body, a monitoring system is configured to: capture a current image that has a portion of the water body, and a remaining portion aside from the portion of the water body; process the current image into a processed image that includes a water body region corresponding to the portion of the water body, and a background region corresponding to the remaining portion of the current image; mark, on the processed image, a plurality of virtual alert points according to a predetermined water level of the water body; determine whether at least one of the virtual alert points is located within the water body region of the processed image; and generate a monitoring result according to the determination thus made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shi-Wei LO, Chien-Hao TSENG, Lun-Chi CHEN, Jyh-Hong WU, Fang-Pang LIN, Wei-Fuu YANG, Ming-Chang SHIEH, Chun-Ming SU, Hui-Lin CHEN
  • Method for monitoring water level of a water body and system for implementing the method
    Patent number: 9240054
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring water level of a water body, a monitoring system is configured to: capture a current image that has a portion of the water body, and a remaining portion aside from the portion of the water body; process the current image into a processed image that includes a water body region corresponding to the portion of the water body, and a background region corresponding to the remaining portion of the current image; mark, on the processed image, a plurality of virtual alert points according to a predetermined water level of the water body; determine whether at least one of the virtual alert points is located within the water body region of the processed image; and generate a monitoring result according to the determination thus made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lo, Chien-Hao Tseng, Lun-Chi Chen, Jyh-Hong Wu, Fang-Pang Lin, Wei-Fuu Yang, Ming-Chang Shieh, Chun-Ming Su, Hui-Lin Chen