Patents by Inventor Wen-Fu Kao

Wen-Fu Kao 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: 20230386417
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11800232
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve an appearance of objects that enter a viewable area of a 360-degree video. The technology may include a head mounted display (HMD), a viewport comprising a viewable area within the HMD, and a memory to store objects of interest not currently in the viewable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Patent number: 11699404
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20220284867
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11322099
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11289030
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20210360155
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve an appearance of objects that enter a viewable area of a 360-degree video. The technology may include a head mounted display (HMD), a viewport comprising a viewable area within the HMD, and a memory to store objects of interest not currently in the viewable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Patent number: 11054886
    Abstract: A system of reducing power consumed by a large screen display panel may comprise a display divided into a plurality of segments. A gaze tracker identifies a gaze region where a viewer(s) is looking to increase a refresh rate for segments identified in the gaze region with relation to segments outside of the gaze region. The shading rate of segments outside of the gaze region may also be lowered to save even more power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11051038
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jill M. Boyce, Sumit Mohan, James M. Holland, Sang-Hee Lee, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Keith W. Rowe, Fangwen Fu, Satya N. Yedidi
  • Patent number: 10979728
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may include technology to bundle on demand video frames together in clusters having similar encode times based on predicted performance determined by weighted heuristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Patent number: 10939038
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve an appearance of objects that enter a viewable area of a 360-degree video. The technology may include a head mounted display (HMD), a viewport comprising a viewable area within the HMD, and a memory to store objects of interest not currently in the viewable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Publication number: 20210012722
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 10726792
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20200186831
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jill M. Boyce, Sumit Mohan, James M. Holland, Sang-Hee Lee, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Keith W. Rowe, Fangwen Fu, Satya N. Yedidi
  • Patent number: 10506255
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jill M. Boyce, Sang-Hee Lee, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Keith W. Rowe, Fangwen Fu, Satya N. Yedidi, Sumit Mohan, James M. Holland
  • Publication number: 20180309927
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve an appearance of objects that enter a viewable area of a 360-degree video. The technology may include a head mounted display (HMD), a viewport comprising a viewable area within the HMD, and a memory to store objects of interest not currently in the viewable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Publication number: 20180310013
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may include technology to bundle on demand video frames together in clusters having similar encode times based on predicted performance determined by weighted heuristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Publication number: 20180301095
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180288435
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jill M. Boyce, Sang-Hee Lee, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Keith W. Rowe, Fangwen Fu, Satya N. Yedidi, Sumit Mohan, James M. Holland
  • Publication number: 20180284876
    Abstract: A system of reducing power consumed by a large screen display panel may comprise a display divided into a plurality of segments. A gaze tracker identifies a gaze region where a viewer(s) is looking to increase a refresh rate for segments identified in the gaze region with relation to segments outside of the gaze region. The shading rate of segments outside of the gaze region may also be lowered to save even more power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee