Patents by Inventor Wen Han Yao

Wen Han Yao 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: 20110069902
    Abstract: An image denoising method includes the steps of: sequentially selecting a pixel in an image as a current pixel; dynamically determining a current search block and a strength parameter; pre-denoising the comparison block of each pixel in the current search block; comparing the comparison block of the pre-denoised neighborhood pixel and the comparison block of the pre-denoised current pixel to obtain a similarity between each neighborhood pixel and the current pixel in the current search block; determining a weighting of each neighborhood pixel related to the current pixel according to the strength parameter, and a distance and the similarity between each neighborhood pixel and the current pixel in the current search block; and weighted averaging each neighborhood pixel and the current pixel in the current search block according to the weighting to obtain a reconstruction value of the current pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC
    Inventors: Shu Sian Yang, Wen Han Yao, Chuan Hsin Lee
  • Publication number: 20100328442
    Abstract: A human face detection device includes a photosensitive element, a human face detection unit, and a skin color threshold generation unit. The photosensitive element is used for capturing a first image containing a first human face block. The human face detection unit compares the first image with at least one human face feature, so as to detect the first human face block. The skin color threshold generation unit is used for updating a skin color threshold value according to the detected first human face block. The skin color threshold value is used for filtering the first image signal to obtain a candidate region, the human face detection unit compares the candidate region with the at least one human face feature to obtain the first human face block, and the skin color threshold value determines whether the first human face block detected by the human face detection unit is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Shu Sian Yang, Ren Hau Gu, Yi Fang Lee, Ming Tsan Kao, Teo Chin Chiang, Chi Chieh Liao, Wei Ting Chan, Yu Hao Huang, Wen Han Yao