Patents by Inventor Wen-Yueh Su

Wen-Yueh Su 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: 9208749
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a light sensor, an algorithm engine, an adjustment engine, and a display. The light sensor detects an ambient brightness around the electronic device. The algorithm engine is coupled to the light sensor. The algorithm engine determines at least one adjustment function according to the ambient brightness. The adjustment engine is coupled to the algorithm engine. The adjustment engine adjusts the luminance component of each pixel of an image according to the at least one adjustment function to enhance the brightness and/or the contrast of the image. The display is coupled to the adjustment engine for displaying the adjusted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh Su, Hsu-Hsiang Tseng, Kuo-Feng Chen
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8810712
    Abstract: The invention provides a camera system. In one embodiment, the camera system comprises a camera module and a processor. The camera module photographs a target object according to a focal length to generate an image. The processor comprises an extending-lens-depth-of-filed (EDOF) module and an auto focus module. The EDOF module processes the image according to an EDOF process to generate an EDOF image. The auto focus module adjusts the focal length of the camera module according to an auto focus process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh Su, Wei-Ting Liu, Yu-Chun Peng
  • Publication number: 20140132618
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a light sensor, an algorithm engine, an adjustment engine, and a display. The light sensor detects an ambient brightness around the electronic device. The algorithm engine is coupled to the light sensor. The algorithm engine determines at least one adjustment function according to the ambient brightness. The adjustment engine is coupled to the algorithm engine. The adjustment engine adjusts the luminance component of each pixel of an image according to the at least one adjustment function to enhance the brightness and/or the contrast of the image. The display is coupled to the adjustment engine for displaying the adjusted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh Su, Hsu-Hsiang Tseng, Kuo-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20140085503
    Abstract: The invention discloses a mobile communication apparatus including an optical module, a flashlight module and a control unit. The optical module is configured for sensing an ambient color temperature of an ambient light. The flashlight module includes a plurality of light-emitting units. Each of the light-emitting units corresponds to a different spectrum band. The control unit is coupled to the optical module and the flashlight module respectively. According to the ambient color temperature of the ambient light, the control unit dynamically adjusts a relative intensity proportion between the light-emitting units while the flashlight module performing a lighting operation. In addition, a flash controlling method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh Su, Hsu-Hsiang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20130188089
    Abstract: The invention provides a camera system. In one embodiment, the camera system comprises a camera module and a processor. The camera module photographs a target object according to a focal length to generate an image. The processor comprises an extending-lens-depth-of-filed (EDOF) module and an auto focus module. The EDOF module processes the image according to an EDOF process to generate an EDOF image. The auto focus module adjusts the focal length of the camera module according to an auto focus process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh SU, Wei-Ting LIU, Yu-Chun PENG
  • Publication number: 20130057655
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing system. In one embodiment, the image processing system comprises a first camera, a second camera, a depth map generator, and an automatic focusing module. The first camera generates a first image. The second camera generates a second image. The depth map generator generates a depth map comprising information about visual shift between the first image and the second image. The automatic focusing module estimates a distance between a target object and a center position between the first camera and the second camera, and adjusts the focusing lengths of the first camera and the second camera according to the estimated distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Wen-Yueh SU, Chun-Ta LIN
  • 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