Patents by Inventor Xiaofan Un

Xiaofan Un 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).

  • Methods and systems for determining object layouts
    Patent number: 7609847
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically generate an object layout. Various candidate placement positions are evaluated by computing values associated with placing the object at the placement positions. Cost functions associated with contrast, saliency and/or sharpness can be used to evaluate the desirability of each candidate placement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Simon Widdowson, Xiaofan Un
  • Methods and systems for determining object layouts
    Publication number: 20060109510
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically generate an object layout. Various candidate placement positions are evaluated by computing values associated with placing the object at the placement positions. Cost functions associated with contrast, saliency and/or sharpness can be used to evaluate the desirability of each candidate placement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Simon Widdowson, Xiaofan Un