Patents by Inventor Yi-Bel Chen

Yi-Bel Chen 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).

  • Machine-implemented method, system and computer program product for enabling a user to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality
    Patent number: 8803914
    Abstract: In a machine-implemented method for use with a handheld device, a user is able to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality. The machine-implemented method includes: (A) establishing a garment database containing information corresponding to at least one garment, the information corresponding to each garment including a backside image of the garment; (B) establishing a marker database containing feature information of a backside marker; and (C) upon determining from a captured image of the user who is tagged with at least one physical maker that the physical marker corresponds to the backside marker, retrieving from the garment database the backside image of a selected garment, and superimposing the retrieved backside image onto the captured image of the user to form a composite image for display on a screen of the handheld device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Lien-Wu Chen, Yu-Chee Tseng, Jen-Hsiang Cheng, Chia-Yu Ku, Yi-Bel Chen, Ting Teng
  • MACHINE-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLING A USER TO VIRTUALLY TRY ON A SELECTED GARMENT USING AUGMENTED REALITY
    Publication number: 20120162256
    Abstract: In a machine-implemented method for use with a handheld device, a user is able to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality. The machine-implemented method includes: (A) establishing a garment database containing information corresponding to at least one garment, the information corresponding to each garment including a backside image of the garment; (B) establishing a marker database containing feature information of a backside marker; and (C) upon determining from a captured image of the user who is tagged with at least one physical maker that the physical marker corresponds to the backside marker, retrieving from the garment database the backside image of a selected garment, and superimposing the retrieved backside image onto the captured image of the user to form a composite image for display on a screen of the handheld device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Lien-Wu CHEN, Yu-Chee Tseng, Jen-Hsiang Cheng, Chia-Yu Ku, Yi-Bel Chen, Ting Teng