Patents by Inventor Ying Chen Lou

Ying Chen Lou 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: 20160266467
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein can adjust a search range generated by a camera using depth-assisted autofocus based in part on measuring focus values in a first search range. For example, in some embodiments, a method includes estimating a depth of an object to be captured in an image, determining a first range of lens positions based at least in part on the estimating, moving the lens of the camera to a plurality of lens positions within the first range of lens positions, capturing a plurality of images, the plurality of images being captured at one or more of the plurality of lens positions, generating one or more focus values based on the plurality of images, and determining one or more additional lens positions or a second range of lens positions based at least in part on the one or more focus values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ying Chen Lou, Sanket Krishnamurthy Sagar, Ruben Manuel Velarde
  • Publication number: 20160127628
    Abstract: A method includes determining, at an image processor, a first time period associated with processing a first frame of an image captured via an image sensor. The method also includes extending a frame time for processing the first frame by a second time period. The second time period is based at least in part on an amount of permitted focus value contamination for processing the first frame, and the frame time includes the first time period and the second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Leung Chun Chan, Ying Chen Lou