Patents by Inventor Yu Shiu

Yu Shiu 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).

  • Highlight detecting circuit and related method for audio feature-based highlight segment detection
    Patent number: 7742111
    Abstract: A highlight detecting circuit for detecting a highlight segment within a video signal includes a pitch-tracking module for estimating a plurality of pitch values for an audio signal; a pitch difference detecting module coupled to the pitch-tracking module for computing a plurality of pitch difference values according to the pitch values; and a highlight detecting module coupled to the pitch difference detecting module for determining a starting point and a stopping point of the highlight segment according to the pitch difference values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: MAVs Lab. Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Shiu, Chia-Hung Yeh, Hsuan-Huei Shih, Chung-Chieh Kuo
  • HIGHTLIGHT DETECTING CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR AUDIO FEATURE-BASED HIGHLIGHT SEGMENT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20060252536
    Abstract: A highlight detecting circuit for detecting a highlight segment within a video signal includes a pitch-tracking module for estimating a plurality of pitch values for an audio signal; a pitch difference detecting module coupled to the pitch-tracking module for computing a plurality of pitch difference values according to the pitch values; and a highlight detecting module coupled to the pitch difference detecting module for determining a starting point and a stopping point of the highlight segment according to the pitch difference values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Yu Shiu, Chia-Hung Yeh, Hsuan-Huei Shih, Chung-Chieh KUO