Patents by Inventor Yueying KAO

Yueying KAO 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: 11900610
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus acquires a target image including a depth image of a scene, determines three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data corresponding to the depth image based on the depth image, and extracts an object included in the scene to acquire an object extraction result based on the 3D point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueying Kao, Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Wooshik Kim, Chao Zhang, Lin Ma, Qiang Wang, Weiming Li
  • Publication number: 20230230251
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus acquires a target image including a depth image of a scene, determines three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data corresponding to the depth image based on the depth image, and extracts an object included in the scene to acquire an object extraction result based on the 3D point cloud data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueying KAO, Yang LIU, Hao WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Wooshik KIM, Chao ZHANG, Lin MA, Qiang WANG, Weiming LI
  • Patent number: 11645756
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus acquires a target image including a depth image of a scene, determines three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data corresponding to the depth image based on the depth image, and extracts an object included in the scene to acquire an object extraction result based on the 3D point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueying Kao, Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Wooshik Kim, Chao Zhang, Lin Ma, Qiang Wang, Weiming Li
  • Publication number: 20220198707
    Abstract: A method with object pose estimation includes: obtaining an instance segmentation image and a normalized object coordinate space (NOCS) map by processing an input single-frame image using a deep neural network (DNN); obtaining a two-dimensional and three-dimensional (2D-3D) mapping relationship based on the instance segmentation image and the NOCS map; and determining a pose of an object instance in the input single-frame image based on the 2D-3D mapping relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Jiyeon KIM, Hyun Sung CHANG, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Yang LIU, Yueying KAO, Hao WANG
  • Publication number: 20220180548
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method with object pose estimation includes: determining an image feature corresponding to a point cloud of an input image; determining semantic segmentation information, instance mask information, and keypoint information of an object, based on the image feature; and estimating a pose of the object based on the semantic segmentation information, the instance mask information, and the keypoint information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Jiyeon KIM, Hyun Sung CHANG, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Yang LIU, Hao WANG, Yueying KAO
  • Patent number: 11315354
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an augmented reality (AR) apparatus are provided. The method includes acquiring a video, detecting a human body from the acquired video, performing an action prediction with regard to the detected human body, and controlling the AR apparatus based on a result of the action prediction and a mapping relationship between human body actions and AR functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Wang, Yang Liu, Hyong Euk Lee, Seungin Park, Qiang Wang, Yueying Kao, Weiming Li
  • Patent number: 11295532
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for aligning a three-dimensional (3D) model. The 3D model alignment method includes acquiring, by a processor, at least one two-dimensional (2D) image including an object, detecting, by the processor, a feature point of the object in the at least one 2D input image using a neural network, estimating, by the processor, a 3D pose of the object in the at least one 2D input image using the neural network, retrieving, by the processor, a target 3D model based on the estimated 3D pose, and aligning, by the processor, the target 3D model and the object based on the feature point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Hyong Euk Lee, Hao Wang, Seungin Park, Qiang Wang, Yang Liu, Yueying Kao
  • Publication number: 20220101555
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, an electronic device for estimating a pose of an object include determining a confidence of a depth image of an object based on a color image and the depth image of the object, estimating a pose of the object based on a three-dimensional (3D) keypoint in response to the depth image being reliable, and estimating the pose of the object based on a two-dimensional (2D) keypoint in response to the depth image being unreliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao ZHANG, Jiyeon KIM, Yang LIU, Yueying KAO, Hao WANG, Hyun Sung CHANG, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Weiming LI
  • Patent number: 11188965
    Abstract: An apparatus for recommending a customer item identifies a purchase tendency of a customer based on an image, determines a recommended item for the customer by selecting a purchase tendency model corresponding to the purchase tendency, and provides information associated with the determined recommended item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Dongdong Yu, Yang Liu, Qiang Wang, Minsu Ahn, Sunghoon Hong, Yueying Kao, Zairan Wang, Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20210150726
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus acquires a target image including a depth image of a scene, determines three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data corresponding to the depth image based on the depth image, and extracts an object included in the scene to acquire an object extraction result based on the 3D point cloud data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueying KAO, Yang LIU, Hao WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Wooshik KIM, Chao ZHANG, Lin MA, Qiang WANG, Weiming LI
  • Patent number: 10937189
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pose estimation methods and apparatuses of displaying a virtual object using an estimated pose. The pose estimation method includes receiving an input image and estimating pose information of an object from the input image based on local information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zairan Wang, Dongdong Yu, Hao Wang, Minsu Ahn, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Yang Liu, Yueying Kao
  • Patent number: 10885659
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object pose estimating method and apparatus. The pose estimating method includes acquiring a two-dimensional (2D) image corresponding to an object, extracting a global visual feature and a local geometric feature of the object in the 2D image, and estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of the object based on the global visual feature and the local geometric feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Yueying Kao, Dongdong Yu, Hao Wang, Minsu Ahn, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Yang Liu, Zairan Wang
  • Publication number: 20200202119
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an augmented reality (AR) apparatus are provided. The method includes acquiring a video, detecting a human body from the acquired video, performing an action prediction with regard to the detected human body, and controlling the AR apparatus based on a result of the action prediction and a mapping relationship between human body actions and AR functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao WANG, Yang LIU, Hyong Euk LEE, Seungin PARK, Qiang WANG, Yueying KAO, Weiming LI
  • Patent number: 10685434
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for assessing aesthetic quality of a natural image based on multi-task deep learning. Said method includes: step 1: automatically learning aesthetic and semantic characteristics of the natural image based on multi-task deep learning; step 2: performing aesthetic categorization and semantic recognition to the results of automatic learning based on multi-task deep learning, thereby realizing assessment of aesthetic quality of the natural image. The present application uses semantic information to assist learning of expressions of aesthetic characteristics so as to assess aesthetic quality more effectively, besides, the present application designs various multi-task deep learning network structures so as to effectively use the aesthetic and semantic information for obtaining highly accurate image aesthetic categorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Kaiqi Huang, Tieniu Tan, Ran He, Yueying Kao
  • Publication number: 20200160616
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for aligning a three-dimensional (3D) model. The 3D model alignment method includes acquiring, by a processor, at least one two-dimensional (2D) image including an object, detecting, by the processor, a feature point of the object in the at least one 2D input image using a neural network, estimating, by the processor, a 3D pose of the object in the at least one 2D input image using the neural network, retrieving, by the processor, a target 3D model based on the estimated 3D pose, and aligning, by the processor, the target 3D model and the object based on the feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Hyong Euk LEE, Hao WANG, Seungin PARK, Qiang WANG, Yang LIU, Yueying KAO
  • Publication number: 20190220992
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object pose estimating method and apparatus. The pose estimating method includes acquiring a two-dimensional (2D) image corresponding to an object, extracting a global visual feature and a local geometric feature of the object in the 2D image, and estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of the object based on the global visual feature and the local geometric feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Yueying KAO, Dongdong YU, Hao WANG, Minsu AHN, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Yang LIU, Zairan WANG
  • Publication number: 20190220993
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pose estimation methods and apparatuses of displaying a virtual object using an estimated pose. The pose estimation method includes receiving an input image and estimating pose information of an object from the input image based on local information of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Zairan WANG, Dongdong YU, Hao WANG, Minsu AHN, Qiang WANG, Sunghoon HONG, Yang LIU, Yueying KAO
  • Publication number: 20190205965
    Abstract: An apparatus for recommending a customer item identifies a purchase tendency of a customer based on an image, determines a recommended item for the customer by selecting a purchase tendency model corresponding to the purchase tendency, and provides information associated with the determined recommended item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Dongdong YU, Yang LIU, Qiang WANG, Minsu AHN, Sunghoon HONG, Yueying KAO, Zairan WANG, Hao WANG
  • Publication number: 20190026884
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for assessing aesthetic quality of a natural image based on multi-task deep learning. Said method includes: step 1: automatically learning aesthetic and semantic characteristics of the natural image based on multi-task deep learning; step 2: performing aesthetic categorization and semantic recognition to the results of automatic learning based on multi-task deep learning, thereby realizing assessment of aesthetic quality of the natural image. The present application uses semantic information to assist learning of expressions of aesthetic characteristics so as to assess aesthetic quality more effectively, besides, the present application designs various multi-task deep learning network structures so as to effectively use the aesthetic and semantic information for obtaining highly accurate image aesthetic categorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Kaiqi HUANG, Tieniu TAN, Ran HE, Yueying KAO