Patents by Inventor Yun-Fu Liu

Yun-Fu Liu 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: 20190050890
    Abstract: A video dotting placement analysis method is disclosed, including: converting a content of the video into a plurality of descriptor lists, wherein each descriptor list is recorded with a time sequence and a plurality of raw descriptors; providing an advertisement category (ADC) model recorded with relationships among a plurality of advertisement categories and a plurality of descriptors; performing analysis on the ADC model and the plurality of descriptor lists to generate a plurality of ADC recommendation lists, wherein the plurality of ADC recommendation lists is recorded with category relevance confidences between each advertisement category and the video content corresponded to each time sequences; calculating predicted audience response (AR) values of each advertisement category; and analyzing one or multiple time sequences as a dotting placement of the video based on the plurality of ADC recommendation lists, the plurality of predicted AR values and a dotting model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yun-Fu LIU, Shao-Hang HSIEH, Chien-Yu LIN, Chun-Chieh HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190005134
    Abstract: A method for identifying extension messages of a video includes: providing a video; converting content of the video into a content list including a plurality of descriptor lists, each descriptor list recording a time interval and raw descriptors for describing a feature presented in the video at the time interval; providing a descriptor semantic model (DSM) including a plurality of node descriptors and a plurality of directed edges wherein each node descriptor corresponds to a predetermined feature, and the directed edges define relation strengths among the node descriptors; importing the raw descriptors of the descriptor list into the DSM to update the raw descriptors as refined descriptors and to obtain one or more inferred descriptors; and updating the descriptor lists based on the refined descriptors and the inferred descriptors. An identification system and storage media thereof are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yun-Fu LIU, Shao-Hang HSIEH, Chun-Chieh HUANG
  • Patent number: 8570602
    Abstract: A digital halftoning method and a method for constructing a class tiling map are disclosed. The present invention utilizes to arrange class matrixes in a staggering form such that adjacent class matrixes exist a staggering shift. Also, the class tiling map is constructed in this way. Then, a dot diffusion procedure is performed to an original image with the class tiling map so as to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. The present invention is capable of solving the problem of a periodic appearance caused by traditional dot diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu
  • Patent number: 8390890
    Abstract: A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-Ming Guo, Yun-Fu Liu
  • Publication number: 20120176650
    Abstract: A digital halftoning method and a method for constructing a class tiling map are disclosed. The present invention utilizes to arrange class matrixes in a staggering form such that adjacent class matrixes exist a staggering shift. Also, the class tiling map is constructed in this way. Then, a dot diffusion procedure is performed to an original image with the class tiling map so as to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. The present invention is capable of solving the problem of a periodic appearance caused by traditional dot diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu
  • Patent number: 8077355
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital halftoning method. The method comprises steps of: (a1) dividing an original image into non-overlapping blocks; (a2) obtaining a Least-Mean-Square trained (LMS-trained) filter by comparing at least a training image and a halftone result corresponding to the training image (a3) optimizing a class matrix with the LMS-trained filter, which involves the diffused area and the diffused weightings; and (a4) processing the non-overlapping blocks by performing a dot diffusion procedure with the optimized class matrix and the diffused weightings to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. A detailed class matrix optimizing method as in the above-mentioned step (a3) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu
  • Patent number: 8049930
    Abstract: A method is performed to hide a watermark in two halftone images or in a single halftone image. The halftone image contains information of the hidden watermark, and each pixel value of the halftone image is associated with a corresponding offset value. The offset value is determined according to a corresponding pixel value of the watermark and a corresponding pixel value of another halftone image. The offset value is used to compensate a corresponding input value and a corresponding original error value of the halftone image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-Ming Guo, Yun-Fu Liu
  • Publication number: 20110142340
    Abstract: A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jing-Ming GUO, Yun-Fu LIU
  • Publication number: 20100067057
    Abstract: A method is performed to hide a watermark in two halftone images or in a single halftone image. The halftone image contains information of the hidden watermark, and each pixel value of the halftone image is associated with a corresponding offset value. The offset value is determined according to a corresponding pixel value of the watermark and a corresponding pixel value of another halftone image. The offset value is used to compensate a corresponding input value and a corresponding original error value of the halftone image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-Ming Guo, Yun-Fu Liu
  • Publication number: 20100033764
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital halftoning method. The method comprises steps of: (a1) dividing an original image into non-overlapping blocks; (a2) obtaining a Least-Mean-Square trained (LMS-trained) filter by comparing at least a training image and a halftone result corresponding to the training image (a3) optimizing a class matrix with the LMS-trained filter, which involves the diffused area and the diffused weightings; and (a4) processing the non-overlapping blocks by performing a dot diffusion procedure with the optimized class matrix and the diffused weightings to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. A detailed class matrix optimizing method as in the above-mentioned step (a3) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technolo
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu