Patents by Inventor Yuntao Cui

Yuntao Cui 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).

  • Template
    Patent number: 7347114
    Abstract: A design template includes a torso section being one of a group of a 95th percentile male, 50th percentile male and 5th female having each being one of a group of an ERECT posture, a NEUTRAL posture and a SLUMPED posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Herbert M Reynolds, Robert Kerr, Raymond Brodeur, Khaldoun Rayes, Douglas Neal, Yuntao Cui
  • Template
    Publication number: 20050160842
    Abstract: A design template includes a torso section being one of a group of a 95th percentile male, 50th percentile male and 5th female having each being one of a group of an ERECT posture, a NEUTRAL posture and a SLUMPED posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Herbert Reynolds, Robert Kerr, Raymond Brodeur, Khaldoun Rayes, Douglas Neal, Yuntao Cui
  • Design template
    Patent number: 6840125
    Abstract: A design template includes a torso section being one of a group of a 95th percentile male, 50th percentile male and 5th percentile female having each being one of a group of an ERECT posture, a NEUTRAL posture and a SLUMPED posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University
    Inventors: Herbert M. Reynolds, Robert Kerr, Raymond Brodeur, Khaldoun Rayes, Douglas Neal, Yuntao Cui
  • Design template
    Publication number: 20040118229
    Abstract: A design template includes a torso section being one of a group of a 95th percentile male, 50th percentile male and 5th percentile female having each being one of a group of an ERECT posture, a NEUTRAL posture and a SLUMPED posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Herbert M. Reynolds, Robert Kerr, Raymond Brodeur, Khaldoun Rayes, Douglas Neal, Yuntao Cui
  • Extracting textual information from a video sequence
    Patent number: 6587586
    Abstract: A method for extracting an image representing textual information from a video sequence includes the following steps. First, receiving a sequence of video frames, each including an image of textual information. Then, locating the textual information in each frame of the video sequence to form a stack of text arrays, each array containing data representing substantially only the textual information. Finally, extracting a single textual image array representing the image of the textual information from the stack of text arrays. Apparatus for extracting an image representing textual information from a video sequence includes a source of a video sequence having a plurality of frames, each containing an image of the textual information; and a processor, coupled to the video sequence source, responsive to all of the plurality of frames, for generating a single array representing an image of the textual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuntao Cui, Qian Huang
  • Total variational blind image restoration from image sequences
    Patent number: 6470097
    Abstract: A blind image restoration system uses total variational (TV) regularization to allow discontinuities in a true image function. The system first updates image blur parameters to minimize the energy function with the motion parameters and restored image. The motion parameters between subsequent frames in the image sequence are then updated to minimize the energy function with the blur parameters and restored image. The restored image is then updated by using a preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm to minimize the energy function derived from the TV regularization formulation. The TV-based energy function is then computed by using the currently updated parameter values. If the relative difference between the current energy function value and the energy value computed in the previous iteration is within a threshold, then it is converged and the restored image is outputted. If it has not converged, the signal flows back to update the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Corporation Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Shang-Hong Lai, Yuntao Cui