Patents by Inventor Zhengrong Yao

Zhengrong Yao 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: 7920161
    Abstract: A method for acquiring at least two digital images by means of a digital camera, wherein the digital images are to be stitched into a panoramic image, comprises capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged, determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed, analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image, and indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Scalado AB
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, Johan Windmark, Zhengrong Yao
  • Publication number: 20110050960
    Abstract: A method for acquiring at least two digital images by means of a digital camera, wherein the digital images are to be stitched into a panoramic image, comprises capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged, determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed, analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image, and indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, Johan Windmark, Zhengrong Yao
  • Patent number: 7860817
    Abstract: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Primal Fusion Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Sweeney, Zhengrong Yao
  • Publication number: 20100036790
    Abstract: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Primal Fusion, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter SWEENEY, Zhengrong YAO
  • Patent number: 7606781
    Abstract: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Primal Fusion Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Sweeney, Zhengrong Yao
  • Publication number: 20080267152
    Abstract: A system and method for discovery of and access to service in a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) environment by user equipment (UE) when roaming. The UE may be associated with a plurality of URLs including a home URL and a symbolic URL. When the UE is roaming, the symbolic URL is resolved by a local DNS server to a local URL that is assessed by a local Service Discovery server to determine the MBMS services that may be accessed by the UE in the visiting network. Further, when roaming, the home URL is resolved by the local DNS server and forwarded to a home Service Discovery server where the home URL is assessed to determine the MBMS services that may be accessed by the UE in the home network. Accordingly, the UE is operable to access home network MBMS services as well as visiting network MBMS services when roaming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Svante Alnas, Olle Franceschi, Zhengrong Yao
  • Publication number: 20080018748
    Abstract: A method for acquiring at least two digital images by means of a digital camera, wherein the digital images are to be stitched into a panoramic image, comprises capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged, determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed, analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image, and indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Sami Niemi, Johan Windmark, Zhengrong Yao
  • Publication number: 20070136221
    Abstract: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Sweeney, Zhengrong Yao