Yi Wei

Title: Yi Wei: Innovations in Video Conferencing and Image Processing

Introduction

Yi Wei is an inventor based in Sunnyvale, California. His patent work addresses image processing, including techniques for animating a user’s image in video conferencing and improving image data with machine learning. He is associated with Samsung Electronics.

Latest Patents

Wei’s patent portfolio includes 2 patents, covering the following inventions.

- Refinement of Facial Keypoint Metadata Generation for Video Conferencing or Other Applications. This method uses a source image of a user and a driving video showing the user’s facial or head movements. It generates metadata that enables an end-user device to animate the source image to mimic those movements. The method also suppresses artifacts caused by objects that temporarily occlude the user or appear in the video.

- Fusion Techniques for Combining Most Significant Bits and Least Significant Bits of Image Data in Image Processing or Other Applications. This method provides raw image data to a trained machine-learning model, which uses the data’s least significant bits to modulate a feature map associated with its most significant bits. The resulting processed image data is then used to present an image.

Career Highlights

Wei’s listed company affiliations include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Ltd. His patent work reflects an emphasis on applying computational techniques to visual media, from facial animation to image-data processing.

Collaborations

Wei’s listed coworkers include Wenbo Li and Hongxia Jin, reflecting connections with other contributors in the technology and patent landscape.

Conclusion

Yi Wei’s two patents highlight approaches to making video-conferencing imagery more robust and combining image data through machine learning.