The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

May. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Henry Hing Law, Scarborough, CA;

Tung Chuen Kwong, Markham, CA;

Benjamin Koon Pan Chan, Markham, CA;

Yugang Zhou, Markham, CA;

Wilson Hung Yu, Markham, CA;

Inventors:

Henry Hing Law, Scarborough, CA;

Tung Chuen Kwong, Markham, CA;

Benjamin Koon Pan Chan, Markham, CA;

Yugang Zhou, Markham, CA;

Wilson Hung Yu, Markham, CA;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2013.01); G06T 9/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for reducing the bandwidth required to transmit video streams related to faces re described herein. In some aspects, contour information from face recognition technology is captured at a transmitting device and sent to a receiving device. The contour information may be used to reconstruct the face at the receiving device without the need to send an entire video frame of the face.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…