Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Sing Bing Kang

114Patents
27h-index
107Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 6, 1996 → Oct 9, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6009210A Hands-free interface to a virtual reality environment using head tracking Human Necessities 562 Expired
US7292257B2 Interactive viewpoint video system and process Physics 133 Expired
US7599547B2 Symmetric stereo model for handling occlusion Physics 132 Active
US6266068A Multi-layer image-based rendering for video synthesis Physics 132 Expired
US6047078A Method for extracting a three-dimensional model using appearance-based constrained structure from motion Physics 111 Expired
US7046401B2 Camera-based document scanning system using multiple-pass mosaicking Electricity 111 Expired
US7152024B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 96 Expired
US6879731B2 System and process for generating high dynamic range video Electricity 90 Expired
US7587099B2 Region-based image denoising Physics 66 Active
US6850872B1 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 64 Expired
US6256046A Method and apparatus for visual sensing of humans for active public interfaces Electricity 61 Expired
US6295377A Combined spline and block based motion estimation for coding a sequence of video images Physics 60 Expired
US7142723B2 System and process for generating high dynamic range images from multiple exposures of a moving scene Physics 53 Expired
US7142209B2 Real-time rendering system and process for interactive viewpoint video that was generated using overlapping images of a scene captured from viewpoints forming a grid Physics 52 Expired
US7724952B2 Object matting using flash and no-flash images Electricity 51 Active
US7010174B2 System and process for generating high dynamic range video Electricity 49 Expired
US7239757B2 System and process for generating high dynamic range video Electricity 48 Expired
US6968973B2 System and process for viewing and navigating through an interactive video tour Physics 42 Expired
US11252329B1 Automated determination of image acquisition locations in building interiors using multiple data capture devices Physics 42 Active
US7286143B2 Interactive viewpoint video employing viewpoints forming an array Physics 41 Expired
US6016148A Automated mapping of facial images to animation wireframes topologies Physics 41 Expired
US7124066B2 Facial image processing methods and systems Physics 35 Expired
US6417850B1 Depth painting for 3-D rendering applications Physics 35 Expired
US9098908B2 Generating a depth map Physics 33 Active
US7006709B2 System and method deghosting mosaics using multiperspective plane sweep Physics 33 Expired

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