Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Walter Hsiao

26Patents
14h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1998 → Apr 12, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6909438B1 Video compositor Electricity 70 Expired
US6266100A System for enhancing a video presentation of a live event Electricity 64 Expired
US7075556B1 Telestrator system Electricity 48 Expired
US6597406B2 System for enhancing a video presentation of a live event Electricity 46 Expired
US7221794B1 Foreground detection Physics 29 Expired
US7492363B2 Telestrator system Electricity 27 Expired
US8154633B2 Line removal and object detection in an image Physics 23 Active
US8441476B2 Image repair interface for providing virtual viewpoints Physics 21 Active
US8073190B2 3D textured objects for virtual viewpoint animations Physics 18 Active
US8451265B2 Virtual viewpoint animation Physics 17 Active
US7750901B2 Telestrator system Electricity 15 Active
US7928976B2 Telestrator system Electricity 15 Active
US8456526B2 Video effect using movement within an image Electricity 15 Active
US7894669B2 Foreground detection Physics 14 Active
US9041722B2 Updating background texture for virtual viewpoint animations Electricity 11 Active
US9377950B2 Touch-based annotation system with temporary modes Physics 1 Active
US11580278B2 System and method for determining spatial distribution of variable deposition size in additive manufacturing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11660822B2 System and method for improved infilling of part interiors in objects formed by additive manufacturing systems Physics 1 Active
US12023871B2 Method for improved infilling of part interiors in objects formed by additive manufacturing systems Physics 0 Active
US11883881B2 System and method for operating a material drop ejecting three-dimensional (3D) object printer to prevent quantization error in perimeters of a three-dimensional printed object Physics 0 Active
US11361130B2 Ensuring additive manufacturability of object model using meso-skeleton analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11886759B2 Method and system for operating a metal drop ejecting three-dimensional (3D) object printer to compensate for drop size variations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11639023B2 Interactive design tool for varying density support structures Physics 0 Active
US11654616B2 Controller and 3D printing apparatus for varying density support structures through interpolation of support polygon boundaries with scalar density fields Physics 0 Active
US11794255B2 Method and apparatus for forming overhang structures with a metal drop ejecting three-dimensional (3D) object printer Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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