Selected Publications and Patents

(Work done at Stanford University)

  • Patrick C. Teo and David J. Heeger, "Perceptual Image Distortion," Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display V, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2179, pp 127-141, February 1994.

  • Patrick C. Teo and David J. Heeger, "Perceptual Image Distortion," International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition, Society for Information Display, Models and CAD Tools for Efficient Display Design, pp 209-212, June 1994.

  • Patrick C. Teo and David J. Heeger, "Perceptual Image Distortion," First IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, vol 2, pp 982-986, November 1994.

  • Patrick C. Teo and David J. Heeger, "A General, Mechanistic Model of Spatial Pattern Detection," Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology, 36 :2012, May 1995.

  • David J. Heeger and Patrick C. Teo, "A Model of Perceptual Image Fidelity," Second IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Special session on Color and Printing. October 1995.

(Work done at Stanford University and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories)

  • Patrick C. Teo and Guillermo Sapiro and Brian Wandell, "Creating Connected Representations of Cortical Gray Matter for Functional MRI Visualization ," IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 1997.

  • Patrick C. Teo and Guillermo Sapiro and Brian Wandell, "Anisotropic Smoothing of Posterior Probabilities," Dynamical Systems, Control, Coding, Computer Vision : New Trends, Interfaces, and Interplay, Giorgio Picci and David S. Gilliam, Editors, Progress in Systems and Control Theory, vol. 25, 1999.

Theory and Application of Steerable Functions

(Work done at Stanford University)

  • Patrick C. Teo, "Theory and Applications of Steerable Functions," Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. Computer Science, Stanford University, March 1998.

  • Yacov Hel-or and Patrick C. Teo, "Canonical Decomposition of Steerable Functions," Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 83-95, July 1998.

  • Patrick C. Teo and Yacov Hel-Or, "Design of Multi-Parameter Steerable Functions Using Cascade Basis Reduction," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 552-556, June 1999.

  • Patrick C. Teo and Yacov Hel-Or, "A Computational Group-Theoretic Approach to Steerable Functions," Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 7-17, Jan. 1998.

  • Michael Elad and Yacov Hel-Or and Patrick C. Teo, "On the Design of Filters for Gradient-Based Motion Estimation," Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 345-365, Nov. 2005.

Image Processing for Digital Cameras

(Work done at Live Picture)

  • Patrick Teo, "Virtual reality camera," US Patent No. 9,961,264, May 1, 2018.

  • Massimo Mancuso, Patrick Teo, et al., "Perspective correction for preview area of panoramic digital camera," US Patent No. 6,885,392, Apr 26, 2005.

  • Massimo Mancuso, Patrick Teo, et al.,"Perspective correction device for panoramic digital camera," US Patent No. 6,771,304, Aug 3, 2004.

  • Massimo Mancuso, Patrick Teo, et al.,"Motion estimation for panoramic digital camera," US Patent No. 6,717,608, Apr 6, 2004.

  • Massimo Mancuso, Patrick Teo, et al.,"Perspective correction for panoramic digital camera with remote processing," US Patent No. 6,618,511, Sept 9, 2003.

  • Massimo Mancuso, Patrick Teo, et al.,"Color correction estimation for panoramic digital camera," US Patent No. 6,456,323,Sept 24, 2002.

(Work done at Live Picture)

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for compositing images," US Patent No. 6,385,349, May 7, 2002.

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for composition images," US Patent No. 6,349,153, Feb. 19, 2002.

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for creating panoramas," US Patent No. 6,246,413, June 12, 2001.

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for centering image objects," US Patent No. 6,215,494, April 10, 2001.

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for compositing images," US Patent No. 6,128,108, Oct. 3, 2000.

  • Patrick Teo, "Method and system for panel alignment in panoramas," US Patent No. 6,064,399, May 16, 2000.

Image Processing on Compressed Data

(Work done at Stanford University)

  • Patrick C. Teo and Chase D. Garfinkle, "Fast Resampling Using Vector Quantization," Third International Computer Science Conference: Image Analysis Applications and Computer Graphics, December 1995.

Interactive Lighting Design for Computer Graphics

(Work done at Stanford University)

  • Patrick C. Teo and Eero P. Simoncelli and David J. Heeger, "Efficient Linear Rerendering for Interactive Lighting Design," Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, October 1997.

Internet-based Photo Publishing

(Work done at Shutterfly)

  • Su Mien Quek, Patrick C. Teo, Peter Charles Elarde, "Image collage builder," US Patent No. 8,504,932, Aug 6, 2013.

  • Patrick C. Teo, Su M. Quek, Kai Bansner, John T. Townsend, Jr., "Automatic generation of a photo album," US Patent No. 7,474,801, Jan 6, 2009.

  • Paul D. Tarantino, Lance Dildine, Patrick Teo, Su Quek, "Providing image-based product in an electronic marketplace." US Patent No. 8,024,231, Sept 20, 2011.

  • Peter Charles Elarde, Patrick C. Teo, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jeannine Marie Smith, Xin Wen, "Personalized gift cards for imaging products and services," US Patent No 8,089,655, Jan 3, 2012.

  • Eva Manolis, Patrick Teo, et al., "Image uploading," US Patent No. 7,146,575, Dec 5, 2006 and US Patent No. 6,583,799, June 24, 2003.

  • Eva Manolis, Patrick Teo, et al., "Restartable image uploading," US Patent No. 7,269,800, Sept 11, 2007.