I'm back in 1990

Chapter 1134: I Want to Apply for a Patent

The next day, Huang Xiaochuan and Huang Ruiying prepared to go to the airport, as they were going to return to China according to their schedule.

"It's settled then. You can stay here peacefully until you return to China," Huang Xiaochuan told Chen Zhe before he got into the car.

Chen Zhe quickly waved his hand: "How can that be! Staying here costs several thousand Australian dollars a day, it's too extravagant. I'll find a more ordinary hotel later."

Huang Xiaochuan said in an unyielding tone, "Alright, that's all. Let's not make a scene and become a laughing stock."

Chen Zhe had no choice but to accept his friend's kindness.

After a ten-hour flight, the father and daughter returned home.

"Mom, I'm home!" Huang Ruiying shouted as she rushed towards her mother as soon as she entered the door.

"Oh dear, how old are you? Why are you still acting like a child?" Yu Xiang almost fell to the ground when her daughter pounced on her, which made her a little angry.

"Hehe!" Huang Ruiying didn't mind at all, and affectionately hugged her mother's neck, saying in a coquettish tone, "Mom, I missed you so much."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiang slapped her daughter's bottom: "You! You just spout nonsense. In the few days you've been gone, wasn't it me who called you first every time? Did you even call me once?"

Huang Ruiying released her grip and immediately changed the subject: "Where's my brother? I brought him a gift."

Hearing that her daughter had brought a gift for her brother, Yu Xiang's expression softened: "It's in the room."

Huang Ruiying rummaged through her luggage and found the gifts and camera bag she had brought for her brother, then went upstairs to find him.

Yu Xiang said from behind, "Take a shower first, then go find your brother. You two can go downstairs for dinner together later."

"Okay, I got it!" Huang Ruiying ran upstairs without turning her head.

Yu Xiang finally had a chance to talk to the man: "You should also go upstairs and take a shower and change your clothes."

"Hmm!" Huang Xiaochuan nodded. The two had been married for many years, and Huang Xiaochuan knew that Yu Xiang had a cleanliness obsession, so he did not hug her immediately after returning.

At this moment, Huang Zeji was chatting with someone. The clever man subcontracted some of the programming that needed to be done from this freelance developer platform, and set prices according to the platform rules and the difficulty of the programs.

Now he's like an architect, building the architecture and then filling in the necessary modules one by one. However, if he were to write these modules by himself, the workload would be too great, and it would take him a year or two to complete. That's why he came up with the idea of ​​using subcontracting to achieve his goal.

However, all of this is based on his own abilities and family conditions. Without a strong economic foundation, he would not be able to do subcontracting online. You know, in just over a month, he has already spent more than 500,000 yuan. Of course, the results are also quite good. Each module package can be used directly after he checks for bugs.

He is currently communicating with the programmers who take orders on the platform using chat tools. He needs to let them know some of his ideas so that the programs they write do not meet his requirements.

This room, which is over 30 square meters, serves as both his bedroom and his studio. Over the years, he has used some of the money he has saved from receiving New Year's gifts to buy various equipment, including three computer mainframes.

"Brother..." The door was pushed open from the outside, and a figure rushed in.

It's obvious without even guessing that my younger sister has returned from Australia.

After apologizing to the other party and promising to contact them again later, Huang Ze turned around.

"You're back so soon?"

"It'll be soon? You've been gone for several days already. Look what I brought you!" Huang Ruiying said, showing off a piece of red coral to her brother like a precious treasure.

Unfortunately, her brother Huang Zeji had no interest in this at all, and said perfunctorily, "Hmm, not bad."

But Huang Ruiying didn't realize it: "Isn't it beautiful? I fell in love with it at first sight. It'll be perfect to put on your computer desk as a decoration."

Huang Ze then asked, "You took quite a few photos, didn't you? Let me see them."

Huang Ruiying had already guessed that her brother would ask her for the photos, so she took out the several SD cards she was carrying with her.

"Here, it's all in here."

Huang Zeji took it, connected it to the computer using a card reader, and then started looking through the cards one by one.

Seeing that her brother was engrossed in looking at the photos and ignoring her, Huang Ruiying said, "Brother, you can look at them here slowly. I'm going back to my room to take a shower, and I'll come back later to call you to go downstairs for dinner."

Huang Ze waved his hand to indicate that he understood, but his eyes remained fixed on the computer screen.

After looking at about two hundred photos, Huang Zeji muttered, "The panoramic view is still somewhat distorted..."

He then fell into deep thought.

He has loved photography and computer programming since he was a child, and has shown remarkable talent in both areas. He has won major awards in youth photography competitions and has also won gold medals in national computer competitions for junior and senior high school students many times.

His passion, combined with his professional skills, gave him an idea: to design a brand-new digital panoramic photography algorithm and lens stabilization algorithm that could automatically stitch together captured photos into a 360-degree panoramic image, while also improving pixel count and resolution.

However, this is only part of his vision. He also wants to own his own panoramic cameras, action cameras, and other smart imaging devices, but that involves many more things, which he cannot handle for the time being.

Therefore, he can only start with algorithms for the time being.

The SLR camera used to take these photos was modified by him, and the digital imaging software inside was rewritten by him. His sister used it to test his imaging software during her trip.

Unfortunately, it still falls short of expectations. For example, the image stabilization effect is not very good, especially when taking photos on a yacht. Some of the photos have obvious blurring, which is caused by shaking.

During dinner, Huang Zeji hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to ask his father for help: "Dad, there's something I'd like to ask you."

Huang Xiaochuan, shoveling rice into his mouth, asked nonchalantly, "What is it?"

Huang Zeji glanced at his parents and said, "I've developed an image processing algorithm and plan to apply for a patent, but I don't know much about it..."

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan stopped eating: "Patent?"

Huang Zeji nodded: "I think it might have commercial value, so I want to apply for the patent first. It's not just one; I've searched them one by one, and there are many that can be patented, including many basic patents, so I..."

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan agreed without hesitation: "I'll take you to my office to see the legal department tomorrow. Feel free to tell them any thoughts or requests you may have."

In Huang Xiaochuan's view, it is only natural for a father to support his son, regardless of whether his work has commercial value. The important thing is that his son has this kind of creativity, so he should be encouraged and helped.

Yu Xiang watched the father and son from the side. She was very proud of her son's excellence, but she still hoped that he would focus more on business management in the future, since the family business would need him to manage it.