Patents by Inventor Alasdair Newson

Alasdair Newson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160335748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inpainting a target area in a target video. The method comprises obtaining a multi-resolution representation of the target video, comprising for each resolution, a first video representative of the colors of the target video and a second video representative of the textures of the target video; and for each resolution, reconstructing first and second video in the target area using an information representative of both colors and textures such as to inpaint the target area. The method also relates to a graphics processing unit and to a computer program product for implementing the inpainting method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Alasdair NEWSON, Andres ALMANSA, Matthieu FRADET, Yann GOUSSEAI, Patrick PEREZ
  • Patent number: 9456255
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing an audiovisual content aiming to censure scenes called sensitive scenes, for example scenes comprising sex and/or violence, in the audiovisual content and a device implementing the method. According to the invention, the display of a sensitive scene of the audiovisual content is replaced, during the temporal interval intended for the display of said sensitive segment, by the reproduction of audio-description data of the audio-description signal that is usually intended for blind or visually impaired persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Matthieu Fradet, Alasdair Newson, Cedric Penet