Patents by Inventor Benoit Chauville

Benoit Chauville 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).

  • Patent number: 10600170
    Abstract: A method for automatically producing a digital image includes selecting at least one capture mode for capturing at least two image signals from an image capture device. The image capture device captures at least two image signals of the same scene in a RAW format, each image signal being captured according to the image capture mode. A file in a standardized format comprising each image signal and metadata representative of the capture mode is generated and stored. The created file is digitally processed by selecting at least one processing algorithm to process at least two image signals according to the metadata representative of the capture mode, and by fusing at least two image signals according to each chosen image processing algorithm into a fused digital image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DXO LABS
    Inventors: Frédéric Guichard, Benoît Chauville
  • Publication number: 20180197282
    Abstract: A method for automatically producing a digital image includes selecting at least one capture mode for capturing at least two image signals from an image capture device. The image capture device captures at least two image signals of the same scene in a RAW format, each image signal being captured according to the image capture mode. A file in a standardized format comprising each image signal and metadata representative of the capture mode is generated and stored. The created file is digitally processed by selecting at least one processing algorithm to process at least two image signals according to the metadata representative of the capture mode, and by fusing at least two image signals according to each chosen image processing algorithm into a fused digital image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: FRÉDÉRIC GUICHARD, BENOÎT CHAUVILLE
  • Patent number: 7532766
    Abstract: A processing system and method for producing formatted information related to appliances of an appliance chain. This appliance chain includes at least one image-capture appliance and/or at least one image-restitution appliance for capturing and/or restituting an image on a medium. The system and method produce formatted information related to geometric distortions of at least one appliance of the chain. Fixed characteristics of the appliances and/or variable characteristics depending on the image can be taken into account. The fixed characteristics and/or the variable characteristics can be associated with one or more characteristic values, especially the focal length and/or the focusing. Then, measured formatted information related to the geometric distortions of the appliance are produced from a measured field. The system and method are applicable to photographic or video image processing, in optical devices, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: DO Labs
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege
  • Patent number: 7463293
    Abstract: A system and a method for correcting chromatic aberrations of a color image composed of a plurality of digitized color planes. The color image is assumed to have been produced by an optical system. According to the system and method, geometric anomalies of the digitized color planes are modeled and corrected, at least partly, in such a way to obtain corrected digitized color planes. The corrected digitized color planes are then combined to obtain a color image corrected completely or partly for the chromatic aberrations. The system and method are applicable to photographic or video image processing, in optical devices, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: DO Labs
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege
  • Patent number: 7379561
    Abstract: Th invention relates to a method and system for modifying a digital image (100) consisting of pixels. Said digital image is divided into areas (103). At least one area value is assigned to each area Zi (103). At least one parameter value Vpij (203) is assigned to each of said areas (103). A set of couples (Zi, Vpij) forms a parameter image (201). The inventive method consists (a) in determining the determined parameter values Vpir for each area (103), the parameter image (201) being called determined parameter image, (b) in adjusting the determined parameter image by reducing the variations thereof, (c) in modifying pixel values (102) of the determined pixel (101) of said digital image (100) according to the parameter values (203) of said adjusted parameter image, whereby the digital image is differentially modified for each of said pixels and quasi regularly for contiguous areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: DXO Labs
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Michael Kraak, Frederic Guichard
  • Patent number: 7356198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for calculating a transformed image from a digital image and formatted information related to a geometric transformation, especially formatted information related to the distortion and/or chromatic aberrations of an appliance chain. This calculation is carried out on the basis of an approximation of the said geometric transformation. The invention is applicable to photographic or video image processing, in optical devices, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: DO Labs
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege
  • Publication number: 20070110330
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for modifying a digital image (100) consisting of pixels. Said digital image is divided into areas (103). At least one area value is assigned to each area Zi (103). At least one parameter value Vpij (203) is assigned to each of said areas (103). A set of couples (Zi, Vpij) forms a parameter image (201). The inventive method consists (a) in determining the determined parameter values Vpir for each area (103), the parameter image (201) being called determined parameter image, (b) in adjusting the determined parameter image by reducing the variations thereof, (c) in modifying pixel values (102) of the determined pixel (101) of said digital image (100) according to the parameter values (203) of said adjusted parameter image, whereby the digital image is differentially modified for each of said pixels and quasi regularly for contiguous areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: DO Labs
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Michael Kraak, Frederic Guichard
  • Publication number: 20040247195
    Abstract: A system and method for calculating a transformed image from a digital image and formatted information related to a geometric transformation, especially formatted information related to the distortion and/or chromatic aberrations of an appliance chain. This calculation is carried out on the basis of an approximation of the geometric transformation. The system and method are applicable to photographic or video image processing, in optical devices, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege
  • Publication number: 20040240750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a processing system and method for producing formatted information related to the appliances (APP1 to 3) of an appliance chain (APP1). This appliance chain comprises in particular at least one image-capture appliance (APP1) and/or at least one image-restitution appliance (App3) for capturing and/or restituting an image (M) on a medium (SC). The invention aims at producing formatted information related to the geometric distortions of at least one appliance of the said chain. The invention provides different alternative embodiments, especially that with which fixed characteristics of the appliances and/or variable characteristics depending on the image (I) can be taken into account. The fixed characteristics and/or the variable characteristics are capable of being associated with one or more characteristic values, especially the focal length and/or the focusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege
  • Publication number: 20040218071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for correcting the chromatic aberrations (1) of a color image (3) composed of a plurality of digitized color planes (4). This color image (3) is assumed to have been produced by means of an optical system (5). According to the invention, the geometric anomalies of the said digitized color planes (4) are modeled and corrected, at least partly, in such a way as to obtain corrected digitized color planes (17). The corrected digitized color planes (17) are then combined in such a manner as to obtain a color image (19) corrected completely or partly for the chromatic aberrations (1). The invention is applicable to photographic or video image processing, in optical devices, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Benoit Chauville, Frederic Guichard, Jean-Marc Lavest, Bruno Liege