Patents by Inventor Pierre Visa
Pierre Visa 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).
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Patent number: 11943541Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; determining at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values from images captured by the camera at at least one second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values, based on the determined at least one second set of image characteristics; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected values.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Johann Citerin, Gérald Kergourlay, Pierre Visa, Falk Tannhauser, Romain Bellessort, Tristan Halna Du Fretay
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Publication number: 20240056940Abstract: In an IAB network, an IAB-node detects a deficiency or failure of one BH link. A BH RLF indication message is sent to its child IAB-nodes specifying the BAP paths that are impacted, a quality of those paths and the deficient radio link by indicating the other IAB-node sharing the link. Same message are transmitted to this sharing IAB-node, but also to the IAB-donor in order to adapt the routing configuration of the IAB-nodes to the topology. BAP packets for the impacted BAP paths are rerouted using alternative BAP paths. IAB-nodes receiving the BH RLF indication message also apply routing strategies for the impacted BAP paths, taking into account the indicated quality. A similar message is transmitted when the BH radio link experiences recovery, so that the IAB-nodes stop rerouting the BAP packets and the IAB-donor restore the original routing configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Pascal LAGRANGE, Pierre VISA, Philippe LE BARS
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Publication number: 20240048486Abstract: A method for processing data packets at an integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node of an IAB network comprising a plurality of IAB nodes is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a data packet including a destination address of a destination IAB node for the data packet and a path identifier identifying a routing path for the data packet to the destination IAB node; determining, based on the received data packet, whether the routing path of the received data packet includes at least one IAB node of a different IAB network; in response to determining that the routing path of the received data packet includes at least one IAB node of a different IAB network, using the path identifier of the received data packet to determine whether there is a next IAB node in the routing path for routing the data packet. When a next IAB node is determined, the data packet is routed to the next IAB node.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Pascal LAGRANGE, Pierre VISA
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Publication number: 20230403067Abstract: In an Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB, network, an IAB-node is configured as an initiator for performing BAP-sublayer processing to the aim of transmitting BAP packets over multiple RLC channels. BAP-sublayer processing may duplicate a received BAP packet. The same sequence number is appended to all the duplicates to allow another IAB-node terminating the duplication to recognize them. In a variant, BAP-sublayer processing may network encode one received BAP packet. Successive sequence numbers are assigned to the resulting BAP packets to allow another IAB-node terminating the network coding to recognize them. A terminator of the BAP-layer processing thus terminates the duplication by discarding all duplicates except one or network decodes received packets with successive sequence numbers. Duplication process may be nested within another duplication or within a network encoding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Pierre VISA, Pascal LAGRANGE, Philippe LE BARS
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Publication number: 20230198671Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of wireless communication between a base station and a user equipment, wherein the method comprises: transmitting, by the base station, a data radio bearer configuration; and transmitting packets according to the data radio bearer configuration between the base station and the user equipment; wherein: the data radio bearer configuration comprises a network coding configuration; and the transmitted packets are transmitted according to the network coding configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Pascal LAGRANGE, Pierre VISA, Philippe LE BARS, Romain GUIGNARD
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Publication number: 20230188249Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of wireless communication between a base station and a user equipment, wherein the method comprises: receiving a network coding control element; and controlling the network coding activation or deactivation in response to the reception of the control element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Philippe LE BARS, Pierre VISA, Pascal LAGRANGE, Romain GUIGNARD
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Publication number: 20230188257Abstract: There is provided a method of wireless transmission of protocol data units over one or more radio link modules, the method comprising: splitting a service data unit, received from an upper layer, into a plurality of data packets; obtaining combined data packets, by applying a Network Coding to the data packets, wherein padding is added, if necessary, to the service data unit or to data packets to have data packets of equal length to which is applied the Network Coding; encapsulating the combined data packets into at least one protocol data unit, wherein each protocol data unit comprises a header and wherein the header contains a padding indication for indicating whether padding has been added or not, and transmitting the at least one protocol data unit over the one or more radio link modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Philippe LE BARS, Pascal LAGRANGE, Pierre VISA
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Publication number: 20230188973Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of transmitting over a radio access network to a base station, by a network entity, a radio resource control signalling indicating the capability of a user equipment to perform network coding, wherein the method comprises: detecting by the network entity of a trigger event for signalling to the base station, the network coding capabilities of the user equipment; generating by the network entity a radio resource control signalling message comprising the user equipment network coding capabilities; and transmitting by the network entity of the generated radio resource control signalling message to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Pierre VISA, Pascal LAGRANGE, Philippe LE BARS, Romain GUIGNARD
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Publication number: 20220272247Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; determining at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values from images captured by the camera at at least one second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values, based on the determined at least one second set of image characteristics; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected values.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Johann CITERIN, Gérald KERGOURLAY, Pierre VISA, Falk TANNHAUSER, Romain BELLESSORT, Tristan HALNA DU FRETAY
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Patent number: 11418701Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method of auto-setting a video content analysis module configured to analyse representation of predetermined targets in images of a scene captured by a video-camera, the method comprising: obtaining a quality indicator of images captured by the video-camera, the quality indicator being determined as a function of the video content analysis module; obtaining characteristics of representations of the predetermined targets in images of the scene captured by the video-camera; and for each setting of a set of settings of the video content analysis module, estimating a performance indicator of the video content analysis module according to the considered setting, the performance indicator being determined as a function of at least the obtained quality indicator and the obtained characteristics; based on the estimated performance indicators, selecting a setting for the video content analysis module; and setting the video content analysis module according to the selected setting.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Johann Citerin, Gérald Kergourlay, Falk Tannhauser, Pierre Visa
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Patent number: 11284012Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; determining at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values from images captured by the camera at at least one second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values, based on the determined at least one second set of image characteristics; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected values.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Johann Citerin, Gérald Kergourlay, Pierre Visa, Falk Tannhauser, Romain Bellessort, Tristan Halna Du Fretay
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Patent number: 11050924Abstract: A method of setting values of camera settings of a camera, the method comprising determining a plurality of sets of objective image parameters values of images captured by the camera, the value of at least one camera setting being different for each set of objective image parameters; obtaining a trade-off value; determining for each set of objective image parameters values, a quality value and a resource consumption value; determining a value of the at least one camera setting optimizing a trade-off between the quality and the resource consumption according to the trade-off value based on the determined quality values and resource consumption values; and setting the value of the at least one camera setting to the determined value.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Pierre Visa, Johann Citerin, Gérald Kergourlay, Falk Tannhauser
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Patent number: 10902631Abstract: A method for constructing a region of interest from images representing a same scene, the region of interest being used for setting the camera used to obtain the images and/or to process images obtained from the camera, the method including obtaining a plurality of images representing a same scene; detecting predetermined targets in images of the plurality of images; segmenting an area corresponding to the images of the plurality of images into portions of image, each of the portions being associated with a relevance indication for the corresponding portion to be selected as part of a region of interest; selecting at least one relevant portion among the portions, as a function of the relevance indications; upon detecting selection of a relevant portion, updating the relevance indication associated with relevant portions different than the selected relevant portions, as a function of the selected relevant portions; and constructing a region of interest based on the selected relevant portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Johann Citerin, Pierre Visa, Falk Tannhauser, Gérald Kergourlay
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Publication number: 20200275016Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method of auto-setting a video content analysis module configured to analyse representation of predetermined targets in images of a scene captured by a video-camera, the method comprising: obtaining a quality indicator of images captured by the video-camera, the quality indicator being determined as a function of the video content analysis module; obtaining characteristics of representations of the predetermined targets in images of the scene captured by the video-camera; and for each setting of a set of settings of the video content analysis module, estimating a performance indicator of the video content analysis module according to the considered setting, the performance indicator being determined as a function of at least the obtained quality indicator and the obtained characteristics; based on the estimated performance indicators, selecting a setting for the video content analysis module; and setting the video content analysis module according to the selected setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Johann CITERIN, Gérald KERGOURLAY, Falk TANNHAUSER, Pierre VISA
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Publication number: 20200221009Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; determining at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values from images captured by the camera at at least one second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values, based on the determined at least one second set of image characteristics; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Johann CITERIN, Gérald KERGOURLAY, Pierre VISA, Falk TANNHAUSER, Romain BELLESSORT, Tristan HALNA DU FRETAY
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Publication number: 20190228540Abstract: A method for constructing a region of interest from images representing a same scene, the region of interest being used for setting the camera used to obtain the images and/or to process images obtained from the camera, the method including obtaining a plurality of images representing a same scene; detecting predetermined targets in images of the plurality of images; segmenting an area corresponding to the images of the plurality of images into portions of image, each of the portions being associated with a relevance indication for the corresponding portion to be selected as part of a region of interest; selecting at least one relevant portion among the portions, as a function of the relevance indications; upon detecting selection of a relevant portion, updating the relevance indication associated with relevant portions different than the selected relevant portions, as a function of the selected relevant portions; and constructing a region of interest based on the selected relevant portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Johann CITERIN, Pierre Visa, Falk Tannhauser, Gérald Kergourlay
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Publication number: 20190230277Abstract: A method of setting values of camera settings of a camera, the method comprising determining a plurality of sets of objective image parameters values of images captured by the camera, the value of at least one camera setting being different for each set of objective image parameters; obtaining a trade-off value; determining for each set of objective image parameters values, a quality value and a resource consumption value; determining a value of the at least one camera setting optimizing a trade-off between the quality and the resource consumption according to the trade-off value based on the determined quality values and resource consumption values; and setting the value of the at least one camera setting to the determined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Pierre VISA, Johann CITERIN, Gérald KERGOURLAY, Falk TANNHAUSER
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Patent number: 10321144Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method of configuring a video source comprising an embedded encoder for generating a stream, in a video-surveillance system comprising virtual encoders generating virtual streams, the method comprising: transcoding a reference stream generated by the video source to generate virtual streams according to distinct encoding configurations of the virtual encoders; for each of the generated virtual streams, computing a similarity distance between the corresponding virtual stream and a reference stream generated by the video source; obtaining a quality indicator relative to a task to be carried out on a stream generated by the video source; selecting an encoding configuration of a virtual encoder based on the computed similarity distances and the obtained quality indicator; and determining at least one configuration parameter value of the encoder of the video source as a function of the selected encoding configuration of the virtual encoder and of a look-up table.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Julien Sevin, Pierre Visa
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Publication number: 20180152715Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method of configuring a video source comprising an embedded encoder for generating a stream, in a video-surveillance system comprising virtual encoders generating virtual streams, the method comprising: transcoding a reference stream generated by the video source to generate virtual streams according to distinct encoding configurations of the virtual encoders; for each of the generated virtual streams, computing a similarity distance between the corresponding virtual stream and a reference stream generated by the video source; obtaining a quality indicator relative to a task to be carried out on a stream generated by the video source; selecting an encoding configuration of a virtual encoder based on the computed similarity distances and the obtained quality indicator; and determining at least one configuration parameter value of the encoder of the video source as a function of the selected encoding configuration of the virtual encoder and of a look-up table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Julien SEVIN, Pierre VISA
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Patent number: 9686516Abstract: The present invention relates to improving configuration of wireless communication paths between devices in a video projection system comprising multiple wireless video projectors. When an initial radio communication setup is required between a managing node, e.g. a node comprising a master projector, and a node comprising a slave projector, for example following the powering up of the video projection system, the slave node receives setup information by radio communication means according to a sweeping sequence and transmits information by projecting sub-images. Sub-images advantageously comprise information relative to settings of the master node allowing reception in the corresponding slave node of a radio signal transmitted by the master node.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Lionel Tocze, Pierre Visa, Pascal Lagrange