Patents by Inventor Rene Saint-Pierre

Rene Saint-Pierre 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).

  • Method and system for image and video analysis, enhancement and display for communication
    Patent number: 8208694
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for generating a metatag indicative of an attribute of a person represented in an image, the method comprising: performing a computer-based analysis of the image; identifying a feature related to the attribute of the person in the image using results from the computer-based analysis; generating the metatag based on the identified feature; and associating the metatag to the image, the metatag being thereby related to the attribute of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Jelonek, Peter Whaite, René Saint-Pierre
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO ANALYSIS, ENHANCEMENT AND DISPLAY FOR COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20080002892
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for generating a metatag indicative of an attribute of a person represented in an image, the method comprising: performing a computer-based analysis of the image; identifying a feature related to the attribute of the person in the image using results from the computer-based analysis; generating the metatag based on the identified feature; and associating the metatag to the image, the metatag being thereby related to the attribute of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Jelonek, Peter Whaite, Rene Saint-Pierre