Patents Assigned to INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE
  • Patent number: 8655017
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying images of a scene including illuminating the scene with a beam of 3 or more wavelengths, polarized according to a determined direction; simultaneously acquiring for each wavelength an image X//(?i) polarized according to said direction and an image X?(?i) polarized according to a direction perpendicular to said direction, X?(?i) being spatially distinct from X//(?i); calculating for each wavelength an intensity image which is a linear combination of X//(?i) and X?(?i), providing an intensity spectrum for each pixel; calculating for each wavelength a polarization contrast image on the basis of an intensity ratio calculated as a function of X//(?i) and of X?(?i), providing a polarization contrast spectrum for each pixel; and calculating a spectro-polarimetric contrast image of the scene, each pixel of this spectro-polarimetric contrast image calculated based on the intensity spectrum and the contrast spectrum of the pixel considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Thales, Institut D'Optique
    Inventors: Mehdi Alouini, Arnaud Beniere, Daniel Dolfi, Gérard Berginc, François Goudail
  • Publication number: 20120183175
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying images of a scene including illuminating the scene with a beam of 3 or more wavelengths, polarized according to a determined direction; simultaneously acquiring for each wavelength an image X//(?i) polarized according to said direction and an image X?(?i) polarized according to a direction perpendicular to said direction, X?(?i) being spatially distinct from X//(?i); calculating for each wavelength an intensity image which is a linear combination of X//(?i) and X?(?i), providing an intensity spectrum for each pixel; calculating for each wavelength a polarization contrast image on the basis of an intensity ratio calculated as a function of X//(?i) and of X?(?i), providing a polarization contrast spectrum for each pixel; and calculating a spectro-polarimetric contrast image of the scene, each pixel of this spectro-polarimetric contrast image calculated based on the intensity spectrum and the contrast spectrum of the pixel considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE, THALES
    Inventors: Mehdi Alouini, Arnaud Beniere, Daniel Dolfi, Gérard Berginc, François Goudail