Patents Assigned to InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
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Patent number: 11798239Abstract: A method for a placement of a virtual object of an augmented or mixed reality application in a real-world 3D environment, comprises: selecting (14), at a runtime of the augmented or mixed reality application, one of a finite set of at least two candidate insertion areas predetermined in the real-world 3D environment for the placement of the virtual object in the real-world 3D environment, based on criteria combining, for each of the candidate insertion areas, relationships between each of: the real-world 3D environment, the virtual object considered with respect to a placement of that virtual object in that candidate insertion area, and a user position; and inserting (14) the virtual object in the selected candidate insertion area.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Caroline Baillard, Pierrick Jouet, Matthieu Fradet
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Publication number: 20230326128Abstract: A device, an apparatus and associated methods are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a multi-plane image (MPI) representation of a three dimensional (3D) scene. The MPI representation includes a plurality of slices of content from the 3D scene, each slice corresponding to a different depth relative to a position of a first virtual camera. Each slice is decomposed into regular tiles; and the orientation of each tile is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Benoit Vandame, Didier Doyen, Frederic Babon, Remy Gendrot
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Patent number: 11783489Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for processing a light field image comprising a set of image views.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Matthieu Hog, Neus Sabater, Christine Guillemot
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Patent number: 11778694Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first communication section configured to communicate with a communication terminal through a first communication channel, and a second communication section configured to communicate with the communication terminal through a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, wherein the first communication section is used for transmission of connection information for establishing the second communication channel with the communication terminal, wherein the second communication section is configured to establish the second communication channel based on the connection information, and wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to a network based on a connection instruction transmitted across the second communication channel, and receives service data by which to run the information processing apparatus from a service providing apparatus via the network.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Isao Soma, Naoki Miyabayashi, Yoshihiro Yoneda, Seiji Kuroda, Yasuharu Ishikawa, Kazuo Takada
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Patent number: 11762476Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) system detects through a camera when a user's hand positions match a predefined position and in response thereto renders an overlay including a crown with which the user can interact to lock onto an object or scene. The system then detects and renders a centre indicator of the crown, tracking the user's hands, enables or disables actions depending on the position of the centre indicator relative to a neutral zone, responds to user hand movement to implement actions, and also detects unlock of the object or scene.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Sylvain Lelievre, Philippe Schmouker, Jean-Eudes Marvie
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Patent number: 11758187Abstract: A sequence of point clouds is encoded as a video by an encoder and transmitted to a decoder which retrieves the sequence of point clouds. Visible points of a point cloud are iteratively projected on projection maps according to at least two centers of projection, to determine a patch data item lists. One of the centers of projection is selected and corresponding image patches are generated and packed into a picture. Pictures and associated patch data item list are encoded in a stream. The decoding method decodes pictures and associated patch data item lists. Pixels of image patches comprised in pictures are un-projected according to data stored in associated patches. The methods have the advantage of encoding every point of point clouds in a manner avoiding artifacts and allowing decoding at video frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Julien Fleureau, Thierry Tapie, Franck Thudor
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Patent number: 11729422Abstract: During a streaming session of tile based immersive video, upon request to switch from at a current tile segment associated with a current tile to a new tile segment associated with a new tile at a reference time, an encoder (300) is providing to generate one or more complementary frames of the new tile segment allowing a decoding, by a requesting player, of the new tile segment from the reference time.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Charline Taibi, Frederique Humbert, Remi Houdaille
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Patent number: 11699266Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for facilitating navigation toward a region of interest in an extended scene of video content include determining a timeline including information regarding at least one region of interest in the video content and displaying, in a portion of the video content currently being displayed, a visual indicator indicating a direction in which to move in the video content to cause the display of the at least one region of interest. In one embodiment of the present principles a timeline is attached to the content and carries information evolving over time about the region(s) of interest. A renderer processes the timeline and provides navigation information to a user using available means such as a graphical representation or haptic information, or a combination of several means.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Anthony Laurent, Vincent Alleaume, Maximilien Bellot
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Patent number: 11696394Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventor: Gen Yukawa
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Patent number: 11677963Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for image processing. A plurality of correlation parameters representing degrees of correlation between two or more images of a plurality of images may be produced. An optimized correlation dependency graph may be produced according to the plurality of correlation parameters. The plurality of images may then be delta encoded according to the optimized correlation dependency graph. For example, the optimized correlation dependency graph may be used for performing a correlation encoding operation. The plurality of correlation parameters may be produced, for example, in accordance with one or more correlation metrics associated with the correlation encoding operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Urs-Viktor Marti, Denis Schlauss, Lukas Hohl, Beat Herrmann
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Patent number: 11671785Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining location area of mobile user devices. In a mobile device, a first area probability as a likelihood that the mobile device is located within a first area and a second area probability indicative of the mobile device being located within a second area may be determined, with the first area probability determined based on a first probability and a second probability, and the second area probability determined based on a third probability and a fourth probability. The first probability, second probability, third probability, and fourth probability are determined based on assessing strength received in the respective area from a first base station or a second base station. A determination of whether the mobile device is located in the first area or the second area is made based on the first area probability and the second area probability.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Ernst Versteeg, Eric Taillard, Patrick Bailly, Maxence Laurent
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Patent number: 11670034Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image, a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation, and a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Takurou Noda, Yasushi Okumura
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Patent number: 11665369Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the transmission of sets of data and metadata and more particularly to the transmission of light-field contents. Light-field data take up large amounts of storage space which makes storage cumbersome and processing less efficient. In addition, light-field acquisition devices are extremely heterogeneous and each camera has its own proprietary file format. Since acquired light-field data from different cameras have a diversity of formats a complex processing is induced on the receiver side. To this end, it is proposed a method for encoding a signal representative of a light-field content in which the parameters representing the rays of light sensed by the different pixels of the sensor are mapped on the sensor. A second set of encoded parameters are used to reconstruct the light-field content from the parameters representing the rays of light sensed by the different pixels of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Paul Kerbiriou, Didier Doyen, Sebastien Lasserre
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Patent number: 11659385Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for establishing dynamic and secure peer-to-peer communications channels between terminals. A network device may intercept a connection request transmitted from a first terminal to a second terminal, over a secure network, with the connection request including a first parameter that identifies the first terminal and a second parameter that identifies the second terminal, with the first parameter and the second parameter relating to a network interface that operates according to a security protocol. The network device may then send instructions to the first terminal to establish peer-to-peer communications with the second terminal over a secured ad-hoc public network, using one or more keys provided by a central unit of that network. The keys may include an authentication key, which may be used in authenticating one or both of the terminals, and/or an encryption key, which may be used in encrypting the peer-to-peer communications.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventor: Eric De Froment
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Publication number: 20230147772Abstract: A method for adapting the security settings of a communication station (12) depending on a security relevant event is disclosed, wherein the communication station (12) comprises a mobile terminal (16) with an identification module (18). In a first step, the security relevant event occurring in said communication station and/or said mobile terminal (16) is identified in an event handler (26, 261, 262, 27) and stored in an event registry (28). In a second step, a security registry (30) in the identification module (18) is updated according to the identified event. In a third step, the security level of the communication station (12) and/or the mobile terminal (16) is adapted according to the security registry (30) of the identification module (18). The invention also relates to a communication station (12) and to an identification module (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Renato Cantini, Paul Aebi
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Patent number: 11638156Abstract: In a context of virtualized access points deployment, an access point of a first wireless network is split in a radio equipment deployed at the user premises and a radio equipment controller deployed in a data centre located a few kilometres from the user premises, the radio equipment and the radio equipment controller being interconnected via a wired network connection. In order to establish a secure wireless connection of a device to the virtualized access point in a user-friendly manner, a salient idea is to receive at the radio equipment controller in the data centre a first and a second information items respectively emulating a first action of a user on the first device and a second action of the user on the virtualized access point.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Cyril Quinquis, Henk Heijnen, Loic Fontaine
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Publication number: 20230090732Abstract: A method and a system for rendering a 3D scene are disclosed. A set of parameters for objects in the 3D scene are identified. The objects are grouped based on the identified set of parameters and spatial boundaries for an intermediate structure group of objects based on an object type is determined. An illumination contribution for each plane of the spatial boundary of the intermediate structure is determined for the objects in the 3D scene. The 3D scene is then rendered based on the determined spatial boundary and the illumination contribution of the intermediate structure for each object in the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Heqi Lu, Patrice Hirtzlin, Francois-Louis Tariolle, Merwan Achibet
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Patent number: 11593914Abstract: A method for presenting an image on a display device (100) includes modifying the image by applying a geometric transformation to the image so that an area of the image on the display device is presented to a viewer with higher density of pixels than that in the rest of the image (S18).Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Sylvain Thiebaud, Laurent Blonde, Thierry Tapie, Valter Drazic
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Patent number: 11589242Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deploying a cellular communication network, including basestation systems. A basestation system may include a plurality of femtocells including at least a first femtocell and a second femtocell, with the first femtocell being operable to support an operation in a coverage area corresponding to the second femtocell. A first transmission within the coverage area from the first femtocell may be coordinated with a second transmission within the coverage area from the second femtocell. The plurality of femtocells may further include a third femtocell, and a first reception by the first femtocell may be coordinated with a second reception by the third femtocell. The transmissions and/or receptions may be coordinated in one or more of time, power, and frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SASInventors: Thomas Zasowski, Marc Kuhn, Raphael Rolny
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Patent number: 11580706Abstract: Dynamic virtual content(s) to be superimposed to a representation of a real 3D scene complies with a scenario defined before run-time and involving real-world constraints (23). Real-world information (22) is captured in there al 3D scene and the scenario is executed at runtime (14) in presence of there al-world constraints. When there al-world constraints are not identified (12) from there al-world information, a transformation of the representation of the real 3D scene to a virtually adapted 3D scene is carried out (13) before executing the scenario, so that the virtually adapted 3D scene fulfills those constraints, and the scenario is executed in the virtually adapted 3D scene replacing the real 3D scene instead of there al 3D scene. Application to mixed reality.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Anthony Laurent, Matthieu Fradet, Caroline Baillard