Patents by Inventor André Lieutier

André Lieutier 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: 11776214
    Abstract: A 3D reconstruction method including obtaining a first open triangulated surface consisting of triangles of a tetrahedral meshing of a point cloud and determining a second open triangulated surface. The determining explores candidate open triangulated surfaces each being a set of triangles of the meshing and penalizes a high rank of the candidates according to a lexicographic order based on a triangle order and ordering a candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to a triangle order penalizing triangle size, relative to another candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to the triangle order. The second surface violates consistency of a labelling of the meshing with two labels. A triangle respects labelling consistency when it belongs to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having different labels, or when it does not belong to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having a same label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES
    Inventors: André Lieutier, Julien Vuillamy, David Cohen-Steiner
  • Publication number: 20220139038
    Abstract: A 3D reconstruction method including obtaining a first open triangulated surface consisting of triangles of a tetrahedral meshing of a point cloud and determining a second open triangulated surface. The determining explores candidate open triangulated surfaces each being a set of triangles of the meshing and penalizes a high rank of the candidates according to a lexicographic order based on a triangle order and ordering a candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to a triangle order penalizing triangle size, relative to another candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to the triangle order. The second surface violates consistency of a labelling of the meshing with two labels. A triangle respects labelling consistency when it belongs to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having different labels, or when it does not belong to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having a same label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMES
    Inventors: André LIEUTIER, Julien VUILLAMY, David COHEN-STEINER
  • Patent number: 8280698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of computing. In one embodiment, computing a boundary of a modelled object in a computer aided design system, the method may include accessing data defining a modeled object as a simplicial m-complex. The method may further include projecting the simplicial m -complex in n, m?n. The method also may include computing a polyhedral boundary of the modeled object as a polyhedral n?1-cycle in the projection of the simplicial complex. The polyhedral n?1-cycle may substantially border the projection of the simplicial complex. The present invention is further directed to a computer program product and a computerized system for performing the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dassauit Systèmes
    Inventors: Nicolas Montana, Frédéric Chazal, André Lieutier
  • Publication number: 20100121626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method of computing, in a computer aided design system, of a boundary of a modeled object, the method comprising: accessing data defining a modeled object as a simplicial m-complex; projecting the simplicial m-complex in n, m?n; computing a polyhedral boundary of said modeled object as a polyhedral n?1-cycle in the projection of the simplicial complex, the polyhedral n?1-cycle substantially bordering the projection of the simplicial complex. The present invention is further directed to a computer program product and a computerized system comprising means for taking steps of the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMES
    Inventors: Nicolas Montana, Frédéric Chazal, André Lieutier
  • Patent number: 6281905
    Abstract: For modifying a zone of a surface having an original shape, outer constraints are defined at boundaries of the zone as continuities Gk along at least part thereof. Inner constraints Gn are defined as points or curves to be crossed by the zone when modified. An amount of deformation is defined in each point of the zone as a result of a resilient deformation of a generalized infinite thin planar plate in equilibrium, respecting the outer and inner constraints. The modified zone is generated as a surface resulting from a result of an application of the resilient deformation to the original shape in the zone and connected to the unmodified portion of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Matra Datavision
    Inventors: Alain Massabo, André Lieutier, Gérard Durand, Jacques Goussard