Patents by Inventor Bartomeu Coll

Bartomeu Coll 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: 8559744
    Abstract: The invention relates to the processing of a digital object that comprises: cancelling the noise of an original object (I) of a first type containing noise in order to obtain a noise-free object (J) of the first type; obtaining an object with a quasi-white noise of the first type from a difference (B) between the original object and the noise-free object; applying to the noise-free object (J) a first processing (t1) that comprises a neighboring processing for obtaining a transformed object (K) of a second type, the first processing being such that it would structure the noise contained in the original object if it was applied to said original object; applying to the noise object a second white processing (t2) for obtaining a quasi-white transformed noise object (C) of the second type; and inserting into the transformed object (K) the transformed noise object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: DXO Labs
    Inventors: Frédéric Cao, Frédéric Guichard, Noura Azzabou, Jean-Michel Morel, Antoni Buades, Bartomeu Coll
  • Patent number: 8427559
    Abstract: The invention concerns image data processing, through noise reduction comprising the following steps: associating a learning zone (ZA) with a reference point (Pref) of the image (IM); for each variable point (PC, PC?) of the learning zone, evaluating a distance (d,d?,) between: values of points in a first window (f1) of the image, centered on the reference point, and values of points in a second window (f2, f2,), of similar format as the format of the first window and centered on the variable point; repeating said distance calculation for all the points of the learning zone as successive variable points and estimating an average value to assign to the reference point, said average being weighted on the basis of the distances evaluated for each variable point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: France/Ecole Normale Seperieure de Cachan, France and Universitat de les Illes Balears, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morel, Bartomeu Coll, Antonio Buades
  • Publication number: 20120268623
    Abstract: The invention concerns image data processing, through noise reduction comprising the following steps: associating a learning zone (ZA) with a reference point (Pref) of the image (IM); for each variable point (PC, PC?) of the learning zone, evaluating a distance (d,d?,) between: values of points in a first window (f1) of the image, centered on the reference point, and values of points in a second window (f2, f2,), of similar format as the format of the first window and centered on the variable point; repeating said distance calculation for all the points of the learning zone as successive variable points and estimating an average value to assign to the reference point, said average being weighted on the basis of the distances evaluated for each variable point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS, FRANCE AND UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS, FRANCE/ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN
    Inventors: Jean-Michel MOREL, Bartomeu COLL, Antonio BUADES
  • Patent number: 8253825
    Abstract: The invention concerns image data processing, through noise reduction comprising the following steps: associating a learning zone (ZA) with a reference point (Pref) of the image (IM); for each variable point (PC, PC?,) of the learning zone, evaluating a distance (d, d?,) between: values of points in a first window (f1) of the image, centered on the reference point, and values of points in a second window (f2, f?2,), of similar format as the format of the first window and centered on the variable point; repeating said distance calculation for all the points of the learning zone as successive variable points and estimating an average value to assign to the reference point, said average being weighted on the basis of the distances evaluated for each variable point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: France/Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France and Universitat de les Illes Balears, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morel, Bartomeu Coll, Antonio Buades
  • Publication number: 20110097008
    Abstract: The invention relates to the processing of a digital object that comprises: cancelling the noise of an original object (I) of a first type containing noise in order to obtain a noise-free object (J) of the first type; obtaining an object with a quasi-white noise of the first type from a difference (B) between the original object and the noise-free object; applying to the noise-free object (J) a first processing (t1) that comprises a neighbouring processing for obtaining a transformed object (K) of a second type, the first processing being such that it would structure the noise contained in the original object if it was applied to said original object; applying to the noise object a second white processing (t2) for obtaining a quasi-white transformed noise object (C) of the second type; and inserting into the transformed object (K) the transformed noise object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: DXO LABS
    Inventors: Frederic Cao, Frederic Guichard, Noura Azzabou, Jean-Michel Morel, Antoni Buades, Bartomeu Coll
  • Publication number: 20100141804
    Abstract: The invention concerns image data processing, through noise reduction comprising the following steps: associating a learning zone (ZA) with a reference point (Pref) of the image (IM); for each variable point (PC, PC?,) of the learning zone, evaluating a distance (d, d?,) between: values of points in a first window (f1) of the image, centered on the reference point, and values of points in a second window (f7, f?2,), of similar format as the format of the first window and centered on the variable point; repeating said distance calculation for all the points of the learning zone as successive variable points and estimating an average value to assign to the reference point, said average being weighted on the basis of the distances evaluated for each variable point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE CACHAN, UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morel, Bartomeu Coll, Antonio Buades