Patents by Inventor Cedric Thebault

Cedric Thebault 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).

  • Publication number: 20180324329
    Abstract: An aspect of present principles is directed to methods and systems for gamut mapping source colors into target colors from a source color gamut towards a target color gamut. A difference may be determined source specific colors and corresponding target specific colors. A source hue of the source specific colors is adaptively changed towards a target hue of the corresponding target specific colors based on the difference to determine mapped specific colors. Color gamut mapping is performed for the source colors of the source color gamut towards the target color gamut based on the mapped specific colors. The specific colors are selected from primary colors, secondary colors, a group of primary colors and secondary colors. The difference is based on at least one selected from the group of hue, saturation and lightness of the source specific colors and the corresponding target specific colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Cedric THEBAULT, Jurgen STAUDER, Anita ORHAND
  • Publication number: 20180253834
    Abstract: A method for inverse tone mapping is provided. The method comprising obtaining a digital image in a color space wherein the luminance is separate from the chrominance, determining a base luminance of pixels in the digital image, determining a detail enhancement map, determining a pixel expansion exponent map, determining an edge map of the image, inverse tone mapping luminance of image based on edge map, pixel expansion map and base luminance, and providing an expanded dynamic range image based on the inverse tone mapped luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Tania POULI, Jonathan KERVEC, Cedric THEBAULT
  • Patent number: 10068346
    Abstract: A method for evaluating color differences of pixels is provided. The method comprises obtaining color information of a first pixel in a color opponent space obtaining color information of a second pixel in the color opponent space, defining a half-line in the color opponent space based on the color information of the first pixel, and determining distance between color information of the second pixel and half-line in the color opponent space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Sylvain Thiebaud, Cedric Thebault, Jonathan Kervec
  • Patent number: 10063830
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing a source left view and a source right view of a 3D image comprising the steps of: identifying at least one ghosted region or ghosting region in the left view and/or in the right view; processing the identified regions in order to create a binocular suppression effect for this identified regions then providing a new 3D image formed by the processed left and/or right views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING DTV
    Inventors: Laurent Blonde, Dar'ya Khaustova, Cedric Thebault
  • Patent number: 10033962
    Abstract: A method for converting a standard dynamic range (SDR) sequence into a high dynamic range (HDR) sequence is described. The method includes determining (S1) successive shots in the SDR sequence by cut detection, detecting (S2) if the SDR sequence comprises a sub-sequence of at least two successive short shots having a duration lower than D1, said subsequence comprising at least one bright shot having a luminance and a size greater than L1 and SZ1 respectively, and mapping (S3) the luminance range of bright shots of the detected subsequence from the low dynamic range to a first high dynamic range and mapping the other shots of the SDR sequence from the standard dynamic range to a second high dynamic range in order to generate the HDR sequence, the first high dynamic range having a maximal value Lmax1 lower than that of the second high dynamic range Lmax2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: THOMSON Licensing
    Inventors: Hassane Guermoud, Cedric Thebault, Jonathan Kervec
  • Publication number: 20180115742
    Abstract: A method for converting a standard dynamic range (SDR) sequence into a high dynamic range (HDR) sequence is described. The method includes determining (S1) successive shots in the SDR sequence by cut detection, detecting (S2) if the SDR sequence comprises a sub-sequence of at least two successive short shots having a duration lower than D1, said subsequence comprising at least one bright shot having a luminance and a size greater than L1 and SZ1 respectively, and mapping (S3) the luminance range of bright shots of the detected subsequence from the low dynamic range to a first high dynamic range and mapping the other shots of the SDR sequence from the standard dynamic range to a second high dynamic range in order to generate the HDR sequence, the first high dynamic range having a maximal value Lmax1 lower than that of the second high dynamic range Lmax2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hassane GUERMOUD, Cedric THEBAULT, Jonathan KERVEC
  • Publication number: 20170374345
    Abstract: A method for creating a pair of stereoscopic images is described. The method includes using at least one lightfield camera which receives respective required camera parameters for a left view and a right view. The required camera parameters define a theoretical stereo image pair to acquire respective actual camera parameters for respective sub aperture images that are generated based on the captured image by the lightfield cameras, to determine a best matching sub aperture image for the left view by comparing the required camera parameter for the left view with the actual camera parameters for the respective sub aperture images, to determine a best matching sub aperture image for right view by comparing the required camera parameter for right view with the actual camera parameters for the respective sub aperture images, and to associate the best matching sub aperture image for left view and the best matching sub aperture image for right view as a pair of stereoscopic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jurgen STAUDER, Benoit VANDAME, Cedric THEBAULT
  • Publication number: 20170200282
    Abstract: A method for evaluating color differences of pixels is provided. The method comprises obtaining color information of a first pixel in a color opponent space obtaining color information of a second pixel in the color opponent space, defining a half-line in the color opponent space based on the color information of the first pixel, and determining distance between color information of the second pixel and half-line in the color opponent space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sylvain Thiebaud, Cedric Thebault, Jonathan Kervec
  • Patent number: 9686528
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method and a device for dealiasing borders in a 3D interpolated view, the interpolated view comprising at least foreground pixels with foreground video in formation and background pixels with background video information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Cedric Thebault, Didier Doyen, Matthieu Fradet
  • Publication number: 20160371304
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for data retrieval in a lightfield database are described. An acquiring unit of the apparatus acquires a sample data. An operation unit determines a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images from each 4D lightfield data of the lightfield database, and match the sample data with the determined 2D images according to geometrical parameters of the sample data and geometrical parameters of the 2D images. One of the 2D images is selected as a target image based on the matching result, and the 4D lightfield from which the target image is determined is retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jurgen STAUDER, Neus SABATER, Cedric THEBAULT
  • Publication number: 20160182881
    Abstract: In one embodiment, it is proposed a method for adapting a number of views delivered by an auto-stereoscopic display device. The method is executed by an electronic device, and it comprises: determining a number of views based on a list of number of views supported by said auto-stereoscopic display device and at least an information indicative of a computing power of a device needed to deliver content for each view; obtaining a correspondence map between sub-pixels of said auto-stereoscopic display device and said number of views; and providing content to said sub-pixels of said auto-stereoscopic display device according to said correspondence map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Sylvain THIEBAUD, Cedric THEBAULT, Didier DOYEN
  • Patent number: 9299154
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for filtering a disparity map associated with one of the views of a stereoscopic image comprising the steps of identifying the pixels (xn) with which is associated an erroneous disparity value (d(xn)) by comparison with the disparity values of the neighbouring pixels (xn?1, xn+1) and correcting the disparity values of the identified pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Cedric Thebault, Philippe Robert, Sylvain Thiebaud
  • Patent number: 9251564
    Abstract: A method for processing a stereoscopic image that includes a first image and a second image that has at least one first black band. To reduce the display errors linked to black bands, the method estimating at least one first parameter representative of the at least one first black band generating a third image from the stereoscopic image by disparity compensated interpolation. The third image includes at least one second black band, with at least one second parameter representative of the at least one black band being a function of at least one first parameter. The invention also relates to a corresponding stereoscopic image processing module and a display device including the processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Alain Verdier, Philippe Robert, Cedric Thebault
  • Publication number: 20150222874
    Abstract: The present principles relate to the optimization of distribution of audiovisual content destined for display devices of different types, such as multi-view autostereoscopic 3D displays, single view 3D displays, and 2D displays. A peer-to-peer network is used for smart distribution of so-called monoscopic views of content, so that each of the heterogeneous set of display devices can be quickly served with the content views that it needs from display devices in its neighborhood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Sylvain THIEBAUD, Anthony Laurent, Cedric Thebault
  • Publication number: 20150172621
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method and a device for dealiasing borders in a 3D interpolated view, the interpolated view comprising at least foreground pixels with foreground video in formation and background pixels with background video information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Cedric Thebault, Didier Doyen, Matthieu Fradet
  • Publication number: 20140320599
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing a source left view and a source right view of a 3D image comprising the steps of: identifying at least one ghosted region or ghosting region in the left view and/or in the right view; processing the identified regions in order to create a binocular suppression effect for this identified regions then providing a new 3D image formed by the processed left and/or right views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Laurent Blonde, Darya Khaustova, Cedric Thebault
  • Publication number: 20140226899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for filtering a disparity map associated with one of the views of a stereoscopic image comprising the steps of identifying the pixels (xn) with which is associated an erroneous disparity value (d(xn)) by comparison with the disparity values of the neighbouring pixels (xn?1, xn+1) and correcting the disparity values of the identified pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Cedric Thebault, Philippe Robert, Sylvain Thiebaud
  • Patent number: 8780092
    Abstract: The EMI spectrum of a display device is to comply with respective norms. Therefore, the clock for loading data into data drivers of a display panel is designed to be variable. Consequently, the electromagnetic radiation produced by the loading clock is broadened thereby reducing the peak amplitude. Thus, the limitations of radiation norms can be complied with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Sébastien Weitbruch, Cédric Thebault, Rainer Schweer
  • Patent number: 8687115
    Abstract: An imager achieves a desired image resolution by successively reproducing partial images which complement each other. The imager assigns pixels from an input image to the respective partial images according to complementing patterns that correspond to the pixel pattern of the imager. The imager reproduces the complementing pattern at different spatial positions, such that the complementing patterns merge. In order to avoid perceived double imaging of moving objects the image signal provided to the imager is assembled from an original image and a motion compensated interpolated image, which is derived from at least two consecutive images. Accordingly, every other partial image that is reproduced is derived from an interpolated image and takes into account movement of objects in the image that takes place between two consecutive images. In one embodiment the partial images are re-combined into one full image in a sequence that anticipates the distribution of the pixels used in the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Ingo Tobias Doser, Carlos Correa, Cedric Thebault
  • Patent number: 8576216
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for reducing driver energy consumption of drivers of a display device each supplied by an input codeword as e.g. for data drivers of a plasma display panel supplied by sequences of subfield data bits in form of a codeword comprising a predetermined number of bits are recommended, wherein the apparatus comprises a driver transition energy limitation circuit for toggling bits of the input codeword applied to the driver transition energy limitation circuit and providing a codeword reducing the driver energy consumption. A toggle map, which is generated from a combination of a transition map determining a bit in the input codeword if toggled reduces energy consumption and a flag map determining a number of least significant bits exceeding a cell energy limit value, is applied to an input codeword for the driver to toggle bits of said input codeword for reducing driver energy consumption without a perceivable image quality degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Carlos Correa, Cédric Thébault