Abstract: The invention relates to a reproduction device (21), with a device (20) acting as a source of digital services. It also relates to a method of synchronizing two parts of a digital service in a system including a source device according to the invention and at least one reproduction device according to the invention. According to the invention, the reproduction device (21) includes means for receiving the data forming at least a part of a digital service originating from a digital service source device (20), means for processing (210) at least some of the data received, means (211) for reproducing an output of at least a part of the digital service, the time for processing and reproducing the data introducing a delay in the output of the reproduced data. This device also includes communication means (213) for informing the source device of the delay introduced.

Abstract: A projector has at least four primary color components controlled to produce a metameric effect image which is not perceptible to the human optical system and is perceptible to a video recording device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying a settings menu. In order to optimize the graphical representation of setting carried out by a spectator, the method comprises steps for: displaying said settings menu comprising a three-dimensional graphical element of which one of the dimensions extends according to a depth direction (z), displaying, on said graphical element, of at least one setting representative of at least one item of depth information.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a method for generating on a defined display screen of determined size a 3D image including a left view and a right view from an incoming video signal to be viewed at a distance by a viewer. The device comprises: Means for measuring the distance between the viewer and the display; means for determining a disparity threshold value in relation with the determined size of the display screen and the measured distance to achieve a 2D and 3D compatibility level; means for editing a disparity map corresponding to the values of disparity between the left and the right views; means for analyzing with an histogram the disparity values of the disparity map in comparison to the determined threshold value; and means for replacing one of the left or right view by a view interpolation so that the disparity level of the histogram is below the determined threshold value, if the disparity level of the histogram is above the determined disparity threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for displaying a video image on a digital display device during a video frame comprising at least two distinct time segments for displaying a grey level. The cells of the device are able to take selectively an on state or an off state. The cells are able moreover to change state several times during a video frame. According to the invention, the cells change state at most once during each time segment of the video frame. The invention makes it possible to attenuate or suppress disturbances related to the temporal integration and to the sequential displaying of the R, G, B components of the video image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reproduction device, with a device acting as a source of digital services. It also relates to a method of synchronizing two parts of a digital service in a system including a source device according to the invention and at least one reproduction device according to the invention. According to the invention, the reproduction device includes means for receiving the data forming at least a part of a digital service originating from a digital service source device, means for processing at least some of the data received, means for reproducing an output of at least a part of the digital service, the time for processing and reproducing the data introducing a delay in the output of the reproduced data. This device also includes communication means for informing the source device of the delay introduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reproduction device (21), with a device (20) acting as a source of digital services. It also relates to a method of synchronizing two parts of a digital service in a system including a source device according to the invention and at least one reproduction device according to the invention. According to the invention, the reproduction device (21) includes means for receiving the data forming at least a part of a digital service originating from a digital service source device (20), means for processing (210) at least some of the data received, means (211) for reproducing an output of at least a part of the digital service, the time for processing and reproducing the data introducing a delay in the output of the reproduced data. This device also includes communication means (213) for informing the source device of the delay introduced.

Abstract: The method comprises the following steps: detection of the static areas in the current picture, calculation of a histogram for the non-static areas of the current picture calculation of the difference between the histogram of a current picture and the histogram of at least one preceding picture, declaration of scene change if the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. The applications related to video processing using picture movement such as up-conversion of video pace, reduction of motion compensated noise.

Abstract: The invention consists in a method for generation of 3D image signals. A graphic object is inserted in said image at a determined depth. A frame of a determined thickness surrounds the object to be inserted. A transition zone is defined by the frame around the inserted graphic object. The depths of image elements of the transition zone vary progressively from the external edge to the internal edge of the frame of the graphic object to be inserted. The present invention also relates to a device for generation of said display signals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of processing source images which is intended to combat their copying by a camcorder or a camera during their display, for example in a cinema hall. The source image sequence represents a scene. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: detection, in the said scene, of at least one zone corresponding to an object of the scene, selection of the entirety of the pixels of the said at least one zone in at least one source image of the sequence; and processing of the said at least one source image to modify the color of the selected pixels or the spectral composition of the light emitted by the selected pixels so that the perceived color of the selected pixels is unchanged in the processed source image with respect to the source image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing device of a sequence of video images intended to be displayed by a digital cinema projection system, a projection system for the digital cinema and a video signal designed to be used by such a system. The use of an anti-camcorder method against copying films is generally carried out entirely in the digital cinema projection system. However, this method requires complex video processing and costly means in the projection system. According to the invention, it is proposed to carry out part of the video processing at the level of the post-production of the video sequence and to save the result of this “pre-processing” in the form of metadata. The remaining part of the video processing is carried out from this metadata in the video projection system.

Abstract: The present invention is situated within the frame or video processing domain and more particularly in the domain of video interpolation. It relates to a device for generating an interpolated frame from source frames temporarily surrounding it. This device comprises motion estimation means, motion compensated interpolation means, linear interpolation means, means for mixing the frame produced by the motion compensated interpolation means with the frame produced by the linear interpolation means. According to the invention, the mixing coefficients assigned to these two frames depend on the displaced frame difference and/or the frame difference between the source frames surrounding this interpolated frame and/or estimated motion vectors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the architecture of a valve of liquid crystal elements with pixel memory for front or rear projector. The valve comprises elements arranged in rows and columns, each of the elements comprising a liquid crystal controlled by drive means so as to display video information relating to at least one image. According to the invention, one seeks to reduce the size of the drive means of the liquid crystals. Accordingly, capacitors and transistors of the drive means are shared in common between several elements of the valve. The video information intended to be displayed by each of the elements of the valve is coded as a common value shared by a group of at least two adjacent elements of the valve and a specific value before being transmitted to the valve.

Abstract: The invention proposes a motion compensated video interpolation that is not sensitive to the errors in the motion estimation vectors. The invention proposes a motion compensated video interpolation method in which the interpolation step varies according to the amplitude and/or a reliability index of the estimated motion vector for the considered pixel. The number of pixels to be taken into account for interpolation and the weighting factors associated with these pixels are made to vary according to the amplitude and/or reliability index of the estimated motion vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video picture display method that aims to reduce the effects of blurring and multiple contours when the picture display frequency is doubled. According to the invention, for each source video picture, a video level dissymmetry is created between the two pictures from the source video picture after doubling the frequency in the areas in motion of the source video picture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a projection system for displaying at least one visual image based on three primary colors, comprising a signal processing unit for converting said visual image into at least a visual image based on four primary colors, a frequency band being associated to each color primary, first display means for displaying three first primary colors of said visual image on a screen and second display means for displaying at least the fourth primary color of said visual image on said screen. According to the invention, the system further comprises optical filtering means that are adapted to enhance the separation between the frequency spectrum of the first three primary colors of the first display means and the frequency spectrum of the at least fourth primary color of the second display means. Application to anti-camcorder systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for combating the copying of source pictures by means of a camera while they are being displayed, for example using a camcorder in a movie theatre. To this end, it is known, in classical projection systems, to modulate by a carrier wave the brightness of some pixels of the pictures. The frequency of the carrier wave is usually constant and generally half the refresh frequency. The main problem with such systems is that once a pirate has figured out what the modulation frequency is, he can configure his camcorder shutter to filter out this frequency and bypass the anti-camcorder method. According to the invention, the frequency of the carrier is changed at least once throughout the displaying of the sequence pictures or the movie, to defeat all camcorders standards (PAL/NTSC) and shutter configurations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying a settings menu. In order to optimize the graphical representation of setting carried out by a spectator, the method comprises steps for: displaying said settings menu comprising a three-dimensional graphical element of which one of the dimensions extends according to a depth direction (z), displaying, on said graphical element, of at least one setting representative of at least one item of depth information.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method to select, in an input image, pixels that can be watermarked by replacing their colour by a metameric colour. It comprises the following steps: correct the input image by applying a predetermined gamma law, convert the input image into a ‘metameric’ image in which the colours of the input image pixels are replaced by metameric colours, simulate the capture of the input image and of the metameric image by a camcorder in order to generate respectively a captured input image and a captured metameric image, determine, in a colour space and for each pixel of the input image, the distance between the colour of said pixel in the captured input image and in the captured metameric image, and select the pixels of the input image for which the distance is greater than a threshold. The invention also concerns a watermarking method based on metamerism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display method and device for improving the luminous efficiency of a matrix display using a pulse-width modulation, or PWM, technique. According to the invention, in order to reduce the blurring effect, the display method comprises the following steps: —detecting the moving object contours within said sequence of video images, —modifying, for each image of said sequence and each contour detected, the gray level of at least one pixel adjacent to said contour by assigning to it an intermediate level in the range between its initial gray level and that of the other pixel adjacent to said contour, and—displaying said modified image sequence. Application to matrix displays comprising a LCOS, OLED or DMD valve array.