Patents by Inventor Eric Armengaud

Eric Armengaud 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).

  • Commercial-break detection device
    Patent number: 7184649
    Abstract: In a commercial-break detection device (7) for the detection of commercial-break information (WBI) present in picture information (RI) of a television signal (FS), having detection means (8) arranged to receive the television signal (FS) and adapted to detect black-frame information (SBI) in the picture information (BI) of the television signal (FS), and having memory means (9) for the storage of black-frame lime information (SZI) for each one of at least two units of detected black-frame information (SBI), and having analysis means (10) for analyzing the stored black-frame time information (SZI) and for determining commercial-break position information (WP1, WP2) identifying the commercial-break information (WBI) in the picture information (BI), the detection means (8) are now adapted to detect a fade-out (FO), in which fade-out (FO) a luminance signal (Y) of the picture information (BI) decreases during a fade-out time (FT) until the picture information (BI) is formed by the black-frame information (SBI), a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Eric Armengaud
  • Commercial-break detection device
    Publication number: 20010055463
    Abstract: In a commercial-break detection device (7) for the detection of commercial-break information (WBI) present in picture information (BI) of a television signal (FS), having detection means (8) arranged to receive the television signal (FS) and adapted to detect black-frame information (SBI) in the picture information (BI) of the television signal (FS), and having memory means (9) for the storage of black-frame time information (SZI) for each one of at least two units of detected black-frame information (SBI), and having analysis means (10) for analyzing the stored black-frame time information (SZI) and for determining commercial-break position information (WP1, WP2) identifying the commercial-break information (WBI) in the picture information (BI), the detection means (8) are now adapted to detect a fade-out (FO), in which fade-out (FO) a luminance signal (Y) of the picture information (BI) decreases during a fade-out time (FT) until the picture information (BI) is formed by the black-frame information (SBI), a
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventor: Eric Armengaud