Patents by Inventor Francois Charron

Francois Charron 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: 12125370
    Abstract: There is described a method for synchronizing a viewer-effect signal of a media content with a media signal of the media content. The method generally has: capturing an audio portion of the media signal from a surrounding environment using a microphone; obtaining a fingerprint from the captured audio portion of the media signal; from reference fingerprints associated with reference time positions of at least a reference media content, identifying a time position of the media content corresponding to the obtained fingerprint; obtaining the viewer-effect signal associated with the identified time position of the media content; and outputting the viewer-effect signal synchronized with the media signal using the identified time position of the media content for producing an effect to a viewer in synchronization with the media signal of the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: D-BOX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: André Beaudin, Jean-François Menard, Jean-François Charron, Alexandre Loiseau
  • Publication number: 20230274623
    Abstract: There is described a method for synchronizing a viewer-effect signal of a media content with a media signal of the media content. The method generally has: capturing an audio portion of the media signal from a surrounding environment using a microphone; obtaining a fingerprint from the captured audio portion of the media signal; from reference fingerprints associated with reference time positions of at least a reference media content, identifying a time position of the media content corresponding to the obtained fingerprint; obtaining the viewer-effect signal associated with the identified time position of the media content; and outputting the viewer-effect signal synchronized with the media signal using the identified time position of the media content for producing an effect to a viewer in synchronization with the media signal of the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: D-BOX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: André BEAUDIN, Jean-François MENARD, Jean-François CHARRON, Alexandre LOISEAU
  • Patent number: 9185321
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to process at least one of video data, audio data and ancillary data to generate an output for broadcast. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing components and a control engine configured to receive at least one topology from a host system, each of the at least one topology provides a grouping of the plurality of processing components to process the at least one of the video data, the audio data and the ancillary data received by the apparatus, respectively. For each of the at least one topology, the control engine is configured to determine commands for execution by the processing components on a frame-by-frame basis, to generate the commands for execution by the processing components, and to send commands to the processing components to process the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andre Laframboise, Marwan Al-Habbal, Sebastien Michel, Francois Charron