Patents by Inventor Frederic Gilbert

Frederic Gilbert 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).

  • Method of optimizing the compression of image data, with automatic selection of compression conditions
    Patent number: 6031939
    Abstract: A method of optimizing the compression of image data in accordance with at least one compression objective includes an initialization phase including the steps of compressing a plurality of test samples in accordance with at least two different compression conditions, associating with each test sample at least one item of information characteristic of the content of the sample and at least one measurement of the corresponding compression results and establishing at least one reference function associating at least one of the compression objectives and/or at least one compression result measurement and/or at least one of the items of characteristic information for each of the compression conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Frederic Gilbert, Edouard Ritz