Patents by Inventor Gary Donnan

Gary Donnan 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: 10764549
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and device of converting a HDR version of a picture to a SDR version of this picture. The method is characterized in that it converts the HDR version to the SDR version of the picture according to: a first indicator that indicates the presence of color mapping parameters; a second indicator that indicates whether a device is configured to convert the HDR version to the SDR version of the picture by taking into account said color mapping parameters; and a third indicator that indicates whether converting without taking into account said color mapping parameters is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Andrivon, Philippe Bordes, Franck Hiron, Masaru Yamamoto, Gary Donnan, John M. Town
  • Publication number: 20190014296
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and device of converting a HDR version of a picture to a SDR version of this picture. The method is characterized in that it converts the HDR version to the SDR version of the picture according to: a first indicator that indicates the presence of color mapping parameters; a second indicator that indicates whether a device is configured to convert the HDR version to the SDR version of the picture by taking into account said color mapping parameters; and a third indicator that indicates whether converting without taking into account said color mapping parameters is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Pierre Andrivon, Phillip Bordes, Franck Hiron, Masaru Yamamoto, Gary Donnan, John M. Town
  • Patent number: 10104354
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and device of converting a high-dynamic-range (HDR) version of a picture to a standard-dynamic-range (SDR) version of this picture. The method is characterized in that it converts the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture according to: a first indicator (I1) that indicates the presence of color mapping parameters; a second indicator (I2) that indicates whether a device is configured to convert the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture by taking into account said color mapping parameters; and a third indicator (I3) that indicates whether converting without taking into account said color mapping parameters is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Andrivon, Philippe Bordes, Franck Hiron, Masaru Yamamoto, Gary Donnan, John M. Town
  • Publication number: 20170366791
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method and device of converting a high-dynamic-range (HDR) version of a picture to a standard-dynamic-range (SDR) version of this picture. The method is characterized in that it converts the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture according to: a first indicator (I1) that indicates the presence of color mapping parameters; a second indicator (I2) that indicates whether a device is configured to convert the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture by taking into account said color mapping parameters; and a third indicator (I3) that indicates whether converting without taking into account said color mapping parameters is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre ANDRIVON, Philippe BORDES, Franck HIRON, Masaru YAMAMOTO, Gary DONNAN, John M. TOWN
  • Patent number: 5666546
    Abstract: A method of managing concurrent accesses by a plurality of users to a memory, for reading or writing data in memory zones of the memory on the basis of an index whose value identifies a memory zone in the memory, includes the steps of: recording the value of the index in a first memory register; summing the contents of the first memory register with an increment value; recording the result of the summing operation in a second memory register; atomically interchanging the index value with the contents of the second memory register; and taking the content of the first memory register as the current value of the index if the contents of the second memory register is identical to the old value of the index, otherwise performing each of the preceding steps again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite
    Inventor: Gary Donnan