Patents by Inventor Hervé Picard

Hervé Picard 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: 9025083
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises means (7) for assigning, for each pixel of a second image, a part of the three components (red, green, blue) defining the color constituting the pixel, to a component alpha containing an item of information relating to transparency and allowing management thereof, in such a way as to obtain a coded image, and means (2) comprising a digital electronic card (9) which is formed in such a way as to decode said coded image so as to extract the information relating to transparency, and to merge this image thus decoded with a first image, while taking account of said item of information relating to transparency, the image resulting from this merging being displayed by appropriate means (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: MBDA France
    Inventors: Xavier Gauquelin, Hervé Picard, Jérôme Pilchen
  • Publication number: 20140132840
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises means (7) for assigning, for each pixel of a second image, a part of the three components (red, green, blue) defining the colour constituting the pixel, to a component alpha containing an item of information relating to transparency and allowing management thereof, in such a way as to obtain a coded image, and means (2) comprising a digital electronic card (9) which is formed in such a way as to decode said coded image so as to extract the information relating to transparency, and to merge this image thus decoded with a first image, while taking account of said item of information relating to transparency, the image resulting from this merging being displayed by appropriate means (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: Xavier Gauquelin, Hervé Picard, Jérôme Pilchen