Patents by Inventor Malika Boulkenafed
Malika Boulkenafed 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).
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Publication number: 20190205485Abstract: The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for generating a 3D model representing a building. The method comprises providing a 2D floor plan representing a layout of the building. The method also comprises determining a semantic segmentation of the 2D floor plan. The method also comprises determining the 3D model based on the semantic segmentation. Such a method provides an improved solution for processing a 2D floor plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Asma REJEB SFAR, Louis Dupont De Dinechin, Malika Boulkenafed
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Patent number: 10229228Abstract: A computer-implemented method for simulating an assembly of fabric pieces can include providing a plurality of parallel solvers, a first solver simulating at least one first fabric piece and a second solver simulating at least one second fabric piece. The computer-implemented method can further include maintaining the first and the second fabric pieces tight by computing a common frontier by the first and second solvers.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Dassault SystemesInventors: Philippe Belmans, Malika Boulkenafed
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Patent number: 10176404Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for recognizing a three-dimensional modeled object from a two-dimensional image. The method comprises providing a first set of two-dimensional images rendered from three-dimensional modeled objects, each two-dimensional image of the first set being associated to a label; providing a second set of two-dimensional images not rendered from three-dimensional objects, each two-dimensional image of the second set being associated to a label; training a model on both first and second sets; providing a similarity metric; submitting a two-dimensional image depicting at least one object; and retrieving a three-dimensional object similar to the said at least one object of the two-dimensional image submitted by using the trained model and the similarity metric.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Malika Boulkenafed, Fabrice Michel, Asma Rejeb Sfar
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Publication number: 20180329892Abstract: A computer implemented method for learning a function configured for captioning a region of an image. The method comprises providing a dataset of triplets each including a respective image, a respective region of the respective image, and a respective caption of the respective region. The method also comprises learning, with the dataset of triplets, a function that is configured to generate an output caption based on an input image and on an input region of the input image. Such a method constitutes an improved solution for captioning a region of an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Niels LUBBERS, Malika BOULKENAFED
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Publication number: 20180173827Abstract: Described is a computer-implemented method for partitioning a 3D scene into a plurality of zones, each zone representing an area or a volume of the 3D scene and being processed by a computing resource. The method comprises obtaining a 3D scene comprising one or more objects, each object generating a computing resource cost, computing a first map that represents a density of computing costs of the provided 3D scene, defining a second map that represents constraints on the shapes of zones that will be obtained as a result of a partitioning of the 3D scene, discretizing the obtained 3D scene into cells by computing a space quantization of the 3D scene free of dynamic objects, computing, for each cell, a computing cost from the first map of the 3D scene, aggregating the cells into one or more zones in accordance with the second map.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Malika Boulkenafed, Philippe Robert Felix Belmans
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Patent number: 9972129Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for compressing a three-dimensional modeled object. The method comprises providing a mesh of a three-dimensional modeled object, parameterizing (u,v) the mesh on a two-dimensional plane, converting the parameterized mesh into an image I, defining a grid of cells from the image I, each cell being defined by a set of control points, computing a relevance of each cell of the grid, determining at least one cell having a relevance lower than a pre-determined threshold, resizing the at least one determined cell and computing a resulting grid, computing a transformation for each pixel of the image from the resulting grid, and applying the computed transformation to the image I.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Fabrice Michel, Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20180096514Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for simulating a 3D scene. The simulation is carried out with a set of computing resources running in parallel. The method comprises partitioning a 3D scene into a plurality of zones. Each zone is sized to satisfy real-time computing constraint by one computing resource of the set. The method comprises assigning each zone of the plurality to a computing resource, computing an estimation of a load of each computing resource and determining whether one or more computing resources are over-loaded or under-loaded, computing, for each zone, a contribution of the zone to the load of the computing resource to which the zone is assigned, reassigning one or more zones of a computing resource that is over-loaded or under-loaded to another computing resource, the reassignment resulting from the computed contributions of the zones with a combinatorial optimization algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Malika BOULKENAFED, Philippe Robert Felix BELMANS
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Publication number: 20180075622Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for compressing data representing values of a physical attribute in a predetermined space. The method comprises providing a signal that includes a mapping from leaf cells of a hierarchical subdivision of the predetermined space each onto a respective coefficient representative of a value of the physical attribute at the respective leaf cell. The method also comprises determining a discrete wavelet transform of the signal and encoding the determined discrete wavelet transform. The method provides an improved way to compress a modeled object that represents a real object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Jean-Julien TUFFREAU, Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20170178400Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for displaying a 3D assembly of modeled objects. The method comprises streaming from a first computer to a second computer at least one raster image of a first 3D modeled object, and rendering on the second computer the 3D assembly of modeled objects by merging a second 3D modeled object with the streamed at least one raster image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Malika BOULKENAFED, Jean Julien TUFFREAU
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Publication number: 20170180756Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for designing a 3D assembly of modeled objects. The method comprises rendering on a second computer a 3D assembly of modeled objects by merging a second 3D modeled object with at least one raster image of a first 3D modeled object, the at least one raster image having being streamed from a first computer to the second computer; sending from the second computer to the first computer first data related to the second 3D modeled object for contact computation between the first and second 3D modeled objects; and computing on the first computer a contact between the first and second 3D modeled objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Jean Julien TUFFREAU, Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20170169544Abstract: The invention notably relates to a memory storage having a linear track and having recorded thereon a multi-resolution image system of an object, the multi-resolution image system including a set of images, each image representing the object and having a respective resolution, wherein the recording is according to a continuous injection from a space-filling curve of the set of images to the linear track, the space-filling curve interlaces the different images, and the intersection between the space-filling curve and each image is on a Hilbert curve. The invention improves the way to record a multi-resolution image system of an object on a memory storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Malika BOULKENAFED, Jean-Julien Tuffreau
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Publication number: 20170161590Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for recognizing a three-dimensional modeled object from a two-dimensional image. The method comprises providing a first set of two-dimensional images rendered from three-dimensional modeled objects, each two-dimensional image of the first set being associated to a label; providing a second set of two-dimensional images not rendered from three-dimensional objects, each two-dimensional image of the second set being associated to a label; training a model on both first and second sets; providing a similarity metric; submitting a two-dimensional image depicting at least one object; and retrieving a three-dimensional object similar to the said at least one object of the two-dimensional image submitted by using the trained model and the similarity metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: MALIKA BOULKENAFED, FABRICE MICHEL, ASMA REJEB SFAR
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Publication number: 20170124761Abstract: The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for compressing a three-dimensional modeled object. The method comprises providing a mesh of a three-dimensional modeled object, parameterizing (u,v) the mesh on a two-dimensional plane, converting the parameterized mesh into an image I, defining a grid of cells from the image I, each cell being defined by a set of control points, computing a relevance of each cell of the grid, determining at least one cell having a relevance lower than a pre-determined threshold, resizing the at least one determined cell and computing a resulting grid, computing a transformation for each pixel of the image from the resulting grid, and applying the computed transformation to the image I.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: DASSAULT SYSTEMESInventors: Fabrice MICHEL, Malika Boulkenafed
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Patent number: 9454842Abstract: The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for partitioning a three-dimensional scene into a plurality of zones, each zone being processed by a computing resource. The method comprises providing a three-dimensional scene comprising one or more objects, each object generating a computing resource cost; determining a set of locations in the three-dimensional scene; filling each location with its maximum occupancy of objects that reaches the most expensive computing cost; computing, for each location of the three-dimensional scene, the maximum computing cost density; and grouping adjacent locations into one or more zones, each zone having a resulting computing cost density guarantying a real-time performance of the zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Dassault SystemesInventors: Philippe Belmans, Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20140358495Abstract: It is proposed a computer-implemented method for simulating an assembly of fabric pieces. The method comprises providing a plurality of parallel solvers, a first solver simulating at least one first fabric piece and a second solver simulating at least one second fabric piece, and maintaining the first and the second fabric pieces tight by computing a common frontier by the first and second solvers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Dassault SystemesInventors: Philippe Belmans, Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20140358997Abstract: The invention is directed to a communication middleware for managing multicast channels between a server and a client connected through a communication network, wherein the communication middleware manages at least one compulsory multicast channel for delivering compulsory data to the client and the communication middleware manages at least one optional multicast channel for delivering optional data to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Dassault SystemesInventor: Malika Boulkenafed
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Publication number: 20140358475Abstract: It is provided a computer-implemented method for performing body posture tracking, comprising the steps of collecting (S10) depth measurements of a body with at least one depth sensor; collecting (S20) inertial measurements with at least one inertial sensor attached to the body; and determining (S30) at least one posture of the body as a function of the depth measurements and the inertial measurements. Such a method improves the field of body posture tracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Dassault SystemesInventors: Malika Boulkenafed, Fabrice Francis Michel
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Publication number: 20140184602Abstract: It is proposed a computer-implemented method for streaming a simulated three-dimensional modeled object from a server to a remote client, comprising the steps of: a) receiving on a server an interaction performed by a user on a remote client; b) performing on the server the steps of: simulating a three-dimensional modeled object based on the interaction; converting the result of the simulation into at least one two-dimensional image; compressing the said at least one two-dimensional image; and sending to the remote client the compressed at least one two-dimensional image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Dassault SystemesInventors: Jean Julien Tuffreau, Malika Boulkenafed, Pascal Sebah
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Publication number: 20140176552Abstract: The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for partitioning a three-dimensional scene into a plurality of zones, each zone being processed by a computing resource. The method comprises providing a three-dimensional scene comprising one or more objects, each object generating a computing resource cost; determining a set of locations in the three-dimensional scene; filling each location with its maximum occupancy of objects that reaches the most expensive computing cost; computing, for each location of the three-dimensional scene, the maximum computing cost density; and grouping adjacent locations into one or more zones, each zone having a resulting computing cost density guarantying a real-time performance of the zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Dassault SystemesInventors: Philippe Belmans, Malika Boulkenafed