Patents by Inventor Nicholas Routhier

Nicholas Routhier 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: 12519914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image modification process used to generate a chosen type of stereoscopic video of the common field of view shared by two cameras without requiring any pre-set and arrangement normally needed for stereoscopic display. The process can use left and right video streams of images originating from a wide range of camera types sharing some portion of their respective fields of view that are not limited to a specific relative orientation (convergent, parallel or divergent) and can be used to adapt in real time the stereoscopic video to be displayed to a viewer where his dynamic inputs are constantly updated. The proposed method can be used to optimize, correct and or allow the use of various apparatuses (webcams, cameras, scanners, etc.) that may come out of the production lines with imperfects to the capture cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: CUBICSPACE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Routhier
  • Publication number: 20250350710
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image modification process used to generate a chosen type of stereoscopic video of the common field of view shared by two cameras without requiring any pre-set and arrangement normally needed for stereoscopic display. The process can use left and right video streams of images originating from a wide range of camera types sharing some portion of their respective fields of view that are not limited to a specific relative orientation (convergent, parallel or divergent) and can be used to adapt in real time the stereoscopic video to be displayed to a viewer where his dynamic inputs are constantly updated. The proposed method can be used to optimize, correct and or allow the use of various apparatuses (webcams, cameras, scanners, etc.) that may come out of the production lines with imperfects to the capture cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventor: Nicholas ROUTHIER
  • Patent number: 11785197
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Routhier
  • Publication number: 20220256133
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Nicholas ROUTHIER
  • Patent number: 11240479
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Nicholas Routhier
  • Publication number: 20210235055
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas ROUTHIER
  • Publication number: 20210235065
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 11012680
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 10917623
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: INNOVATIONS MINDTRICK INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Routhier
  • Publication number: 20200177862
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Nicholas ROUTHIER
  • Publication number: 20190394453
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 10341643
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Publication number: 20170041595
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 9479755
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: 3DN, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Publication number: 20140347455
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas ROUTHIER, Claude THIBEAULT, Jean BELZILE, Daniel MALOUIN, Pierre-Paul CARPENTIER, Martin DALLAIRE
  • Patent number: 8804842
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: SENSIO Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 8743177
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: SENSIO Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 8687703
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SENSIO Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Claude Thibeault, Jean Belzile, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Paul Carpentier, Martin Dallaire
  • Patent number: 8384766
    Abstract: A system is provided for processing a compressed image stream of a stereoscopic image stream, the compressed image stream having a plurality of frames in a first format, each frame consisting of a merged image comprising pixels sampled from a left image and pixels sampled from a right image. A receiver receives the compressed image stream and a decompressing module in communication with the receiver decompresses the compressed image stream. The left and right images of the decompressed image stream are stored in a frame buffer. A serializing unit reads pixels of the frames stored in the frame buffer and outputs a pixel stream comprising pixels of a left frame and pixels of a right frame. A stereoscopic image processor receives the pixel stream, buffers the pixels, performs interpolation in order to reconstruct pixels of the left and right images and outputs a reconstructed left pixel stream and a reconstructed right pixel stream, the reconstructed streams having a format different from the first format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sensio Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Routhier, Daniel Malouin, Pierre-Hugues Routhier, Etienne Fortin
  • Publication number: 20110187821
    Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SENSIO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas ROUTHIER, Claude THIBEAULT, Jean BELZILE, Daniel MALOUIN, Pierre-Paul CARPENTIER, Martin DALLAIRE