Patents by Inventor Nicolas Ayache

Nicolas Ayache 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: 8195004
    Abstract: A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of data constituting initial tensor images, each tensor being a real symmetric and positive definite matrix representing an elementary part of a received tensor image. This device (D) comprises, on the one hand, a first calculating module (MC1) capable of performing a first selected, bijective and defined function of R*+ in R, and being associated with a selected metric definition, this first function allowing a second reciprocal function, and on the other, comprises a first processing module (MT1) provided for: i) constituting a first representation of a received tensor image; ii) calling the first calculating module (MC1) for applying the first function to a selected part of the first representation whereby obtaining a transformed part, and; iii) constituting, from the transformed part, a second representation of the tensor images ready to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Inria Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
    Inventors: Vincent Arsigny, Xavier Pennec, Pierre Fillard, Nicolas Ayache
  • Publication number: 20080170802
    Abstract: A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of data constituting initial tensor images, each tensor being a real symmetric and positive definite matrix representing an elementary part of a received tensor image. This device (D) comprises, on the one hand, a first calculating module (MCI) capable of performing a first selected, bijective and defined function of R*+ in R, and being associated with a selected metric definition, this first function allowing a second reciprocal function, and on the other, comprises a first processing module (MT1) provided for: i) constituting a first representation of a received tensor image; ii) calling the first calculating module (MC1) for applying the first function to a selected part of the first representation whereby obtaining a transformed part, and; iii) constituting, from the transformed part, a second representation of the tensor images ready to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN IFORMATIONQUE ET
    Inventors: Vincent Arsigny, Xavier Pennec, Pierre Fillard, Nicolas Ayache
  • Patent number: 6175648
    Abstract: The method produces three dimensional cartographic data of a scene from n two-dimensional images of the scene, n being an integer higher than 2. The images are delivered by n respective detectors seeing the scene from different points of view. In a first step, each detector i is calibrated for estimating parameters identifying n affine models Fi (x, y, z) each defining a relation between coordinates x, y, z of any point in the scene and coordinates (p, q)i of a projection of said any point in an image i among said n images. Each of (n−1) couples of images, (each couple consisting of a same reference image selected among said n images) is matched, each match being made by searching an homolog of each of pixels or zones constituting the reference image along a corresponding epipolar line of the other image of the couple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Matra Systems et Information
    Inventors: Nicolas Ayache, David Canu, Jacques Ariel Sirat