Patents by Inventor Olivier Duthuit

Olivier Duthuit 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: 4812988
    Abstract: A processor of images of objects described in three dimensions for determining parameters of pixels on a display screen. The processor possesses inputs for parameters of convex polygons describing the objects in a frame of visualization and determines from the parameters of the polygons the parameters of the pixels of a transformed two-dimensional image of that object. In order to eliminate concealed faces of objects displayed on the screen from a perspective view, the processor selects and stores the parameters of all the elements of the transformed image which are closest to the plane of visualization (the display screen). The image processor is noteworthy in that it serially processes, by pipeline organization, the parameters of a set of segments which constitute the intersections of the set of polygons with each line of visualization of the visual display device, a plurality of segments being processed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Olivier Duthuit, Thierry Bonnet, Philippe Martin