Patents by Inventor Pierre Hughes Routhier

Pierre Hughes 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: 9501815
    Abstract: Various implementations relate to processing pictures. In one particular implementation, a cropped picture is accessed. The cropped picture has been cropped, using a virtual camera window, from a picture in a sequence of pictures. Motion blur is generated for a feature in the cropped picture based on a motion of the virtual camera window and a motion of the feature. The generated motion blur is added to the feature in the cropped picture. In another particular implementation, a signal or signal structure includes a picture section for a cropped picture that has been cropped, using a virtual camera window, from a picture in a sequence of pictures. The signal or signal structure also includes a motion section for an indication of a motion of the virtual camera window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventor: Pierre Hughes Routhier
  • Patent number: 9420243
    Abstract: Various implementations provide color images, including, for example, RGB images and/or HDR images. In one particular implementation, a color image is created using a first set of color values captured from multiple sensors. Multiple pixel locations of the color image have a color value for three colors that are captured from the multiple sensors. A lens assembly passes light to the multiple sensors. An HDR image is created using a second set of color values captured from the multiple sensors. Another implementation includes a lens assembly and multiple sensors arranged to receive light though the lens assembly. A first set of color values captured from the multiple sensors can be assembled to provide three color values for multiple pixel locations. A second set of color values captured from the multiple sensors can be interpolated to provide an HDR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Pierre Hughes Routhier, Thierry Borel
  • Patent number: 9313475
    Abstract: Various implementations provide techniques to prevent excessive parallax, depth, or disparity from being passed through to a viewer. In one particular implementation, it is determined that a depth indicator for an object in a stereoscopic image pair of a video sequence is outside of a target range. One or more images of the stereoscopic image pair is modified so that the depth indicator for the object is within the target range. In other implementations, a depth transition between the object and another portion of the video sequence is smoothed. In further implementations, the stereoscopic image pair is replaced with a 2D image pair that includes the object. In yet further implementations, a resulting video sequence includes (i) one or more stereoscopic image pairs having non-zero disparity and for which the depth indicator is within the target range for the entire image pair, and (ii) one or more 2D image pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Pierre Hughes Routhier, William Gibbens Redmann, Didier Doyen
  • Patent number: 9230315
    Abstract: Automatic determination of the complexity associated with converting image content from 2-dimensions to 3-dimensions commences by first determining how many different scenes exist within the image content. Each scene then undergoes analysis to determine its complexity based on the motion, texture and occlusion within the scene. The scene complexities are added to the scene transition complexity and the total gets weighted to yield an overall indication of the complexity of converting of image content from 2-dimensions to 3-dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Barrett, Pierre Hughes Routhier, Joan Llach, Ben Crosby
  • Publication number: 20150178898
    Abstract: Various implementations relate to processing pictures. In one particular implementation, a cropped picture is accessed. The cropped picture has been cropped, using a virtual camera window, from a picture in a sequence of pictures. Motion blur is generated for a feature in the cropped picture based on a motion of the virtual camera window and a motion of the feature. The generated motion blur is added to the feature in the cropped picture. In another particular implementation, a signal or signal structure includes a picture section for a cropped picture that has been cropped, using a virtual camera window, from a picture in a sequence of pictures. The signal or signal structure also includes a motion section for an indication of a motion of the virtual camera window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Pierre Hughes Routhier
  • Publication number: 20150172608
    Abstract: Various implementations provide color images, including, for example, RGB images and/or HDR images. In one particular implementation, a color image is created using a first set of color values captured from multiple sensors. Multiple pixel locations of the color image have a color value for three colors that are captured from the multiple sensors. A lens assembly passes light to the multiple sensors. An HDR image is created using a second set of color values captured from the multiple sensors. Another implementation includes a lens assembly and multiple sensors arranged to receive light though the lens assembly. A first set of color values captured from the multiple sensors can be assembled to provide three color values for multiple pixel locations. A second set of color values captured from the multiple sensors can be interpolated to provide an HDR image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Hughes Routhier, Thierry Borel
  • Publication number: 20150071525
    Abstract: Various implementations provide techniques to prevent excessive parallax, depth, or disparity from being passed through to a viewer. In one particular implementation, it is determined that a depth indicator for an object in a stereoscopic image pair of a video sequence is outside of a target range. One or more images of the stereoscopic image pair is modified so that the depth indicator for the object is within the target range. In other implementations, a depth transition between the object and another portion of the video sequence is smoothed. In further implementations, the stereoscopic image pair is replaced with a 2D image pair that includes the object. In yet further implementations, a resulting video sequence includes (i) one or more stereoscopic image pairs having non-zero disparity and for which the depth indicator is within the target range for the entire image pair, and (ii) one or more 2D image pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Hughes Routhier, William Gibbens Redmann, Didier Doyen
  • Publication number: 20130259318
    Abstract: Automatic determination of the complexity associated with converting image content from 2-dimensions to 3-dimensions commences by first determining how many different scenes exist within the image content. Each scene then undergoes analysis to determine its complexity based on the motion, texture and occlusion within the scene. The scene complexities are added to the scene transition complexity and the total gets weighted to yield an overall indication of the complexity of converting of image content from 2-dimensions to 3-dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Barrett, Pierre Hughes Routhier, Joan Llach, Ben Crosey