Patents by Inventor Raphaèle Balter

Raphaèle Balter 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: 8817069
    Abstract: A method of filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images and consisting of a matrix of pixels forming a set of lines and columns, each pixel of the map being associated with a depth or disparity value (pixel value) and any pixel of an occluded area (invalid pixel) being associated with a pixel value identifiable as being invalid. This method comprises a step of processing each line of the map pixel by pixel in a predefined direction and assigning each invalid pixel Pi encountered on a current line a value determined as a function of the values associated with the pixels in a predefined vicinity around the first valid pixel P1, if any, that follows the invalid pixel Pi on the current line and the value V(P1) of which corresponds to a greater depth or a lesser disparity relative to the value V(P0) of the last valid pixel P0, if any, that precedes the invalid pixel Pi on the current line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: David Alessandrini, Raphaèle Balter, Stéphane Pateux
  • Publication number: 20110080464
    Abstract: A method of filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images and consisting of a matrix of pixels forming a set of lines and columns, each pixel of the map being associated with a depth or disparity value (pixel value) and any pixel of an occluded area (invalid pixel) being associated with a pixel value identifiable as being invalid. This method comprises a step of processing each line of the map pixel by pixel in a predefined direction and assigning each invalid pixel Pi encountered on a current line a value determined as a function of the values associated with the pixels in a predefined vicinity around the first valid pixel P1, if any, that follows the invalid pixel Pi on the current line and the value V(P1) of which corresponds to a greater depth or a lesser disparity relative to the value V(P0) of the last valid pixel P0, if any, that precedes the invalid pixel Pi on the current line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: David Alessandrini, Raphaèle Balter, Stéphane Pateux
  • Publication number: 20070064099
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of representing a sequence of pictures which are grouped into sets comprising at least two successive pictures, known as groups of pictures (GOP), whereby a textured, meshed three-dimensional model is associated with each of said GOPs. In an embodiment, the three-dimensional model associated with the n level GOP is represented with an irregular mesh taking account of at least one vertex of at least the irregular mesh representing the three-dimensional model that is associated with the n?1 level GOP, said vertex being known as the common vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Raphaele Balter, Patrick Gioia