Patents by Inventor Thai Q HUYNH-THU

Thai Q HUYNH-THU 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).

  • Device and method for detecting the presence of a logo in a picture
    Patent number: 9311533
    Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of a logo in a current picture of a video is disclosed. The method comprises: determining a current candidate logo bounding box in the current picture and a preceding candidate logo bounding box in a picture preceding the current picture; detecting the presence of a logo in the current picture if at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: the distance between the centers of the current and the preceding candidate logo bounding boxes is below a first threshold or an overlap between the current and the preceding candidate logo bounding boxes is above a second threshold; or an overlap between the current candidate logo bounding box and a saliency mask of the current picture is above a third, wherein the saliency mask identifies regions around saliency peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Thai Q Huynh-Thu, Fabrice Urban
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A LOGO IN A PICTURE
    Publication number: 20140079321
    Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of a logo in a current picture of a video is disclosed. The method comprises: determining a current candidate logo bounding box in the current picture and a preceding candidate logo bounding box in a picture preceding the current picture; detecting the presence of a logo in the current picture if at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: the distance between the centers of the current and the preceding candidate logo bounding boxes is below a first threshold or an overlap between the current and the preceding candidate logo bounding boxes is above a second threshold; or an overlap between the current candidate logo bounding box and a saliency mask of the current picture is above a third, wherein the saliency mask identifies regions around saliency peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Thai Q HUYNH-THU, Fabrice Urban