Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus or systems for formatting of backward compatible immersive video streams. At least one legacy rectangular video is captured from an immersive video obtained from a source (82). A set of camera control data are used to determine which parts of the immersive video will constitute legacy videos (84). These part are removed from the immersive video (83) and every prepared videos are packaged in a stream (85). The structure from the stream is a container. Information data about the location and size of removed parts may be added in the stream.

Abstract: Encoding/decoding data representative of a 3D representation of a scene according to a range of points of view can involve generating a depth map associated with a part of the 3D representation according to a parameter representative of a two-dimensional parameterization associated with the part and data associated with a point included in the part, wherein the two-dimensional parameterization can be responsive to geometric information associated with the point and to pose information associated with the range of points of view. A texture map associated with the part can be generated according to the parameter and data associated with the point. First information representative of point density of points in a part of the part can be obtained. The depth map, texture map, parameter, and first information can be included in respective syntax elements of a bitstream.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided to encode and decode a data stream carrying data representative of a three-dimensional scene, the data stream comprising color pictures packed in a color image; depth pictures packed in a depth image; and a set of patch data items comprising de-projection data; data for retrieving a color picture in the color image and geometry data. Two types of geometry data are possible. The first type of data describes how to retrieve a depth picture in the depth image. The second type of data comprises an identifier of a 3D mesh. Vertex coordinates and faces of this mesh are used to retrieve the location of points in the de-projected scene.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating an image, including obtaining a source image, at least one pixel of the source image being a useful pixel and at least one distinct pixel of the source image being a non-useful pixel; and a key information indicating whether each pixel of the source image is a useful pixel or a non-useful pixel; applying a feathering processing on at least one pixel of the source image, called a border pixel, a border pixel being a non-useful pixel having at least one first useful neighbor pixel and at least one second non-useful distinct neighbor pixel, the feathering processing generating a modified image presenting a smooth transition between values of the first neighbor pixel and values of the second neighbor pixel.

Abstract: A sequence of three-dimension scenes is encoded as a video by an encoder and transmitted to a decoder which retrieves the sequence of 3D scenes. Points of a 3D scene visible from a determined point of view are encoded as a color image in a first track of the stream in order to be decodable independently from other tracks of the stream. The color image is compatible with a three degrees of freedom rendering. Depth information and depth and color of residual points of the scene are encoded in separate tracks of the stream and are decoded only in case the decoder is configured to decode the scene for a volumetric rendering.

Abstract: A sequence of point clouds is encoded as a video by an encoder and transmitted to a decoder which retrieves the sequence of point clouds. Visible points of a point cloud are iteratively projected on projection maps according to at least two centers of projection, to determine a patch data item lists. One of the centers of projection is selected and corresponding image patches are generated and packed into a picture. Pictures and associated patch data item list are encoded in a stream. The decoding method decodes pictures and associated patch data item lists. Pixels of image patches comprised in pictures are un-projected according to data stored in associated patches. The methods have the advantage of encoding every point of point clouds in a manner avoiding artifacts and allowing decoding at video frame rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method for embedding key information in an image, the method comprising reserving a range of DMZ values, in a predetermined range of 2N values used for storing useful data in the image, the reserved range being used for storing a key information associated with at least one coordinates in the image, with N>0 and DMZ<<2N.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus or systems for formatting of backward compatible immersive video streams. At least one legacy rectangular video is captured from an immersive video obtained from a source (82). A set of camera control data are used to determine which parts of the immersive video will constitute legacy videos (84). These part are removed from the immersive video (83) and every prepared videos are packaged in a stream (85). The structure from the stream is a container. Information data about the location and size of removed parts may be added in the stream.

Abstract: Method and device for generating a stream from image(s) of an object is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining data associated with points of a point cloud representing at least a part of the object, obtaining a parametric surface according to at least a geometric characteristic associated with the at least a part of the object and pose information of an acquisition device used to acquire the at least one image, obtaining a height map and one or more texture maps associated with the parametric surface, and generating the stream by combining together a first syntax element relative to the at least a parameter, a second syntax element relative to the height map, a third syntax element relative to the at least one texture map and a fourth syntax element relative to a position of the acquisition device. The disclosure relates further to a method and device for rendering an image of the object from the stream thus obtained.

Abstract: A method for presenting an image on a display device (100) includes modifying the image by applying a geometric transformation to the image so that an area of the image on the display device is presented to a viewer with higher density of pixels than that in the rest of the image (S18).

Abstract: The invention proposes a method and device for protection of data for devices connected in a network such as a local area network or LAN. The method and device can for example be implemented on a gateway, which acts as an interconnecting device between the devices in the LAN network and that can offer these devices an access to an external network such as a wide area network or WAN. The method and device thus offers a protected environment for applications that are executed on the gateway, such as applications downloaded from the WAN. The method and device gives the applications executed on the gateway controlled access to the LAN resources in order to protect the data that the LAN devices share within the LAN, while giving the applications access to the WAN.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the domain of synchronization of items of equipment connected by a packet switching network. It relates more specifically to a system for generation of a synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) and a clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) by a slave station (SA, SB) connected to a master station (SM) via a packet switching network. The master station (SM) is conformed to produce a master clock signal (CLKM) of frequency FM and a master synchronization signal (PIPM). The master synchronization signal (PIPM) is in phase with the master clock signal (SM). The slave station (SA, SB) comprises the primary synthesis means (SM1A, SM1B) producing a slave periodic signal TICKSA, TICKSB), the periodic signal (TICKSA, TICKSB) is in phase with the master clock signal (CLKM).

Abstract: A device (DA1) is intended to aid a clock synchronization device (DS1) of a master station (SM) of a wireless network in performing time synchronizations, this master station (SM) comprising a master clock (HM) represented by the value of a master counter (CM) and means (MG1) for generating wireless frames of IP packets containing in particular PTP messages of first and second types. The aid device (DA1) comprises detection means (MD1) for, in case of detection by the physical layer of the master station (SM) of a frame pulse received from the network, triggering the sampling of the value of the master counter (CM).

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, characterized in that it includes means for: extract image cues from a synchronizing signal, initializing a first counter based on said image cues, initializing a second counter every “m” zero crossing of the first counter, sampling the second counter at all the Tech periods, where Tech is derived from a time base synchronized on all the network stations, and transmitting packets containing the samples in the network. The invention also concerns a device for receiving packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method and device for protection of data for devices connected in a network such as a local area network or LAN. The method and device can for example be implemented on a gateway, which acts as an interconnecting device between the devices in the LAN network and that can offer these devices an access to an external network such as a wide area network or WAN. The method and device thus offers a protected environment for applications that are executed on the gateway, such as applications downloaded from the WAN. The method and device gives the applications executed on the gateway controlled access to the LAN resources in order to protect the data that the LAN devices share within the LAN, while giving the applications access to the WAN.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method and device for sharing content in a heterogeneous home network comprising a plurality of different devices with a plurality of different network resource sharing protocols and different file systems.

Abstract: A device (D2) is dedicated to the reconstruction of clock signals, for example within communication equipment (EQ2) of an IP network. This device (D2) comprises i) a phase-locked loop (BY) having a cut-off frequency dependent, on the one hand, on a configuration value making it possible to reconstruct clock signals according to a chosen clock frequency, and on the other hand, a chosen sampling frequency, and ii) control means (MC2) responsible for forcing the phase-locked loop (BV) to present a variable cut-off frequency according to a received operating mode indication.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device able to receive packets circulating in a packet-switching network. The packets include information on a synchronization signal. The device is configured for producing first and second pulses synchronous with the synchronization signal. The first and second pulses have different periods, which are integer value multiples of the synchronization signal period.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment. It relates to a phase-locked loop able to recover the timing of a synchronization signal comprising a temporal discontinuity of amaximum amplitude equal to PCR_Modulus, the loop comprising: a sample comparator comparing the samples and the local samples of a synthesized signal, means for producing the synthesized signal from a corrected signal, a corrector receiving a comparison result delivered by the comparison means and delivering the corrected signal, According to the invention, the comparison means comprises the means to determine a difference in value between the local samples and the samples of the synchronization signal and in that the comparison result has a value that depends on the value ? and on the difference between the value ? and the value PCR_Modulus/2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment. It concerns more specifically a transmission device able to transmit packets, said device comprising the means to extract image ticks from a synchronisation signal, the means to initialise an image counter from said image ticks, the means to initialise a CPT_PCR counter every “m” passage through zero of the image counter, CPT_PCR producing counting ramps CSE_PCR with a range M, the means to sample the counting ramps CSE_PCR every Tech period, where Tech is from a time base synchronised on all the stations of said network, and the means to transmit packets comprising a PCRe sample of the CSE_PCR counting ramp. According to the invention, it also comprises the means to insert in the packet:—an Num index identifying the CSE_PCR counting ramp from which the PCRe sample is realised, and—a time label Datejnit indicating a CSE_PCR counting ramp timestamp passage through a reference value PCR_REF comprised between 0 and M-1.