Eastman-kodak Company

Stmicroelectronics S.a.

Stmicroelectronics (research & Development) Limited

Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC

Thierry Lebihen

Eric Masera

Jean-Marie Vau

Christophe E Papin

Nicolas P Touchard

Olivier M Rigault

Santie V Adelbert

Stuart McLeod

Olivier Pothier

Donald Baxter

Olivier L Seignol

Olivier A Furon

Christophe Edmond Maurice Papin

Francois De Salivet De Fouchecour

Santie Valérie LourdesMarie Adelbert

An example device has optical emitters for emitting incident radiation within a field of view and optical detectors for receiving reflected radiation. Based on the incident radiation and the reflected radiation, a histogram indicative of a number of photon events that are detected by the optical detectors over time bins is generated. The time bins is indicative of time differences between emission of the incident radiation and reception of the reflected radiation. The device further includes; a processor programmed to iteratively process the histogram by executing an expectation-maximization algorithm to detect a presence of objects located in the field of view of the device.

Device and method for processing a histogram of arrival times in an optical sensor

A multimedia data organization process, i.e. creation, of a photo album or slideshow, said multimedia data being represented by contingent individuals () of an instantiated ontology that in addition to generic individuals (EC, C, F, M, T, A) comprises semantic links between individuals, comprising: &#x2014;the presentation to the user of the choice of at least one individual from the instantiated ontology, and in response to a user-prompted choice, &#x2014;the selection and organization of a subset of multimedia data corresponding to the contingent individuals of the instantiated ontology according to at least one selection and/or organization rule engaging the user-chosen individual and the related semantic links.

Process for organizing multimedia data

A process for using a terminal capable of capturing images to determine a probability of capturing the images according to information taken from contextual data provided by the image capture means. The process uses a terminal such as a mobile terminal comprising a first image data sensor and at least one contextual data sensor to automatically determine at least one probability of capturing an image or a sequence of images taking place within a time interval, the capture probability being calculated based on at least one response provided by one of the activated image data and/or contextual data sensors.

Process for automatically determining a probability of image capture with a terminal using contextual data

The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising:

Camera and method for creating annotated images

The invention relates to a method of data transmission by an ad-hoc network of mobile communication equipment (), from at least one source equipment () to at least one collection terminal (), by means of mobile relay equipment (), in which for each communication equipment, at least one quality factor is updated (Q, QQQQQ). According to the invention, the quality factor of each relay equipment depends on a history of data transmission, and data transmission from mobile equipment to mobile relay equipment is conditional on the quality factor of the relay equipment capable of receiving the data.

Method and equipment for data transmission by ad-hoc network

The invention is intended for the technological field of data communication between electronic equipment (-) forming part of a system of electronic equipment (). The invention more specifically relates to a method and a system to facilitate, using an identifier having the form of a visual code, the transmission of command data to one of the electronic equipment items of the system, when the electronic equipment that produces the visual code is activated. The transmission of command data intended for one of the equipment items is performed following the reading and decoding of the visual code, for example with another equipment item of the system.

Production of visual codes for pairing electronic equipment

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Bourg la Reine, France

Thierry Lebihen