Sensio Receives 3-D Patent
By Greg Tarr -- TWICE, 2/24/2009
Montreal — Sensio Technologies, developer of Sensio 3-D video technologies, said it was granted its first main patent for distribution and formatting technology of stereoscopic contents on different 2-D or 3-D screens.
The patent covers the method that has been developed and marketed by Sensio for many years, allowing the distribution of 3-D content over conventional 2-D distribution channels. Sensio originally filed for the patent in 2003.
"The acquisition of this first patent is a major event in our company’s history, because it confirms the legitimacy and solidity of our intellectual property towards studios and manufacturers and supports our licensed business sales model. Going forward, our customers and partners wishing to use the Sensio 3-D technology will be able to move ahead by knowing that they can rely on a solid basis and on a clearly defined intellectual property, which puts us in a favorable position vis-à-vis our competitors. With this patent in hand and the recently announced developments, we believe that we have significantly increased our chances to become the 3-D distribution standard for the consumer market," said Nicholas Routhier, Sensio’s president and CEO.
Sensio said the patent gives it exclusive U.S. operating rights for its compression and decompression method. The patent extends beyond the home-theater market to the professional, personal computer and mobile telephone markets.
It takes effect as of the date of the filing of the application in 2003, and remains in force for a period of 20 years, Sensio said. The company said the same patent was also filed in China, Europe, Japan, India and Canada.
Sensio said it filed for additional patents in 2004 covering different applications of the technology as the technology evolves. Three other patent applications were filed during the last six months, and they are currently following the normal certification procedure.
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This is an important milestone for 3DTV. I beleive that this, in
conjunction with the report of the CAE study release this week
confirming the interest of the consumer, will be an extra arguments in
order for the studios to select a transport standard for 3DTV.
Since you need a compressed method in order to work on the actual
infrastructure and be in line with the broadband limitations and since
there is only one technology that allows that without being a target for
a patent lawsuit... why should the studio consortium wait...
This should set a standard by default and the good news is that Sensio
offer superb quality (close to perfection). This should push the studio
to decide the standard so the TV and electronic manufacturers can
start licensing the technology and manufacture more 3DTV in order for
the viewers to be ready for those 60 3D movies (and for the
manufacturers to sell those TV with a superior profit in Q3 or Q4 to
help with the financial results of their fiscal year).
Studios have the opportunity to increase their revenue/profit as well
with 3D but they need to put content on the market. They also need
people to be able to view this great new 3D content so it is worth
investing in extra cost of 3D productions...
In a time of crisis this is a superb news and it is removing a hurdle that
was keeping the electronic manufacturers and studio from moving
forward. This news should benefit the studios, the electronic
manufacturers and hopefully the viewers who will be in position to
enjoy a much better experience...
Alexandre
Alexandre Tremblay - 2009-26-2 18:21:00 EST -
Great news for Sensio. Richard and Nicholas are making a real difference
regarding their unique 3D vision. Congratulations to the Sensio team.
Keep up the groundbreaking work.
Matthew Silberstein - 2009-25-2 11:09:00 EST -
Good for you guys! Nicholas and his team are great folks. Looking
forward to seeing their newest efforts. Best regards - JB
John Bevier - 2009-25-2 10:13:00 EST
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