Section: Bilateral Contracts and Grants with Industry

Bilateral Contracts with Industry

Contract with Canon Research Centre France SAS

Participants : Joachim Thiemann, Nancy Bertin, Frédéric Bimbot.

• Duration: 1.5 years (2012–2013).

• Research axis: 3.2.2

• Partner: Canon Research Centre France SAS

This contract aims at transfering some of the research done within METISS/PANAMA to products developed by Canon Inc. Two patents were filed [50] , [51] . Final internal report was delivered in October 2013.

Contract with Studio MAIA

Participants : Nancy Bertin, Frédéric Bimbot, Jules Espiau de Lamaestre, Jérémy Paret, Nathan Souviraà-Labastie.

• Duration: 3 years (2012–2014).

• Research axis: 3.2.2

• Partners: Studio MAIA (Musiciens Artistes Interprètes Associés), Imaging Factory

This contract aims at transfering some of the research done within PANAMA towards new services provided by MAIA Studio.

More specifically, the main objective is to adapt source separations algorithms and some other advanced signal processing techniques elaborated by PANAMA in a user-informed context.

The objective is twofold:

• partial automation of some tasks which the user previously had to accomplish manually

• improved quality of separation and processing by exploiting user inputs and controls

The resulting semi-automated separation and processing will feed an integrated software used for the professional remastering of audiovisual pieces. A first version of PANAMA tools were integrated in the software developed by Imaging Factory and delivered to MAIA in December 2013.