Patents Assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Service des Relations Industrielles
  • Generalized programmable counter arrays
    Patent number: 8667046
    Abstract: A Generalized Programmable Counter Array (GPCA) is a reconfigurable multi-operand adder, which can be reprogrammed to sum a plurality of operands of arbitrary size. The GPCA is configured to compress the input words down to two operands using parallel counters. Resulting operands are then summed using a standard Ripple Carry Adder to produce the final result. The GPCA consists of a linear arrangement of identical compressor slices (CSlice).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne/Service des Relations Industrielles
    Inventors: Philip Brisk, Alessandro Cevrero, Frank K. Gurkaynak, Paolo Ienne Lopez, Hadi Parandeh-Afshar
  • Body movement monitoring device
    Patent number: 8109890
    Abstract: An autonomous sensing unit and system that includes a set of sensors, a conditioning means for deriving information from the sensors, display means for displaying the information to an operator, and a means for recording the kinematic parameters of a body segment, and a method for using the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Service des Relations Industrielles
    Inventors: Aminian Kamiar, Najafi Bijan, Gramiger Jean, Morel Pascal
  • GENERALIZED PROGRAMMABLE COUNTER ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20090216826
    Abstract: A Generalized Programmable Counter Array (GPCA) is a reconfigurable multi-operand adder, which can be reprogrammed to sum a plurality of operands of arbitrary size. The GPCA is configured to compress the input words down to two operands using parallel counters. Resulting operands are then summed using a standard Ripple Carry Adder to produce the final result. The GPCA consists of a linear arrangement of identical compressor slices (CSlice).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne/ Service des Relations Industrielles(SRI)
    Inventors: Philip Brisk, Alessandro Cevrero, Frank K. Gurkaynak, Paolo Ienne Lopez, Hadi Parandeh-Afshar
  • Body movement monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 7141026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for monitoring body movement, in particular but not exclusively for evaluating the falling risk and/or for monitoring sitting, standing, lying, walking and running periods. The system is characterized by the fact that it comprises means for determining the time of postural transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne/ Service des Relations Industrielles (SRI)
    Inventors: Kamiar Aminian, Bijian Najjafi
  • Intraocular pressure recording system
    Patent number: 7137952
    Abstract: A new noninvasive approach for intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement allowing continuous monitoring over prolonged periods, regardless of patient's position and activities. The key element of this measurement method is a soft contact lens (1) including at least one strain gage (2) longitudinally arranged around the center of the contact lens and capable of measuring precisely spherical deformations of the eyeball induced by the changes in IOP. This information is transmitted with wires or (preferably) wirelessly in real time to an external recording system (14). The system is placed in the same way as a normal corrective contact lens, no anesthesia is required and patient vision remains almost completely unimpaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Service des Relations Industrielles
    Inventors: Matteo Leonardi, Stefan Metz, Daniel Bertrand, Peter Leuenberger