Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE AIX-MARSEILLE III
  • Patent number: 9140326
    Abstract: A structure for bending transversal elastic waves around a zone to isolate of a plate, has an anisotropic Young's modulus and/or a heterogeneous mass density. The wavelengths of the elastic waves to bend are large with respect to the thickness of the plate and small with respect to the other dimensions of the plate. The structure is made by defining a meshing of a peripheral zone surrounding the zone to isolate; dividing the peripheral zone into several elementary rings and several elementary angular sectors; and forming, in each mesh delimited by an elementary angular sector and an elementary ring, a structural element in a material having a Young's modulus and/or a mass density different than those of the material forming the plate, the dimensions of the meshes and of the structural elements in the plane of the plate being less than half the wavelengths of the elastic waves to bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Stéphane Enoch, Mohamed Farhat, Sébastien Guenneau, Alexander Movchan
  • Patent number: 8858885
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, a capture mixture for the capture of targeted proteins, the capture mixture being placed on an external surface of the photosensitive layer and comprising a protein probe grafted to a hydrogel, collection means for collecting photoelectrons in the photosensitive layer, and reading and treatment means of an electrical quantity supplied by the collection means, for the supply of a characteristic value of a luminous intensity detected by the photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (R&D) Limited, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Raynor, Michael Maurin, Mitchell O'Neal Perley, Pierre-Francois Lenne, Hervé Rigneault, Renaud Vincentelli
  • Publication number: 20130241123
    Abstract: A structure for bending transversal elastic waves around a zone to isolate of a plate, has an anisotropic Young's modulus and/or a heterogeneous mass density. The wavelengths of the elastic waves to bend are large with respect to the thickness of the plate and small with respect to the other dimensions of the plate. The structure is made by defining a meshing of a peripheral zone surrounding the zone to isolate; dividing the peripheral zone into several elementary rings and several elementary angular sectors; and forming, in each mesh delimited by an elementary angular sector and an elementary ring, a structural element in a material having a Young's modulus and/or a mass density different than those of the material forming the plate, the dimensions of the meshes and of the structural elements in the plane of the plate being less than half the wavelengths of the elastic waves to bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE AIX-MARSEILLE III
    Inventors: Stéphane Enoch, Mohamed Farhat, Sébastien Guenneau, Alexander Movchan
  • Patent number: 8488843
    Abstract: A method for following hand movements in an image flow, includes receiving an image flow in real time, locating in each image in the received image flow a hand contour delimiting an image zone of the hand, extracting the postural characteristics from the image zone of the hand located in each image, and determining the hand movements in the image flow from the postural characteristics extracted from each image. The extraction of the postural characteristics of the hand in each image includes locating in the image zone of the hand the center of the palm of the hand by searching for a pixel of the image zone of the hand the furthest from the hand contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Salah Bourennane, Simon Conseil
  • Patent number: 8442339
    Abstract: A method for selecting images from a set of images (according to sharpness and contrast criteria), comprising pre-selecting images by a simplified sharpness and/or contrast analysis of each image in the set of images, and of selecting images by a finer analysis of the sharpness and/or contrast of each pre-selected image. This method is particularly useful to perform an identification by recognition of the iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.A., Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, William Ketchantang, Stéphane Derrode
  • Patent number: 8440470
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fabrication process of a biosensor on a semiconductor wafer, comprising steps of: making a central photosensitive zone comprising at least one pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, and a first peripheral zone surrounding the central photosensitive zone, comprising electronic circuits. The first peripheral zone is covered by a hydrophilic coating, and the central photosensitive zone is covered with a hydrophobic coating. A barrier of a bio-compatible resin is formed on the second peripheral zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (R&D) Limited, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Raynor, Michaël Maurin, Mitchel O'Neal Perley, Pierre-Francois Lenne, Herve Rigneault, Renaud Vincentelli
  • Patent number: 8325996
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for locating the iris in an image of an eye, comprising steps of locating the pupil in the image, of detecting positions of intensity steps of pixels located on a line passing through the pupil and transition zones between the iris and the cornea, on either side of the pupil, and of determining the center and the radius of a circle passing through the detected positions of the transitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics Rousset SAS, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Guillaume Petitjean, Stéphane Derrode, William Ketchantang
  • Publication number: 20120294489
    Abstract: A method for following hand movements in an image flow, includes receiving an image flow in real time, locating in each image in the received image flow a hand contour delimiting an image zone of the hand, extracting the postural characteristics from the image zone of the hand located in each image, and determining the hand movements in the image flow from the postural characteristics extracted from each image. The extraction of the postural characteristics of the hand in each image includes locating in the image zone of the hand the center of the palm of the hand by searching for a pixel of the image zone of the hand the furthest from the hand contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX-MARSEILLE III, STMICROELECTRONICS SA
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Salah Bourennane, Simon Conseil
  • Publication number: 20120274945
    Abstract: A system for structural analysis of an object, including a device for generating an input light beam arranged so as to cause the input beam generated to interact with at least one portion of the object, and a device for receiving the output light beam resulting from the interaction between the input beam and the object. In this system, the receiving device include a wavefront analyzer arranged so as to measure the electromagnetic field of the wave of the output beam received, and the generating device has a spatial coherence adapted to that of the receiving device. A structural analysis method implementing such a system is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX-MARSEILLE III, PHASICS
    Inventors: Pierre Bon, Benoit Wattellier, Serge Monneret, Hugues Giovanini, Guillaume Maire
  • Patent number: 8254627
    Abstract: A method for following hand movements in an image flow, includes receiving an image flow in real time, locating in each image in the received image flow a hand contour delimiting an image zone of the hand, extracting the postural characteristics from the image zone of the hand located in each image, and determining the hand movements in the image flow from the postural characteristics extracted from each image. The extraction of the postural characteristics of the hand in each image includes locating in the image zone of the hand the center of the palm of the hand by searching for a pixel of the image zone of the hand the furthest from the hand contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Salah Bourennane, Simon Conseil
  • Publication number: 20110158853
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, a capture mixture for the capture of targeted proteins, the capture mixture being placed on an external surface of the photosensitive layer and comprising a protein probe grafted to a hydrogel, collection means for collecting photoelectrons in the photosensitive layer, and reading and treatment means of an electrical quantity supplied by the collection means, for the supply of a characteristic value of a luminous intensity detected by the photosensitive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS R&D LIMITED, UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX MARSEILLE III
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Raynor, Michael Maurin, Mitchell O'Neal Perley, Pierre-Francois Lenne, Hervé Rigneault, Renaud Vincentelli
  • Publication number: 20110140208
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fabrication process of a biosensor on a semiconductor wafer, comprising steps of: making a central photosensitive zone comprising at least one pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, and a first peripheral zone surrounding the central photosensitive zone, comprising electronic circuits. The first peripheral zone is covered by a hydrophilic coating, and the central photosensitive zone is covered with a hydrophobic coating. A barrier of a bio-compatible resin is formed on the second peripheral zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS R&D LIMITED, UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX MARSEILLE III
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Raynor, Michaël Maurin, Mitchell O'Neal Perley, Pierre-Francois Lenne, Herve Rigneault, Renaud Vincentelli
  • Publication number: 20110101267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a waste containing asbestos, comprising a step (E) in which the asbestos contained in said waste is dissolved by reacting this waste with an acid other than hydrofluoric acid, preferably with hydrochloric acid, at a temperature of at least 125° C. and at a pressure greater than 0.2 M Pa (2 bar), and in which: the asbestos included in the treated waste is an asbestos of amphibole type; and/or the solution obtained at the end of the acid dissolution of the asbestos is reused, for example for the synthesis of apatites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE, UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE-AIX MARSEILLE III, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.
    Inventors: Joelle Carpena, Jean-Louis Lacout
  • Patent number: 7906541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process leading to new substituted 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones of formula III and III?, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as therapeutic agents, particularly as BACE 1 inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Universite Paul Cezanne-Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Christian Roussel, Frederico Andreoli, Nicolas Daniel Pierre Vanthuyne
  • Publication number: 20100120880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process leading to new substituted 1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones of formula III and III?, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as therapeutic agents, particularly as BACE 1 inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE-AIX MARSEILLE III
    Inventors: Christian Roussel, Federico Andreoli, Nicolas Daniel Pierre Vanthuyne
  • Publication number: 20090056080
    Abstract: Reactor vessel for an apparatus for forming particles of a target substance, includes: a first tube having an inlet end for receiving a supercritical antisolvent fluid and an outlet end for transmitting particles formed within the reactor vessel, and a second tube, coaxial with the first tube and having an inlet end for receiving a solvent containing a solute of a target substance to be precipitated and an outlet end within the first tube for allowing contacting the supercritical antisolvent fluid with the solvent. The reactor vessel may be easily scaled up by connecting the outlet end of each first tube of a plurality of first tube/second tube pairs to a single container for receiving the formed particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX MARSEILLE III
    Inventor: Olivier BOUTIN
  • Publication number: 20080290383
    Abstract: A CMOS imager includes a photosite array and a microlens array. The microlens array comprises microlenses of a first type and microlenses of a second type, the microlenses of first type being manufactured according to a first circular template having a first radius, the microlenses of second type being manufactured according to a second circular template having a second radius inferior to the first radius, and the first and second templates having overlap areas. One advantage is that the CMOS imager has a high fill rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS, UNIVERSITE PAUL CEZANNE AIX MARSEILLE III
    Inventors: Brendan Dunne, Caroline Fossati, Olivier Gagliano
  • Publication number: 20080273763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for locating the iris in an image of an eye, comprising steps of locating the pupil in the image, of detecting positions of intensity steps of pixels located on a line passing through the pupil and transition zones between the iris and the cornea, on either side of the pupil, and of determining the center and the radius of a circle passing through the detected positions of the transitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics Rousset SAS, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Guillaume Petitjean, Stephane Derrode, William Ketchantang
  • Publication number: 20080181459
    Abstract: A method for following hand movements in an image flow, includes receiving an image flow in real time, locating in each image in the received image flow a hand contour delimiting an image zone of the hand, extracting the postural characteristics from the image zone of the hand located in each image, and determining the hand movements in the image flow from the postural characteristics extracted from each image. The extraction of the postural characteristics of the hand in each image includes locating in the image zone of the hand the center of the palm of the hand by searching for a pixel of the image zone of the hand the furthest from the hand contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III
    Inventors: Lionel Martin, Salah Bourennane, Simon Conseil
  • Patent number: 7391220
    Abstract: A method and device for detecting defects of an electromagnetic protection for an electric harness (H). The device (D) includes elements (M1) for generating stimulating electric signals, elements (M2) for bringing the signals up to a predetermined power level, elements (M3) for applying the signals to the harness (H) and generating an electromagnetic field, elements (M4) for converting the electromagnetic field into thermal field and elements (M5) for detecting a rise in of temperature at a point of the electromagnetic protection defect (DF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Eurocopter, Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III
    Inventors: Serge Vallet, Michel Tholomier, Jean-Pierre Derain, Jean Duveau