Patents by Inventor Benoit Bossavit

Benoit Bossavit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for colocating a touch screen and a virtual object, and device for manipulating virtual objects implementing such a system
    Patent number: 9786090
    Abstract: A system (10) for displaying at least one virtual object includes a secondary screen (20) for displaying the virtual object, a primary screen (30), an optical element for overlaying images displayed on the secondary screen (20) with images displayed on the primary screen (30), and a pointing surface combined with the primary screen (30) for detecting the contact of one or more physical pointing elements. A device (90) for manipulating at least one virtual object includes calculation elements for generating images of the virtual object displayed on the system (10) from information output from the system (10) in accordance with the actions of the operator (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: INRIA—INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, IMMERSION
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste De La Riviere, Christophe Chartier, Martin Hachet, Benoit Bossavit, Gery Casiez
  • SYSTEM FOR COLOCATING A TOUCH SCREEN AND A VIRTUAL OBJECT, AND DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140204079
    Abstract: A system (10) for displaying at least one virtual object includes a secondary screen (20) for displaying the virtual object, a primary screen (30), an optical element for overlaying images displayed on the secondary screen (20) with images displayed on the primary screen (30), and a pointing surface combined with the primary screen (30) for detecting the contact of one or more physical pointing elements. A device (90) for manipulating at least one virtual object includes calculation elements for generating images of the virtual object displayed on the system (10) from information output from the system (10) in accordance with the actions of the operator (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: Immersion, Inria-Institut National De Recherche en Informatiq ue Et En Automatiq
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste De La Riviere, Christophe Chartier, Martin Hachet, Benoit Bossavit, Gery Casiez