Patents by Inventor Eric Francois

Eric Francois 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).

  • Patent number: 11995883
    Abstract: Approaches are presented for training and using scene graph generators for transfer learning. A scene graph generation technique can decompose a domain gap into individual types of discrepancies, such as may relate to appearance, label, and prediction discrepancies. These discrepancies can be reduced, at least in part, by aligning the corresponding latent and output distributions using one or more gradient reversal layers (GRLs). Label discrepancies can be addressed using self-pseudo-statistics collected from target data. Pseudo statistic-based self-learning and adversarial techniques can be used to manage these discrepancies without the need for costly supervision from a real-world dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Aayush Prakash, Shoubhik Debnath, Jean-Francois Lafleche, Eric Cameracci, Gavriel State, Marc Teva Law
  • Publication number: 20240152746
    Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain at least a first objective associated with a demeanor of at least a first participant for a conversation and may activate at least one machine learning model associated with the at least the first objective. The processing system may then apply a conversation content of the at least the first participant as at least a first input to the at least one machine learning model and perform at least one action in accordance with an output of the at least one machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Aritra Guha, Jean-Francois Paiement, Eric Zavesky
  • Publication number: 20240144604
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing a first depiction of an exhibit environment, wherein the first depiction of the exhibit environment comprises an image of at least one artifact and an image of at least one interface element, and wherein the at least one interface element is located in the exhibit environment at a first location relative to the at least one artifact; obtaining a first user profile of a first user, wherein the first user profile comprises at least one first preference of the first user, and wherein the first user is located in a first remote environment; and facilitating a presenting of a first modified version of the first depiction of the exhibit environment in the first remote environment, wherein the first modified version moves the image of the at least one interface element to a second location relative to the at least one artifact, wherein the second location is different than the first location, and wherein the second location is selected based upon
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Jean-Francois Paiement, Wen-Ling Hsu, Tan Xu, Aritra Guha, Qiong Wu
  • Patent number: 11970280
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly between an aircraft pylon (30) and a turbomachine (20) of longitudinal axis (X), the pylon (30) and the turbomachine (20) each comprising front and rear longitudinal regions, the assembly comprising a rear support (40) configured to connect the rear region of the turbomachine (20) to the rear region of the pylon (30), the assembly being characterized in that the rear support (40) comprises a sliding pivot connection arranged between the rear region of the turbomachine (20) and the rear region of the pylon (30), so as to allow the turbomachine (20) only translational and rotational movements along and about the longitudinal axis (X) and along and about a vertical axis (Z) and a rotational movement about a transverse axis (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Glemarec, Guilhem Seize, Eric Francois Michel Maingre, Jean-Baptiste Vignes
  • Publication number: 20240115831
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide customized feedback content during a meditation experience. For example, an example process may include obtaining physiological data via one or more sensors, determining that an attentive state based on the physiological data, customizing feedback content based on a user attribute to change the attentive state during the meditation mode, and providing the customized feedback content during the meditation mode after a delay time based on the user attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christine E. Welch, Alastair K. Fettes, Amy E. DeDonato, Christine Godwin, Dorian D. Dargan, Eric Landreneau, Gary I. Butcher, Grant H. Mulliken, Hugh A. Sider, Izzet B. Yildiz, James D. Dusseau, Jean-Francois St-Amour, Joanne Lee, Lucie Belanger, Michael B. Tucker, Philipp Rockel, Theodore Nestor Panagiotopoulos
  • Publication number: 20240104858
    Abstract: Creating scent models and using scent models in cross-reality environments can include capturing experience data identifying a scent detected and a context in which the scent was detected. The experience data can be provided to a scent modeling service to generate a scent model that can represent perceived scents and perceived scent intensities for a user. The scent model can be used to generate cross-reality session data to be used in a cross-reality session presented by a cross-reality device. The cross-reality device can include a scent generator and can generate the cross-reality session using data obtained from the user device. The cross-reality device can generate a further scent during the cross-reality session based on the scent model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Hsu, Eric Zavesky, Louis Alexander, Aritra Guha, Jean-Francois Paiement, Qiong Wu, Zhengyi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240104467
    Abstract: Tasks associated with users can be managed for efficient workflow management. A task management component (TMC) can analyze, including performing artificial intelligence-based analysis on, task-related information relating to associated with a user(s), assessment information relating to assessing performance or expertise associated with a task, biometric information relating to health, diet, and activity associated with the user(s), and/or user(s) feedback information. Based on the analysis, TMC can adaptively adjust respective attributes associated with respective tasks, resulting in respective adjusted attributes associated with the respective tasks. Based on the respective adjusted attributes, TMC can determine task information and can present the task information to a device(s) associated with the user(s) to facilitate performance of the tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Aritra Guha, Zhengyi Zhou, Jean-Francois Paiement, Eric Zavesky, Jianxiong Dong, Wen-Ling Hsu, Qiong Wu, Louis Alexander
  • Publication number: 20230285492
    Abstract: A phytotherapeutic composition, for the treatment of Covid-19 and other viral infections, comprising nicotine-containing parts of a species of the genus Nicotiana, optionally in combination with one or more of the species Allium sativum, Zingiber officinale and Curcuma longa, in the form of a liquid nasal, liquid oral, or liquid ocular formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tomas Lluis Manent, Eric François Faucillon
  • Publication number: 20230263793
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing specific nicotine-related alkaloids in a nasal formulation, or in combination with other compounds from tobacco and/or natural plant species, in nasal, oral or ocular formulations, for use as an effective treatment for viral infections including Covid-19. Novel compositions comprise one or more of the compounds nicotine, nornicotine, anabasine, anabaseine, anatabine, cotinine, myosmine, N-formyl-nicotine, isonicotine, and nicotyrine; and one or more of the compounds S-allyl-cysteine, S-allyl mercaptocysteine, 6-shogaol, 6 gingerol, curcumin and piperine; wherein the composition is in the form of a liquid or powdered nasal, liquid oral, or liquid ocular formulation, except that neither curcumin or piperine are not present in a nasal or ocular formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Tomas Lluis Manent, Eric François Faucillon
  • Publication number: 20230028982
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly between an aircraft pylon (30) and a turbomachine (20) of longitudinal axis (X), the pylon (30) and the turbomachine (20) each comprising front and rear longitudinal regions, the assembly comprising a rear support (40) configured to connect the rear region of the turbomachine (20) to the rear region of the pylon (30), the assembly being characterized in that the rear support (40) comprises a sliding pivot connection arranged between the rear region of the turbomachine (20) and the rear region of the pylon (30), so as to allow the turbomachine (20) only translational and rotational movements along and about the longitudinal axis (X) and along and about a vertical axis (Z) and a rotational movement about a transverse axis (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume GLEMAREC, Guilhem SEIZE, Eric Francois Michel MAINGRE, Jean-Baptiste VIGNES
  • Patent number: 11305587
    Abstract: Tire tread with main lugs extending from a tread edge to the equatorial mid-plane on each side of which are a plurality of secondary lugs (4) extending over 40% to 60% of the tread half-width, each secondary lug (4) having a width 20% to 40% of the shortest distance between two main lugs (3). Each main lug (3) comprises, on its trailing lateral face (32), a widened portion (320) of width D1 extending over an axial distance from a tread edge and being joined to the main lug by end face (321) inclined at an angle B1 between 18 degrees and 25 degrees to the circumferential direction. Each secondary lug (4) has end face (43) inclined at an angle S1 with the same orientation as angle B1 with respect to the circumferential direction, angle S1 being between 18 degrees and 25 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Eric Francois, Olivier Ropars, Florence Tran, Alexandra Curat
  • Patent number: 11275870
    Abstract: It is proposed a computer-implemented method for designing an assembly of parts in a three-dimensional scene. The method comprises: providing at least a first part and a second part, the parts being stored in a database; for each part: (i) querying in the database for one or more constraints applied to the part; (ii) retrieving in the database geometries on which constraints are applied; computing at least one relative position of the first part and the second part by using the retrieved geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes
    Inventors: Michaël Eric Francois Diguet, Marc Nusinovici
  • Patent number: 11238186
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for designing an assembly of objects in a system of computer-aided design, the method comprising: (i) selecting a first object and a second object of the assembly, each of the first object and the second object having interface information; (ii) computing a set of positions of the first object relatively to the second object of the assembly; and (ii) displaying simultaneously representations of the computed positions of the first object relatively to the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES
    Inventors: Michaël Eric Francois Diguet, Adrien Theetten, Frédéric Guy J. Chauvin
  • Publication number: 20210138838
    Abstract: Tire tread with main lugs extending from a tread edge to the equatorial mid-plane on each side of which are a plurality of secondary lugs (4) extending over 40% to 60% of the tread half-width, each secondary lug (4) having a width 20% to 40% of the shortest distance between two main lugs (3). Each main lug (3) comprises, on its trailing lateral face (32), a widened portion (320) of width D1 extending over an axial distance from a tread edge and being joined to the main lug by end face (321) inclined at an angle B1 between 18 degrees and 25 degrees to the circumferential direction. Each secondary lug (4) has end face (43) inclined at an angle 51 with the same orientation as angle B1 with respect to the circumferential direction, angle 51 being between 18 degrees and 25 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Eric FRANCOIS, Olivier ROPARS, Florence TRAN, Alexandra CURAT
  • Patent number: 10520728
    Abstract: A deployment system for a device of a vehicle is described. The deployment system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions of the deployment system and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to deploy the device using a parameter, determine a Mean Square Error (MSE), and run a Statistical Process Control (SPC) test on the MSE. The processor is further configured to determine that no special event is present and process a new parameter using the parameter and the SPC test results. An evolutionary operation (EVOP) algorithm is also used to calculate the new parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric François Fèvre
  • Publication number: 20190113750
    Abstract: A deployment system for a device of a vehicle is described. The deployment system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions of the deployment system and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to deploy the device using a parameter, determine a Mean Square Error (MSE), and run a Statistical Process Control (SPC) test on the MSE. The processor is further configured to determine that no special event is present and process a new parameter using the parameter and the SPC test results. An evolutionary operation (EVOP) algorithm is also used to calculate the new parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Eric François Fèvre
  • Patent number: 10152198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method for editing a product. The product comprises three-dimensional modeled objects. The method comprises the step of displaying a three-dimensional representation of a hierarchy of the three-dimensional modeled objects. The three-dimensional modeled objects are displayed three-dimensionally in the representation. The method further comprises the step of selecting at least one of the displayed three-dimensional modeled objects. The method further comprises the step of performing an action on the selected object. The hierarchy is edited upon the performing of the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Dassault Systèmes
    Inventors: Emmanuel Denis Radet, Alain Georges Dugousset, Juba Hadjali, Michaël Eric Francois Diguet
  • Patent number: 9977457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a lever associated with a stand carrying a rocker connected to the stand by a pivot connection about a first axis, the lever being connected to the rocker by a pivot connection about a second axis, a first transmission shaft with a first connection mechanism connecting the lever to the first transmission shaft, and a second transmission shaft with a second connection mechanism connecting the control lever to the second shaft. The first shaft and the first connection mechanism being connected by a pivot connection about a fifth axis that is inclined relative to the first axis and to the third axis, and the second shaft and the second connection mechanism are connected by a pivot connection about a sixth axis that is inclined relative to the second axis and to the fourth axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE
    Inventors: Oleg Gomolko, Thibaut Leblic, Vincent Pascal, Eric Francois
  • Publication number: 20160252926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a lever (8) associated with a stand (1) carrying a rocker (4) connected to the stand by a pivot connection about a first axis (X), the lever being connected to the rocker by a pivot connection about a second axis (Y), a first transmission shaft (12) with a first connection mechanism connecting the lever to the first transmission shaft, and a second transmission shaft (23) with a second connection mechanism connecting the control lever to the second shaft. The first shaft and the first connection mechanism being connected by a pivot connection about a fifth axis (C) that is inclined relative to the first axis and to the third axis, and the second shaft and the second connection mechanism are connected by a pivot connection about a sixth axis (F) that is inclined relative to the second axis and to the fourth axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Oleg GOMOLKO, Thibaut LEBLIC, Vincent PASCAL, Eric FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 9432590
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing flicker in image frames captured with a rolling shutter. A flicker detection and correction engine selects a first channel from a first image frame for processing. The flicker detection and correction engine subtracts each pixel value in the first channel from a corresponding pixel value in a prior image frame to generate a difference image frame. The flicker detection and correction engine identifies a first alternating current (AC) component based on a discrete cosine transform (DCT) associated with the difference image frame. The flicker detection and correction engine reduces flicker that is present in the first image frame based on the first AC component. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that the flicker resulting from fluctuating light sources is correctly detected and reduced or eliminated irrespective of the frequency of the fluctuating light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh Phu Nguyen, Yining Deng, Eric Francois Xavier Dujardin, Abhinav Sinha