Patents by Inventor François RAMAZ

François RAMAZ 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: 11957435
    Abstract: An acousto-optic imaging method in which light waves and unfocused acoustic waves having various directions of propagation m are emitted in a medium, by spatially modulating the amplitude of the ultrasonic transducers of an array of transducers according to several periodic spatial amplitude modulations j, and the resulting optical signal Smj(t) is captured. For each direction of propagation m, the signals Smj(t) are spatially demodulated in order to determine a signal Sm(t) used to reconstruct the image of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE
    Inventors: François Ramaz, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Clément Dupuy, Jean-Michel Tualle
  • Publication number: 20210361169
    Abstract: An acousto-optic imaging method in which light waves and unfocused acoustic waves having various directions of propagation m are emitted in a medium, by spatially modulating the amplitude of the ultrasonic transducers of an array of transducers according to several periodic spatial amplitude modulations j, and the resulting optical signal Smj(t) is captured. For each direction of propagation m, the signals Smj(t) are spatially demodulated in order to determine a signal Sm(t) used to reconstruct the image of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE
    Inventors: François Ramaz, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Clément Dupuy, Jean-Michel Tualle
  • Publication number: 20180217051
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic-optical imaging method and system of a zone for observing an environment. The system includes an acquisition device comprising, a network of transducers for generating a plurality of non-focussed sound waves, a light-emitting device for emitting an incident light wave and generating marked light waves comprising an acoustic-optical component that is shifted in frequency by the non-focussed sound waves, and a detector for acquiring measurement signals. The system also comprises a processing device for determining a light intensity in the observation zone from the measurement signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE- INSERM
    Inventors: François Ramaz, Mickaël Tanter, Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Jean-Luc Gennisson
  • Patent number: 9466938
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for measuring and controlling the wave-front of a coherent light beam (32), comprising: a device for generating a reference light beam (36) that is coherent with said coherent light beam (32); a partially reflective monolithic device (38) comprising an array of elementary cells, each elementary cell comprising at least one element (40) for measuring a portion of the incident wave interfering between the coherent light beam and the reference light beam and a phase modulation element (42) for modulating the phase of the reflected beam; and a control device (46) for controlling said phase modulation element making use of the information from the associated measuring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Antoine Dupret, Sylvain Gigan, François Ramaz, Gilles Tessier, Arnaud Verdant
  • Publication number: 20150325973
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for measuring and controlling the wave-front of a coherent light beam (32), comprising: a device for generating a reference light beam (36) that is coherent with said coherent light beam (32); a partially reflective mo nolithic device (38) comprising an array of elementary cells, each elementary cell comprising at least one element (40) for measuring a portion of the incident wave interfering between the coherent light beam and the reference light beam and a phase modulation element (42) for modulating the phase of the reflected beam; and a control device (46) for controlling said phase modulation element making use of the information from the associated measuring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Antoine DUPRET, Sylvain GIGAN, François RAMAZ, Gilles TESSIER, Arnaud VERDANT