Patents by Inventor Gilles Jean Desforges

Gilles Jean Desforges 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).

  • Apparatus, tool, and method for modifying a portion of a floor plan based on measurements made by one or more sensors
    Patent number: 9151608
    Abstract: An apparatus, tool, and method for modifying a portion of a floor plan based on measurements made by one or more sensors. The apparatus comprises a correction unit for compensating the sensor measurements for instrument errors and a layout unit for improving the conformity of the portion of the floor plan to a set of layout rules. The apparatus may also comprise the sensors that made the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges
  • Method, tool, and device for determining the coordinates of points on a surface by means of an accelerometer and a camera
    Patent number: 9041796
    Abstract: A method, tool, and device for determining the coordinates or a plurality of points on a substantially plane surface by means of an accelerometer and a camera. The coordinates of each point are computed by determining a perpendicular projection of the camera onto the surface, identifying each point, measuring an inclination (the angle between the line of sight of the camera and gravity) using the accelerometer, and determining an azimuth (the angle of the line of sight of the camera around gravity).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges
  • Method, tool, and device for assembling a plurality of partial floor plans into a combined floor plan
    Patent number: 8996336
    Abstract: A method, tool, and device for assembling a plurality of partial floor plans into a combined floor plan by means of an electronic device. The method involves positioning partial floor plans relatively one to another, pairing substantially aligned walls, and computing modified partial floor plans that can be assembled into a combined floor plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges
  • Method, tool, and device for assembling a plurality of partial floor plans into a combined floor plan
    Publication number: 20120253751
    Abstract: A method, tool, and device for assembling a plurality of partial floor plans into a combined floor plan by means of an electronic device. The method involves positioning partial floor plans relatively one to another, pairing substantially aligned walls, and computing modified partial floor plans that can be assembled into a combined floor plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges
  • Apparatus, tool, and method for modifying a portion of a floor plan based on measurements made by one or more sensors
    Publication number: 20120253725
    Abstract: An apparatus, tool, and method for modifying a portion of a floor plan based on measurements made by one or more sensors. The apparatus comprises a correction unit for compensating the sensor measurements for instrument errors and a layout unit for improving the conformity of the portion of the floor plan to a set of layout rules. The apparatus may also comprise the sensors that made the measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges
  • Method, tool, and device for determining the coordinates of points on a surface by means of an accelerometer and a camera
    Publication number: 20120026322
    Abstract: A method, tool, and device for determining the coordinates or a plurality of points on a substantially plane surface by means of an accelerometer and a camera. The coordinates of each point are computed by determining a perpendicular projection of the camera onto the surface, identifying each point, measuring an inclination (the angle between the line of sight of the camera and gravity) using the accelerometer, and determining an azimuth (the angle of the line of sight of the camera around gravity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Francis Ruben Malka, Gilles Jean Desforges