Patents by Inventor Guillaume VIGNEAU

Guillaume VIGNEAU 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: 10027375
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device (D?) for near-field radiofrequency communication with a portable element, the device including: at least one near-field communication primary antenna (A0) having a predetermined communication frequency (Fc); and a microcontroller (30?) electrically connected to the primary antenna, including a power supply source for the primary antenna and a receiver unit for the data (20?) received by the primary antenna. The communication device further includes: at least one passive relay antenna (A1 . . . A8), juxtaposed with the primary antenna, relay frequencies (F1 . . . F8), lying within a range of values around the predetermined communication frequency (Fc), but different from the predetermined communication frequency (Fc), electrically connected to the data receiver unit. Also included is a unit (C4) for adjusting the relay frequency. The communication device can be used to enlarge the near-field communication surface of the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Mohamed Cheikh, Guillaume Vigneau
  • Patent number: 9887460
    Abstract: A near-field communication device includes: a processing module and a first antenna arranged in a first near-field communication area and connected to the processing module; a first presence detector arranged in the first area; a second antenna arranged in a second near-field communication area, the first antenna and the second antenna being electrically in series and forming a circuit of antennae; a second presence detector arranged in the second area; and a control circuit designed to place the circuit of antennae into at least two different operating modes: a) a first mode, termed ‘functional mode’, in which the circuit of antennae allows near-field communication, and b) a second mode, termed ‘dysfunctional mode’, in which the circuit of antennae does not allow near-field communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Mohamed Cheikh, Guillaume Vigneau, Said Bouguern
  • Publication number: 20170338559
    Abstract: A near-field communication device includes: a processing module and a first antenna arranged in a first near-field communication area and connected to the processing module; a first presence detector arranged in the first area; a second antenna arranged in a second near-field communication area, the first antenna and the second antenna being electrically in series and forming a circuit of antennae; a second presence detector arranged in the second area; and a control circuit designed to place the circuit of antennae into at least two different operating modes: a) a first mode, termed ‘functional mode’, in which the circuit of antennae allows near-field communication, and b) a second mode, termed ‘dysfunctional mode’, in which the circuit of antennae does not allow near-field communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Mohamed CHEIKH, Guillaume VIGNEAU, Said BOUGUERN
  • Publication number: 20170170875
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device (D?) for near-field radiofrequency communication with a portable element, the device including: at least one near-field communication primary antenna (A0) having a predetermined communication frequency (Fc); and a microcontroller (30?) electrically connected to the primary antenna, including a power supply source for the primary antenna and a receiver unit for the data (20?) received by the primary antenna. The communication device further includes: at least one passive relay antenna (A1 . . . A8), juxtaposed with the primary antenna, relay frequencies (F1 . . . F8), lying within a range of values around the predetermined communication frequency (Fc), but different from the predetermined communication frequency (Fc), electrically connected to the data receiver unit. Also included is a unit (C4) for adjusting the relay frequency. The communication device can be used to enlarge the near-field communication surface of the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Mohamed CHEIKH, Guillaume VIGNEAU