Abstract: An antenna assembly for a mobile device comprising a printed circuit board and an antenna structure located at a distance from the printed circuit board. The antenna structure is electrically connected to the printed circuit board via at least one elastomeric connector comprising a plurality of conductive filaments and an insulating structure extending between the antenna structure and the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An antenna assembly for a mobile device comprising a printed circuit board and an antenna structure located at a distance from the printed circuit board. The antenna structure is electrically connected to the printed circuit board via at least one elastomeric connector comprising a plurality of conductive filaments and an insulating structure extending between the antenna structure and the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A wrist-wearable device including an outer housing with a back cover, a front cover being parallel to the back cover, and a circumferential wall therebetween, the wall being perpendicular to the back cover and to the front cover. The device further includes at least one slot antenna configured to send and to receive electromagnetic signals, the slot antenna including a case made at least partly of an electrically conducting material and being fitted in the housing of the device. The case is limited on one side by an outer face lying substantially in a common plane with the wall of the housing. A slot extending substantially in a direction perpendicular to the back cover and the front cover is formed in the outer face of the case, the inside of the case thereby forming a cavity of the slot antenna.

Abstract: The optical recognition system determines the position and/or movement of an object (3) on a positioning device (2). The positioning device includes means (20, 21, 22) for driving the object in rotation and/or along a curvilinear or rectilinear path. The optical recognition system includes optical detection means, such as a digital camera (6), for detecting the position or orientation of the object, and a data processing station (7) for data supplied by the detection means. A certain number of different figures or references are distributed over the external surface of the object. The arrangement of each figure on the external surface of the object enables the detection means, associated with the data processing station, to determine the position or orientation of the object on the positioning device. The figures are formed by circular barcodes (10), wherein each circular barcode defines a precise position of the object (3) on the positioning device.

Abstract: The positioning device can position a spherical object. This object is placed and held by gravity on three points of support (P, P?, P?) of the positioning device. The center of gravity of the object in any position is within the triangle formed by the three points of support. The positioning device includes means for driving the object in rotation. The drive means includes a drive member including wheel whose contact with the external surface of the object forms one of the support points (P) of the positioning device. This drive member can impose a rotation on the object, via the wheel, in all directions. The other two points of support (P?, P?) are made using two ball and socket joints, wherein the ball is held on an air cushion in a housing of the ball and socket joint.

Abstract: A wrist-wearable device including an outer housing with a back cover, a front cover being parallel to the back cover, and a circumferential wall therebetween, the wall being perpendicular to the back cover and to the front cover. The device further includes at least one slot antenna configured to send and to receive electromagnetic signals, the slot antenna including a case made at least partly of an electrically conducting material and being fitted in the housing of the device. The case is limited on one side by an outer face lying substantially in a common plane with the wall of the housing. A slot extending substantially in a direction perpendicular to the back cover and the front cover is formed in the outer face of the case, the inside of the case thereby forming a cavity of the slot antenna.

Abstract: The measuring system includes a receiver including at least one fixed receiving antenna for picking up electromagnetic fields generated by a transmitting antenna belonging to an electronic device, and a positioning device on which a support element is placed. The positioning device includes mechanisms for driving the support element in rotation. The measuring system further includes a detection device for detecting position/orientation of the transmitting antenna, and a data processing station. A hollow spherical element houses the electronic device, and is held on the positioning device by gravity on three points, one of which is formed by a drive member, and the two other points are formed using ball and socket joints. Several circular barcodes arranged on the external surface of the spherical element enable the system to determine the position/orientation of the spherical element using the digital camera.

Abstract: The optical recognition system determines the position and/or movement of an object (3) on a positioning device (2). The positioning device includes means (20, 21, 22) for driving the object in rotation and/or along a curvilinear or rectilinear path. The optical recognition system includes optical detection means, such as a digital camera (6), for detecting the position or orientation of the object, and a data processing station (7) for data supplied by the detection means. A certain number of different figures or references are distributed over the external surface of the object. The arrangement of each figure on the external surface of the object enables the detection means, associated with the data processing station, to determine the position or orientation of the object on the positioning device. The figures are formed by circular barcodes (10), wherein each circular barcode defines a precise position of the object (3) on the positioning device.

Abstract: The positioning device (2) can position or orient a spherical object (3). This spherical object is placed and held by gravity on three points of support (P, P?, P?) of the positioning device (2). The positioning device (2) includes means for driving the object in rotation. The centre of gravity of said object in any position or orientation is within the triangle formed by the three points of support. The drive means include a drive member (20, 21, 22) whose contact with the external surface of the object or spherical element forms one of the support points (P) of the positioning device. The drive member includes a drive wheel, which comes into contact with the external surface of the spherical object to drive said object in rotation. The rotating axle of the wheel is mounted at the end of a support (22), which can rotate along another axle passing through the point of contact (P) of the wheel on the external surface of the spherical object and the centre of the object.

Abstract: The measuring system includes a receiver including at least one fixed receiving antenna for picking up electromagnetic fields generated by a transmitting antenna belonging to an electronic device, and a positioning device on which a support element is placed. The positioning device includes mechanisms for driving the support element in rotation. The measuring system further includes a detection device for detecting position/orientation of the transmitting antenna, and a data processing station. A hollow spherical element houses the electronic device and is held on the positioning device by gravity on three points, one of which is formed by a drive member, and the two other points are formed using ball and socket joints. Several circular barcodes arranged on the external surface of the spherical element enable the system to determine the position/orientation of the spherical element using the digital camera.