Patents by Inventor Mickael Cottin-Bizonne

Mickael Cottin-Bizonne 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: 11914783
    Abstract: A method for implementing a touch device—having a plate, touchable by an external body and having at least one texturing area assigned with a texturing pattern oriented relative to a reference axis, and at least one transducer configured to vibrate the plate at an ultrasonic vibration frequency and controllable by an activation signal—includes moving the external body along the texturing area; determining a position of the external body on the texturing area; measuring a speed of the external body along the plate; and, when the external body moves along the texturing area, generating the activation signal to activate the, or each, transducer. Measuring the speed takes into account the reference axis and measuring a component of the speed of the external body over the reference axis. The activation signal depends on the texturing pattern and on the component of the speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HAP2U
    Inventors: Baptiste Reynal, Mickael Cottin-Bizonne
  • Publication number: 20230400924
    Abstract: A touch interface, intended to control a device and to be touched by an external body, includes a plate, at least one transducer, a control member, a sensor, and a control unit. The at least one transducer is configured to apply a variable amplitude pressure to the plate to vibrate the plate. The control member extends from the plate, between a proximal surface, integral with the plate, and a distal surface. The control member is intended to be in contact with an external body. The sensor is configured to emit a state signal. The state signal is representative of contact of the external body on the control member. The control unit is connected to the sensor and is configured to send, on the basis of the state signal, an activation signal to at least one transducer, to form a vibration propagating along the plate to the control member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Maxime Gaillard, Mickael Cottin-Bizonne, Matthieu Rupin
  • Publication number: 20230393658
    Abstract: A method for implementing a touch device having a plate, touchable by an external body and having at least one texturing area assigned with a texturing pattern oriented relative to a reference axis, and at least one transducer configured to vibrate the plate at an ultrasonic vibration frequency and controllable by an activation signal—includes moving the external body along the texturing area; determining a position of the external body on the texturing area; measuring a speed of the external body along the plate; and, when the external body moves along the texturing area, generating the activation signal to activate the, or each, transducer. Measuring the speed takes into account the reference axis and measuring a component of the speed of the external body over the reference axis. The activation signal depends on the texturing pattern and on the component of the speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Baptiste Reynal, Mickael Cottin-Bizonne
  • Patent number: 11789553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device of a capacitive touch surface capable of detecting the position or movement of at least one finger or a control stylus of a user in the proximity of the capacitive touch surface. The device includes a three-dimensional control member secured to the capacitive touch surface and provided with an electrically insulating body having a lower surface facing the capacitive touch surface and a three-dimensional surface intended to be touched or scanned by at least one finger or a stylus of a user. The three-dimensional control member is provided with a plurality of electrical conductors separated in pairs by an electrically insulating space and configured to exchange electrical charges with the capacitive touch surface when a user touches or swipes the three-dimensional surface, such that a user can interact with the capacitive touch surface via the three-dimensional control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HAP2U
    Inventors: Maxime Gaillard, Mickaël Cottin-Bizonne, Bruno Challiol, Simon Rouillere
  • Publication number: 20220253158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device of a capacitive touch surface capable of detecting the position or movement of at least one finger or a control stylus of a user in the proximity of the capacitive touch surface. The device includes a three-dimensional control member secured to the capacitive touch surface and provided with an electrically insulating body having a lower surface facing the capacitive touch surface and a three-dimensional surface intended to be touched or scanned by at least one finger or a stylus of a user. The three-dimensional control member is provided with a plurality of electrical conductors separated in pairs by an electrically insulating space and configured to exchange electrical charges with the capacitive touch surface when a user touches or swipes the three-dimensional surface, such that a user can interact with the capacitive touch surface via the three-dimensional control member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: HAP2U
    Inventors: Maxime GAILLARD, Mickaël COTTIN-BIZONNE, Bruno CHALLIOL, Simon ROUILLERE