Patents by Inventor Pascal Andre
Pascal Andre 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).
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Publication number: 20220037821Abstract: A charging connector includes a first electrical socket and a second electrical socket. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are provided, such that the first sleeve is concentrically coupled to the first electrical socket and the second sleeve is concentrically coupled to the second electrical socket. A manifold assembly is adapted to enclose the first and second electrical sockets and the first and second sleeves, such that the first and second sleeves and the manifold assembly create a hollow interior space there between. An inlet conduit and an outlet conduit within the manifold assembly such that inlet conduit, the interior space, and the outlet conduit together create a fluid flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Chuen Chou, Pascal-Andre Fortin
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Patent number: 11225156Abstract: A thermal protection system includes an electrical circuit and a thermal switch. The electrical circuit transmits an electrical signal between a charge source and a charge receiver during a charging process. The thermal switch is placed in-line with the electrical circuit. The thermal switch opens above a threshold temperature to block transmission of the electrical signal. Blocking the transmission of the electrical signal causes the charging process to stop. In further examples, the charge source includes and electric vehicle charging system and the charge receiver includes an electric vehicle. In further examples, the electrical signal is required for compliance with one or more electric vehicle charging standards implemented by the electric vehicle charging system and the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Allen Ham Miller, Paul Guerra, Pascal-Andre Fortin, Frank Spiteri
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Patent number: 11218735Abstract: A video coder may determine contexts for entropy coding bins of a last significant coefficient position syntax element. For example, a video coder may determine a respective context for each of one or more bins of a syntax element indicating the position of the last significant coefficient in a transform block using a function of a size of the transform block, wherein the function outputs the respective context such that the same context is not used for transform blocks of differing sizes.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dmytro Rusanovskyy, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11208496Abstract: Anti-CD19 B4 antibodies with modified variable regions are disclosed. The modified anti-CD19 variable region polypeptides have alterations to one or more framework regions or complementarity determining regions of the heavy chain variable region or light chain variable region, thereby to reduce a T-cell response.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Cancer Research Technology LTD.Inventors: Michael Super, Jonathan Davis, Pascal Andre Stein
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Patent number: 11202064Abstract: A video coder is configured to form, in a symmetric motion vector difference mode, a List 0 (L0) base vector using a L0 Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) candidate list and a List 1 (L1) base vector using a L1 AMVP candidate list; determine a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector by performing a decoder-side motion vector refinement process that refines the L0 base vector and the L1 base vector; and use the refined L0 motion vector and the refined L1 motion vector to determine a prediction block for a current block of a current picture of the video data.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Wei-Jung Chien, Han Huang, Yao-Jen Chang, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11153563Abstract: In general, techniques are described by which to obtain combined in-loop filters for video coding. A device for coding video data comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store the video data. The one or more processors, which may be implemented in circuitry, are configured to implement a combined sample adaptive offset and bilateral filter. The combined sample adaptive offset and bilateral filter may be configured to obtain reconstructed samples of a current block of the video data, and perform filtering with respect to the reconstructed samples of the current block of the video data to obtain filtered reconstructed samples of the current block of the video data.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dmytro Rusanovskyy, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Marta Karczewicz
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Publication number: 20210267267Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated, the aerosol-generating article including: a hollow cylindrical rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a wrapper circumscribing the hollow cylindrical rod; and a hollow tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical rod and defining a central airflow channel of the aerosol-generating article, the hollow tube including a plurality of openings extending through a wall of the hollow tube, such that the aerosol-generating substrate in the hollow cylindrical rod is in fluid communication with the central airflow channel through the plurality of openings, and such that a ratio between a cumulative cross-sectional area of the plurality of openings and a cross-sectional area of the central airflow channel is from about 0.042 to about 0.672.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Noori Moyad BRIFCANI, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
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Publication number: 20210264711Abstract: A cash handling machine comprising: a cash handling mechanism for receiving physical articles including cash, sensing equipment for sensing the articles, processing equipment processors, and memory storing code arranged to run on the processing equipment. The code comprises multiple neural networks arranged in a series ordered from first to last, each trained to classify which of a respective set of classes the articles belong to based on the sensed data. The set of classes of each respective neural network comprises a different respective subset of one or more respective recognized classes classifying a respective one or more types of cash recognised by the respective neural network, and further comprising an unrecognized class into which all other articles other than the respective recognized types are classified. For each article, the code starts with the first neural network in the series, using each network in turn to try to recognize the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Andreas STEINLIN, Simon GLAUSER, Valentin Camille Amie JULIA, Xabier RODRIGUEZ ODRIGUEZ, Pascal Andre DUFOUR
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Patent number: 11084390Abstract: A charging connector includes a first electrical socket and a second electrical socket. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are provided, such that the first sleeve is concentrically coupled to the first electrical socket and the second sleeve is concentrically coupled to the second electrical socket. A manifold assembly is adapted to enclose the first and second electrical sockets and the first and second sleeves, such that the first and second sleeves and the manifold assembly create a hollow interior space there between. An inlet conduit and an outlet conduit within the manifold assembly such that inlet conduit, the interior space, and the outlet conduit together create a fluid flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Chuen Chou, Pascal-Andre Fortin
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Publication number: 20210227881Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a first atomiser assembly including a first mesh element defining a plurality of first nozzles each having a minimum diameter of equal to or less than 2.5 micrometres; a second atomiser assembly including a second mesh element defining a plurality of second nozzles each having a minimum diameter of between 3 micrometres and 10 micrometres; a first device connector configured to receive a first liquid reservoir and to supply a first liquid from the first liquid reservoir to the first atomiser assembly; and a second device connector configured to receive a second liquid reservoir and to supply a second liquid from the second liquid reservoir to the second atomiser assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Pascal André Daniel Jean PRATTE
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Patent number: 11076169Abstract: A device for coding video data may determine whether a switchable interpolation filter (SIF) index value of a first motion vector (MV) component of a pairwise average motion vector predictor (MVP) is equal to a SIF index value of a second MV component of the pairwise average MVP. Based on the SIF index value of the first MV component being equal to the SIF index value of the second MV component, the device may set the SIF index of the pairwise average MVP to be equal to the SIF index of the first MV component. The device may code the video data based on the SIF index value of the pairwise average MVP.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dmytro Rusanovskyy, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Vadim Seregin, Wei-Jung Chien, Marta Karczewicz, Yan Zhang
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Publication number: 20210219605Abstract: An atomiser assembly is provided, including: an oscillation chamber having a cavity containing a liquid to be atomized, a liquid inlet configured to provide a supply of the liquid to be atomized to the cavity, an elastically deformable element, and a mesh element comprising a plurality of nozzles; and an actuator configured to oscillate the elastically deformable element, the oscillation chamber and the liquid being contained in the cavity of the oscillation chamber form an oscillation system, in which oscillation of the elastically deformable element by the actuator varies pressure inside the cavity, and the actuator being further configured to oscillate the elastically deformable element at a resonant frequency of the oscillation system to eject liquid contained in the cavity from the cavity through the plurality of nozzles of the mesh element. An aerosol-generating system, an aerosol-generating device, and a method of operating an atomiser assembly are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Dara BAYAT, Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Olivier DUBOCHET, Ivar KJELBERG, Philippe NIEDERMANN, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
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Publication number: 20210197222Abstract: A mesh for an atomizer assembly is provided, including a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of nozzles extending between the first surface and the second surface, the first surface being at least partially coated with a hydrophilic coating or the second surface being at least partially coated with a hydrophobic coating, the plurality of nozzles defining an inner surface, and the inner surface being at least partially coated with the hydrophilic coating. An atomizer assembly for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device comprising an atomizer assembly, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Dara BAYAT, Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Olivier DUBOCHET, Ivar KJELBERG, Philippe NIEDERMANN, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
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Publication number: 20210148780Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable having a first end and a second end. The cable has an electric conductor and a cooling conduit, each of which extends from the first end to the second end. The cooling conduit is adapted to convey a fluid that cools the electric conductor. The cable assembly includes a leak detection module to detect a leak of the fluid from the cooling conduit. The leak detection module includes a power source to generate an input voltage signal which is applied at a first node contact with the fluid. The leak detection module includes a controller to monitor an output voltage signal at the first node and to detect a leak of the fluid from the cooling conduit based on the output voltage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Pascal-Andre Fortin, Martin Sukup, Tim Murphy, Chuen Chou, Aria Tedjarati
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Publication number: 20210152825Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a first distance index associated with a first geometric partition mode (GEO) angle for a first prediction unit (PU) of the video data to be 4. The one or more processors are configured to determine a first displacement value based on the first distance index, the first displacement value being indicative of a distance from a center of the first PU to a GEO split. The one or more processors are configured to decode the first PU based on the first GEO angle and the first displacement value. The first displacement value is half of a displacement value associated with a distance index of 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Han Huang, Chun-Chi Chen, Po-Han Lin, Wei-Jung Chien, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
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Publication number: 20210120878Abstract: A mesh element for an atomiser assembly is provided, including: a first layer defining at least one channel including a minimum cross-sectional area; and a second layer overlying the first layer and defining at least one nozzle including a maximum cross-sectional area, the second layer including an inner surface facing the first layer and an outer surface facing away from the first layer, the at least one nozzle overlying the at least one channel, and the maximum cross-sectional area of the at least one nozzle being smaller than the minimum cross-sectional area of the at least one channel, and the outer surface of the second layer defining an annular portion extending around the at least one nozzle, the annular portion having a semi-circular cross-sectional shape, and a thickness of the second layer at each annular portion being larger than a thickness of the second layer between adjacent annular portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Dara BAYAT, Michel BESSANT, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Olivier DUBOCHET, Ivar KJELBERG, Philippe NIEDERMANN, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean PRATTE
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Publication number: 20210092392Abstract: A video decoder can be configured to determine, for a block of video data encoded in a geometric partition mode, an angle for the block for the geometric partition mode; determine a separation line displacement relative to a center of the block for the geometric partition mode; partition the block into first and second partitions based on the angle and the separation line displacement; determine first predictive samples for the block using a motion vector for the first partition and second predictive samples for the block using a motion vector for the second partition; determine a power-of-2 number based on the angle for the block; determine weighting values based on the power-of-2 number; perform a blending operation on the first predictive samples and the second predictive samples based on the weighting values to determine a prediction block for the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Chun-Chi Chen, Han Huang, Wei-Jung Chien, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
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Publication number: 20210067776Abstract: Techniques for processing video data are described. The techniques include determining a first partition and a second partition for a current block coded in geometric partition mode, determining a first and second prediction block based on a first and second motion vector, blending the first prediction block and the second prediction block based on weights indicative of an amount to scale samples in the first prediction block and the second prediction block to generate a final prediction block, dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks, determining a set of sub-blocks that each include at least one sample that corresponds to a prediction sample in the final prediction block that was generated based on equal weighting of a sample in the first prediction block and a sample in the second prediction block, and storing respective bi-prediction motion vectors for each sub-block in the determined set of sub-blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Han Huang, Chun-Chi Chen, Vadim Seregin, Wei-Jung Chien, Cheng-Teh Hsieh, Marta Karczewicz
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Publication number: 20210058617Abstract: A method of decoding video data includes determining that a geometric partition mode is enabled for a current block of the video data and determining a split line dividing the current block into a first partition and a second partition, where determining the split line comprises selecting an angle for the split line from a plurality of angles, Each angle of the plurality of angles corresponding to an N:M ratio of samples of the current block, where N and M are integers. The split line is not at a corner of the current block. The method further includes determining geometric mode weights for the current block using the angle of the split line, generating a first prediction block using motion information for the first partition, and generating a second prediction block using motion information for the second partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Han Huang, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
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Publication number: 20200404253Abstract: A video coder is configured to form, in a symmetric motion vector difference mode, a List 0 (L0) base vector using a L0 Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) candidate list and a List 1 (L1) base vector using a L1 AMVP candidate list; determine a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector by performing a decoder-side motion vector refinement process that refines the L0 base vector and the L1 base vector; and use the refined L0 motion vector and the refined L1 motion vector to determine a prediction block for a current block of a current picture of the video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Wei-Jung Chien, Han Huang, Yao-Jen Chang, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Marta Karczewicz