Patents by Inventor Patrick Rocca

Patrick Rocca 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: 10884174
    Abstract: A device for backlighting a liquid-crystal matrix array of a flat screen for viewing in day- or night-vision mode with NVIS compatibility includes a light guide GL which comprises a main cuboid plate shape PP assembled together with at least one right-angled triangular auxiliary prism PA1 which comprises at least one reflective face, and which is arranged together with the main plate to define, on the same lateral face of the plate, two distinct injection windows, one injection window I1 for a nighttime light source and one injection window I2 for a daytime light source. The nighttime light is injected into the plate, by reflection within or off the auxiliary prism in the direction of the respective injection window (I1). The lateral face of the prism that directly receives the light emitted by the nighttime source may comprise an optical filter FNVIS-c formed collectively over its surface by deposition of dielectric films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Vincent Toraille, Patrick Rocca
  • Publication number: 20200158940
    Abstract: A device for backlighting a liquid-crystal matrix array of a flat screen for viewing in day- or night-vision mode with NVIS compatibility includes a light guide GL which comprises a main cuboid plate shape PP assembled together with at least one right-angled triangular auxiliary prism PA1 which comprises at least one reflective face, and which is arranged together with the main plate to define, on the same lateral face of the plate, two distinct injection windows, one injection window I1 for a nighttime light source and one injection window I2 for a daytime light source. The nighttime light is injected into the plate, by reflection within or off the auxiliary prism in the direction of the respective injection window (I1). The lateral face of the prism that directly receives the light emitted by the nighttime source may comprise an optical filter FNVIS-c formed collectively over its surface by deposition of dielectric films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent TORAILLE, Patrick ROCCA
  • Patent number: 8305317
    Abstract: In a method for addressing an LCD display in color sequential mode, the color frames of a received video sequence are rearranged to form a display sequence applied to the LCD display. The arrangement of the color frames in the display sequence is such that the succession of the colors of the color frames and/or the duration of the color frames is random. Such a method may find application to direct view screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Maxime Vaillant, Patrick Rocca, Hugues Lebrun
  • Publication number: 20100019999
    Abstract: In a method for addressing an LCD display in color sequential mode, the color frames of a received video sequence are rearranged to form a display sequence applied to the LCD display. The arrangement of the color frames in the display sequence is such that the succession of the colors of the color frames and/or the duration of the color frames is random. Such a method may find application to direct view screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Maxime Vaillant, Patrick Rocca, Hugues Lebrun
  • Patent number: 5534132
    Abstract: An amperometric biosensor for the detection of an affinity reaction is described. The sensor includes an electrode having on its testing surface a hydrogel in which a selective binding unit and redox species are immobilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventors: Mark Vreeke, Patrick Rocca