Patents by Inventor Philippe Migny

Philippe Migny 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: 6437763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a message display panel comprising a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in matrix form on a display surface. Each emitter element is constituted by a first end face of an oblong body made of transparent material which comprises on its second end face at least one cylindrical housing in which a light emitting source is placed. The housing comprises a bottom 18 having a convex internal surface which concentrates the light flux received towards the first end face. The body is square in section and preferably comprises three housings each receiving an electroluminescent diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Securite et Signalisation
    Inventors: Philippe Migny, Pierre Passet
  • Patent number: 5749647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display panel presenting a matrix array constituted by a plurality of light emitting elements. A mask composed of a vertical wall presents a plurality of openings opposite the light emitting elements and a plurality of fins directed towards the display surface and at a distance therefrom. The mask intercepts virtually all the sun's radiation and avoids heating of the display surface due to such radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Securite et Signalisation
    Inventor: Philippe Migny
  • Patent number: 5555339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display matrix having light-conveying fibers that are maskable by disks each having a plurality of sectors and rotated by non-reversible motors each having two stable positions and under the control of a display control device. Each disk is provided with a detector device for detecting at least one angular position of said disk and connected to a device for monitoring matching, which device is itself connected to the display control device and acts on an activation device for the motor of said disk. The detection device advantageously includes a photoelectric sensor and a reflecting element disposed on a light-blocking sector of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Securite et Signalisation - S.E.S.
    Inventors: Philippe Migny, Pierre Passet
  • Patent number: 5394167
    Abstract: The display device comprises: a main control circuit for generating a light intensity reference; n secondary control circuits, each associated with a respective one of the n display subassemblies, each secondary control circuit including circuit for receiving the reference and circuit for monitoring the light source(s) of the associated subassembly so that each emitted light intensity corresponds to the reference light intensity; the monitor circuit presented by each secondary control circuit comprising circuit for directly detecting each light intensity emitted by the associated light source(s), circuit for comparing each light intensity with the reference, and circuit for controlling the power supply to the associated light source(s) as a function of the result of the comparison; and the circuit for direct detection of each light intensity comprise one or more fibers of the bundle of optical fibers and connected to a photoelectrical converter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Securite et Signalisation
    Inventor: Philippe Migny
  • Patent number: 4634899
    Abstract: A current injection logic device with Josephson diode network comprises three parallel branches, each having three Josephson diodes in series, the first and last diodes of each of the branches being respectively connected to a first and a second main electrodes, said second main electrode being connected to earth. Apart from said network, the device comprises two inputs respectively connected to two intermediate electrodes between two of the end diodes and the two associated adjacent diodes, and an output connected to the first main electrode. In the case of diodes with a leakage resistance well above their normal resistance, it is possible to define input currents, whereof the major part passes into said end diodes. The device has application to the formation of AND or OR gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gerard Matheron, Philippe Migny
  • Patent number: 4570087
    Abstract: Current injection logic device with a system of Josephson diodes.This system is constituted by N parallel branches, each having a first and a second Josephson diode in series, so as to provide a connection. All the first and second diodes are respectively connected to first and second main electrodes, the second electrode being earthed. The device also has M current inputs, respectively connected to M of the connections and an output connected to the first main electrode and which is to be raised to a logic level determined as a function of the values of currents injected by the inputs. In each branch provided with a current input, one or other of the diodes is shunted by a resistor, as a function of the envisaged application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gerard Matheron, Philippe Migny, Bernard Placais