Patents by Inventor Vincent Fournier

Vincent Fournier 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: 11942328
    Abstract: A method for forming a Bragg reflector includes after forming first trenches in the stack, which are intended to form structures of the distributed Bragg reflector, forming a sacrificial interlayer at least in the first trenches, depositing a second masking layer at least inside the first trenches, forming second trenches intended to form sidewalls of the laser, removing the second masking layer from inside the first trenches, removing said sacrificial interlayer so as to remove, by lift-off, residues of the second masking layer that remain inside the first trenches, and filling said first trenches with at least one metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Maryse Fournier, Vincent Reboud, Jean-Marc Fedeli
  • Patent number: 10816387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by a computing system, comprising: receiving pixel samples from three-dimensional (3D) data corresponding to one or more images comprising one or more animals; fitting curves for the received pixel samples; deriving parameters from the curves; determining measurements based on variations in the parameters; and estimating a weight of the one or more animals by applying one or more regression algorithms to the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The GSI Group LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Fournier, Benoit R. Laberge, Yvon Gaudreau, Nicolas Bégin, Adam A. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20200225076
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by a computing system, comprising: receiving pixel samples from three-dimensional (3D) data corresponding to one or more images comprising one or more animals; fitting curves for the received pixel samples; deriving parameters from the curves; determining measurements based on variations in the parameters; and estimating a weight of the one or more animals by applying one or more regression algorithms to the measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent Fournier, Benoit R. Laberge, Yvon Gaudreau, Nicolas Bégin, Adam A. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20160253339
    Abstract: Examples of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for migration of data, including data from archives, are described. In some examples, the archive data may be divided into slices which may be indexed and queried on a per-user basis to facilitate a per-user migration of the archive data. Example techniques are described for migrating archives that employ storage saving techniques. When an extraction fails for lack of a copy of a particular file in a slice, the missing files may be systematically identified and re-processed. Examples are described of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for aggregation of multiple mailbox descriptor files to migrate multiple mailbox descriptor files to a single destination mailbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: BITTITAN, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Arthur Ambrose, Vincent Fournier, Jethro Seghers, Geeman Yip, James Scott Head, Dominic J. Pouzin, Cynthia Randriamanohisoa
  • Patent number: 9085227
    Abstract: An infinitely variable power bypass transmission with two operating modes for a motor vehicle with a thermal engine, including: at least two power lines parallel-connecting the thermal engine with the vehicle wheels and each including a coupling/decoupling device capable of locking or releasing a transmission shaft according to the operating mode; a line including a continuous speed controller; and a mode switch control device configured to control the coupling/decoupling devices. The transmission includes a single actuator for the two coupling/decoupling devices, which is configured to, when a mode switch occurs, trigger simultaneously the two modes while locking the two transmission shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Vincent Fournier, Yves Pichon
  • Publication number: 20070221432
    Abstract: An infinitely variable power bypass transmission with two operating modes for a motor vehicle with a thermal engine, including: at least two power lines parallel-connecting the thermal engine with the vehicle wheels and each including a coupling/decoupling device capable of locking or releasing a transmission shaft according to the operating mode; a line including a continuous speed controller; and a mode switch control device configured to control the coupling/decoupling devices. The transmission includes a single actuator for the two coupling/decoupling devices, which is configured to, when a mode switch occurs, trigger simultaneously the two modes while locking the two transmission shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Vincent Fournier, Yves Pichon
  • Patent number: 6393258
    Abstract: A process for adjusting a level of spurious signal spectral lines in an output frequency spectrum provided by a single-sideband frequency mixer includes the step of generating two mutually phase-shifted test signals defined by a plurality of parameters, and applying the two test signals to respective first and second inputs of the single-sideband frequency mixer. The level of each of the spurious signal spectral lines are measured for different test values corresponding to the plurality of parameters of the two test signals. Reference values are determined for the plurality of parameters for minimizing the level of the spurious signal spectral lines. The reference values are determined by a numerical calculation performed on a predetermined number of different test values of the plurality of parameters, and corresponding measured values of the levels with respect to two parabolic relations linking the levels of the two spurious signal spectral lines with the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Luisa Gambina, Vincent Fournier