Patents Assigned to Institut polytechnique de Grenoble
  • Patent number: 11929688
    Abstract: A power converter for converting a DC input voltage into an AC output voltage, the power converter having a structure of Phi-2 type, and includes an input terminal for the DC input voltage, an output terminal for the AC output voltage, a power switch equipped with a control electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode linked to a reference potential, the power switch being configured to receive a drive signal at the control electrode, the converter further comprising a self-oscillating circuit, connected between the output terminal and the control electrode, and configured to supply and maintain a sinusoidal drive signal to the power switch from the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Rawad Makhoul, Pierre Perichon, Xavier Maynard, Jia Zhuang, Yves Lembeye
  • Patent number: 11910729
    Abstract: A superconducting current limiter having at least one superconducting conductor (3) wound so as to form a coil (2) extending in a single plane and connecting a first electrical connection terminal to a second electrical connection terminal, an electrically insulating spacer (8) being arranged between two turns of the coil. The superconducting conductor (3) consists of at least two separate superconducting cables (5) wound in parallel and whose ends are electrically connected by the first electrical connection terminal and by the second electrical connection terminal, respectively. An electrically conductive spacer (12) is arranged between two of said separate superconducting cables (5), this electrically conductive spacer (12) being able to be traversed by a cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Supergrid Institute, Institut Polytechnique De Grenoble
    Inventors: Pierre Legendre, Pascal Tixador
  • Patent number: 11823971
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic system including a plurality of adjacent, elementary power electronics modules and connected to one another by an electrical module connection. Each elementary module including at least one power component integrated on a printed circuit inserted between two electrically conductive heat sinks. The electrical module connection is made by heat sinks at the side and/or central connection surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventor: Yvan Avenas
  • Publication number: 20230361329
    Abstract: A biocell having an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes an anode, a first cathode and a second cathode, and first and second porous separator membranes, wherein the first membrane is placed between a first contact surface of the anode and a first surface of the first cathode, and wherein the second membrane is placed between a second contact surface of the anode and a first surface of the second cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Michaël HOLZINGER, Jules HAMMOND, Andrew GROSS, Jean-Francis BLOCH, Serge COSNIER
  • Publication number: 20230346727
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (III?), or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for its use for the treatment of hemophilia in a subject, in particular for the restoration of coagulation in the plasma of a subject suffering from hemophilia, this compound being advantageously administered by oral route:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Aline THOMAS, Marie-Claire DAGHER, Muriel JOURDAN, Romain NAVARRO, Benoît POLACK, Raphaël MARLU, Landry SEYVE, Renaud ZELLI
  • Publication number: 20230340672
    Abstract: A nanowire forming method, including the forming of a DNA origami having through openings, and the forming in the through openings of portions forming all or part of the nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Commissariat à I'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Universite Grenoble Alpes, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Xavier Baillin, Vincent Consonni, Stéphane Fanget, Bassem Salem, Raluca Tiron
  • Patent number: 11784505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for charging an electrochemical cell of a rechargeable battery with charging pulse control (PL), the pulses (PL) being driven in voltage control mode in the form of voltage steps (Pt) of variable amplitude. According to the invention, the method consists in calculating the value (Ut+1) of each voltage step (Pt+1) with respect to the value (Ut) of the preceding voltage step (Pt) and according to a progression variable representative of the variation in the internal resistance of the cell (d(R)/dt), for a period ending on the preceding step (Pt), with respect to a predetermined tolerated variation threshold (?), where Var=d(R)/dt??. The method applies to high-voltage electric battery charging protocols for electromobility or stationary applications, or portable device batteries, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: PSA AUTOMOBILES SA, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, SAFT
    Inventors: Gentien Thorner, Francis Roy, Jean Bernard Douet, Thomas Peuchant, David Herpe, Pierre Xavier Thivel, Jean Claude Leprêtre
  • Publication number: 20230314358
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, UNIVERSITE SAVOIE MONT BLANC
    Inventors: Pascal Xavier, Dominique Rauly, Eric Chamberod
  • Publication number: 20230289571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (200) for training a dynamic-architecture convolutional neural network for semantic image segmentation, comprising a phase (102) of auto-annotation of images, to constitute a database (B1), called the first database, of auto-annotated images, comprising the following steps: applying (104) at least one transformation to at least one source image, and adding (106), to each transformed image thus obtained, a tag, called the first tag, corresponding to said transformation; said method (200) comprising at least one iteration of a phase (110) of training said neural network with the first image database (B1), and a second image database (B2) annotated with a tag, called a second tag, relating to the content of said image. It also relates to a computer program and a device implementing such a method, and a deep-learning dynamic-architecture convolutional neural network obtained by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: BULL SAS, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Loïc PAULETTO, Massih-Reza AMINI
  • Publication number: 20230266220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to determining the rheological parameters of fluids, and, more particularly, by means of a method using a continuous jet droplet generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Guillaume Maîtrejean, Denis Roux
  • Patent number: 11725626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine by automatic online selection of a controller that minimizes the wind turbine fatigue. The method therefore relies on an (offline constructed) database (BDD) of simulations of a list (LIST) of controllers, and on an online machine learning step for determining the optimal controller in terms of wind turbine (EOL) fatigue. Thus, the method allows automatic selection of controllers online, based on a fatigue criterion, and switching between the controllers according to the measured evolution of wind condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: David Collet, Guillaume Sabiron, Domenico Di Domenico, Mazen Al-Amir
  • Patent number: 11728652
    Abstract: A regulation process of an electrical distribution network that comprises a main power source, among one or more electrical sources, configured to impose on the network the voltage and frequency of a power circulating on the network to which one or more loads are connected. The process includes, in the event of a variation of one of the frequency or the voltage detected on the network, during a primary regulation, one adjustment step by the main source of the other between the frequency and the voltage, to maintain constant the ratio voltage/frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble
    Inventors: Lauric Garbuio, Kevin Marojahan Banjar Nahor, Vincent Debusscherer, Thi-Thu-Ha Pham, Nouredine Hadjsaid
  • Publication number: 20230218211
    Abstract: A method for determining a region in which the actual concentration is located, in a medium, of a substrate made up of any molecule likely to undergo catalysed oxidation-reduction by a catalyst. The method includes the following steps: taking at least one group of at least two biosensors, each biosensor having a calibration curve of the signal induced by the oxidation-reduction reaction and having identical initial portions of their calibration curves up to a concentration value of the substrate from which the measurement of the signal differ; and when more than one group is present, the biosensors in different groups having different calibration curves without identical initial portions; placing the biosensors in contact with the medium; measuring the signal induced by the oxidation or reduction reaction for each biosensor in the group/groups; comparing all the signal values produced by the biosensors and following the method described in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Abdelkader ZEBDA, Philippe CINQUIN, Don MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20230197106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method for real-time emotion recognition from a real-time audio signal. The method includes transcribing, into text, an audio speech signal contained in the audio signal by an automatic speech recognition model, and computing, by a speech representation model, a joint representation vector corresponding to a joint representation of the speech as a function of the speech signal and the text. The method also include computing, by an emotion prediction model, an emotion embedding vector as a function of the joint representation vector, and mapping the emotion in at least one emotional frame, according to the emotion embedding vector, by an emotion mapping model. The invention further relates to a computer program and a device implementing such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: BULL SAS, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Sina ALISAMIR, Fabien RINGEVAL
  • Publication number: 20230037289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for detecting an acoustic wave propagating toward a membrane, the membrane carrying a waveguide comprising an optical cavity defining a resonant frequency. Under the effect of a vibration of the membrane, the resonance frequency of the optical cavity varies. The device includes a light source for directing a light wave into the optical cavity, and a servo circuit for servo-controlling the wavelength of the light wave to the resonant wavelength of the optical cavity. Monitoring the variation in the wavelength of the light wave allows an amplitude of the acoustic wave to be estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, C.N.R.S., INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Thomas LAUWERS, Skandar BASROUR, Jean-Guillaume COUTARD, Alain GLIERE, Guillaume LAFFONT
  • Patent number: 11572122
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for estimating a periodic or substantially periodic force present in a mechanical or electromechanical system, the method comprising: estimating, by a processing device, one or more harmonic frequencies of an acceleration signal representing an acceleration in the system, the substantially periodic force contributing to said acceleration; and estimating, by the processing device, the force on the basis of a dynamic model of the system, the dynamic model being defined by said one or more estimated harmonic frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventor: John-Jairo Martinez-Molina
  • Patent number: 11569381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a deep depletion MIS transistor (100), comprising: a source region (S) and a drain region (D) made of doped semiconductor diamond of a first conductivity type; a channel region (C) made of doped semiconductor diamond of the first conductivity type, arranged between the source region and the drain region; a drift region (DR) made of doped semiconductor diamond of the first conductivity type, arranged between the channel region and the drain region; and a conductive gate (111) arranged on the channel region and separated from the channel region by a dielectric layer (113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Julien Pernot, Nicolas Rouger, David Eon, Etienne Gheeraert, Gauthier Chicot, Toan Thanh Pham, Florin Udrea
  • Publication number: 20220412969
    Abstract: A kit and a method for capturing a molecule contained in a sample utilizing at least one magnetic layer including a, possibly repeated, juxtaposition of at least one first and one second region, the first region including magnetic particles polarized in a first direction and the second region including magnetic particles that are non-polarized or polarized in a second direction different from the first direction of polarization of the magnetic particles of the first region, so as to generate a magnetic field having at least one variation in intensity of at least 0.1 mT at a distance of at least 1 ?m from the at least one magnetic layer, the variation defining a maximum of the standard of the intensity of the magnetic field and level therewith a zone for capturing magnetic nanoparticles on the capture support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Guillaume BLAIRE, Orphée CUGAT, Victor VIEILLE
  • Publication number: 20220364981
    Abstract: The invention is a device and method for detecting an analyte in a medium. An exciting light source produces an exciting light wave, which propagates to the medium and heats the latter. The device comprises a transducer for detecting the heating of the medium. According to one embodiment, the transducer is a thermal transducer, configured to detect a variation in the temperature of the medium. According to another embodiment, the transducer is an acoustic transducer, configured to detect a photoacoustic wave propagating from the medium. Whatever the embodiment, the transducer employs a membrane, on which a waveguide is placed. The waveguide comprises a resonant optical cavity. Transduction is achieved by analyzing a variation in a resonant wavelength of the optical cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Thomas LAUWERS, Skandar BASROUR, Jean-Guillaume COUTARD, Alain GLIERE, Guillaume LAFFONT
  • Patent number: 11465198
    Abstract: An injection device and method for producing at least one metallic glass part, in which a vertical piston is able to move in a vertical direction, a top end portion of the piston being suitable for being engaged in an injection chamber of a mould linked to a cavity of this mould and open at the bottom; the piston having a top end face on which an element made from metallic glass to be introduced into said chamber can be positioned, the top face of the piston having a concave shape suitable for receiving a bottom portion of the element made from metallic glass. A heating means situated under the mould comprises induction coils, such that, when the piston is in an intermediate position, the majority of the metallic element is situated in the space surrounded by the induction coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Sébastien Gravier, Georges Kapelski