Patents Assigned to Quebec Inc.
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Publication number: 20230026607Abstract: There are provided an optical probe and method for analysing a soil located in an underground area. The optical probe includes a probe head insertable into the underground area to contact the soil, the probe head including a waveguide having opposite first and second ends both optically shielded from the soil; a light source configured to generate a multiwavelength interrogating beam and optically coupled to the first end of the waveguide so that the multiwavelength interrogation beam is inputted in the waveguide to propagate towards the second end; and a detector optically coupled to the second end of the waveguide to detect said multiwavelength interrogation beam. The waveguide includes an unshielded interaction zone extending between the first and second ends providing a wavelength-dependent attenuation of the multiwavelength interrogation beam through interaction with the soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: 9371-0184 QUEBEC INC.Inventors: Gabriel Mangeat, Benjamin De Leener, Jacques Michiels
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Patent number: 11550987Abstract: A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising causing a first array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said first array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; causing a second array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said second array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale. An interface, a computerized system and a method for providing same is also disclosed therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: 9224-5489 QUEBEC INC.Inventor: Mathieu Audet
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Patent number: 11535209Abstract: The wheel chock includes a locking mechanism that can be held in a locked state when properly positioned on a base plate. The locking mechanism includes a positioning unit having at least one tooth provided to engage a side of a corresponding one of the blocking elements in a latched engagement when the positioning unit is in the fully locked position. The locking mechanism also includes first means for moving the positioning unit from the unlocked position towards the fully locked position, and second means for selectively holding the positioning unit in the fully locked position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: 9172-9863 QUÉBEC INC.Inventors: Gregory Palmer, Jonathan Dube, Daniel Grothe, Gaetan Jette, Marc-Andre Boivin
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Patent number: 11513660Abstract: An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: 9224-5489 QUEBEC INC.Inventors: Mathieu Audet, Francois Cassistat
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Patent number: 11479217Abstract: The wheel chock is part of a wheel chock restraint system that also includes a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to engage at least one among corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: 9172-9863 QUEBEC INC.Inventors: Gregory Palmer, Daniel Grothe, Etienne Ayotte, Gaetan Jette
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Patent number: 11459717Abstract: A snow plow blade assembly comprises a main blade, an extension blade extending laterally from the main blade; a slide member and a flat bar. An interface is present between the main blade and the extension blade, with the slide member and the flat bar installed at the interface. The slide member slidably cooperates with the flat bar to control or to minimize a gap between the main blade and the extension blade at the interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: 9091-4532 QUÉBEC INC.Inventors: Etienne Côté, Alexandre Côté
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Publication number: 20220301297Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel system, method and apparatus for encoding activations generated by a generic deep neural network from an image that can be used in conjunction with memory storage devices for highly sensitive and specific prediction of labels associated images of general objects, scenes or persons. The method and apparatus may involve the use of a processor circuit, for example an application server, for automatically predicting a plurality of labels (e.g., diagnostic indices) from an input image and non-image descriptive information associated with the image, where non-image information may include general descriptors of image content (e.g., ear, chest, skin, face), acquisition modality (e.g., hyperspectral image, magnetic resonance image, x-ray, computed tomography, ultrasound, acquisition parameters) and specific descriptors (e.g., unique name or ID, sex, ethnicity, age, date, disease status).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: 9419-6979 Québec inc.Inventors: Matthew Toews, James Lee
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Patent number: 11414873Abstract: A wall attachment device for securing a handrail to a supporting wall, the handrail having a first end and a second end, at least one of the first and second ends being hollow and including an inner connecting member extending radially inwardly within the corresponding end, the device comprising: a body sized and shaped to be received in the corresponding end, the body including a planar rear face adapted to be positioned against the supporting wall, a front face opposite the rear face and a lateral face, the body further having at least one fastener opening to receive a fastener for securing the body to the supporting wall; and an outer connecting member extending radially outwardly from the lateral face for securely engaging the inner connecting member of the handrail to thereby attach the corresponding one of the first and second ends of the handrail to the supporting wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: 9220-6820 Quebec Inc.Inventor: William Kell Warshaw
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Patent number: 11417099Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for digital fingerprinting of media content. The system does this by normalizing and pre-processing the media content into a standard format, then generating fingerprints for image, audio, and/or video aspects of the media. These fingerprints are mathematical vectors generated using one or more techniques, such as perceptual hashes coupled with machine learning. Once the fingerprints for new content is generated, the system can compare those fingerprints to fingerprints of known content to determine if the new content contains prohibited content.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: 9219-1568 QUEBEC INC.Inventors: Olivier Hillman Beauchesne, Bertrand Chapleau, Jordan Pleet, Jose Maria Mateos Perez
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Publication number: 20220243411Abstract: The scraper blade device is adjustable in width and can be used for cleaning a roadway surface. It includes a main transversal support and an elongated moldboard. The moldboard includes two partially overlapping elongated moldboard units. The scraper blade device also includes a plurality of blade segments that can be tilted with reference to one another to follow profile variations of the roadway surface. This, among other things, allows the efficiency of the cleaning to be preserved even when the scraper blade device becomes very large when fully extended.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: 9407-4895 QUEBEC INC.Inventors: Jimmy VIGNEAULT, Patrick FAUCHER
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Patent number: 11363889Abstract: This disclosure relates to a seat device (1) comprising an underframe (2) and a seat (3) connected to the underframe (2) in such a way as to pivot about a pivot seat axis (A1), there being provided means for elastically biasing the seat (3) in anti-clockwise rotation. The seat device (1) further comprises a lumbar part (42); rotationally secured to the seat (3), and a saddle (5) for supporting the top of the thighs of the user, the saddle (5) being connected to the front region of the seat (3).Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: 9442-8851 Quebec Inc.Inventor: Hervé Thomas
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Patent number: 11357700Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless medication blister pack assembly and to a blister pack attachment to be secured to a blister pack assembly. The attachment an electronic card housing for receiving an electronic card which includes electronic components such as card connectors, and a locking system which is configurable between a locked configuration and a releasing configuration. In the locked configuration, the blister pack assembly and the electronic card are connected, with sheet connectors provided on the blister pack assembly and the card connectors being in electronic communication. Such electronic communication allows the electronic components to detect whether a given blister has been detached from the blister pack assembly. In the releasing configuration, the electronic card and the blister pack assembly can be removed from the blister pack attachment, so as to allow the electronic card to be reused with a replacement blister pack assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: 9155-0020 Quebec Inc.Inventor: Etienne Bouthiette
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Patent number: 11351728Abstract: Modular additive manufacturing systems, related methods for simultaneously building three-dimensional parts in successively bonded layers, and related computer readable storage medium. A plurality of build assemblies is laid out along at least one direction of a manufacturing path defining a loop, and at least one build assembly is functioning to build a three-dimensional part from build material according to build instructions. A guidable module is guided via a guiding assembly along the manufacturing path to repeatedly perform at least one step necessary to build the three-dimensional part on each functioning build assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: 9328-8082 QUÉBEC INC.Inventor: Samuel Côté
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Patent number: 11341312Abstract: A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising causing a first array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said first array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; causing a second array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said second array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale. An interface, a computerized system and a method for providing same is also disclosed therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: 9224-5489 QUEBEC INC.Inventor: Mathieu Audet
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Publication number: 20220153680Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into ethyl esters of carboxylic acids. Said method consists of treating the biomass material with an oxidizing agent that is incorporated in an solution comprising one or more acids, one or more alcohols and water, and subsequently performing a catalytic reaction at a higher temperature using the same acidic solution into which a larger volume of alcohol is added, in such a way that the catalytic conversion occurs in a medium with a much higher concentration of alcohol, i.e. with a much higher alcohol-to-water wt ratio. Such a method results in relatively high yields of ethyl esters, such as ethyl esters of formic, acetic, and levulinic acids, while producing a low yield of dialkyl ethers, which are unwanted by-products. The concentration of the oxidizing agent in the pre-treatment step is preferably higher than 6.0 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: Les Exploitations J.Y.B. Papineau Inc., La Cooperative Forestiere Des Hautes Laurentides, Les Creations Madero Inc., 9078-0900 Quebec Inc.Inventor: Raymond Le Van Mao
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Patent number: D951021Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: 9374-7939 QUÉBEC INC.Inventor: Patrick Carrier
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Patent number: D962457Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: 9213-4550 QUÉBEC INC.Inventor: Jérôme Foy
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Patent number: D966076Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: 9143-8010 QUEBEC INC.Inventor: Alexandre Charette
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Patent number: D974142Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: 9421-0713 Quebec Inc.Inventor: Marcel Gendron, Jr.
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Patent number: D975754Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: CELLAR SOLUTIONS INC., 9300-5965 QUEBEC INC.Inventor: Michael Kusick