Patents by Inventor Alain Belanger
Alain Belanger 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).
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Patent number: 11941691Abstract: Provided is process, including: obtaining interaction-event records; determining, based on at least some of the interaction-event records, sets of event-risk scores, wherein: at least some respective event-risk scores are indicative of an effective of a respective risk ascribed by a first entity to a respective aspect of a second entity; and at least some respective event-risk scores are based on both: respective contributions of respective corresponding events to a subsequent event, and a risk ascribed to a subsequent event; and storing the sets of event-risk scores in memory.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: CEREBRI AI INC.Inventors: Jean Belanger, Alain Briancon, James Stojanov, Gabriel M. Silberman
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Patent number: 11606956Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4Cl-IAA) or an analogue thereof, or a combination of the latter, in the form of a potassium salt, a sodium salt or an amine salt. For example, such compositions can be used used in methods for selectively causing damage or mortality to weed.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: PREMIER TECH TECHNOLOGIES LTÉEInventors: Pierre Talbot, Alain Bélanger, George Kanellos, Shaun Purcell, Paul Lefebvre, Geneviève Roy, Dominique Lequere
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Patent number: 10518499Abstract: A composite material and structure. The structure has a folded sheet having a rigid inner layer sandwiched between flexible outer layers. The sheet has an undulated shape with alternating summit and valley portions. Intermediate portions each extend between adjacent summit and valley portions. At least one score line extends through at least one of the flexible outer layers. The sheet is folded about the at least one score line. A method of forming a structure from a sheet having an undulated shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: CORRUVEN CANADA INC.Inventors: Alain Bélanger, Alex Matson
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Patent number: 10513383Abstract: The corner protector has a flexible sheet having an undulated shape with summit portions, valley portions, and intermediate portions each extending between corresponding summit and valley portions. The sheet is foldable along a length of at least one of the summit portions to form a folded shape for the sheet corresponding to a shape of the corner. The valley portions of the sheet in the folded shape are abuttable against side walls of the object intersecting at the corner. An apex section of the summit portion in the folded shape is spaced from the corner of the object upon the valley portions abutting the side walls.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: CORRUVEN CANADA INC.Inventor: Alain Bélanger
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Publication number: 20190230923Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4Cl-IAA) or an analogue thereof, or a combination of the latter, in the form of a potassium salt, a sodium salt or an amine salt. For example, such compositions can be used used in methods for selectively causing damage or mortality to weed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Pierre TALBOT, Alain BÉLANGER, George KANELLOS, Shaun PURCELL, Paul LEVEBRE, Geneviève ROY, Dominique LEQUERE
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Publication number: 20190168484Abstract: A composite panel includes a sheet having layers. At least two of the layers are kraft paper. The layers re stacked on each other and adhered together with a resin. The sheet is corrugated with alternating peaks and valleys disposed sequentially along an axis of the sheet. Each peak has a plateau and each valley has a base. Each of the plateaus and the bases lies in a plane being substantially parallel to the axis of the one sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Alain BELANGER, Daniel BEAUREGARD-LONG, Scott PHILIPPE, Christian JALBERT
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Patent number: 10285402Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4Cl-IAA) or an analogue thereof, or a combination of the latter, in acid, salt or ester form. For example, such compositions can be used to curb weeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: PREMIER TECH TECHNOLOGIES LTÉEInventors: Pierre Talbot, Alain Bélanger, George Kanellos, Shaun Purcell, Paul Lefebvre, Geneviève Roy, Dominique Lequere
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Publication number: 20180086021Abstract: A composite material and structure. The structure has a folded sheet having a rigid inner layer sandwiched between flexible outer layers. The sheet has an undulated shape with alternating summit and valley portions. Intermediate portions each extend between adjacent summit and valley portions. At least one score line extends through at least one of the flexible outer layers. The sheet is folded about the at least one score line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Alain BÉLANGER, Alex MATSON
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Publication number: 20180086532Abstract: The corner protector can have a flexible sheet having an undulated shape with summit portions, valley portions, and intermediate portions each extending between corresponding summit and valley portions, the sheet being foldable along a length of at least one of the summit portions to form a folded shape for the sheet corresponding to a shape of the corner, the valley portions of the sheet in the folded shape being abuttable against side walls of the object intersecting at the corner, an apex section of said summit portion in the folded shape being spaced from the corner of the object upon the valley portions abutting the side walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: Alain BÉLANGER
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Publication number: 20170275879Abstract: The prefabricated floor panel can include at least two planar panel members being spaced apart by and sandwiching a core, the core having at least one undulated inner support extending along a longitudinal axis and having summit portions, valley portions, and intermediate portions each extending between corresponding summit and valley portions, each of the summit, valley, and intermediate portions having opposed side edges, a span of the at least one inner support being defined between the opposed side edges, each side edge abutting against a corresponding one of the panel members, the undulated inner support having at least one sheet of wood material, fibres of said sheet of wood material being oriented normal to the panel members and parallel to the span, the at least one undulated inner support being laterally sandwiched between inner ribs with the summits being disposed adjacent a first one of the inner ribs and the valleys being disposed adjacent a second, opposite one of the inner ribs, the inner ribs bType: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Alain BÉLANGER, Daniel BEAUREGARD-LONG, Scott PHILIPPE, Christian JALBERT
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Publication number: 20170258086Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4CI-AA) or an analogue thereof, or a combination of the latter, in acid, salt or ester form. For example, such compositions can be used to curb weeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Pierre TALBOT, Alain BÉLANGER, George KANELLOS, Shaun PURCELL, Paul LEFEBVRE, Geneviève ROY, Dominique LEQUERE
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Patent number: 9165185Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a text-based representation of a region of interest of an image to first is provided that includes a step of identifying text zones within the image, each text zone including textual content and having a respective rank assigned thereto based on an arrangement of the text zones within the image. The method also includes determining a processing sequence for performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the text zones. The processing sequence is based, firstly, on an arrangement of the text zones with respect to the region of interest and, secondly, on the ranks assigned to the text zones. The method further includes performing an OCR process on the text zones according to the processing sequence to progressively obtain a machine-encoded representation of the region of interest, and concurrently present the machine-encoded representation to the user, via an output device, as the text-based representation.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Technologies Humanware Inc.Inventors: Pierre Hamel, Alain Bélanger, Éric Beauchamp
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Patent number: 9135504Abstract: A method and a system for providing a text-based representation of a portion of a working area to a user are provided. The method includes acquiring an image of the entire working area and performing a fast OCR process on at least a region of interest of the image corresponding to the portion of the working area, thereby rapidly obtaining an initial machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area and immediately presenting it to the user as the text-based representation. Parallelly to the fast OCR process, a high-precision OCR process is performed on at least the region of interest of the image, thereby obtaining a high-precision machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area. Upon completing the high-precision OCR process, the high-precision machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area is presented to the user as the text-based representation, in replacement of the initial machine-encoded representation.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: TECHNOLOGIES HUMANWARE INC.Inventors: Pierre Hamel, Alain Bélanger, Éric Beauchamp
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Publication number: 20140314338Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a text-based representation of a region of interest of an image to first is provided that includes a step of identifying text zones within the image, each text zone including textual content and having a respective rank assigned thereto based on an arrangement of the text zones within the image. The method also includes determining a processing sequence for performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the text zones. The processing sequence is based, firstly, on an arrangement of the text zones with respect to the region of interest and, secondly, on the ranks assigned to the text zones. The method further includes performing an OCR process on the text zones according to the processing sequence to progressively obtain a machine-encoded representation of the region of interest, and concurrently present the machine-encoded representation to the user, via an output device, as the text-based representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HUMANWARE INC.Inventors: Pierre HAMEL, Alain BÉLANGER, Éric BEAUCHAMP
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Publication number: 20140314319Abstract: A method and a system for providing a text-based representation of a portion of a working area to a user are provided. The method includes acquiring an image of the entire working area and performing a fast OCR process on at least a region of interest of the image corresponding to the portion of the working area, thereby rapidly obtaining an initial machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area and immediately presenting it to the user as the text-based representation. Parallelly to the fast OCR process, a high-precision OCR process is performed on at least the region of interest of the image, thereby obtaining a high-precision machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area. Upon completing the high-precision OCR process, the high-precision machine-encoded representation of the portion of the working area is presented to the user as the text-based representation, in replacement of the initial machine-encoded representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HUMANWARE INC.Inventors: Pierre HAMEL, Alain BÉLANGER, Éric BEAUCHAMP
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Patent number: 8820019Abstract: A runner, a suspended ceiling system, and a method of installing a suspended ceiling, the runner having a base with two laterally opposite flanges for supporting ceiling tiles, a hinged web connected to the base between the flanges so as to be foldable between a flat configuration with the web folded against one of the flanges and an inverted-T configuration with the web normal to the base for suspension and use, the hinged web allowing for economies is shipping when compared to conventional rigid inversed-T shaped runners.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Corruven Canada Inc.Inventor: Alain Belanger
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Publication number: 20140069042Abstract: Each one of the runners of the suspended ceiling system has a base with two laterally opposite flanges for supporting ceiling tiles. A web can be hingedly connected to the base between the flanges. The runners can be suspended from above using cable fasteners which lockingly engage with apertures provided in the runners.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Corruven Canada Inc.Inventor: Alain Belanger
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Patent number: 8512498Abstract: The waved wood assembly can have a flexible support layer onto the face(s) of which one or more wood sheet layer(s) are adhered by an adhesive. The waved wood product can maintain its waved shape when freestanding. It can exhibit significant elasticity characteristics. It can have very accentuated waves, i.e. waves that span a greater thickness for a given number of waves per unit of dimension.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Corruven Canada Inc.Inventors: Alain Belanger, Martin Blais
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Publication number: 20130014461Abstract: A runner, a suspended ceiling system, and a method of installing a suspended ceiling, the runner having a base with two laterally opposite flanges for supporting ceiling tiles, a hinged web connected to the base between the flanges so as to be foldable between a flat configuration with the web folded against one of the flanges and an inverted-T configuration with the web normal to the base for suspension and use, the hinged web allowing for economies is shipping when compared to conventional rigid inversed-T shaped runners.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: CORRUVEN CANADA INC.Inventor: Alain Belanger
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Publication number: 20110265942Abstract: The waved wood assembly can have a flexible support layer onto the face(s) of which one or more wood sheet layer(s) are adhered by an adhesive. The waved wood product can maintain its waved shape when freestanding. It can exhibit significant elasticity characteristics. It can have very accentuated waves, i.e. waves that span a greater thickness for a given number of waves per unit of dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: CORRUVEN CANADA INC.Inventors: Alain Belanger, Martin Blais