Patents by Inventor Albert AUPHAN

Albert AUPHAN 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: 12775573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle or for a device, comprising at least one gripping element equipped with at least one signal-generating means, and a controller and a base for fastening and mobilizing the gripping element and allowing the passage of data connections, the gripping element incorporating at least two data concentrators each connected, at input, in parallel to at least one signal-generating means and connected, at output, to the controller via the base by way of at least one data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, CROUZET
    Inventors: Yannick Ghislain Sébastien Xavier Attrazic, Albert Auphan, Hervé Carton
  • Publication number: 20260307782
    Abstract: A device includes a control handle having several detection zones. Each detection zone includes a first and a second sensor, each capable of switching to an active state when it detects the presence of the pilot's hand on the detection zone. These first and second sensors are sensitive to, respectively, a first and a second physical characteristic of the pilot's hand, the second physical characteristic being independent of the first physical characteristic. A processing unit of the device is configured to calculate the number of detection zones that have at least one sensor in the active state, and, when this calculated number is greater than a predetermined threshold, to trigger the indication of a correct grip of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Hervé Carton, Bruno Taillet, Albert Auphan, Yannick Ghislain Attrazic, Pascal Gaden
  • Publication number: 20260010506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle or for a device, comprising at least one gripping element equipped with at least one signal-generating means, and a controller and a base for fastening and mobilizing the gripping element and allowing the passage of data connections, the gripping element incorporating at least two data concentrators each connected, at input, in parallel to at least one signal-generating means and connected, at output, to the controller via the base by way of at least one data bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Yannick Ghislain Sébastien Xavier Attrazic, Albert Auphan, Hervé Carton
  • Publication number: 20240045462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle or for a device, comprising at least one gripping element comprising at least one transducer transmitting a command depending on at least one item of input information. The human-machine interface comprises at least one sensor and calculation means configured to determine a position of at least one interaction surface for interaction between an operator and the gripping element, the calculation means also being configured to determine whether the command is intentional by determining whether at least one first predefined surface lies at least partially within the interaction surface, so as to authorise the transmission of the command by the human-machine interface when it is determined that the command is intentional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Attrazic, Michael Nahmiyace, Albert Auphan, Philippe Bezivin, Etienne Zante
  • Patent number: 10805108
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling and monitoring a peripheral in an aircraft that includes a master module connected to each slave module. Each slave module is disposed around a controlled peripheral and is connected to a port of the master module by a bidirectional link. The master module sends data frames comprising the value of a counter. Each slave module reads the value of the counter included in the data frame received, updates a counter with the value read, checks whether the value of the updated counter corresponds to a time-period index associated with the slave module and if so transfers a data frame to the master module. The master module selects, from a table comprising time period indices and identifiers, the port connecting the master module to the slave module the identifier of which is associated with the time-period index that corresponds to the counter's value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Patrice Toillon, Albert Auphan, Martin Wendling
  • Publication number: 20200186387
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling and monitoring a peripheral in an aircraft that includes a master module connected to each slave module. Each slave module is disposed around a controlled peripheral and is connected to a port of the master module by a bidirectional link. The master module sends data frames comprising the value of a counter. Each slave module reads the value of the counter included in the data frame received, updates a counter with the value read, checks whether the value of the updated counter corresponds to a time-period index associated with the slave module and if so transfers a data frame to the master module. The master module selects, from a table comprising time period indices and identifiers, the port connecting the master module to the slave module the identifier of which is associated with the time-period index that corresponds to the counter's value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Patrice TOILLON, Albert AUPHAN, Martin WENDLING