Patents by Inventor Alexandre Aubry

Alexandre Aubry 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).

  • Publication number: 20250102130
    Abstract: Device for dehumidifying a closed casing. The device for dehumidifying comprises a box comprising an inlet communicating with the interior of the closed casing and an outlet, a heating module able to be controlled to generate heat, a desiccant configured to adsorb moisture when it is not heated by the heating module and to return adsorbed moisture by desorption when it is heated by the heating module, a mobile plug able to be moved to alternately open and close the inlet and the outlet, a bias spring configured to move the mobile plug when the heating module does not heat the desiccant and a shape memory alloy spring configured to move the mobile plug when the heating module heats the desiccant, said shape memory alloy spring being able to be heated by the heating module at the same time as the desiccant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hassan KOULOUH, Cyril RIVIER, Claudio CHIATTELLI, Michel RINZLER, Alexandre AUBRY
  • Patent number: 12257103
    Abstract: Method for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound, comprising a step of generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, a step of recording an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the input emission basis (i) and an output reception basis (u), a step of determining a response REP(r,?r) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on an input focusing of the experimental reflection matrix that creates an input focal spot around a first point (P1), and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on an output focusing of the experimental reflection matrix that creates an output focal spot around a second point (P2), said response being expressed as a function of a central point (PC) of spatial position (r) in the medium located midway between the first and second points (P1, P2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    Inventors: William Lambert, Alexandre Aubry, Mathias Fink, Laura Cobus
  • Patent number: 12153131
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, including generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: William Lambert, Alexandre Aubry, Mathias Fink, Thomas Frappart
  • Publication number: 20240032889
    Abstract: Method for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound, comprising a step of generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, a step of recording an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the input emission basis (i) and an output reception basis (u), a step of determining a response REP(r, ?r) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on an input focusing of the experimental reflection matrix that creates an input focal spot around a first point (P1), and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on an output focusing of the experimental reflection matrix that creates an output focal spot around a second point (P2), said response being expressed as a function of a central point (PC) of spatial position (r) in the medium located midway between the first and second points (P1, P2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Alexandre AUBRY, Mathias FINK, Laura COBUS
  • Publication number: 20240036004
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising a step of generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, a step of generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, a step of determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Alexandre AUBRY, Mathias FINK, Thomas FRAPPART
  • Patent number: 11776526
    Abstract: Method and system for ultrasonic characterization of a medium Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, at) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (Win) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay 6t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    Inventors: William Lambert, Thomas Frappart, Alexandre Aubry, Mathias Fink
  • Patent number: 11768181
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    Inventors: William Lambert, Alexandre Aubry, Mathias Fink, Thomas Frappart
  • Patent number: 11761928
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Supersonic Imagine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
    Inventors: William Lambert, Alexandre Aubry, Thomas Frappart, Flavien Bureau, Mathias Fink
  • Publication number: 20230160854
    Abstract: A device, for non-destructive testing of a mechanical part made of a polycrystalline material, includes: an ultrasonic probe including a two-dimensional array of transducers capable of emitting and receiving signals at different excitation angles; and a processing module suitable for controlling the emission and the reception of the transducers, for processing the signals received by the transducers so as to express the signals received by the ultrasonic probe in two planar wave planes constructed from the emission and reception wave vectors of the probe, and for deducing therefrom information representative of the three-dimensional orientation of the fiber structure of the mechanical part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Cecile BRUTT, Benoit GERARDIN, Alexandre AUBRY, Arnaud DERODE, Claire PRADA
  • Publication number: 20220329377
    Abstract: A communication network includes an access point, a control unit in communication with the access point, a wave shaping device in communication with the control unit, and a wireless communication device. The control unit determines parameters of the wave shaping device, the parameters being search parameters if the control unit does not receive a pilot signal, and optimization parameters if the control unit receives a pilot signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Geoffroy LEROSEY, Mathias FINK, Fabrice LEMOULT, Alexandre AUBRY, Timmy FLOUME
  • Patent number: 11408723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the non-invasive optical characterization of a heterogeneous medium, comprising: a step of illuminating, by means of a series of incident light waves, a given field of view of the heterogeneous medium, positioned in a focal plane of a microscope objective (30); a step of determining a first distortion matrix (Dur, Drr) in an observation basis defined between a conjugate plane of the focal plane (FP) and an observation plane, said first distortion matrix corresponding, in a correction basis defined between a conjugate plane of the focal plane and an aberration correction plane, to the term-by-term matrix product of a first reflection matrix (Rur) of the field of view, determined in the correction basis, with the phase conjugate matrix of a reference reflection matrix, defined for a model medium, in said correction basis; and a step of determining, from the first distortion matrix, at least one mapping of a physical parameter of the heterogeneous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Alexandre Aubry, Amaury Badon, Victor Barolle, Claude Boccara, Laura Cobus, Mathias Fink, William Lambert
  • Patent number: 11405117
    Abstract: Method for determining a characteristic of detection and/or identity information and/or location information of a receiver, wherein: a) a primary wave is emitted by an antenna, b) adjustable elements are controlled with a plurality of sets of parameters, to modify the propagation of a primary wave and/or of a secondary wave coming from the receiver, and c) signals received by the antenna are saved, and d) the characteristic of the receiver in the medium is determined based on the signals received for each set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: GREENERWAVE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Geoffroy Lerosey, Philipp Del Hougne, Mathias Fink, Alexandre Aubry
  • Patent number: 11346819
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the present description relates to a system for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound, comprising at least one first array (10) of transducers configured to generate a series of incident ultrasound waves in a region of said heterogeneous medium and record the ultrasound waves which are backscattered by said region as a function of time, as well as a computing unit (42) which is coupled to said at least one first array of transducers and configured to: record an experimental reflection matrix defined between an emission basis at the input and the basis of the transducers at the output; determine, from said experimental reflection matrix, at least one first wideband reflection matrix defined in a focused base at the input and output; determine a first distortion matrix defined between said focused basis and an observation basis, said first distortion matrix resulting, directly or after a change of basis, from the term-by-term matrix product of said first wideba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Alexandre Aubry, Amaury Badon, Victor Barolle, Claude Boccara, Laura Cobus, Mathias Fink, William Lambert
  • Patent number: 11290231
    Abstract: A communication network includes an access point, a control unit in communication with the access point, a wave shaping device in communication with the control unit, and a wireless communication device. The control unit determines parameters of the wave shaping device, the parameters being search parameters if the control unit does not receive a pilot signal, and optimization parameters if the control unit receives a pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: GREENERWAVE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, ECOLE SUPRÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Geoffroy Lerosey, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult, Alexandre Aubry, Timmy Floume
  • Publication number: 20220084496
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Thomas FRAPPART, Alexandre AUBRY, Mathias FINK
  • Publication number: 20220082693
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, including generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay Ot relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Alexandre AUBRY, Mathias FINK, Thomas FRAPPART
  • Publication number: 20220082527
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Alexandre AUBRY, Thomas FRAPPART, Flavien BUREAU, Mathias FINK
  • Publication number: 20220082529
    Abstract: Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, and determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, ?t) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (TVin) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay ?t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: William LAMBERT, Alexandre AUBRY, Mathias FINK, Thomas FRAPPART
  • Publication number: 20220003721
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the present description relates to a system for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound, comprising at least one first array (10) of transducers configured to generate a series of incident ultrasound waves in a region of said heterogeneous medium and record the ultrasound waves which are backscattered by said region as a function of time, as well as a computing unit (42) which is coupled to said at least one first array of transducers and configured to: record an experimental reflection matrix defined between an emission basis at the input and the basis of the transducers at the output; determine, from said experimental reflection matrix, at least one first wideband reflection matrix defined in a focused base at the input and output; determine a first distortion matrix defined between said focused basis and an observation basis, said first distortion matrix resulting, directly or after a change of basis, from the term-by-term matrix product of said first wideba
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Alexandre Aubry, Amaury Badon, Victor Barolle, Claude Boccara, Laura Cobus, Mathias Fink, William Lambert
  • Publication number: 20210310787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the non-invasive optical characterization of a heterogeneous medium, comprising: a step of illuminating, by means of a series of incident light waves, a given field of view of the heterogeneous medium, positioned in a focal plane of a microscope objective (30); a step of determining a first distortion matrix (Dur, Drr) in an observation basis defined between a conjugate plane of the focal plane (FP) and an observation plane, said first distortion matrix corresponding, in a correction basis defined between a conjugate plane of the focal plane and an aberration correction plane, to the term-by-term matrix product of a first reflection matrix (Rur) of the field of view, determined in the correction basis, with the phase conjugate matrix of a reference reflection matrix, defined for a model medium, in said correction basis; and a step of determining, from the first distortion matrix, at least one mapping of a physical parameter of the heterogeneous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Alexandre Aubry, Amaury Badon, Victor Barolle, Claude Boccara, Laura Cobus, Mathias Fink, William Lambert