Patents by Inventor Alexandre Macloud

Alexandre Macloud 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).

  • Extracting grasping cues from tool geometry for digital human models
    Patent number: 11775699
    Abstract: Grasping remains a complex topic for simulation. Embodiments provide a method to automatically determine grasping cues for tools. An example embodiment scans a CAD model representing a real-world tool to generate a series of sections from the CAD model. In turn, properties of each section are extracted and one or more regions of the CAD model are identified based upon the extracted properties and a tool family to which the tool represented by the CAD model belongs. To continue, a respective classification for each of the one or more identified regions is identified and grasping cues for the CAD model are generated based upon the determined respective classification for each of the one or more regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES AMERICAS CORP.
    Inventors: Alexandre Macloud, Louis Rivest, Ali Zeighami, Pierre-Olivier Lemieux, Rachid Aissaoui
  • Extracting Grasping Cues From Tool Geometry For Digital Human Models
    Publication number: 20200349299
    Abstract: Grasping remains a complex topic for simulation. Embodiments provide a method to automatically determine grasping cues for tools. An example embodiment scans a CAD model representing a real-world tool to generate a series of sections from the CAD model. In turn, properties of each section are extracted and one or more regions of the CAD model are identified based upon the extracted properties and a tool family to which the tool represented by the CAD model belongs. To continue, a respective classification for each of the one or more identified regions is identified and grasping cues for the CAD model are generated based upon the determined respective classification for each of the one or more regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Alexandre Macloud, Louis Rivest, Ali Zeighami, Pierre-Olivier Lemieux, Rachid Aissaoui