Patents by Inventor Betty Lemaire-Semail

Betty Lemaire-Semail 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: 11556180
    Abstract: A system includes sensor-actuator units fixed onto a plate to be actuated according to at least one predetermined vibratory mode, each sensor-actuator unit having an electromechanical actuator and a deformation or vibratory speed sensor, wherein the electromechanical actuator and the sensor are colocated on the surface, that is to say that the measurement by the sensor is performed in immediate proximity to the electromechanical actuator, this proximity being such that the actuator and the sensor can respectively actuate and measure the same predetermined vibratory mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: HAP2U, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE
    Inventors: Frederic Giraud, Christophe Giraud-Audine, Michel Amberg, Betty Lemaire-Semail, Bruno Challiol
  • Publication number: 20220137706
    Abstract: A system includes sensor-actuator units fixed onto a plate to be actuated according to at least one predetermined vibratory mode, each sensor-actuator unit having an electromechanical actuator and a deformation or vibratory speed sensor, wherein the electromechanical actuator and the sensor are colocated on the surface, that is to say that the measurement by the sensor is performed in immediate proximity to the electromechanical actuator, this proximity being such that the actuator and the sensor can respectively actuate and measure the same predetermined vibratory mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: HAP2U, Université de Lille
    Inventors: Frederic GIRAUD, Christophe GIRAUD-AUDINE, Michel AMBERG, Betty LEMAIRE-SEMAIL, Bruno CHALLIOL
  • Publication number: 20200081543
    Abstract: A method for generating at least one tactile pattern using a haptic feedback device (70) having an active space within which a user can move his finger (F) in order to feel the tactile pattern, the perception of the pattern being caused by the modulation of the mechanical excitation of the finger pad by an excitation element, the method having the steps involving: detecting (100) the position of the finger (F) in the active space; calculating (101) the speed of the finger, determining (102), for each detected position of the finger, an associated taxtel within a predefined grid of taxtels, each taxtel having an associated texture value that is dependent on the tactile pattern to be reproduced, each taxtel having its largest dimension less than or equal to 8 mm, generating (103, 104, 105), on the basis of the texture value associated with this taxtel, a control signal for controlling the excitation element, this excitation signal being dependent on the speed of the finger at least for the densest tactile pa
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Vezzoli, Laurent Grisoni, Betty Lemaire-Semail, Frederic Giraud
  • Patent number: 9547367
    Abstract: The The invention relates to a touch interface comprising a contact surface and means for vibrating the contact surface, said means being provided to generate standing waves in said surface. The contact surface includes at least one transparent portion forming a surface for seeing through the touch interface, and the vibration generating means include at least one rigid piezoelectric layer that is rigidly connected to the contact surface and disposed on the periphery of the transparent portion. The interface is characterized in that the at least one piezoelectric layer is disposed in a plane that is not parallel to the contact surface. The invention also relates to a display screen using such an interface, and to an electric appliance using such a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Universite Lille 1-Sciences Et Technologies
    Inventors: Frédéric Giraud, Michel Amberg, Betty Lemaire-Semail
  • Publication number: 20140327839
    Abstract: The The invention relates to a touch interface comprising a contact surface and means for vibrating the contact surface, said means being provided to generate standing waves in said surface. The contact surface includes at least one transparent portion forming a surface for seeing through the touch interface, and the vibration generating means include at least one rigid piezoelectric layer that is rigidly connected to the contact surface and disposed on the periphery of the transparent portion. The interface is characterized in that the at least one piezoelectric layer is disposed in a plane that is not parallel to the contact surface. The invention also relates to a display screen using such an interface, and to an electric appliance using such a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Frédéric Giraud, Michel Amberg, Betty Lemaire-Semail