Abstract: This installation for locating impacts comprises an interactive plate, at least three transducers arranged and distributed against the interactive plate in order to pick up progressive mechanical waves propagating therein and to transform them into electrical signals, and an electronic central unit programmed to locate an impact in the interactive plate by an analysis of the electrical signals that it receives from the transducers. It further includes an additional plate attached to the front face of the interactive plate and having an impact-receiving zone, and means for attaching the additional plate to the interactive plate, configured to ensure contact against the entire portion of the front face of the interactive plate located opposite the impact-receiving zone of the additional plate.

Abstract: A tactile stimulation interface comprising a surface explored by touch by means of a finger of a user, actuators applying forces on said surface, and control means of the actuators, said control means sending, to the actuators, signals corresponding to the forces to be applied to said surface, the forces being determined by a time reversal method, means for detecting the contact of the finger with the surface and for monitoring the movement of the finger on the surface. The control means are capable, in order to produce an acoustic lubrication effect in at least one given area of the surface, of generating a signal formed from a convolution of a pulsed response returned by a continuous function representative of the acoustic lubrication effect.

Abstract: This method for manufacturing a device for locating an impact comprising an interactive surface having a front face for receiving an impact and at least three transducers that need to be distributed and attached against the front face or a rear face of the interactive surface, comprises the following steps: determining a central positioning point for each transducer on the front face or rear face of the interactive surface; attaching each transducer, via the lower conductive layer thereof forming a first electrode, around the central positioning point thereof. It further comprises, following the attachment of each transducer, a step of machining the free upper conductive layer of at least one of the transducers, using a machine tool, at least as far as a piezoelectric intermediate layer of this transducer, in order to form a second electrode of this transducer, centering it around the central positioning point thereof.

Abstract: This installation for locating impacts comprises an interactive plate, at least three transducers arranged and distributed against the interactive plate in order to pick up progressive mechanical waves propagating therein and to transform them into electrical signals, and an electronic central unit programmed to locate an impact in the interactive plate by an analysis of the electrical signals that it receives from the transducers. It further includes an additional plate attached to the front face of the interactive plate and having an impact-receiving zone, and means for attaching the additional plate to the interactive plate, configured to ensure contact against the entire portion of the front face of the interactive plate located opposite the impact-receiving zone of the additional plate.

Abstract: A tactile stimulation interface comprising a surface explored by touch by means of a finger of a user, actuators applying forces on said surface, and control means of the actuators, said control means sending, to the actuators, signals corresponding to the forces to be applied to said surface, the forces being determined by a time reversal method, means for detecting the contact of the finger with the surface and for monitoring the movement of the finger on the surface. The control means are capable, in order to produce an acoustic lubrication effect in at least one given area of the surface, of generating a signal formed from a convolution of a pulsed response returned by a continuous function representative of the acoustic lubrication effect.

Abstract: A shooting range facility that is for recreational or sporting purposes includes a target support plate, which can be tilted according to several different possible inclinations with respect to a reference plane, and at least one target representation intended to be displayed in a plane of the target support plate. Each target representation has several different displayable deformations, respectively associated with the several different possible inclinations, these different deformations being designed so that the orthogonal projections thereof in the reference plane are all identical when they are respectively displayed in the plane of the target support plate according to the inclinations with which they are respectively associated.

Abstract: A shooting range facility that is for recreational or sporting purposes includes a target support plate, which can be tilted according to several different possible inclinations with respect to a reference plane, and at least one target representation intended to be displayed in a plane of the target support plate. Each target representation has several different displayable deformations, respectively associated with the several different possible inclinations, these different deformations being designed so that the orthogonal projections thereof in the reference plane are all identical when they are respectively displayed in the plane of the target support plate according to the inclinations with which they are respectively associated.

Abstract: A tactile stimulation interface includes a surface which the user explores by touch with the fingers, an actuator for applying a force to the surface, and a controller for controlling the actuator. The controller sends the actuator signals corresponding to the forces to be applied to the surface according to the tactile stimulation to be generated on the surface, tge forces being determined by a time reversal method. The controller is configured such that, for at least one given tactile pattern, the actuator is controlled such as to generate pulses, in at least one area of the surface, by focusing at least one acoustic wave at a point. The location of the point on the surface varies over time, such as to provide tactile stimulation for the finger according to the given tactile pattern.

Abstract: A defrosting device includes an actuator including: a stationary portion and a movable portion configured to alternately move away from and move towards the stationary portion, and an intermediate element including a loading portion configured to be pushed by the movable portion of the actuator when the movable portion of the actuator moves away from the stationary portion, and a movement transmission portion configured to move according to the movement of the loading portion and to push a part to be defrosted to deform the part to be defrosted. The movable portion of the actuator and the loading portion of the intermediate element are not connected to one another, such that the loading portion of the intermediate element cannot pull the movable portion of the actuator to move same away from the stationary portion.

Abstract: This method for manufacturing a device for locating an impact comprising an interactive surface having a front face for receiving an impact and at least three transducers that need to be distributed and attached against the front face or a rear face of the interactive surface, comprises the following steps: determining a central positioning point for each transducer on the front face or rear face of the interactive surface; attaching each transducer, via the lower conductive layer thereof forming a first electrode, around the central positioning point thereof. It further comprises, following the attachment of each transducer, a step of machining the free upper conductive layer of at least one of the transducers, using a machine tool, at least as far as a piezoelectric intermediate layer of this transducer, in order to form a second electrode of this transducer, centering it around the central positioning point thereof.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive interface includes a shell mounting and a touch-sensitive shell having: a main area without attachment; a peripheral area to be supported by the shell mounting; a first face touch-accessible by a user; a second face located opposite the first face, against which are arranged supporting, in the main area, several mechanical stress sensors rigidly connected to the shell mounting. Several attachment elements are arranged such that: each attachment element establishes a localized attachment of the touch-sensitive shell against the mounting thereof, at the border between the peripheral and main areas; each sensor, rigidly connected to the shell mounting at a constant non-zero distance from the associated localized attachment, is subject to minimal out of charge mechanical stress so as to create an out of charge mechanically prestressed pivot link between the touch-sensitive shell and the mounting thereof around the localized attachment.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive interface includes a shell mounting and a touch-sensitive shell having: a main area without attachment; a peripheral area to be supported by the shell mounting; a first face touch-accessible by a user; a second face located opposite the first face, against which are arranged supporting, in the main area, several mechanical stress sensors rigidly connected to the shell mounting. Several attachment elements are arranged such that: each attachment element establishes a localized attachment of the touch-sensitive shell against the mounting thereof, at the border between the peripheral and main areas; each sensor, rigidly connected to the shell mounting at a constant non-zero distance from the associated localized attachment, is subject to minimal out of charge mechanical stress so as to create an out of charge mechanically prestressed pivot link between the touch-sensitive shell and the mounting thereof around the localized attachment.

Abstract: A method and a device for locating an interaction on a surface of large size to render it touch-sensitive are provided. The method is based on a modeling of the distributions of loads between capacitive sensors distributed over the surface and an estimation of the position closest to the interaction, by searching for a minimum cost associated with the proximity of the sensor measurements with established models.

Abstract: A device for holding a touch-sensitive surface in a frame comprises deformable means arranged between the upper rim of the frame and the upper face of the surface, and capacitive means arranged between the lower rim of the frame and the opposite face of the surface to detect a displacement of the surface. The deformable means and the capacitive means are arranged on the perimeter of the frame so as to hold the surface in the frame.

Abstract: A vortex generator is useable in a model in a fluid-dynamic channel. In order to save time during the development of vehicles, in particular, aircraft, to save wind tunnel time, it is suggested to configure the vortex generator to be switchable. A switchable vortex generator can be used, in particular, on models in fluid-dynamic channels and in fluid-dynamic channel tests.

Abstract: A method and a device for locating an interaction on a surface of large size to render it touch-sensitive are provided. The method is based on a modeling of the distributions of loads between capacitive sensors distributed over the surface and an estimation of the position closest to the interaction, by searching for a minimum cost associated with the proximity of the sensor measurements with established models.

Abstract: A display device including a deformable surface, including: plural actuators including mobile elements that can be moved to deform the deformable surface, the mobile elements being distributed in a space occupied by the deformable surface; a set of position sensors for sensing the position of at least one touch, and distributed in the space occupied by the deformable surface; and an elastic flexible membrane placed against the mobile elements, extending through the space occupied by the deformable surface and configured to accompany deformation of the deformable surface. The set of sensors is secured to the elastic flexible membrane and distributed in a regular manner in the space occupied by the deformable surface in an array of electricity conductors configured to accompany deformations of the elastic flexible membrane.

Abstract: A device and a method for allowing a noncommunicating object to communicate comprises a processing module that provides a user interface that is capable of detecting an event on an area of the user interface, a control module for characterizing the detected event and a communication module for generating a message containing the characterization information from the detected event and receiving a digital message containing information for triggering an action that is associated with the event. The device also comprises piezoelectric means that are coupled to the processing module and capable of generating a mechanical vibration in the passive surface, which transforms the vibration into an acoustic wave in audio transmission mode, or of producing a mechanical vibration from an acoustic wave in audio reception mode.

Abstract: This touch-sensitive navigation aid device (10) intended to be worn by a user, comprises: a touch-sensitive interface (12) having a touch-sensitive contact surface (20), a plurality of actuators (30) integrated in the touch-sensitive interface (12) and suitable for moving inside the touch-sensitive contact surface (20) so as to render same deformable, and means (14) for holding the touch-sensitive interface (12) in contact with the user's body designed so that, in the position for holding the touch-sensitive interface (12) in contact with a part of the user's body, the deformable touch-sensitive contact surface (20) is in contact with at least one portion of this part of the body for touch-sensitive stimulation of this portion using the actuators (30), Furthermore, the movable actuators (30) are arranged according to a two-dimensional arrangement in the deformable touch-sensitive contact surface (20).

Abstract: A vortex generator is useable in a model in a fluid-dynamic channel. In order to save time during the development of vehicles, in particular, aircraft, to save wind tunnel time, it is suggested to configure the vortex generator to be switchable. A switchable vortex generator can be used, in particular, on models in fluid-dynamic channels and in fluid-dynamic channel tests.