Patents by Inventor Clothilde Vanhoutte

Clothilde Vanhoutte 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).

  • Method for enabling at least a user, inparticular a blind user, to perceive a shape and device therefor
    Publication number: 20040241623
    Abstract: A method enabling at least one blind user to perceive a form using at least one sensory stimulator including creating at least one virtual sensor having a multiplicity of analysis fields; displacing the virtual sensor with a pointing device on or towards the form; and controlling a sensitive element of the sensory stimulator with each analysis field to enable perception of the form with the sensory stimulator by modifying the state of each sensitive element; and a device for implementing the method, including a computer with a memory in which the form is contained, the computer being optionally associated with a display screen; a pointing device; and at least one sensory stimulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Lenay, Olivier Gapenne, Sylvain Hanneton, Catherine Marque, Clothilde Vanhoutte