Patents by Inventor Damien Vincent
Damien Vincent 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).
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Publication number: 20230142441Abstract: A turbomachine blade is made of composite material formed of woven fibers and embedded in a polymerized resin. The blade includes a root connected by a stilt to a vane which comprises a pressure side and a suction side. At least one anti-wear strip of fabric is located on a surface of the root and/or the stilt. At least one anti-wear strip is secured to the root surface in a unitary manner by the resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Matthieu Patrick Jean Roger PERLIN, Nicolas François Paul BROUSSAIS-COLELLA, Damien Vincent LE CLOAREC, Ambroise Nicolas Marie MALFROY
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Publication number: 20230093451Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for controlling agents. In particular, an agent can be controlled using a discretization neural network that generates a state-dependent discretization of an original action space and a policy neural network that is used to select an action from the state-dependent quantization rather than from the original action space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Robert Dadashi-Tazehozi, Olivier Claude Pietquin, Léonard Hussenot Desenonges, Matthieu Florent Geist, Anton Raichuk, Damien Vincent, Sertan Girgin
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Publication number: 20220281198Abstract: A verification method for verifying whether the aerodynamic profile of a real blade for an aircraft turbine engine complies with a theoretical blade, the method including constructing a camber line of the theoretical blade and constructing a camber line of the real blade; constructing a relationship for the thickness of the theoretical blade and constructing a relationship for the thickness of the real blade, the thickness relationship of a blade corresponding to the curve plotting the thickness of the blade as a function of curvilinear length along the camber line from a leading edge of the blade to a trailing edge of the blade, where thickness is the dimension of the blade extending perpendicularly to the camber line at each point of the camber line; superposing the thickness relationship of the real blade on the thickness relationship of the theoretical blade; and extracting the leading-edge and trailing edge thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: SAFRAN AERO COMPOSITE, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN AEROSPACE COMPOSITESInventors: Damien Vincent LE CLOAREC, Clement GIACOVELLI, Jeffrey Steven SHERMAN, Mickaelle Lucie Alicia THOMAS
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Patent number: 11354822Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image compression and reconstruction. A request to generate an encoded representation of an input image is received. The encoded representation of the input image is then generated. The encoded representation includes a respective set of binary codes at each iteration. Generating the set of binary codes for the iteration from an initial set of binary includes: for any tiles that have already been masked off during any previous iteration, masking off the tile. For any tiles that have not yet been masked off during any of the previous iterations, a determination is made as to whether a reconstruction error of the tile when reconstructed from binary codes at the previous iterations satisfies an error threshold. When the reconstruction quality satisfies the error threshold, the tile is masked off.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michele Covell, Damien Vincent, David Charles Minnen, Saurabh Singh, Sung Jin Hwang, Nicholas Johnston, Joel Eric Shor, George Dan Toderici
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Patent number: 11250595Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image compression and reconstruction. An image encoder system receives a request to generate an encoded representation of an input image that has been partitioned into a plurality of tiles and generates the encoded representation of the input image. To generate the encoded representation, the system processes a context for each tile using a spatial context prediction neural network that has been trained to process context for an input tile and generate an output tile that is a prediction of the input tile. The system determines a residual image between the particular tile and the output tile generated by the spatial context prediction neural network by process the context for the particular tile and generates a set of binary codes for the particular tile by encoding the residual image using an encoder neural network.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michele Covell, Damien Vincent, David Charles Minnen, Saurabh Singh, Sung Jin Hwang, Nicholas Johnston, Joel Eric Shor, George Dan Toderici
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Publication number: 20210335017Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image compression and reconstruction. A request to generate an encoded representation of an input image is received. The encoded representation of the input image is then generated. The encoded representation includes a respective set of binary codes at each iteration. Generating the set of binary codes for the iteration from an initial set of binary includes: for any tiles that have already been masked off during any previous iteration, masking off the tile. For any tiles that have not yet been masked off during any of the previous iterations, a determination is made as to whether a reconstruction error of the tile when reconstructed from binary codes at the previous iterations satisfies an error threshold. When the reconstruction quality satisfies the error threshold, the tile is masked off.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Michele Covell, Damien Vincent, David Charles Minnen, Saurabh Singh, Sung Jin Hwang, Nicholas Johnston, Joel Eric Shor, George Dan Toderici
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Publication number: 20210100647Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: DAMIEN VINCENT NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, THOMAS MARTIN KEATING, BRYAN FORDE, KATHLEEN CORCORAN, KEVIN M. REAVIS
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Patent number: 10888410Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien Vincent Nolan, Martyn G. Folan, Martin Hynes, Thomas Martin Keating, Bryan Forde, Kathleen Corcoran, Kevin M. Reavis
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Patent number: 10799261Abstract: A medical device may include a snare loop and an elastic member that connects at least two sides of the snare loop. The elastic member is configured to transition from an unexpanded state where the elastic member is in a plane of the snare loop to an expanded state where the elastic member is outside the plane of the snare loop. The snare loop has a same shape when the elastic member is in the unexpanded shape and the expanded shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Damien Vincent Nolan, Martyn G. Folan, Matthew Montague, Martin Hynes, Enda Connaughton, Thomas Keating
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Patent number: 10713818Abstract: Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for compressing data items with variable compression rate. A system includes an encoder sub-network configured to receive a system input image and to generate an encoded representation of the system input image, the encoder sub-network including a first stack of neural network layers including one or more LSTM neural network layers and one or more non-LSTM neural network layers, the first stack configured to, at each of a plurality of time steps, receive an input image for the time step that is derived from the system input image and generate a corresponding first stack output, and a binarizing neural network layer configured to receive a first stack output as input and generate a corresponding binarized output.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: George Dan Toderici, Sean O'Malley, Rahul Sukthankar, Sung Jin Hwang, Damien Vincent, Nicholas Johnston, David Charles Minnen, Joel Shor, Michele Covell
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Publication number: 20200111238Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for image compression and reconstruction. An image encoder system receives a request to generate an encoded representation of an input image that has been partitioned into a plurality of tiles and generates the encoded representation of the input image. To generate the encoded representation, the system processes a context for each tile using a spatial context prediction neural network that has been trained to process context for an input tile and generate an output tile that is a prediction of the input tile. The system determines a residual image between the particular tile and the output tile generated by the spatial context prediction neural network by process the context for the particular tile and generates a set of binary codes for the particular tile by encoding the residual image using an encoder neural network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Michele Covell, Damien Vincent, David Charles Minnen, Saurabh Singh, Sung Jin Hwang, Nicholas Johnston, Joel Eric Shor, George Dan Toderici
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Patent number: 10192327Abstract: Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for compressing data items with variable compression rate. A system includes an encoder sub-network configured to receive a system input image and to generate an encoded representation of the system input image, the encoder sub-network including a first stack of neural network layers including one or more LSTM neural network layers and one or more non-LSTM neural network layers, the first stack configured to, at each of a plurality of time steps, receive an input image for the time step that is derived from the system input image and generate a corresponding first stack output, and a binarizing neural network layer configured to receive a first stack output as input and generate a corresponding binarized output.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: George Dan Toderici, Sean O'Malley, Rahul Sukthankar, Sung Jin Hwang, Damien Vincent, Nicholas Johnston, David Charles Minnen, Joel Shor, Michele Covell
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Publication number: 20180360589Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: DAMIEN VINCENT NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, THOMAS MARTIN KEATING, BRYAN FORDE, KATHLEEN CORCORAN, KEVIN M. REAVIS
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Publication number: 20180049766Abstract: A medical device may include a snare loop and an elastic member that connects at least two sides of the snare loop. The elastic member is configured to transition from an unexpanded state where the elastic member is in a plane of the snare loop to an expanded state where the elastic member is outside the plane of the snare loop. The snare loop has a same shape when the elastic member is in the unexpanded shape and the expanded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Damien Vincent NOLAN, Martyn G. FOLAN, Matthew MONTAGUE, Martin HYNES, Enda CONNAUGHTON, Thomas KEATING
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Publication number: 20170273911Abstract: An injectable composition for intravascular delivery of a therapeutic agent includes one or more first microspheres containing a first therapeutic agent, one or more second microspheres containing a second therapeutic agent, and a liquid carrier. The first microspheres includes a wall comprising a biodegradable polymer that encapsulates the first therapeutic agent and the second microspheres includes a wall comprising the biodegradable polymer that encapsulates the second therapeutic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Michael Walsh, Emma Jane Mooney, Javier Palomar-Moreno, Damien Vincent Nolan, Salman Musani, Marie Turkington
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Publication number: 20170274036Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a body that has a flexible outer layer encapsulating a composition. The composition includes one or more first microspheres, one or more second microspheres, and a carrier. Each first microsphere includes a first therapeutic agent and a wall containing a first biodegradable polymer that encapsulates the first therapeutic agent. Each second microsphere includes a second therapeutic agent and a wall containing a biodegradable polymer that encapsulates the second therapeutic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Michael Walsh, Emma Jane Mooney, Damien Vincent Nolan, Salman Musani, Marie Turkington
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Patent number: 9764392Abstract: A device for localizing a position on a part includes a support to receive the part, a bushing movably mounted with respect to the support, a removable localization member to be inserted into the bushing, and a blocking device to fix the bushing with respect to the support and to maintain it in position.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Matthieu Patrick Jean Roger Perlin, Damien Vincent Le Cloarec, Dominique Michel Serge Magnaudeix
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Publication number: 20150336181Abstract: A device for localizing a position on a part (32), comprising a support (24) configured for receiving the part (32), a bushing (40) movably mounted with respect to the support (24), a removable localization member (46, 48) configured for being inserted into the bushing (40) and blocking means (42) able to fix the bushing (40) with respect to the support (24) and to maintain it in position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Matthieu Patrick Jean Roger Perlin, Damien Vincent Le Cloarec, Dominique Michel Serge Magnaudeix
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Publication number: 20080208599Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for modifying acoustic characteristics of a speech signal. The method comprises decomposing the signal into a parametric portion and a non-parametric residue; estimating the temporal envelope of the residue; modifying acoustic characteristics of the parametric portion and of the residue in compliance with modification instructions; determining a new temporal envelope for the modified residue using said modification instructions; and synthesizing a modified speech signal from the modified parametric portion and from the residue as modified and with the new temporal envelope.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: France TelecomInventors: Olivier Rosec, Damien Vincent