Patents by Inventor Daniel Vassy

Daniel Vassy 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: 7296841
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a motorized trunk-closing system for an automotive vehicle (1) comprising a trunk (2) having an interior and an operating mechanism for operating an automatic movement of a trunk lid (3) from a first position, in which the interior of the trunk (2) is accessible for a user, to a second position, in which the interior of the trunk (2) is shut off by said trunk lid (3), said operating mechanism comprising a trip device (5) placed level with the trunk in such a way as to be inaccessible from the outside of the automotive vehicle when the trunk lid (3) is in the second position. The trip device comprises at least one sensor (5) for detecting the presence of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle
    Inventor: Daniel Vassy
  • Publication number: 20050011129
    Abstract: The invention concerns a closure system for motor vehicle (1) motorized trunk, comprising means for controlling an automatic movement of a rear door (3) from a first position wherein the inside of the trunk (2) is accessible to a user, to a second position wherein the inside of the trunk (2) is closed by said rear door (3), said control means including triggering means (5) arranged at the trunk so as to be inaccessible from outside the motor vehicle when the rear door (3) is in the second position. The invention is characterized in that the triggering means comprises at least one sensor (5) for detecting the user's presence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Daniel Vassy
  • Patent number: 4790564
    Abstract: The invention is an automatic method and related apparatus for identifying fingerprints by means of comparing the minutiae of each fingerprint in a data base of fingerprints with selected ones of precomputed vector images of search minutiae in a search print to be identified, in order to determine the existence or not of a fit between the minutiae of a file print and the preselected search minutiae images, in position and angle, a result of such comparison being a matching score indicating the probability of a match between the search print and one or more file prints, the basis for selection of such precomputed vector images being the identity between the angle of a file print minutiae and the angle of a precomputed vector images of the search minutiae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Morpho Systemes
    Inventors: Philippe Larcher, Francois Irigoin-Guichandut, Daniel Vassy, Michel Lenci, Patrick Longepierre, Bernard Didier