Patents by Inventor Eric Durand
Eric Durand 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: 20190024842Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for moving a support plate (2), the support plate (2) being, in a so-called neutral position, substantially parallel to an XY plane defined by a so-called X direction and a so-called Y direction, said system comprising at least two control stages (E1, E2) which are superimposed in a direction Z orthogonal to said X and Y directions, the two control stages (E1, E2) being secured to each other, at least one of said control stages (E1, E2) comprising a control module (M1, M2), the control module (M1, M2) comprising only movement units designed so as to each generate a translational movement in an XY plane, respectively in different directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: MICRO-CONTRÔLE - SPECTRA-PHYSICS SASInventors: Eric Durand, Bruno Rety
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Publication number: 20190007044Abstract: A method for managing a capacitive keyboard fitted to a motor vehicle, the capacitive keyboard comprising a plurality of keys connected to an electronic control unit and having a tactile function, the method including the steps of: performing a measurement of capacitance for each of the keys; and temporarily deactivating the tactile function of the keyboard if, for at least one of the keys, the capacitance is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The disclosure also relates to a motor vehicle comprising a capacitive keyboard and an electronic control unit configured for implementing such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Dura Automotive Systems SASInventor: Eric DURAND
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Publication number: 20180299267Abstract: A method for compensating for accuracy errors of a hexapod is disclosed, said hexapod comprising a base, an actuation assembly having six linear translation actuators, a control unit, and a movable carriage comprising a platform connected to the base by means of the actuation assembly. The method includes a measurement step for determining geometry and positioning errors on the hexapod, the measurement step including sub-steps for determining positioning errors of the pivot centers on the carriage and on the base, for determining length errors of the actuators and for measuring positioning errors of the actuators along the path thereof, the compensation method also including a step for calculating, from measurements taken, error compensation values and a step for applying said error compensation values to the control unit of the hexapod, during subsequent use of said hexapod.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: MICRO-CONTROLE SPECTRA-PHYSICSInventors: Eric Durand, Franck Duquenoy
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Patent number: 10102405Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling reader may include: an antenna, a management module, and a supervision unit, the supervision unit comprising a sleep mode configured to limit energy consumption, a first wake-up signal enabling the supervision unit to be extracted from the sleep mode, the management module comprising an energy saving mode consisting of measuring, at regular intervals, an impedance of the antenna in order to detect a presence of a peripheral authorizing an electromagnetic coupling, the wake-up signal being activated by the management module when a peripheral is detected, the electromagnetic coupling reader comprising a second wake-up signal controlled by a clock configured to extract the supervision unit from the sleep mode at regular intervals.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SASInventor: Eric Durand
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Patent number: 10089425Abstract: A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Eric Durand, Gregoire Brunot, Estelle Reymond, Laurent Buchard
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Patent number: 10001194Abstract: A driving device for driving in rotation a toothed wheel, in particular a turntable, has a worm intended to mesh with the toothed wheel, a motor to drive the worm in rotation, a flexible sleeve that partially surrounds the worm in such a way as to form an assembly described as a worm/sleeve assembly, and a pre-stressing unit. The motor is arranged in a structure that is fitted pivotably relative to the worm/sleeve assembly, and the driving device also has a force transfer unit connecting the motor to the sleeve at a second extremity of the worm.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Micro Controle-Spectra PhysicsInventors: Eric Durand, Bruno Rety
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Patent number: 9977708Abstract: Error correction in ancestry classification includes obtaining, from a classifier, initial ancestry classifications associated with portions of two phased haplotypes of a chromosome pair of an individual; performing error correction on an initial ancestry classification, including detecting a phasing error in the initial ancestry classifications; and outputting a corrected ancestry classification in which the phasing error is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
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Publication number: 20180056839Abstract: A machine having a work implement includes a sensor connected to the work implement, the sensor providing a signal indicative of a change in acceleration of the work implement. A cycle controller associated with the sensor, the cycle controller disposed to receive the signal and operating to monitor the signal. The cycle controller is programmed and operates to analyze the signal to determine at least a presence and a duration of a change in acceleration of the work implement of the machine with respect to time, compile an actual time trace of the change in acceleration of the work implement, compare the actual time trace with a predefined time trace that represents a work cycle segment, and catalog presence and duration of a work cycle segment when the actual time trace is consistent with the predefined time trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Bradley Bomer, Shane C. McBride, Eric Durand, Anders Thomsen
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Patent number: 9836576Abstract: Phasing unphased genotype data of an individual includes: obtaining the unphased genotype data of the individual; processing the unphased genotype data to determine phased haplotype data, the processing comprising performing out-of-sample population-based phasing on the unphased genotype data; wherein: performing out-of-sample population-based phasing includes performing statistical analysis using predetermined reference data that is based on genotype data of a reference population; and the genotype data of the reference population does not reference the genotype data of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
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Publication number: 20170330000Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling reader may include: an antenna, a management module, and a supervision unit, the supervision unit comprising a sleep mode configured to limit energy consumption, a first wake-up signal enabling the supervision unit to be extracted from the sleep mode, the management module comprising an energy saving mode consisting of measuring, at regular intervals, an impedance of the antenna in order to detect a presence of a peripheral authorizing an electromagnetic coupling, the wake-up signal being activated by the management module when a peripheral is detected, the electromagnetic coupling reader comprising a second wake-up signal controlled by a clock configured to extract the supervision unit from the sleep mode at regular intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventor: Eric Durand
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Patent number: 9367800Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
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Publication number: 20160154916Abstract: A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Eric Durand, Gregoire Brunot, Estelle Reymond, Laurent Buchard
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Patent number: 9323632Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for monitoring and viewing physical parameters while the emulator is emulating a design. Additionally, the parameters are in real time or substantially real time, such as after a periodic update. In one embodiment, a monitoring portion of the emulator periodically monitors the emulator boards and power supplies for physical information. The physical information is communicated to a workstation for communication to a user. For example, the workstation can display the physical information in a graphical user interface (GUI) that shows which boards are plugged in the system and which slots are empty. In yet another aspect, the user can select a particular board in the system and view communication information, such as data errors, status, link errors, global errors, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Eric Durand, Christophe Joubert, Christian Niquet, Virginie Voirin
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Patent number: 9262567Abstract: A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition).Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Eric Durand, Gregoire Brunot, Estelle Reymond, Laurent Buchard
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Patent number: 9213944Abstract: Performing trio-based phasing includes: obtaining a set of preliminary phased haplotype data of an individual; establishing a dynamic Bayesian network based at least in part on the set of preliminary phased haplotype data of the individual and phased haplotype data of at least one parent of the individual; and determining, based on the dynamic Bayesian network, a set of refined haplotype data of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
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Patent number: 9213947Abstract: Ancestry deconvolution includes obtaining unphased genotype data of an individual; phasing, using one or more processors, the unphased genotype data to generate phased haplotype data; using a learning machine to classify portions of the phased haplotype data as corresponding to specific ancestries respectively and generate initial classification results; and correcting errors in the initial classification results to generate modified classification results.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
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Patent number: 9026423Abstract: An emulator is disclosed that allows for diagnoses of failures or defects within the emulator. A map of faulty resources is generated to identify which resources should be avoided during compilation. Thus, in a transparent and automated manner, defects found during diagnostics are stored in a database of unusable emulator resources. A compiler has access to the database and compiles the design taking into account unusable resources. In another embodiment, the defects of an emulator board are stored on the emulator board itself. This allows each board to store its own maintenance information that can be used at the manufacturing site for changing defective chips. Defects stored on the board itself allow the defects to be obtained independent of a position of a board within the emulator to simplify identification of the faulty resource.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Eric Durand, Estelle Reymond, John Fadel
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Publication number: 20150035251Abstract: An anti-fall device for a two-wheeled vehicle intended to prevent the vehicle and the rider thereof from falling when the camber angle reaches the limiting angle corresponding to the limit of grip of the tires, for a given circular trajectory and a given coefficient of grip, while enabling this limiting angle to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2011Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Yves Potin, Eric Durand, Daniel Beaulaton
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Publication number: 20150013175Abstract: The device (3) comprises a frame (6), a support piece (7) which is movable with respect to said frame (6) and which exhibits a master side provided with a rigid blade (9), on which may be fixed a first beam (2), and a slave side provided with two rollers, on which can rest an element for holding a second beam (2), and a set of actuators (13), which are able to position the movable support piece (7) in translation along two axes, termed the vertical axis and transverse axis respectively, which are perpendicular to one another and to a longitudinal axis, and in rotation about said longitudinal axis, so as to adjust the position of the first beam, the second beam following the translational motion along said two vertical and transverse axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Eric Durand, Alain Jeanne
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Publication number: 20140236562Abstract: A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Eric Durand, Gregoire Brunot, Estelle Reymond, Laurent Buchard