Patents by Inventor Eric Mercier

Eric Mercier 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: 9512733
    Abstract: A diffuser-nozzle assembly for mounting at an outlet from a compressor in a turbomachine, the assembly including a nozzle including two substantially cylindrical walls, a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall that are connected together by radial vanes. The walls of the nozzle are extended downstream beyond the radial vanes and the radial spacing therebetween varies downstream from the vanes to be at a minimum substantially in register with the vanes and at a maximum between the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard, Eric Mercier, Francois Pierre Georges Maurice Ribassin
  • Publication number: 20120176548
    Abstract: In order to detect a fade in a sequence of images, a luminance level is calculated for each of the images of a window (termed a detection window) that is N consecutive images in length, and for the image preceding the detection window. A difference of luminance level between the luminance level of the current image and the luminance level of the image preceding the current image is calculated. This is done for each of the N images of the detection window. The presence of a fade for the detection window is deduced if, for at least k images of the detection window, the difference of luminance level is greater than a predefined threshold, with 2<=k<=N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Ludovic Noblet, Eric Mercier, Michel Jouan
  • Patent number: 8165337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a fade in a sequence of images which comprises the following steps: calculating, for each of the images of a window N consecutive images in length, termed the detection window, and for the image preceding the detection window, a luminance level on the basis of the luminance values associated with each of the pixels of each of the images; calculating, for each of the N images of the detection window, a difference of luminance level between the luminance level of the current image and the luminance level of the image preceding the current image; and deducing therefrom the presence of a fade for the detection window if, for at least k images of the detection window, said difference of luminance level is greater that a predefined threshold, with 2?k?N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: Ludovic Noblet, Eric Mercier, Michel Jouan
  • Publication number: 20120018543
    Abstract: A diffuser-nozzle assembly for mounting at an outlet from a compressor in a turbomachine, the assembly including a nozzle including two substantially cylindrical walls, a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall that are connected together by radial vanes. The walls of the nozzle are extended downstream beyond the radial vanes and the radial spacing therebetween varies downstream from the vanes to be at a minimum substantially in register with the vanes and at a maximum between the vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard, Eric Mercier, Francois Pierre Georges Maurice Ribassin
  • Publication number: 20090129687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a fade in a sequence of images which comprises the following steps: calculating, for each of the images of a window N consecutive images in length, termed the detection window, and for the image preceding the detection window, a luminance level on the basis of the luminance values associated with each of the pixels of each of the images; calculating, for each of the N images of the detection window, a difference of luminance level between the luminance level of the current image and the luminance level of the image preceding the current image; and deducing therefrom the presence of a fade for the detection window if, for at least k images of the detection window, said difference of luminance level is greater that a predefined threshold, with 2?k?N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Ludovic Noblet, Eric Mercier, Michel Jouan