Patents by Inventor Fabien Maupas
Fabien Maupas 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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Patent number: 9378401Abstract: A system for detecting customer media comprising an RF transceiver in a public transport conveyance is proposed, where the system for each passenger compartment or car includes a number of reading devices, which are interconnected and connected to an on-board unit for the purpose of data communication, where the entire interior of passenger compartment or car is covered by a number of reading devices, where the reading devices are arranged in such a manner that any two reading devices are provided on opposite lateral walls of the passenger compartment or car, which cover the room up to the opposite wall, where each two reading units are arranged in the roof area or floor area symmetrically around the central longitudinal axis of the passenger compartment or vehicle, where the detection range of the respective two reading devices is substantially identical and substantially covers the entire width of the passenger compartment or car in the floor area or roof area, where the floor area or the roof area is coverType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: SKIDATA AG, EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SAInventors: Reinhard Surkau, Charles Egli, Fabien Maupas, Oliver Prevost
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Patent number: 9251391Abstract: A method for continuous determination of a person's presence in a public transport conveyance is proposed, where a customer medium comprising an RF transceiver is assigned to the person, where at least one reading device per passenger compartment or car is provided for data communication with the customer media in the conveyance, which is connected to a computer serving as an on-board unit for the purpose of data communications, where these are also connected to each other in the case that several reading devices are provided, where an on-board unit serving as the main on-board unit is assigned to a passenger compartment or car if several passenger compartments or cars are present, and the other passenger compartments or cars are assigned to on-board units serving as secondary on-board units, which are connected to the main on-board unit for the purpose of data communication, where the customer medium is in a “sleep” mode upon entering the transport in order to keep energy consumption as low as possible.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: SKIDATA AGInventors: Reinhard Surkau, Charles Egli, Francois Fer, Eric Piret, Jean-Claude Fournier, Fabien Maupas, Oliver Prevost
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Patent number: 9195928Abstract: A customer medium (1) for detecting the utilization of services is proposed, comprising a first and a second antenna (2, 3) for long-range data communication, a third antenna (4), an integrated circuit (6) comprising at least one crypto-engine, one microprocessor (5) connected with the integrated circuit (6) or integrated into the integrated circuit (6), an operational amplifier (8) and an RF transceiver (7) connected to the second antenna (3), where the third antenna (4) is connected to an NFC-module in the integrated circuit (6) and is used for the short-range data communication in an active mode of the customer medium (1), where the first antenna (2) is used as a wake-up antenna for receiving an amplitude-modulated wake-up signal if the customer medium is in a “sleep” mode, where the signal received by the wake-up antenna (2) is demodulated and amplified by the operational amplifier (8) serving as the wake-up detection module and is evaluated by the microprocessor (5) partially activated in the “sleep” modType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignees: SKIDATA AG, EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SAInventors: Charles Egli, Fabien Maupas, Jose Luis Geijo Lilma, Juergen Riedel, Martin Schwander
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Patent number: 9136753Abstract: An electrical device, particularly having at least one lighting system having light emitting diodes, such as a television having LED backlighting (57), which has a stand-by mode (ZPM) with very low power consumption in which only one control unit (3) is supplied with power via a capacitive voltage divider. For this purpose, alongside parts of the power supply unit (2), the interference suppression capacitor (6) is also switched off.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd., EM Microelectric-Marin S.A.Inventors: Daniel N. Luthi, Fabien Maupas, Yves Theoduloz, Manfred Schlenk, Hans Hoffmann, Mykhaylo Raykhman, Josef Fisch
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Patent number: 9048746Abstract: An electrical device having at least one interference suppression capacitor (6, 60) that is actively discharged when there is an interruption to the mains voltage (7) by connecting an electrical load (69) in parallel. For this purpose, the device has a monitor for the mains voltage (7) and means for connecting (68) the electrical load.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignees: MINEBEA CO., LTD., EM MICROELECTRIC-MARIN S.A.Inventors: Daniel N. Luthi, Fabien Maupas, Yves Theoduloz, Manfred Schlenk, Hans Hoffmann, Mykhaylo Raykhman, Josef Fisch
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Publication number: 20150090787Abstract: A system for detecting customer media comprising an RF transceiver in a public transport conveyance is proposed, where the system for each passenger compartment or car includes a number of reading devices, which are interconnected and connected to an on-board unit for the purpose of data communication, where the entire interior of passenger compartment or car is covered by a number of reading devices, where the reading devices are arranged in such a manner that any two reading devices are provided on opposite lateral walls of the passenger compartment or car, which cover the room up to the opposite wall, where each two reading units are arranged in the roof area or floor area symmetrically around the central longitudinal axis of the passenger compartment or vehicle, where the detection range of the respective two reading devices is substantially identical and substantially covers the entire width of the passenger compartment or car in the floor area or roof area, where the floor area or the roof area is coverType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: REINHARD SURKAU, Charles Egli, Fabien Maupas, Oliver Prevost
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Publication number: 20150090800Abstract: A customer medium (1) for detecting the utilization of services is proposed, comprising a first and a second antenna (2, 3) for long-range data communication, a third antenna (4), an integrated circuit (6) comprising at least one crypto-engine, one microprocessor (5) connected with the integrated circuit (6) or integrated into the integrated circuit (6), an operational amplifier (8) and an RF transceiver (7) connected to the second antenna (3), where the third antenna (4) is connected to an NFC-module in the integrated circuit (6) and is used for the short-range data communication in an active mode of the customer medium (1), where the first antenna (2) is used as a wake-up antenna for receiving an amplitude-modulated wake-up signal if the customer medium is in a “sleep” mode, where the signal received by the wake-up antenna (2) is demodulated and amplified by the operational amplifier (8) serving as the wake-up detection module and is evaluated by the microprocessor (5) partially activated in the “sleep” modType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: CHARLES EGLI, FABIEN MAUPAS, JOSE LUIS GEIJO LILMA, JUERGEN RIEDEL, MARTIN SCHWANDER
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Publication number: 20150090786Abstract: A method for continuous determination of a person's presence in a public transport conveyance is proposed, where a customer medium comprising an RF transceiver is assigned to the person, where at least one reading device per passenger compartment or car is provided for data communication with the customer media in the conveyance, which is connected to a computer serving as an on-board unit for the purpose of data communications, where these are also connected to each other in the case that several reading devices are provided, where an on-board unit serving as the main on-board unit is assigned to a passenger compartment or car if several passenger compartments or cars are present, and the other passenger compartments or cars are assigned to on-board units serving as secondary on-board units, which are connected to the main on-board unit for the purpose of data communication, where the customer medium is in a “sleep” mode upon entering the transport in order to keep energy consumption as low as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Reinhard SURKAU, Charles EGLI, Francois FER, Eric PIRET, Jean-Claude FOURNIER, Fabien MAUPAS, Oliver PREVOST
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Publication number: 20130159751Abstract: The Installation is equipped with a power supply unit and a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), this installation being able to be connected to a second HDMI device with which it can communicate by using a protocol defined in the HDMI Standard, this installation or device being able to be set in Standby or Power-down mode and to be removed from this Standby or Power-down mode by said second HDMI device via a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) line. The installation has a Power Management Unit (PMU) arranged on the primary side of said power supply unit, this PMU having its own power supply circuit directly connected to the power supply source of this installation or device and being arranged for switching OFF the electrical energy on the secondary side of said power supply unit when this installation or device enters said Standby or Power-down mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: MINEBA CO., LTD., EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SAInventors: Yves Théoduloz, Josef Fisch, Manfred Schlenk, Fabien Maupas
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Publication number: 20130057231Abstract: The invention describes an electrical device having at least one interference suppression capacitor (6, 60) that is actively discharged when there is an interruption to the mains voltage (7) by connecting an electrical load (69) in parallel. For this purpose, the device has means for monitoring the mains voltage (7) and means for connecting (68) the electrical load.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicants: EM MICROELECTRIC-MARIN S.A., MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel N. Luthi, Fabien Maupas, Yves Theoduloz, Manfred Schlenk, Hans Hoffmann, Mykhaylo Raykhman, Josef Fisch
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Publication number: 20120319501Abstract: An electrical device, particularly having at least one lighting system having light emitting diodes, such as a television having LED backlighting (57), which has a stand-by mode (ZPM) with very low power consumption in which only one control unit (3) is supplied with power via a capacitive voltage divider. For this purpose, alongside parts of the power supply unit (2), the interference suppression capacitor (6) is also switched off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicants: EM MICROELECTRIC-MARIN S.A., MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Daniel N. Luthi, Fabien Maupas, Yves Theoduloz, Manfred Schlenk, Hans Hoffmann, Mykhaylo Raykhman, Josef Fisch