Patents by Inventor Frédéric Devis

Frédéric Devis 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: 10996647
    Abstract: Method for configuring, commanding and/or controlling a command and/or control interface (IN) of devices of a home automation installation, comprising the following steps: (E1) collecting a set of status queries (E) relating to at least one possible status of at least one home automation device (3), (E2) constituting a selection of at least one status query (SeIE) of the set of status queries (E), (E3) configuring an interface element (IN) on the basis of the selection of the at least one status query (SeIE), in such a way as to trigger transmission of a collection request (RC) comprising the selection, and obtaining, for each status query (E) of the selection, of at least one corresponding status indication (IDC) relating to at least one current status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Devis, Isabelle Duchene, Claudia Rety, Michael Danis
  • Patent number: 10234836
    Abstract: A method for operating a control device of a home automation installation of a building, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the control device being configured so as to control the operation of home automation equipment items and communicate with sensors, the method including automatic operation configuration steps of selecting an icon representing a first condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation out of a proposed set of condition icons, positioning the first selected condition in a matrix table accommodating the condition icons, selecting an icon representing a second condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation, and positioning the icon representing the second condition on a same row or a same column as the icon representing the first condition in the matrix table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SOMFY SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frédéric Devis, Pierre-Yves Cogne
  • Publication number: 20180032048
    Abstract: Method for configuring, commanding and/or controlling a command and/or control interface (IN) of devices of a home automation installation, comprising the following steps: (E1) collecting a set of status queries (E) relating to at least one possible status of at least one home automation device (3), (E2) constituting a selection of at least one status query (SeIE) of the set of status queries (E), (E3) configuring an interface element (IN) on the basis of the selection of the at least one status query (SeIE), in such a way as to trigger transmission of a collection request (RC) comprising the selection, and obtaining, for each status query (E) of the selection, of at least one corresponding status indication (IDC) relating to at least one current status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Frédéric DEVIS, Isabelle DUCHENE, Claudia RETY, Michael DANIS
  • Publication number: 20150370230
    Abstract: A method for operating a control device of a home automation installation of a building, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the control device being configured so as to control the operation of home automation equipment items and communicate with sensors, the method including automatic operation configuration: steps of selecting an icon representing a first condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation out of a proposed set of condition icons, positioning the first selected condition in a matrix table accommodating the condition icons, selecting an icon representing a second condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation, and positioning the icon representing the second condition on a same row or a same column as the icon representing the first condition in the matrix table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: SOMFY SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frédéric Devis, Pierre-Yves Cogne
  • Patent number: 7418313
    Abstract: The method describes the operation of a roller blind including a moving element that can be operated via an actuator and a handheld-type remote control used to set the value of an operating parameter of the system, the value of this parameter being modifiable between two limit values. In this method, after a modification of the setting of the parameter value, an acknowledgement signal is sent, the acknowledgement signals differing according to whether the parameter value is or is not a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Devis, Eric Lagarde, Valérie Maistre, Shinichi Fujisawa, Stéphane Girod, Alain Tranchand, Capucine Autret