Patents by Inventor Frédéric Geheniau

Frédéric Geheniau 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: 11879955
    Abstract: An electricity meter includes a test circuit comprising a test component and a connection component arranged to place the test component in a connected configuration in which the test component is connected to the phase conductor and to the neutral conductor, and in a disconnected configuration in which the test component is disconnected from the phase conductor and/or from the neutral conductor; a processor component arranged to control the connection component in such a manner that it places the test component in the connected configuration during a predetermined test duration to measure surplus energy consumption, and to estimate measurement error of the electricity meter from the surplus energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS
    Inventors: Henri Teboulle, Frédéric Geheniau
  • Publication number: 20230050196
    Abstract: An electricity meter includes a test circuit comprising a test component and a connection component arranged to place the test component in a connected configuration in which the test component is connected to the phase conductor and to the neutral conductor, and in a disconnected configuration in which the test component is disconnected from the phase conductor and/or from the neutral conductor; a processor component arranged to control the connection component in such a manner that it places the test component in the connected configuration during a predetermined test duration to measure surplus energy consumption, and to estimate measurement error of the electricity meter from the surplus energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Henri TEBOULLE, Frédéric GEHENIAU
  • Patent number: 8976777
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of radio communication devices and, more specifically, gateways connected firstly to a cellular radio communication network via a packet data communication network, such as an IP network, and secondly to cellular mobile communication terminals. The invention proposes to use the same oscillator to provide both the reference clock of the radio subsystem and the reference clock of the general processor of the device. The fact that the same oscillator is used for these two components also allows embodiments in which some of the functions that have hitherto been devolved to a hardware control component, itself operating by means of a clock derived from the radio oscillator and being involved in the control of said oscillator, can now be devolved to a software component that is executed on the general processor of the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Jourdain, Freddy Donnenwirth, Frédéric Geheniau
  • Publication number: 20120201236
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of radio communication devices and, more specifically, gateways connected firstly to a cellular radio communication network via a packet data communication network, such as an IP network, and secondly to cellular mobile communication terminals. The invention proposes to use the same oscillator to provide both the reference clock of the radio subsystem and the reference clock of the general processor of the device. The fact that the same oscillator is used for these two components also allows embodiments in which some of the functions that have hitherto been devolved to a hardware control component, itself operating by means of a clock derived from the radio oscillator and being involved in the control of said oscillator, can now be devolved to a software component that is executed on the general processor of the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Laurent Jourdain, Freddy Donnenwirth, Frédéric Geheniau