Patents by Inventor François BOLLIER

François BOLLIER 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: 11952808
    Abstract: A device and a method for locking and/or unlocking a motor vehicle opening panel and vehicle having the device. The device includes a detection wall having an inner side and an opposite outer side, the outer side forming a contact detection region, and a detection component arranged against the inner side for detecting contact between a user's finger or hand and the outer side. The detection component includes a sensor having a layer of a piezoelectric material which has surface undulations in the form of ridges. The layer of piezoelectric material is configured to detect predetermined contact on the outer side with a view to controlling the locking or unlocking of the opening panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: NOVARES FRANCE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédérick Reichheld, François Bollier, Christophe Cazes, Lamine Benaissa, Jean-Sébastien Moulet
  • Publication number: 20230294516
    Abstract: A control device to control a motor vehicle function, includes a touch screen element having an external surface equipped with one or more control zones assigned to a specific function of the vehicle, the touch screen element supporting one or more elementary sensors positioned in line with one of the control zones. The elementary sensor(s) being capable of generating at least one signal in response to an action performed by the user on at least one of the control zones, - at least one actuator configured to provide a user with haptic feedback through a translational movement of the touch screen element, and in just-one direction of travel, - a control unit configured to receive the signal generated by the elementary sensor(s) and to control the actuator in response to the signal, wherein the control device has components to keep the touch screen element aligned in the vibration plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: François BOLLIER, Vincent BARBORINI, Fabrice SEVERAC, Nicolas DUFOUR
  • Publication number: 20230013174
    Abstract: An anti-motion sickness device for a motor vehicle includes a triaxial accelerometer to detect vehicle accelerations along three axes and to emit a corresponding acceleration signal; a display component of light markers to form two artificial horizon lines at two inner surfaces, respectively of the vehicle. The horizon lines are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to each other. The device includes a control unit for receiving the acceleration signals emitted by the accelerometer and capable of driving the display component such that the horizon lines are aligned in a horizontal plane, perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the gravity vector regardless of vehicle accelerations. The position of the horizontal plane along a direction parallel to the gravity vector varies as a function of a physical parameter related to the person sitting in the vehicle by being positioned adjacent the first inner surface and in front of the second inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: François BOLLIER, Christophe CAZES
  • Publication number: 20230007953
    Abstract: An anti-motion sickness device fitted to a motor vehicle including a triaxial accelerometer to detect the vehicle accelerations along three axes and to emit a corresponding acceleration signal; a display component of light markers to form at least one first and second artificial horizon lines at first and second inner surface, respectively of the motor vehicle. The device includes a control unit for receiving the acceleration signals and for driving the display wherein the artificial horizon lines are aligned in a horizontal plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the gravity vector regardless of vehicle accelerations. The control unit is configured to process the acceleration signals, prior to the control of the display to determine in real time an acceleration frequency according to each of the accelerometer axes and to drive the display only when the acceleration frequency is below a threshold frequency, below which the motion sickness likely occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe CAZES, François BOLLIER
  • Publication number: 20220349221
    Abstract: A device and a method for locking and/or unlocking a motor vehicle opening panel and vehicle having the device. The device includes a detection wall having an inner side and an opposite outer side, the outer side forming a contact detection region, and a detection component arranged against the inner side for detecting contact between a user's finger or hand and the outer side. The detection component includes a sensor having a layer of a piezoelectric material which has surface undulations in the form of ridges. The layer of piezoelectric material is configured to detect predetermined contact on the outer side with a view to controlling the locking or unlocking of the opening panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Frédérick REICHHELD, François BOLLIER, Christophe CAZES, Lamine BENAISSA, Jean-Sébastien MOULET
  • Publication number: 20220258608
    Abstract: A passenger compartment equipment for controlling a function of a motor vehicle includes a body that includes a control region having sensors which are configured to generate an electrical signal in response to an action such as a force or pressure exerted on at least one of the sensors and which can be connected to an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle. The equipment further includes a haptic feedback module that can be connected to the ECU adjacent to the control region and to the caps covering the sensors and the haptic feedback module. The electrical signal generated by the sensors is transmitted to the ECU for analysis and for conversion into a command of a function of the vehicle and of the haptic feedback module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: François BOLLIER, Christophe CAZES, Frédérick REICHHELD, Ilan Johan Eduardo Olivarez CORREA, Ming KONG, Liucheng GUO
  • Publication number: 20200148062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for customising an element for the passive control of a function of a vehicle, characterised in that it involves: a step of non-definitively fixing a passive control element in an active fixing zone of said vehicle, said active fixing zone being electronically connected to a control unit; and a step of defining a function associated with the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: François BOLLIER