Patents by Inventor François Martin

François Martin 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).

  • Publication number: 20110074909
    Abstract: A method of recording a video telephony call, the method comprising: setting up a call between a first terminal (110) and a second terminal (120); sending a recording consent request (140) from the first terminal to the second terminal; receiving a recording consent response (150) at the first terminal from the second terminal; and recording outgoing and incoming audio and video data frames from the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Rahul Dinkar Sadafule, Francois Martin
  • Publication number: 20110015102
    Abstract: A composite material includes a metal matrix in which synthetic lamellar phyllosilicated mineral particles are distributed. The lamellar phyllosilicated mineral particles are particles also called synthetic phyllosilicated nanoparticles (6) that are mineral, silico/germano-metal, lamellar, synthetic and hydrophilic, and have an average size of between 10 nm and 1 ?m. A substrate that includes a lubricating coating consisting of such a material, and an electrolytic deposition preparation method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: LUZENAC EUROPE SAS, UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Pierre Micoud, Jocelyne Ferret, Cedric Lebre, Vincent Baylac
  • Publication number: 20100241226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an item, such as an external breast prosthesis, an anti-decubitus cushion or mattress, comprising a closed envelope A made of a soft material and containing as filler a silicone gel that comprises an odor masking active ingredient C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: François Martin, Mathias Appelt
  • Patent number: 7794625
    Abstract: A method for preparing a composition including mineral particles, that is swelling TOT-TOT interlayer particles, formed by interlayering between: at least one non-swelling mineral phase formed by a stack of elementary laminae of the phyllogermanosilicate 2/1 type and of formula —(SixGe1?x) 4M3O10(OH)2—, and at least one swelling mineral phase formed by a stack of elementary laminae of the phyllogermanosilicate 2/1 type and at least one interlaminar space between two consecutive elementary laminae, the swelling mineral phase being of formula —(SixGe1?x)4M3??O10(OH)2, (M2+)??.nH2O. The composition is prepared by subjecting a gel containing silicon, germanium and metal, of chemical formula —(SixGe1?x)4M3O11,nH2O—, in the liquid state to a hydrothermal treatment which is carried out over a defined period of time and at a temperature of between 150° C. and 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Luzenac Europe SAS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S)
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jocelyne Ferret, Cederic Lebre, Sabine Petit, Olivier Grauby, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Didier Arseguel, Alain Decarreau, Eric Ferrage
  • Publication number: 20100205317
    Abstract: In digital mobile broadcast systems, data streams audio and video are sent independently. As this means that both streams may arrive out of sync, they need to be synchronised for reproduction upon reception. For this, the relation between timestamps of both streams should be known. For broadcast, this is difficult because the information is usually not directly available upon the first reception of broadcasted streams and it cannot be send upon playback request. Therefore, the invention proposes to reset counters for generating timestamps upon the start of transmission of the broadcast. The incremental rate of the timestamps can be send on beforehand, as this information usually remains constant over a longer period in time. The invention provides methods for transmission, reception and synchronisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Yves Ramanzin
  • Patent number: 7763850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining the consumption of oil from an oil separation system (2) in the blow by gas recycling circuit of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Total Raffinage Marketing, Delta Services Industriels S.P.R.L.
    Inventor: François Martin
  • Patent number: 7659008
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating metal coating and to a process for its preparation. The material constituting the coating in a composite material comprising a metal matrix within which talc particles are distributed as lamellae, the metal matrix being composed of a metal chosen from Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Cr, Cu, W, Mo, Zn, Au, Ag, Pb or Sn or of an alloy of these metals or of a metal/semimetal alloy. The coating is obtained by a process consisting in carrying out an electrolytic deposition using a solution of precursors of the metal matrix of the coating which additionally comprises talc particles in suspension, which particles are modified at the surface by irreversible adsorption of a cellulose-derived compound by replacement of all or part of the hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: François Martin, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Patrice Bacchin, Stéphane Vaillant, Eric Ferrage, William Vautrin, Philippe Barthes
  • Publication number: 20090261294
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition, that is a talcose composition, comprising synthetic mineral particles which contain silicon, germanium and metal, have a crystalline and lamellar structure, and are of formula (SixGe1?x)4 M3O10(OH)2, wherein M is at least one divalent metal and is of formula Mgy(1)COy(2)Zny(3)Cuy(4)Mny(5)Fey(6)Niy(7)Cry(8), and x is a real number of the interval [0; 1]. According to said method, a gel containing silicon, germanium and metal, of formula —(SixGe1?x)4M3O11, n?H2O—, in the liquid state, is subjected to a hydrothermal treatment over a defined period of time and at a temperature of between 300° C. and 600° C., said time and temperature being selected according to the desired particle size and structural stability for the mineral particles containing silicon, germanium and metal, to be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: LUZENAC EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jocelyne Ferret, Cedric Lebre, Sabine Petit, Olivier Grauby, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Didier Arseguel, Alain Decarreau, Eric Ferrage
  • Publication number: 20090253569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition comprising mineral particles, that is swelling TOT-TOT interlayer particles, formed by interlayering between: at least one non-swelling mineral phase formed by a stack of elementary laminae of the phyllogermanosilicate 2/1 type and of formula —(SixGe1-x)4M3O10(OH)2—, and at least one swelling mineral phase formed by a stack of elementary laminae of the phyllogermanosilicate 2/1 type and at least one interlaminar space between two consecutive elementary laminae, said swelling mineral phase being of formula —(SixGe1-x)4M3-?O10(OH)2, (M2+)??.nH2O. In order to prepare said composition, a gel containing silicon, germanium and metal, of chemical formula —(SixGe1-x)4M3O11,nH2O—, in the liquid state, is subjected to a hydrothermal treatment which is carried out over a defined period of time and at a temperature of between 150° C. and 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: LUZENAC EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jocelyne Ferret, Cedric Lebre, Sabine Petit, Olivier Grauby, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Didier Arseguel, Alain Decarreau, Eric Ferrage
  • Publication number: 20090252963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a synthetic talc composition. According to said method, a kerolite composition is subjected to an anhydrous thermal treatment carried out at a pressure lower than 5 bar, from over a few hours up to over a few days, at a treatment temperature higher than 300° C. The invention also relates to a synthetic talc composition prepared in this way, the synthetic talc particles of the composition being exclusively of chemical formula —(Si4)Mg3O10(OH)2— and identifiable, during X-ray diffraction, by the presence of a characteristic diffraction peak located at a distance of between 9.40-9.68 and corresponding to a plane (001). Said synthetic talc particles also have a thermally stable crystalline structure of stacked laminae, which is very similar to that of a natural talc and has a particle size smaller than approximately ten micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: LUZENAC EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jocelyne Ferret, Cedric Lebre, Sabine Petit, Olivier Grauby, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Didier Arseguel, Alain Decarreau, Eric Ferrage
  • Publication number: 20090036515
    Abstract: There is provided a method of treating colonic viscerosensitivity and spasticity induced by a colonic examination chosen from colonic endoscopy and of barium/air contrast colonic radiography and virtual colonoscopy. The method comprises prescribing and/or administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective oral, sub-lingual, nasal or transdermic dose of a non-centrally-acting opioid agonist for a period of at least two days before the colonic examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Francois MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20080156083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining the consumption of oil from an oil separation system (2) in the blow by gas recycling circuit of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Francois Martin
  • Publication number: 20080067170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device comprising: two receptacles, each comprising a body and a removable closure cap; and a coupling member that is suitable for joining the two receptacles together in mutual alignment, each closure cap including a fastener portion leaving, inside the coupling member, a gap in which the fastener portion of the other closure cap can be engaged, in such a manner as to have axial overlap of the closure caps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Thierry Ponton, Lionel Drugeon, Francois Martin
  • Patent number: 7294806
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring and adjusting an electrode used during electrical discharge taper machining, referenced on three axes, Y and Y horizontal and Z vertical, whereas two linear geometric references, bottom and top, which may be intersected by a wire, each of them lying in a plane XY, the references being offset from one another in a direction XY by a sufficient distance to make it possible to insert a vertical electrode between the two without either of them being intersected by the wire, a base element serving as a support to the references and as an attachment stay on the work bed of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Charmilles Technologies SA
    Inventors: François Martin, Friedhelm Altpeter
  • Patent number: 7164714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission system and a processing system for video signals relating to TV programs, for the purpose of constructing a mosaic of TV programs displayed on a user's television set, allowing him to select a particular TV program quickly and in a relevant manner via a menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Francois Martin
  • Publication number: 20060219667
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring and adjusting an electrode used during electrical discharge taper machining, referenced on three axes, Y and Y horizontal and Z vertical, whereas two linear geometric references, bottom and top, which may be intersected by a wire, each of them lying in a plane XY, the references being offset from one another in a direction XY by a sufficient distance to make it possible to insert a vertical electrode between the two without either of them being intersected by the wire, a base element serving as a support to the references and as an attachment stay on the work bed of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Friedhelm Altpeter
  • Publication number: 20060162655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating metal coating and to a process for its preparation. The material constituting the coating in a composite material comprising a metal matrix within which talc particles are distributed as lamellae, the metal matrix being composed of a metal chosen from Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Cr, Cu, W, Mo, Zn, Au, Ag, Pb or Sn or of an alloy of these metals or of a metal/semimetal alloy. The coating is obtained by a process consisting in carrying out an electrolytic deposition using a solution of precursors of the metal matrix of the coating which additionally comprises talc particles in suspension, which particles are modified at the surface by irreversible adsorption of a cellulose-derived compound by replacement of all or part of the hydroxyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE
    Inventors: Francois Martin, Jean-Pierre Bonino, Patrice Bacchin, Stephane Vaillant, Eric Ferrage, William Vautrin, Philippe Barthes
  • Patent number: 6724017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising microstructures or nanostructures on a support, characterized in that the support comprises: a) a substrate (1) comprising at least one part composed of a crystalline material, this part having a surface (2) with a stress field or a topology associated with a stress field, the stress field being associated with dislocations, b) an intermediate layer (3) bonded to the surface (2), and having a thickness and/or composition and/or a surface state enabling transmission of said stress field through this layer as far as its free face that supports microstructures or nanostructures (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientific
    Inventors: Marie-Noëlle Semeria, Pierre Mur, Franck Fournel, Hubert Moriceau, Hubert Eymery, Noël Magnea, Thierry Baron, François Martin
  • Publication number: 20030186512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising microstructures or nanostructures on a support, characterized in that the support comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Marie-No?euml;lle Semeria, Pierre Mur, Franck Fournel, Hubert Moriceau, J?ouml;el Eymery, N?ouml;el Magnea, Thierry Baron, Francois Martin
  • Publication number: 20030147464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of performing a processing of a multimedia content. The method according to the invention comprises performing said processing by analyzing a structured description of a bit stream obtained from coding said multimedia content. The description is advantageously written in a markup language such as XML.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Myriam C. Amielh-Caprioglio, Sylvain Devillers, Francois Martin