Patents by Inventor François Tremblay

François Tremblay 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: 20230351197
    Abstract: Provided are a robotic device and a method for identifying a property of an object. The method may include obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor, identifying, using the sensor data, a property of interest of an object, training, using one or more neural networks, a model to predict the uncertainty about the next state of the object based on an action, and based on identifying the uncertainty about the next state of the object, controlling a movement of a robotic element to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO,LTD.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois TREMBLAY, Francois Robert HOGAN, David Paul MEGER, Gregory Lewis DUDEK
  • Publication number: 20230264367
    Abstract: A method for identifying and manipulating objects may include obtaining, from an image sensor, image sensor data; identifying, using the image sensor data, a location of an object; controlling a robotic element, which includes the image sensor, to move towards the location of the object; determining a slippage based on contact between the image sensor and the object; and controlling a movement of the robotic element based on the determined slippage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Francois HOGAN, Jean-Francois Tremblay, Bobak Hamed Baghi, Michael Jenkin, Kaleem Siddiqi, Gregory Lewis Dudek
  • Publication number: 20230204792
    Abstract: For assisted satellite time and location (STL) in low earth orbit (LEO) and/or burst transmission-based STL, assistance is provided. Ephemeris information is provided to receivers of signals from LEO satellites, allowing the receivers to operate better in PNT based on the signals from the LEO satellites. Other information may be used to assist, such as terrestrial-based time and/or location of the receiver. For burst transmissions, the data (e.g., spread code) used for some or all the burst transmission is provided to the receiver, which may then replicate the signal. This replica signal assists in PNT based on the signals from the satellites transmitting the burst signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: DAVID G. LAWRENCE, H. STEWART COBB, GREGORY GUTT, MICHAEL L. O'CONNOR, FRANCOIS TREMBLAY
  • Publication number: 20230194727
    Abstract: For global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-independent operation of auxiliary PNT systems, one or more ground stations of the auxiliary system have access to a non-GNSS source of precision timing. That source and known locations of the ground stations may be used to derive timing corrections to account for imperfect clocks in the satellites for non-purpose-built satellite systems being used for PNT. Crosslinks between satellites and/or propagation of timing correction through other ground stations are used to better control the timing and resulting precession of PNT in the PNT auxiliary system. The timing correction may be provided as a service to end users, other constellations, and/or other satellite operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: H. STEWART COBB, MARK HARGROVE, JERRY GOETSCH, GREGORY GUTT, DAN HIGGINS, PETE JOHNSON, TREVOR LANDON, DAVID G. LAWRENCE, MICHAEL L. O'CONNOR, MARK PEDERSEN, RACHEL SCHMALZRIED, FRANCOIS TREMBLAY
  • Patent number: 11447944
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an exterior wall panel comprising a wall framework defining inner and outer wall surfaces and having peripheral edges. The exterior wall panel further comprises a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto, a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto. The present disclosure also concerns an external wall panel assembly comprising a plurality of such external wall panels and a method for forming such an exterior wall panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OIKOS CONCEPT INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Charest, Francois Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20220279742
    Abstract: A growing system is described. The growing system includes a conveyor system, at least one floating tray, a plurality of multifunction beams arranged to contain at least one row, a microclimate exchange system, and a nutriment supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: François TREMBLAY
  • Patent number: 11247418
    Abstract: A device for producing a curved fiber preform from a bi- or multidirectional fiber semi-finished product, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft fuselage component has first lamellae and second lamellae formed to be couplable to one another criss-cross such that they are positioned on a shared plane and thus form a grid. The lamellae at least in part are formed resiliently bendable about an axis intersecting the shared plane such that a local orientation of the lamellae in the grid changes. An adhesion device or structure is formed for temporarily adhering the fiber semi-finished product and is configured such that the local fiber orientation of the fiber semi-finished product also changes accordingly when the lamellae bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Premium Aerotec GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Kuntz, Ralph Männich, Enzo de Santis Mühlberger, Francois Tremblay, Margarita Wanner, Christoph Stehncken
  • Publication number: 20210180309
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an exterior wall panel comprising a wall framework defining inner and outer wall surfaces and having peripheral edges. The exterior wall panel further comprises a vapor barrier membrane superposed to the inner wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto, a weather barrier membrane superposed to the outer wall surface and covering at least one peripheral edge and being secured thereto. The present disclosure also concerns an external wall panel assembly comprising a plurality of such external wall panels and a method for forming such an exterior wall panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Charest, Francois Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20190358809
    Abstract: An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and includes at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally includes of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mawashi Protective Clothing Inc
    Inventors: Alain Bujold, Jean-Marc Sheitoyan, François Tremblay, Patrice Paquette, Aleksander Pohl, Simon Forget, Anis Ouanes, Alain Vary
  • Patent number: 10442078
    Abstract: An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and includes at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally includes of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mawashi Protective Clothing Inc
    Inventors: Alain Bujold, Jean-Marc Sheitoyan, François Tremblay, Patrice Paquette, Aleksander Pohl, Simon Forget, Anis Ouanes, Alain Vary
  • Patent number: 10384339
    Abstract: An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and includes at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally includes of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Mawashi Protective Clothing Inc
    Inventors: Alain Bujold, Jean-Marc Sheitoyan, François Tremblay, Patrice Paquette, Aleksander Pohl, Simon Forget, Anis Ouanes, Alain Vary
  • Patent number: 10329307
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein Y, AA, W, R3? R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or esters or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Universite de Montreal
    Inventors: Alain Martel, Francois Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20190030841
    Abstract: A device for producing a curved fiber preform from a bi- or multidirectional fiber semi-finished product, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft fuselage component has first lamellae and second lamellae formed to be couplable to one another criss-cross such that they are positioned on a shared plane and thus form a grid. The lamellae at least in part are formed resiliently bendable about an axis intersecting the shared plane such that a local orientation of the lamellae in the grid changes. An adhesion device or structure is formed for temporarily adhering the fiber semi-finished product and is configured such that the local fiber orientation of the fiber semi-finished product also changes accordingly when the lamellae bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Julian Kuntz, Ralph Männich, Enzo de Santis Mühlberger, Francois Tremblay, Margarita Wanner, Christoph Stehncken
  • Publication number: 20180298030
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein Y, AA, W, R3? R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or esters or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Alain MARTEL, Francois TREMBLAY
  • Patent number: 9862730
    Abstract: The present invention provides imidazothiadiazole compounds of Formula (I) wherein A, B, D, Rx, R1, R2, R3, X1, X2 and s are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Universite De Montreal
    Inventors: R. Michael Lawrence, Michael M. Miller, Dietmar Alfred Seiffert, Shoshana L. Posy, Pancras C. Wong, Jacques Banville, Edward H. Ruediger, Daniel H. Deon, Alain Martel, François Tremblay, Julia Guy, Jean-François Lavallée, Marc Gagnon
  • Patent number: 9819892
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits a raster-type video signal. For each one of a plurality of active video segments of a frame of the video signal, the transmitter derives redundant data from the respective active video segment and inserts the redundant data into a horizontal blanking segment of the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Semtech Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Damien Latremouille, Yann Deslauriers, Chad Erven, Francois Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20170087716
    Abstract: An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and comprises at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally comprises of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alain Bujold, Jean-Marc Sheitoyan, François Tremblay, Patrice Paquette, Aleksander Pohl, Simon Forget, Anis Ouanes, Alain Vary
  • Patent number: 9598419
    Abstract: The present invention provides thiazole compounds of Formula I wherein X, Y, Z, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, and W, are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, ester or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
    Inventors: Alain Martel, Francois Tremblay
  • Patent number: 9518064
    Abstract: The present invention provides imidazothiadiazole compounds of Formula (I); Wherein W, Y, R0, R2, R4, Ra, Rb, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug ester or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Universite De Montreal
    Inventors: Alain Martel, François Tremblay, Anne Marinier, Eldon Scott Priestley, Shoshana L. Posy, R. Michael Lawrence, Michael M. Miller
  • Publication number: 20160344970
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits a raster-type video signal. For each one of a plurality of active video segments of a frame of the video signal, the transmitter derives redundant data from the respective active video segment and inserts the redundant data into a horizontal blanking segment of the video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Damien Latremouille, Yann Deslauriers, Chad Erven, Francois Tremblay