Patents by Inventor Franck GREMBER

Franck GREMBER 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: 12632952
    Abstract: A method for assisting with surveillance of an element of a nuclear reactor, said method being implemented by an electronic device, comprising the steps of training an artificial-intelligence algorithm; acquiring an image of the element; estimating, on the basis of the image and via the artificial-intelligence algorithm, whether a fault is present in the element; displaying the image of the element; and if at least one fault is estimated to be present, generating an alarm. In the estimating step, an input to the artificial-intelligence algorithm is an image of a region comprising the element, and an output is a level of confidence as regards an absence of fault in the element for said region. If the level of confidence is lower than a threshold, then a fault is estimated to be present. In the training step, only images of fault-free elements are inputted into the artificial-intelligence algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: FRAMATOME
    Inventor: Franck Grember
  • Publication number: 20240006087
    Abstract: A method for assisting with surveillance of an element of a nuclear reactor, said method being implemented by an electronic device, comprising the steps of training an artificial-intelligence algorithm; acquiring an image of the element; estimating, on the basis of the image and via the artificial-intelligence algorithm, whether a fault is present in the element; displaying the image of the element; and if at least one fault is estimated to be present, generating an alarm. In the estimating step, an input to the artificial-intelligence algorithm is an image of a region comprising the element, and an output is a level of confidence as regards an absence of fault in the element for said region. If the level of confidence is lower than a threshold, then a fault is estimated to be present. In the training step, only images of fault-free elements are inputted into the artificial-intelligence algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Franck GREMBER
  • Patent number: 11488367
    Abstract: A method for intervention in a radioactive zone includes production of a digital model representing the three-dimensional topography of the radioactive zone (1); and intervention of the at least one operator in the radioactive zone (1). The intervention step includes repeated measurement of the radioactive radiation intensity by a portable detector (3), and determination of the spatial coordinates of the portable detector (3) at the time of the measurement; recording of a plurality of said measurements and the corresponding spatial coordinates in the digital model; materialisation of the recorded measurements in an augmented reality device (5) worn by the at least one operator, by a plurality of discrete holographie symbols (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FRAMATOME
    Inventors: Guillaume Pons, Franck Grember, Audrey Casteleira
  • Publication number: 20210158628
    Abstract: A method for intervention in a radioactive zone includes production of a digital model representing the three-dimensional topography of the radioactive zone (1); and intervention of the at least one operator in the radioactive zone (1). The intervention step includes repeated measurement of the radioactive radiation intensity by a portable detector (3), and determination of the spatial coordinates of the portable detector (3) at the time of the measurement; recording of a plurality of said measurements and the corresponding spatial coordinates in the digital model; materialisation of the recorded measurements in an augmented reality device (5) worn by the at least one operator, by a plurality of discrete holographie symbols (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Guillaume PONS, Franck GREMBER, Audrey CASTELEIRA