Patents by Inventor Francois Robert

Francois Robert 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: 12178647
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array includes an array of elongate support members that are displaceable and/or deformable relative to each other in the elongation direction of the elongate support members, each elongate support member having a patient facing surface carrying an ultrasound transducer tile; and multiple sensors, each adapted to detect the relative displacement and/or deformation of one of the elongate support members. The ultrasound transducer array may be included in an ultrasound system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Man Nguyen, Jun Seob Shin, Jean-Luc Francois Robert
  • Publication number: 20240353958
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device, includes: obtaining an image of a set of markers; based on the image, detecting an arrangement of the set of markers; based on the arrangement of the set of markers, performing a measurement about a deformation of the set of markers; based on the measurement about the deformation of the set of markers, generating a plurality of signals; transforming the plurality of signals to a plurality of input commands. The plurality of input commands are used to control the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Francois Robert HOGAN, Trevor Ablett, Xue Liu, Gregory Lewis Dudek, Amal Feriani
  • Publication number: 20240198517
    Abstract: Provided is a method for training a hypernetwork to provide a policy for use on a previously-unseen task. The hypernetwork may be trained at a robot factory and then shipped with a robot. At the point of deployment, the robot may be given a context for the previously-unseen task. The robot then uses the context and the hypernetwork to create a policy for performing the previously-unseen task. The policy represents an artificial intelligence machine generated for the previously-unseen task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sahand REZAEI-SHOSHTARI, David Meger, Francois Robert Hogan, Gregory Lewis Dudek, Charlotte Morissette
  • Patent number: 11878415
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to tactile dexterity and control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of manipulating an object based on tactile sensing includes sensing an object by receiving signals from a tactile sensor of an end effector of a robotic system in contact with the object, controlling a contact state by operating the end effector to enforce a desired contact condition between the end effector and the object, estimating a pose of the object based on the received signals, and planning at least one trajectory of the object based on the estimated pose of the object and a desired pose of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alberto Rodriguez Garcia, Francois Robert Hogan
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11729567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for generating sound messages, comprising: a generation chain configured to generate a first and a second sound signal carrying a useful audio signal and a test audio signal; a conversion chain configured to transform the first and second sound signals into first and second analog signals; and a verification chain configured to extract the test audio signal from a combination of the analog signals to verify the integrity of the useful audio signal. The first sound signal corresponds to the sum of the test audio signal and the useful audio signal, and the second sound signal corresponds to the sum of the test audio signal and an opposite signal corresponding to the opposite of the useful audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: François Robert, Patrick Dervin, Jean-Christophe Reculeau
  • Patent number: 11421530
    Abstract: A fluid sampling probe may include one or more features that increase the likelihood that a seal will be maintained during a sampling operation, even for sampling operations in unconsolidated formations. This may reduce contamination in formation fluid samples that are obtained during sampling operations. The fluid sampling probe may include a reinforcement ring configured to extend into a geological formation beyond an elastomer portion of the fluid sampling probe, which may support the geological formation and prevent a failure of the formation during sampling operations. The fluid sampling probe may also include a stop sleeve to prevent overextension that could otherwise cause the geological formation to collapse. In addition, the fluid sampling probe may include a relatively wider sealing elastomer that may decrease in height monotonically radially from the center of the fluid sampling probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Torgerson, Hadrien Dumont, Francois Robert, Christopher Babin, Peter Miller, Tudor Ioan Palaghita, Sebastian Mastrangelo, Gabriel Morosini
  • Publication number: 20220225041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for generating sound messages, comprising: a generation chain configured to generate a first and a second sound signal carrying a useful audio signal and a test audio signal; a conversion chain configured to transform the first and second sound signals into first and second analog signals; and a verification chain configured to extract the test audio signal from a combination of the analog signals to verify the integrity of the useful audio signal. The first sound signal corresponds to the sum of the test audio signal and the useful audio signal, and the second sound signal corresponds to the sum of the test audio signal and an opposite signal corresponding to the opposite of the useful audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: François ROBERT, Patrick DERVIN, Jean-Christophe RECULEAU
  • Patent number: 11253792
    Abstract: A method of desalinating an aqueous composition includes forming a hetero-azeotrope mixture by combining the aqueous composition with an entrainer, the aqueous composition including at least one salt, and subjecting the hetero-azeotrope mixture to distillation at a distillation temperature of less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous composition for an operating distillation pressure, resulting in separating the hetero-azeotrope mixture into a distillation bottoms liquid and a multi-phase condensate. The method includes recovering the multi-phase condensate having an entrainer-rich phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising desalinated water, and removing a portion of the aqueous phase from the multi-phase condensate to recover the desalinated water. Systems for conducting the method of desalinating an aqueous stream are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Guillaume Jean-Francois Robert Raynel, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Duaa J. Al Saeed
  • Publication number: 20210146532
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to tactile dexterity and control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of manipulating an object based on tactile sensing includes sensing an object by receiving signals from a tactile sensor of an end effector of a robotic system in contact with the object, controlling a contact state by operating the end effector to enforce a desired contact condition between the end effector and the object, estimating a pose of the object based on the received signals, and planning at least one trajectory of the object based on the estimated pose of the object and a desired pose of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alberto Rodriguez Garcia, Francois Robert Hogan
  • Publication number: 20210060454
    Abstract: A method of desalinating an aqueous composition includes forming a hetero-azeotrope mixture by combining the aqueous composition with an entrainer, the aqueous composition including at least one salt, and subjecting the hetero-azeotrope mixture to distillation at a distillation temperature of less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous composition for an operating distillation pressure, resulting in separating the hetero-azeotrope mixture into a distillation bottoms liquid and a multi-phase condensate. The method includes recovering the multi-phase condensate having an entrainer-rich phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising desalinated water, and removing a portion of the aqueous phase from the multi-phase condensate to recover the desalinated water. Systems for conducting the method of desalinating an aqueous stream are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Guillaume Jean-Francois Robert Raynel, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Duaa J. Al Saeed
  • Patent number: 10874957
    Abstract: A method of desalinating an aqueous composition includes forming a hetero-azeotrope mixture by combining the aqueous composition with an entrainer, the aqueous composition including at least one salt, and subjecting the hetero-azeotrope mixture to distillation at a distillation temperature of less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous composition for an operating distillation pressure, resulting in separating the hetero-azeotrope mixture into a distillation bottoms liquid and a multi-phase condensate. The method includes recovering the multi-phase condensate having an entrainer-rich phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising desalinated water, and removing a portion of the aqueous phase from the multi-phase condensate to recover the desalinated water. Systems for conducting the method of desalinating an aqueous stream are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Guillaume Jean-Francois Robert Raynel, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Duaa J. Al Saeed
  • Publication number: 20200230519
    Abstract: A method of desalinating an aqueous composition includes forming a hetero-azeotrope mixture by combining the aqueous composition with an entrainer, the aqueous composition including at least one salt, and subjecting the hetero-azeotrope mixture to distillation at a distillation temperature of less than the boiling temperature of the aqueous composition for an operating distillation pressure, resulting in separating the hetero-azeotrope mixture into a distillation bottoms liquid and a multi-phase condensate. The method includes recovering the multi-phase condensate having an entrainer-rich phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising desalinated water, and removing a portion of the aqueous phase from the multi-phase condensate to recover the desalinated water. Systems for conducting the method of desalinating an aqueous stream are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Guillaume Jean-Francois Robert Raynel, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Duaa J. Al Saeed
  • Publication number: 20200173276
    Abstract: A fluid sampling probe may include one or more features that increase the likelihood that a seal will be maintained during a sampling operation, even for sampling operations in unconsolidated formations. This may reduce contamination in formation fluid samples that are obtained during sampling operations. The fluid sampling probe may include a reinforcement ring configured to extend into a geological formation beyond an elastomer portion of the fluid sampling probe, which may support the geological formation and prevent a failure of the formation during sampling operations. The fluid sampling probe may also include a stop sleeve to prevent overextension that could otherwise cause the geological formation to collapse. In addition, the fluid sampling probe may include a relatively wider sealing elastomer that may decrease in height monotonically radially from the center of the fluid sampling probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Torgerson, Hadrien Dumont, Francois Robert, Christopher Babin, Peter Miller, Tudor Ioan Palaghita, Sebastian Mastrangelo, Gabriel Morosini
  • Publication number: 20190159761
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array (100) is disclosed comprising an array of elongate support members (110) displaceable and/or deformable relative to each other in the elongation direction of said elongate support members, each elongate support member having a patient facing surface carrying an ultrasound transducer tile (120); and a plurality of sensors (115), each adapted to detect the relative displacement and/or deformation of one of said elongate support members. An ultrasound system (10) including such an ultrasound transducer array and an operating method (200) of such an ultrasound system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ramon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Man Nguyen, Jun Seob Shin, Jean-Luc Francois Robert
  • Patent number: 10184401
    Abstract: Bypass turbojet engine comprising a fan casing (5) at the front and an exhaust casing at the rear, said turbojet engine further comprising a cold stream duct (7) which comprises an annular rear end connected to the exhaust casing and on which is positioned at least one attachment point (4) able to transmit the load from the exhaust casing to the structure of an aircraft, characterized in that a plurality of attachment points (4g, 4d) is positioned on the circumference of said annular rear end of the cold stream duct (7), said plurality of attachment points comprising either two points (4g, 4d) that are diametrically opposed on said circumference or at least three points that form a polygon through which the axis of symmetry of the cold stream duct (7) passes, and in that the turbojet engine is equipped with a rear suspension hoop (8) fixed to said attachment points and able to be fixed to the structure of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Francois Robert Bellabal
  • Patent number: 10132241
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly including a first structure which is arranged to be rigidly connected to a housing of a turbojet engine; a second annular structure surrounding the first structure; and a hyperstatic trellis of connecting rods which maintains the first structure relative to the second structure, is provided. The method includes mounting the connecting rods of the hyperstatic trellis between the structures; and pre-stressing at least one of the connecting rods to a pre-determined level, which is carried out before the mounting thereof between the structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Francois Robert Bellabal, Nicolas Florent
  • Patent number: 10106266
    Abstract: A suspension structure for suspending a turboprop including two unducted propellers from a structural element of an aircraft, the structure including a suspension frame for fastening to a structural element of the aircraft and including a main beam extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the turboprop, the suspension frame being fastened to an air intake structure of the turboprop by an attachment frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Ange Poisson, Francois Robert Bellabal, Nicolas Florent
  • Patent number: 9863273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bypass turbojet comprising an exhaust housing having a central hub (13) and connecting means (11) that can transmit the forces generated by the turbojet to the structure of the aircraft that it propels, said connection means being two arms extending radially from the central hub in order to cross the cold flow of said turbojet and being characterized in that they are secured to said central hub and positioned in a diametrically opposed manner in relation to each other. An additional connection means (14) extends between the hub (13) and the area (9) for securing the exhaust housing to the structure (12) of the aircraft in order to transmit the exceptional dimensioning loads, said connection means being on standby during normal use, without any transmission of force between said hub and said area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Robert Bellabal, Francois Gallet, Mathieu Ange Poisson
  • Patent number: 9846177
    Abstract: A method for detecting the blocking of a drain hole of a pressure measurement probe by means of an acoustic checking device, the probe comprising an internal volume provided with at least one drain hole communicating with the outside of the volume, the checking device being able to be connected to the internal volume of the probe and comprising means for measuring an acoustic imprint of the internal volume. The method comprises: measuring an acoustic imprint by plugging the at least one drain hole from the outside of the volume; measuring an acoustic imprint without plugging the at least one drain hole from the outside of the volume; and comparing the two measured acoustic imprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: François Robert