Patents by Inventor Frederic Devis

Frederic Devis 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: 10401812
    Abstract: A home automation installation includes several sensors, several pieces of controlled home automation equipment, and a control unit communicating with the sensors and the controlled home automation equipment. To control this installation, it is provided to select a control scenario by the control unit for at least one parameterized sensor from among the sensors, at a current moment belonging to a periodic time range from among one or more time ranges associated with the parameterized sensor, and as a function of at least one current value of the signal coming from the parameterized sensor, then to send, by the control unit to at least one of the pieces of controlled home automation equipment, at least one order depending on the selected control scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SOMFY SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frederic Devis, Pierre-Yves Cogne, Alexandre Espinasse
  • Publication number: 20060184853
    Abstract: The method describes the operation of a roller blind including a moving element that can be operated via an actuator and a handheld-type remote control used to set the value of an operating parameter of the system, the value of this parameter being modifiable between two limit values. In this method, after a modification of the setting of the parameter value, an acknowledgement signal is sent, the acknowledgement signals differing according to whether the parameter value is or is not a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Frederic Devis, Eric Lagarde, Valerie Maistre, Shinichi Fujisawa, Stephane Girod, Alain Tranchand, Capucine Autret
  • Patent number: D775177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SOMFY SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frederic Devis, Bruno de Lescure, Marie Coulomb, Romain Passelande
  • Patent number: D831050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Isabelle Duchene, Frederic Devis, Bruno de Lescure, Marie Coulomb, Romain Passelande