Patents by Inventor Frederic Dubois

Frederic Dubois 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: 20240062220
    Abstract: A component for use with a household appliance includes an optical indication element arranged in a non-detachable manner on the component and comprising coded information relating to the component. The optical indication element is designed for detection by an optical detection facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Frederic Dubois, Peter Oberauer, Anja Schueck, Christine Thaller, Frank Wirsing
  • Publication number: 20230296260
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, an inner pane, a condensate collecting strip provided on a lower edge of the door for collecting a liquid condensed on the inner pane, and a seal element arranged at least in one portion in a gap between the outer pane and the inner pane. The seal element is exclusively connected to the condensate collecting strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Maximilian Bernauer, Frederic Dubois, Wolfgang Hörner, Peter Jell, Anja Schueck, Christine Thaller
  • Publication number: 20230280042
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, an inner pane, an intermediate pane arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, a pane checking facility mounted on the door for rotation about a pivot axis from a starting position into an end position when, the intermediate pane is inserted in a direction of the outer pane, and a locking facility mounted so as to be displaceable on the door from an unlocked state, in which the locking facility is out of engagement with the inner pane, into a locked state, in which the locking facility engages around the inner pane at least in one section. The locking facility is displaceable from the unlocked state into the locked state only when the pane checking facility is located in the end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Dinkel, Frederic Dubois, Peter Jell, Christine Thaller
  • Publication number: 20230221008
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, a first door support connected to the outer pane, a second door support connected to the outer pane, and a shielding facility having at least one portion configured to shield the outer pane and at least one of the first and second door supports from thermal radiation. The shielding facility is arranged between the first door support and the second door support. At least one of the first and second door supports has at least one portion arranged between the outer pane and the shielding facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Maximilian Bernauer, Frederic Dubois, Maximilian Huber, David Marechal, Christine Thaller
  • Publication number: 20230213208
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, an inner pane dismountable from the door, an intermediate pane arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane and dismountable from the door, and a sealing facility arranged at least in one portion between the inner pane and the intermediate pane. When the inner pane is dismounted, the sealing facility is pivotable from a folded-in state in which the sealing facility is in contact with the intermediate pane into a folded-out state in which the sealing facility is not in contact with the intermediate pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Maximilian Bernauer, Frederic Dubois, Wolfgang Hörner, Peter Jell, David Marechal, Jakob Mayer, Christine Thaller
  • Publication number: 20230194103
    Abstract: A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, an inner pane, an intermediate pane arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, and a pane positioning facility designed to position the intermediate pane on the door. The pane positioning facility is rotatably mounted on the door for pivoting about a rotating pivot when the first intermediate pane is inserted in a direction of the outer pane, such that the pane positioning facility encompasses the first intermediate pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Frederic Dubois, Wolfgang Hörner, Christine Thaller
  • Patent number: 11339972
    Abstract: A door for sealing a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance includes a rear wall and a condensate collection device for collecting a condensate draining from a rear side of the rear wall. The condensate collection device includes a collection and guide rail to collect condensate draining from the rear side and to divert the condensate in the direction of a collection container of the condensate collection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Dinkel, Frederic Dubois, Rainer Maier
  • Patent number: 11305382
    Abstract: A method for producing an ophthalmic lens includes a step of laser marking in order to produce permanent etchings on one surface of the lens, at least one predefined step subsequent to the marking step and implementing extreme thermal stress that is applied to the surface, and a step of determining an operating point (PF) of a laser marking machine (1) configured to implement the marking step from geometric characteristics (Di) of the etchings to be made, the determining step including the steps of determining (304) a value (CPM) representative of the deformation of the lens on at least one treatment area of the surface, from the stress and data relative to a predetermined material from which the lens is formed, and of deducing (308) the operating point from the value representative of deformation and from the geometric characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Frédéric Dubois, Sébastien Maurice
  • Publication number: 20220055326
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens for eyeglasses intended to be placed in front of an eye of a wearer, the ophthalmic lens having a desired optical function including a dioptric function adapted to a prescription of the wearer. The method includes: providing an optical element made of a first material having a first refractive index, the optical element being intended to be modified to manufacture the ophthalmic lens; providing data relative to the modification of the optical element enabling to obtain the desired optical function; determining at least one zone in the first material based on data; and modifying the refractive index of the first material to form a pattern in the determined zone with focused femtosecond laser pulses according to data so as to obtain an ophthalmic lens having the desired optical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sébastien MAURICE, Frédéric DUBOIS, Benoit CALLIER, Florent DELOISON, Bruno CHASSAGNE, Clémentine JAVAUX-LEGER, Bastien ANCELOT
  • Patent number: 11190737
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and computer readable media for identifying a video camera of a video surveillance system are provided. A plurality of video streams of a plurality of video cameras are obtained. At least one video camera of the plurality of video cameras captures a visual identifier outputted by a mobile device. The visual identifier is detected in at least one video stream of the plurality of video streams based on searching for the visual identifier in the plurality of video streams. The at least one video camera capturing the visual identifier is identified from the at least one video stream having the visual identifier detected therein. Identification information of the at least one video camera capturing the visual identifier is transmitted to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: GENETEC INC.
    Inventors: Frédéric Dubois, Yannick Nadeau, Marc-André Beaudoin, Mélanie Truchon
  • Publication number: 20210344875
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and computer readable media for identifying a video camera of a video surveillance system are provided. A plurality of video streams of a plurality of video cameras are obtained. At least one video camera of the plurality of video cameras captures a visual identifier outputted by a mobile device. The visual identifier is detected in at least one video stream of the plurality of video streams based on searching for the visual identifier in the plurality of video streams. The at least one video camera capturing the visual identifier is identified from the at least one video stream having the visual identifier detected therein. Identification information of the at least one video camera capturing the visual identifier is transmitted to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Frédéric DUBOIS, Yannick NADEAU, Marc-André BEAUDOIN, Mélanie TRUCHON
  • Patent number: 11072109
    Abstract: A device for marking an ophthalmic lens (3), the lens (3) being made of at least one preset material, includes a laser (1) configured to produce permanent engravings on the lens (3) and configured to emit a focused beam of pulsed ultraviolet laser radiation that includes at least one radiation wavelength ranging between 200 nm and 300 nm, has a pulse length ranging between about 0.1 ns and about 5 ns, and has an energy per pulse ranging between about 5 ?J and about 100 ?J. A laser marking process configured to produce permanent engravings on an ophthalmic lens (3) via this device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Sebastien Maurice, Frederic Dubois
  • Publication number: 20200300477
    Abstract: A door for sealing a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance includes a rear wall and a condensate collection device for collecting a condensate draining from a rear side of the rear wall. The condensate collection device includes a collection and guide rail to collect condensate draining from the rear side and to divert the condensate in the direction of a collection container of the condensate collection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Dinkel, Frederic Dubois, Rainer Maier
  • Publication number: 20200108466
    Abstract: A method for producing an ophthalmic lens includes a step of laser marking in order to produce permanent etchings on one surface of the lens, at least one predefined step subsequent to the marking step and implementing extreme thermal stress that is applied to the surface, and a step of determining an operating point (PF) of a laser marking machine (1) configured to implement the marking step from geometric characteristics (Di) of the etchings to be made, the determining step including the steps of determining (304) a value (CPM) representative of the deformation of the lens on at least one treatment area of the surface, from the stress and data relative to a predetermined material from which the lens is formed, and of deducing (308) the operating point from the value representative of deformation and from the geometric characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric DUBOIS, Sébastien MAURICE
  • Patent number: 10543566
    Abstract: A method for producing an ophthalmic lens includes a step of laser marking in order to produce permanent etchings on one surface of the lens, at least one predefined step subsequent to the marking step and implementing extreme thermal stress that is applied to the surface, and a step of determining an operating point (PF) of a laser marking machine (1) configured to implement the marking step from geometric characteristics (Di) of the etchings to be made, the determining step including the steps of determining (304) a value (CPM) representative of the deformation of the lens on at least one treatment area of the surface, from the stress and data relative to a predetermined material from which the lens is formed, and of deducing (308) the operating point from the value representative of deformation and from the geometric characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Frederic Dubois, Sebastien Maurice
  • Patent number: 10456885
    Abstract: Method for providing a referencing element to an optical lens member. An optical lens member is provided which has a first optical surface, with a surface design associated with a first reference system, and a second optical surface to be manufactured. The first and second optical surfaces are connected by an external periphery surface. The first optical surface of the optical lens member is measured, and the first reference system is determined. The reference system is determined according to the shape and orientation of the first optical surface. A referencing element is added to the optical lens member, with the referencing element identifying the first reference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Frederic Dubois, Sebastien Maurice
  • Patent number: 10254447
    Abstract: A system and method of generating machine marking instructions for marking an ophthalmic lens is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving lens order data related to a lens order, receiving an initial marking layout and calculating, using the lens order data, ophthalmic lens data of an ophthalmic lens related to the lens order. The method also comprises the steps of determining, using the ophthalmic lens data, marking parameters relating to the ophthalmic lens, producing an additional marking layout by modifying the initial marking layout using the marking parameters and the lens order data, the additional marking layout representing the markings to be applied to the ophthalmic lens, and generating machine marking instructions arranged to cause a marking machine to mark the ophthalmic lens in accordance with the additional marking layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Florence Legrand, Robert Pellegris, Vincent Roblot, Laurent Marcepoil, Sebastien Maurice, Frederic Dubois
  • Publication number: 20190022921
    Abstract: A device for marking an ophthalmic lens (3), the lens (3) being made of at least one preset material, includes a laser (1) configured to produce permanent engravings on the lens (3) and configured to emit a focused beam of pulsed ultraviolet laser radiation that includes at least one radiation wavelength ranging between 200 nm and 300 nm, has a pulse length ranging between about 0.1 ns and about 5 ns, and has an energy per pulse ranging between about 5 ?J and about 100 ?J. A laser marking process configured to produce permanent engravings on an ophthalmic lens (3) via this device is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastien MAURICE, Frederic DUBOIS
  • Patent number: 10112340
    Abstract: A device for marking an ophthalmic lens (3), the lens (3) being made of at least one preset material, includes a laser (1) configured to produce permanent engravings on the lens (3) and configured to emit a focused beam of pulsed ultraviolet laser radiation that includes at least one radiation wavelength ranging between 200 nm and 300 nm, has a pulse length ranging between about 0.1 ns and about 5 ns, and has an energy per pulse ranging between about 5 ?J and about 100 ?J. A laser marking process configured to produce permanent engravings on an ophthalmic lens (3) via this device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Sebastien Maurice, Frederic Dubois
  • Patent number: 9720262
    Abstract: A method of processing an order request for an ophthalmic lens to be manufactured by a manufacturing device includes the following steps: receiving an order request including at least information related to an ophthalmic wearer's prescription by a first processing device; processing the order request by the first processing device on the basis of predetermined processing rules so as to obtain manufacturing parameters to be applied to the manufacturing device so as to manufacture the ophthalmic lens according to the information included in the order request; sending and storing the manufacturing parameters identified as requiring a further modification to a storing device and sending the other manufacturing parameters to the manufacturing device; modifying the stored manufacturing parameters by a second processing device and sending the modified manufacturing parameters to the manufacturing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Laurent Marcepoil, Jerome Concialdi, Frederic Dubois