Patents by Inventor Georges Pierre Turcotte

Georges Pierre Turcotte 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).

  • Modulating brightness of optical element conveying human-discernible information to also convey machine-discernible information
    Patent number: 9564027
    Abstract: An optical element conveying human-discernible information to a user has its brightness modulated to also convey machine-discernible information to an optical detector. A frame section in which a bit of data can be conveyed begins at a falling edge of a preceding frame section corresponding to the brightness of the optical element decreasing to a low level. At a first predetermined point within the frame section, if the bit of data is logic one, the brightness is increased to a high level, corresponding to a rising edge. At a later, second predetermined point within the frame section, if the bit of data is logic zero, the brightness is increased to the high level, corresponding to the rising edge. At the end of the frame section, the brightness is decreased to the low level, corresponding to a falling edge of the frame section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rong Eric Ao, Donald Richard Dignam, Jian Meng, Georges Pierre Turcotte
  • MODULATING BRIGHTNESS OF OPTICAL ELEMENT CONVEYING HUMAN-DISCERNIBLE INFORMATION TO ALSO CONVEY MACHINE-DISCERNIBLE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160284171
    Abstract: An optical element conveying human-discernible information to a user has its brightness modulated to also convey machine-discernible information to an optical detector. A frame section in which a bit of data can be conveyed begins at a falling edge of a preceding frame section corresponding to the brightness of the optical element decreasing to a low level. At a first predetermined point within the frame section, if the bit of data is logic one, the brightness is increased to a high level, corresponding to a rising edge. At a later, second predetermined point within the frame section, if the bit of data is logic zero, the brightness is increased to the high level, corresponding to the rising edge. At the end of the frame section, the brightness is decreased to the low level, corresponding to a falling edge of the frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Rong Eric Ao, Donald Richard Dignam, Jian Meng, Georges Pierre Turcotte