Patents by Inventor Gerard Robert

Gerard 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: 10119518
    Abstract: A system for controlling the flow of turbined water from a plurality of hydroelectric plants arranged in series along a watercourse with an open channel flow, defining upstream of each plant, a plurality of head races subject respectively to hydraulic flow and level constraints. The flow of water turbined by each of the plants is controlled by a flow setpoint. The system includes regulation of a global electrical production power set-point for the plurality of hydroelectric plants by a flow regulation setpoint taking into account the flow setpoint of each of the plants. The flow regulation setpoint determined by the regulation is weighted for each of the plants by weighting coefficients as a function of the respective hydraulic characteristics of the head plurality of races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Luc Deprugney, Jennifer Zarate, Gerard Robert
  • Publication number: 20180045168
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for controlling the flow of turbined water from a plurality of hydroelectric plants (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) arranged in series along a watercourse with open channel flow, defining upstream of each plant a plurality of head races subject respectively to hydraulic flow and level constraints, said plurality of hydroelectric plants, in which the flow of water turbined by each of said plants is controlled by means of a flow setpoint (QCui), said system comprising regulation of a global electrical production power setpoint (Pc) for said plurality of hydroelectric plants by means of a flow regulation setpoint (QRGP) taken into account by the flow setpoint (QCi) of each of said plants, and in that said flow regulation setpoint (QRGP) determined by said regulation is weighted for each of said plants by means of weighting coefficients (?i) as a function of the respective hydraulic characteristics of the head races defined upstream of said plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Luc DEPRUGNEY, Jennifer ZARATE, Gerard ROBERT
  • Patent number: 7409026
    Abstract: A device and method for estimating a phase reference or a phase shift of a S1 with respect to another reference signal S0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Jacques Reverdy, Elisabeth Crochon, Gerard Robert, Thierry Thomas
  • Publication number: 20060225555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for demodulating information emitted by amplitude modulation by a reader (2) to a transponder (4) comprising: a step to compare variations of a slaving voltage (Vc) of the transponder (4) with threshold values, and to transform the result of this comparison into an authorized modulation level skip value, a step to add this skip to a previous first modulation level to determine a second modulation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Gerard Robert, Francois Dehmas, Elisabeth Crochon, Jacques Reverdy
  • Publication number: 20060221477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for demodulating information emitted by amplitude modulation with two levels by a reader (2) to a transponder (4), comprising a step to determine if this symbol is identical to or is different from the previous symbol, after each symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Gerard Robert, Francois Dehmas, Elisabeth Crochon, Jacques Reverdy
  • Publication number: 20050207484
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device and method for estimating a phase reference or a phase shift of a S1 with respect to another reference signal S0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Jacques Reverdy, Elisabeth Crochon, Gerard Robert, Thierry Thomas
  • Publication number: 20030132834
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reading a set of electronic labels, each comprising a distinct identification code of N bits and situated in the electromagnetic field of an interrogator device, characterised in that it comprises the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventor: Gerard Robert
  • Patent number: 5799526
    Abstract: A process for the cold rolling of a metal strip between rollers of rolling stands arranged sequentially is provided, along with a plant for its implementation, wherein the process involves:analyzing, as a function of frequency, a signal from an inter-stand tension measurement sensor corresponding to a level of tension of the metal strip to determine periodic variations in the signal having frequencies corresponding to a speed of rotation of the pair of rollers in a downstream rolling stand and proportional to out-of-roundness defects present in the rollers of the downstream rolling stand; andcompensating for the out-of-roundness defects in the rollers in the downstream rolling stand by adjusting the clamping setting of the rollers in the downstream rolling stand in accordance with a compensation signal, produced by the means for compensating, that is proportional to the periodic variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Clecim
    Inventors: Regis Mieze, Gerard Robert, Daniel Piquet, Christophe Silvy Leligois, Michel Abikaram