Patents by Inventor Jean-François Roy

Jean-François Roy 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: 11911792
    Abstract: A capacitive transducer is provided. The capacitive transducer includes a plate including a protruding center mass and a substrate with a center depression configured to accept the center mass. The capacitive transducer also includes a first electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a second electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The capacitive transducer further includes a third electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center mass and a fourth electrode coupled to a horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The plate is coupled to the substrate at least along an outer perimeter area of the plate and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Rupak Bardhan Roy, Edouard Da Cruz, Frederic Lanteri, Omid Farhanieh, Jean-François Gelly, Flavien Daloz
  • Publication number: 20240001230
    Abstract: Some implementations of this application are directed to a server system including one or more CPUs, a plurality of GPUs, main dynamic memory storing programs and data for use by the CPUs and/or GPUs during program execution, a static memory pool stored in a non-volatile memory, and a memory controller configured to manage the static memory pool. Each of the GPUs includes a local cache and is configured to access the static memory pool via the memory controller. The server system executes a plurality of gaming sessions for a gaming title in parallel on the one or more CPUs. Each of the plurality of gaming sessions is associated with a static data item stored in the static memory pool, and requires a graphics operation executable by a respective GPU using the static data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Lalonde, Jean-François Roy, Paul Leventis
  • Patent number: 11813521
    Abstract: Some implementations of this application are directed to a server system including one or more CPUs, a plurality of GPUs, main dynamic memory storing programs and data for use by the CPUs and/or GPUs during program execution, a static memory pool stored in a non-volatile memory, and a memory controller configured to manage the static memory pool. Each of the GPUs includes a local cache and is configured to access the static memory pool via the memory controller. The server system executes a plurality of gaming sessions for a gaming title in parallel on the one or more CPUs. Each of the plurality of gaming sessions is associated with a static data item stored in the static memory pool, and requires a graphics operation executable by a respective GPU using the static data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis, Jean-François Roy
  • Publication number: 20230330533
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method of managing processing capability of a server system having one or more processing cores that further include multiple processing slices. Upon receiving requests to initiate online gaming sessions, the server system allocates each processing slice of the processing cores to a subset of the online gaming sessions to be executed thereon. A first processing slice is allocated to a first subset of the online gaming sessions including a first gaming session and a second gaming session. At the first processing slice, a time-sharing processing schedule is determined for the first subset of the online gaming sessions. In accordance with the time-sharing processing schedule, the first and second gaming sessions share a duty cycle of the first processing slice, and are executed dynamically and in parallel according to real-time data processing need of the first and second gaming sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Clinton Smullen, Dov Zimring, Jani Huoponen, Aki Kuusela, Jean-Francois Roy, Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis
  • Publication number: 20230325966
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Patent number: 11727531
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Publication number: 20230248258
    Abstract: It is described a system and a method for respiratory activity analysis comprising the use of Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP). In particular, a wearable system for extracting physiological parameters of a person by measuring at least one plethysmographic signal is disclosed. The system comprises: a wearable garment fitting a body part of the person; at least one wire supported by or embedded into the garment, each wire forming a loop around the body part when the person wears the garment for measuring a plethysmographic signal; and an electronic device supported by or fixed on the garment and including a Colpitts oscillator connected to each wire loop, wherein the Colpitts oscillator has an optimal frequency band from 1 MHz to 15 MHz for extracting the plethysmographic signal measured by each wire, the electronic device converting analog information measured by the Colpitts oscillator into digital analyzable information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Roy, Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Charles Robillard, Robert Corriveau, Simon Dubeau, Antoine Gagne-Turcotte, David Khouya
  • Patent number: 11701587
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method of managing processing capability of a server system having one or more processing cores that further include multiple processing slices. Upon receiving requests to initiate online gaming sessions, the server system allocates each processing slice of the processing cores to a subset of the online gaming sessions to be executed thereon. A first processing slice is allocated to a first subset of the online gaming sessions including a first gaming session and a second gaming session. At the first processing slice, a time-sharing processing schedule is determined for the first subset of the online gaming sessions. In accordance with the time-sharing processing schedule, the first and second gaming sessions share a duty cycle of the first processing slice, and are executed dynamically and in parallel according to real-time data processing need of the first and second gaming sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Clinton Smullen, Dov Zimring, Jani Huoponen, Aki Kuusela, Jean-Francois Roy, Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis
  • Patent number: 11675643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method (100) for determining a technical incident risk value in an infrastructure (5), said method comprising: a step of receiving (120) performance indicator values, a step of identifying (140) anomalous performance indicators, so as to identify abnormal values, and identifying performance indicators associated with these abnormal values, a step of determining (150) at-risk indicators, comprising an identification of performance indicators of the computing infrastructure that are correlated with the identified anomalous indicators, a step of creating (160) an augmented anomalies vector, comprising the identifiers of the identified anomalous indicators and the identifiers of the determined at-risk indicators, a determination step (170), comprising the comparison of the augmented anomalies vector with predetermined technical incident reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventors: Kaoutar Sghiouer, Guillaume Porcher, Pierre Seroul, Jean-Francois Roy
  • Publication number: 20230140250
    Abstract: A system includes a video source device connected to a video destination device via a network. The video source device includes a network interface and an encoder coupled to the network interface. The encoder is configured to encode a first stream of rendered video frames having a first frame rate to generate a second stream of encoded video frames for transmission over the network via the network interface, wherein the second stream has a second frame rate greater than the first frame rate. As part of this encoding process, the encoder is configured to selectively encode multiple instances of at least one video frame of the first stream for inclusion in the second stream to compensate for the difference between the first frame rate and the second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Sim Dietrich, JR., Robert McCool, Jean-François Roy, Michael S. Green, Gurudas Somadder
  • Publication number: 20230087910
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Patent number: 11494308
    Abstract: A calculation system comprises a computing device having one or more instruction-controlled processing cores and a memory controller, the memory controller including a cache memory; and a memory circuit coupled to the memory controller via a data bus and an address bus, the memory circuit being adapted to have a first m-bit memory location accessible by a plurality of first addresses provided on the address bus, the calculation device being configured to select, in order to each memory operation accessing the first m-bit memory location, one address among the plurality first addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: UPMEM
    Inventors: Jean-François Roy, Fabrice Devaux
  • Patent number: 11487644
    Abstract: Debugging a graphics application executing on a target device. The graphics application may execute CPU instructions to generate graphics commands to graphics hardware for generation of graphics on a display. A breakpoint for the graphics application may be detected at a first time. In response to detecting the breakpoint, one or more graphics commands which were executed by the graphics hardware proximate to the first time may be displayed. Additionally, source code corresponding to CPU instructions which generated the one or more graphics commands may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Sowerby, Jean-Francois Roy, Filip Iliescu
  • Patent number: 11369873
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method of managing processing capability of a server system having one or more processing cores that further include multiple processing slices. Upon receiving requests to initiate online gaming sessions, the server system allocates each processing slice of the processing cores to a subset of the online gaming sessions to be executed thereon. A first processing slice is allocated to a first subset of the online gaming sessions including a first gaming session and a second gaming session. At the first processing slice, a time-sharing processing schedule is determined for the first subset of the online gaming sessions. In accordance with the time-sharing processing schedule, the first and second gaming sessions share a duty cycle of the first processing slice, and are executed dynamically and in parallel according to real-time data processing need of the first and second gaming sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clinton Smullen, Dov Zimring, Jani Huoponen, Aki Kuusela, Jean-Francois Roy, Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis
  • Publication number: 20220127087
    Abstract: An interface apparatus for coupling a vehicle to a container, has: a base engageable by the vehicle; a frame connected to the base and detachably securable to the container, the frame pivotable relative to the base for pivoting the container from a lifting position to a discharging position for discharging the container; an actuation unit between the frame and the base; and a latching mechanism for removably attaching the container to the apparatus, the latching mechanism including a first portion secured to the frame and a second portion securable to the container, the first portion movable relative to the second portion in a mating direction having a component normal to the ground from a disengaged configuration in which the first portion is detached form the second portion to an engaged configuration in which the first portion is received within the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Fabien LAVOIE, Alain HAMEL, Carl PAILLE, Jean-François ROY
  • Patent number: 11307916
    Abstract: A method for determining an estimated duration before a technical incident in a computing infrastructure, executed by a computing device. The computing device including a data processing module, a storage module that stores in memory at least one correlation base between performance indicators, wherein the correlation base includes values of duration before becoming anomalous between correlated performance indicators, and a collection module. The method includes receiving performance indicator values, identifying anomalous performance indicators, identifying first and other at-risk indicators. The method includes determining an estimated duration before a technical incident including a calculation, from the anomalous indicators and at-risk indicators, a shorter path leading to a risk of technical incident, and a calculation of an estimated duration before a technical incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventors: Jean-François Roy, Kaoutar Sghiouer, Guillaume Porcher, Pierre Seroul
  • Publication number: 20220054940
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method of managing processing capability of a server system having one or more processing cores that further include multiple processing slices. Upon receiving requests to initiate online gaming sessions, the server system allocates each processing slice of the processing cores to a subset of the online gaming sessions to be executed thereon. A first processing slice is allocated to a first subset of the online gaming sessions including a first gaming session and a second gaming session. At the first processing slice, a time-sharing processing schedule is determined for the first subset of the online gaming sessions. In accordance with the time-sharing processing schedule, the first and second gaming sessions share a duty cycle of the first processing slice, and are executed dynamically and in parallel according to real-time data processing need of the first and second gaming sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Clinton Smullen, Dov Zimring, Jani Huoponen, Aki Kuusela, Jean-Francois Roy, Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis
  • Patent number: 11198065
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method of managing processing capability of a server system having one or more processing cores that further include multiple processing slices. Upon receiving requests to initiate online gaming sessions, the server system allocates each processing slice of the processing cores to a subset of the online gaming sessions to be executed thereon. A first processing slice is allocated to a first subset of the online gaming sessions including a first gaming session and a second gaming session. At the first processing slice, a time-sharing processing schedule is determined for the first subset of the online gaming sessions. In accordance with the time-sharing processing schedule, the first and second gaming sessions share a duty cycle of the first processing slice, and are executed dynamically and in parallel according to real-time data processing need of the first and second gaming sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clinton Smullen, Dov Zimring, Jani Huoponen, Aki Kuusela, Jean-Francois Roy, Paul Lalonde, Paul Leventis
  • Publication number: 20210349826
    Abstract: A calculation system comprises a computing device having one or more instruction-controlled processing cores and a memory controller, the memory controller including a cache memory; and a memory circuit coupled to the memory controller via a data bus and an address bus, the memory circuit being adapted to have a first m-bit memory location accessible by a plurality of first addresses provided on the address bus, the calculation device being configured to select, in order to each memory operation accessing the first m-bit memory location, one address among the plurality first addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-François ROY, Fabrice DEVAUX
  • Patent number: D941522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CARRE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Marc Castanet, Sylvain Duchesne, Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, Robert Katz, Jean-Francois Roy