Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Mermet

Jean-Francois Mermet 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).

  • Method and system for the tracking of articles
    Patent number: 8319634
    Abstract: Detecting whether an article has been loaded or unloaded for example from a ship by tracking the movements of a transducer such as an RFID tag attached to the article in space, and comparing the tracked movements with a trajectory envelope characterizing the movements associated with a load or unload action, and in the case where the movements of the article are found to comply with the trajectory envelope, registering the article as present in the predetermined volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci, Pierre Secondo
  • System and method for optimizing power consumption of container tracking devices through mesh networks
    Patent number: 8294573
    Abstract: A system of tracking transcontinental shipping containers, which is optimized to conserve the power consumption of tracking devices attached to the containers, is disclosed. The system uses short-range transceiving devices to form a mesh network that includes the tracking devices and a processing device coupled to the shipping vessel, thereby enabling the tracking devices to communicate and update their status without using a long-range or satellite communications adaptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci
  • Identifier device and method of identifying
    Patent number: 7936250
    Abstract: An identifier device, which may be part of a tracking or similar transponder device, which can be removably coupled to an article to be identified or tracked. Data representing the identity of the article is encoded in the form of a pattern, and can be read by the identifier device when correctly engaged to the article, by sampling the pattern so as to extract the data encoded therein for transmission. The pattern may be a relief pattern, for example in the form of bumps and pits such as a Braille pattern, or magnetic domains, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci, Pierre Secondo
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION OF CONTAINER TRACKING DEVICES THROUGH MESH NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20100149028
    Abstract: A system of tracking transcontinental shipping containers, which is optimized to conserve the power consumption of tracking devices attached to the containers, is disclosed. The system uses short-range transceiving devices to form a mesh network that includes the tracking devices and a processing device coupled to the shipping vessel, thereby enabling the tracking devices to communicate and update their status without using a long-range or satellite communications adaptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRACKING OF ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20080281618
    Abstract: Detecting whether an article has been loaded or unloaded for example from a ship by tracking the movements of a transducer such as an RFID tag attached to the article in space, and comparing the tracked movements with a trajectory envelope characterizing the movements associated with a load or unload action, and in the case where the movements of the article are found to comply with the trajectory envelope, registering the article as present in the predetermined volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci, Pierre Secondo
  • IDENTIFIER DEVICE AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING
    Publication number: 20080218346
    Abstract: An identifier device, which may be part of a tracking or similar transponder device, which can be removably coupled to an article to be identified or tracked. Data representing the identity of the article is encoded in the form of a pattern, and can be read by the identifier device when correctly engaged to the article, by sampling the pattern so as to extract the data encoded therein for transmission. The pattern may be a relief pattern, for example in the form of bumps and pits such as a Braille pattern, or magnetic domains, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Mermet, Bernard Pucci, Pierre Secondo