Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc Martin

Jean-Luc Martin 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: 9968143
    Abstract: A protective sleeve is provided for the care of fingers, toes or other parts of the body. The sleeve is made of a piece of fabric, preferably including thermoplastic fibers. The piece of fabric includes opposite edges which are assembled to form the body of the sleeve. At least one lining layer, preferably of viscoelastic gel, is fixed onto a face of the piece of fabric, such that the layer at least partially covers the assembled edges of the piece of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Millet Innovation
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Martin
  • Patent number: 9558706
    Abstract: An imaging device comprising comprises a matrix of pixels, at least one data conductor connected to several pixels of the matrix, organized row-wise and successively transporting signals delivered by respectively the pixels of the row and an electronic current generator supplying several pixels, each of the pixels comprising: a transistor delivering at the node of the pixel, the signal delivered by the pixel considered and wherein can flow a bias current from the current generator, and a first electronic switch connecting the node of the pixel to the data conductor associated with this pixel as a function of a selection signal of the pixel. Each of the pixels comprises a second electronic switch, distinct from the first electronic switch, joined to the node of the pixel, the current arising from the generator to be made to flow in the transistor as a function of the selection signal for the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Trixell S.A.S.
    Inventors: Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin, Arnaud Peizerat
  • Patent number: 9385149
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises a sensor of surface area of at least 10 cm2 and comprising: an image zone produced on a single substrate and comprising a group of pixels disposed in rows and columns, the number of pixels per column not being uniform for all the columns of pixels, each pixel collecting electric charges generated by a photosensitive element, row conductors linking the pixels row by row, column conductors linking the pixels column by column, row addressing blocks linked to the row conductors to address each row of pixels individually, and column reading blocks linked to the column conductors to read the electric charges collected by the pixels of the row selected by the row addressing blocks, the column reading blocks being situated at the periphery of the image zone; the row addressing blocks and the column reading blocks being produced on the same substrate as the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Trixell
    Inventors: Pierre Rohr, Jean-Luc Martin, Bruno Bosset, Bertrand Dupont
  • Publication number: 20150303228
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises a sensor of surface area of at least 10 cm2 and comprising: an image zone produced on a single substrate and comprising a group of pixels disposed in rows and columns, the number of pixels per column not being uniform for all the columns of pixels, each pixel collecting electric charges generated by a photosensitive element, row conductors linking the pixels row by row, column conductors linking the pixels column by column, row addressing blocks linked to the row conductors to address each row of pixels individually, and column reading blocks linked to the column conductors to read the electric charges collected by the pixels of the row selected by the row addressing blocks, the column reading blocks being situated at the periphery of the image zone; the row addressing blocks and the column reading blocks being produced on the same substrate as the image zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre ROHR, Jean-Luc MARTIN, Bruno BOSSET, Bertrand DUPONT
  • Patent number: 8859979
    Abstract: A matrix microelectronic device includes elementary cells laid out according to a matrix. Each cell has a current source formed by a current source transistor. A source electrode of the transistor is connected to a source biasing conductor line of a plurality of source biasing conductor lines. A gate electrode of the transistor is connected to a gate biasing conductor line of a plurality of gate biasing conductor lines. A biasing device biases the gate biasing conductor lines and includes at least one first connection line that is connected to at least several of the gate biasing conductor lines. The biasing device includes a voltage generator or a current generator that causes a variation of potentials along the first connection line, thereby compensating a corresponding variation of potentials along the source biasing conductor lines. The device can include an addressing circuit for addressing horizontal lines or rows of the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Arnaud Peizerat, Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Publication number: 20130207960
    Abstract: An imaging device comprising comprises a matrix of pixels, at least one data conductor connected to several pixels of the matrix, organized row-wise and successively transporting signals delivered by respectively the pixels of the row and an electronic current generator supplying several pixels, each of the pixels comprising: a transistor delivering at the node of the pixel, the signal delivered by the pixel considered and wherein can flow a bias current from the current generator, and a first electronic switch connecting the node of the pixel to the data conductor associated with this pixel as a function of a selection signal of the pixel. Each of the pixels comprises a second electronic switch, distinct from the first electronic switch, joined to the node of the pixel, the current arising from the generator to be made to flow in the transistor as a function of the selection signal for the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TRIXELL S.A.S.
    Inventors: Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin, Arnaud Peizerat
  • Patent number: 8298451
    Abstract: This invention relates to reformer distillates as gassing additives for transformer oils. The reformer distillates have a 1-ring and 2-ring aromatics content of at least 98%, and are added such that the transformer oil contains less than 10 wt % of reformer distillate. The invention also relates to a method for preparing transformer oils containing reformer distillates and having excellent gassing tendency, oxidative stability, viscosity and volatility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: S. Darden Sinclair, Martin A. Krevalis, Dominick N. Mazzone, Jean-Luc Martin, Louis F. Burns
  • Patent number: 8030607
    Abstract: A matrix microelectronic device comprising: a plurality of cells arranged according to a matrix, one or several conductive lines provided to carry a given potential and to which respectively one or several cells of a row of cells of the matrix are linked, a plurality of voltage regulating elements, wherein said regulating elements are connected respectively between a cell of said plurality of cells and one of said conductive lines, said given potential serving as polarisation potential of said regulating elements, wherein said regulating elements are respectively provided to apply to said given cell a regulated polarisation potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin, Arnaud Peizerat
  • Patent number: 7838839
    Abstract: An electronic emission device including plural electron beams including a first structure having a plurality of emission sources of electron beam, hybridized with a second structure including a plurality of diaphragm openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Yohan Desieres, Pierre Nicolas, Charlotte Gillot, Serge Gidon, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Patent number: 7781734
    Abstract: A thermal image sensor comprising at least: one pixel matrix, wherein each pixel comprises at least one bolometer and means of applying a voltage to the terminals of the bolometer, and a comparator connecting an output of the pixel matrix to an input of the means of applying the voltage to the terminals of the bolometer of each pixel, wherein said comparator is capable of making a comparison between the output signal of the pixel matrix and a reference value, wherein the value of the voltage at the terminals of the bolometer of each pixel is determined at least partially depending on the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gilles Chammings, Bertrand Dupont, Michael Tchagaspanian, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Patent number: 7702062
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic sensor including capture means producing a signals comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a?<x<b?, wherein a?, b? and x are non-null natural integers, and counting means receiving the signals, which are incremented with each pulse received, including a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b??a?)?z<a?, where z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting, when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signals, wherein a? is the minimum value and b? is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the capture means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Bertrand Dupont, Patrick Villard, Gilles Chamming's, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Publication number: 20100059725
    Abstract: This invention relates to reformer distillates as gassing additives for transformer oils. The reformer distillates have a 1-ring and 2-ring aromatics content of at least 98%, and are added such that the transformer oil contains less than 10 wt % of reformer distillate. The invention also relates to a method for preparing transformer oils containing reformer distillates and having excellent gassing tendency, oxidative stability, viscosity and volatility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: S. Darden Sinclair, Martin A. Krevalis, Dominick N. Mazzone, Jean-Luc Martin, Louis F. Burns
  • Publication number: 20090085141
    Abstract: A matrix microelectronic device comprising: a plurality of cells laid out according to a matrix, respectively comprising at least one current source formed by at least one current source transistor (T1), a source electrode of said transistor is connected to a source biasing conductor line, a gate electrode of the transistor is connected to a gate biasing conductor line among a plurality of conductor gate biasing lines, wherein the device further comprises means for biasing the conductor gate biasing lines comprising: at least one first connection line, means for generating current or voltage, positioned on at least one end of said first connection line, and provided to generate an evolution of potentials along said first connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Arnaud Peizerat, Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Publication number: 20090085402
    Abstract: A matrix microelectronic device comprising: a plurality of cells arranged according to a matrix, one or several conductive lines provided to carry a given potential and to which respectively one or several cells of a row of cells of the matrix are linked, a plurality of voltage regulating elements, wherein said regulating elements are connected respectively between a cell of said plurality of cells and one of said conductive lines, said given potential serving as polarisation potential of said regulating elements, wherein said regulating elements are respectively provided to apply to said given cell a regulated polarisation potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Marc Arques, Jean-Luc Martin, Arnaud Peizerat
  • Publication number: 20090014652
    Abstract: A thermal image sensor comprising at least: one pixel matrix, wherein each pixel comprises at least one bolometer and means of applying a voltage to the terminals of the bolometer, and a comparator connecting an output of the pixel matrix to an input of the means of applying the voltage to the terminals of the bolometer of each pixel, wherein said comparator is capable of making a comparison between the output signal of the pixel matrix and a reference value, wherein the value of the voltage at the terminals of the bolometer of each pixel is determined at least partially depending on the result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: GILLES CHAMMINGS, BERTRAND DUPONT, MICHAEL TCHAGASPANIAN, JEAN-LUC MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20080262403
    Abstract: A protective sleeve is provided for the care of fingers, toes or other parts of the body. The sleeve is made of a piece of fabric, preferably including thermoplastic fibers. The piece of fabric includes opposite edges which are assembled to form the body of the sleeve. At least one lining layer, preferably of viscoelastic gel, is fixed onto a face of the piece of fabric, such that the layer at least partially covers the assembled edges of the piece of fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: MILLET INNOVATION
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Martin
  • Publication number: 20080253498
    Abstract: Electronic sensor comprising at least: capture means producing a signal s comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a?<x<b?, where a?, b? and x are non-null natural integers, counting means receiving the signal s, which are incremented with each pulse received, comprising a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b??a?)?z<a?, where z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signal s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Bertrand Dupont, Patrick Villard, Gilles Chamming's, Jean-Luc Martin
  • Publication number: 20080248282
    Abstract: A method is provided for fixing a silicone gel component, including a step of contacting the gel component with a sheet made of microporous material, such that the silicone gel is attracted upon contact with the sheet, thereby forming an assembly in which the component is fixed to the sheet without glue or adhesive. The method is applicable to the production of modules for protecting a human body part, in particular the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: MILLET INNOVATION
    Inventors: Jean-Luc MARTIN, Jean-Claude MILLET
  • Publication number: 20080044460
    Abstract: A dermal patch includes a reservoir layer made of a polymer gel provided for receiving a liquid containing an active substance and having a first face to be applied onto the skin of a user in order to diffuse the active substance to the skin. The patch further includes a receiving layer for receiving the liquid containing the active substance and transmitting the liquid to the reservoir layer, and a layer of adhesive holding the receiving layer on a second face of the reservoir layer. The patch has the advantage of being rechargeable as required and can be manufactured without prior incorporation of the liquid containing the active substance into the reservoir layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: MILLET INNOVATION
    Inventors: Jean-Claude MILLET, Jean-Luc MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20070080647
    Abstract: An electronic emission device including plural electron beams including a first structure having a plurality of emission sources of electron beam, hybridized with a second structure including a plurality of diaphragm openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: COMMESSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Yohan Desieres, Pierre Nicolas, Charlotte Gillot, Serge Gidon, Jean-Luc Martin