Patents by Inventor Jean-Marie Bussat
Jean-Marie Bussat 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).
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Publication number: 20230419739Abstract: This disclosure describes apparatuses, methods, and techniques for enabling a user to safeguard a computing device with a fingerprint identification system by using biometric data. The fingerprint identification system includes a fingerprint sensor used during an enrollment process of the user's biometric data. The biometric data may include fingerprint data from the user's thumb, finger, a plurality of fingers, palm, and so forth. The computing device uses a collocation of a user's touch, for example, a thumb-tap, and a fingerprint sensor's location to guide the user to complete the enrollment process of a full fingerprint with ease and with fewer thumb-taps. Consequently, the techniques enable biometric security with an enrollment process having a good user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Firas Sammoura, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Patent number: 11724635Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle which includes a one or more sets of light emitter devices and sensor devices included in a common element assembly of the vehicle which includes a common window element via which the light emitter devices and sensor devices can interact with an external environment in which the vehicle is located. The sensor devices and light emitter devices can be communicatively coupled, and operation of the light emitter devices and sensor devices can be adjustably controlled to mitigate interference by the light emitter devices with sensor data representations generated by the sensor devices. The window element can include a reflection-mitigating layer which mitigates reflection of light beams emitted by one or more light emitter devices in an assembly towards one or more sensor elements of one or more sensor devices included in the same assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20230170424Abstract: This document describes electromagnetic radiation (EMR) transmissive polymer substrates and techniques for producing EMR transmissive polymer substrates by pre-treating polymer substrates with at least one lipid. In aspects, the EMR transmissive polymer substrates are infrared (IR) transmissive polymer substrates and the techniques described are for producing IR transmissive polymer substrates. In general, disclosed techniques include applying a coating of at least one lipid to at least one surface of a polymer substrate and then performing a heat-treatment process on the coated polymer substrate. The techniques may also include performing a cooling process on the polymer substrate after the heat-treatment process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Sandhya Chandrashekhar, Samuel Wei Sheng, Jean-Marie Bussat, Yoo Hsiu Yeh, Khozema Jafferji
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Publication number: 20230045850Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for parallel fingerprint capturing and matching, thereby enabling large-area or high-resolution fingerprint identification with low latency. Rather than waiting to capture an entire fingerprint image (“a verify image”), a fingerprint identification process divides the verify image into blocks and attempts to match the blocks to corresponding portions of an enrolled image even as other portions are being. Rather than waiting to capture and analyze the entire fingerprint image at once, small groups of blocks are captured and the already-captured blocks are matched and scored to corresponding blocks of an enrolled image, in some cases, while additional blocks of the verify image are being captured. A cumulative score and cumulative confidence in the overall matching of the enrolled image is derived from the scores and confidences of the individual block scores and the verify image is authenticated based on each satisfying their respective thresholds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Firas Sammoura, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20230011279Abstract: A touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Christophe BLONDIN, Jean-Marie BUSSAT, Robert Leo SHERIDAN, Sagar Rajiv VAZE
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Patent number: 11347366Abstract: A touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christophe Blondin, Jean-Marie Bussat, Robert Leo Sheridan, Sagar Rajiv Vaze
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Patent number: 11226414Abstract: A light ranging and detection (LiDAR) device may combine the transmission of laser pulses. Different trains of pulses from different transmitters may be combined and transmitted to an environment via a common optical path. The laser pulses transmitted from one train of pulses may be in a polarization state that is orthogonal to a polarization state for the laser pulses of the other train of pulses. Reflections for the different trains of pulses may be received via the common optical path and separated according to polarization state. Reflections of the train of pulses may be directed to one receiver and reflections of the other train of pulses may be directed to a different receiver. The transmission delta between the different trains of pulses may be dynamically configured. The pulse repetition rate of each train of pulses may also be configured.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mina A. Rezk, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Patent number: 11163970Abstract: Described is an optical fingerprint system with varying integration times across pixels. A sensor selects blocks of pixels contacted or covered by an input to a region of a display. While a matcher attempts to authenticate the input with first blocks of pixels captured by the sensor, the sensor captures additional blocks of pixels for subsequent authentication if the first blocks fail. With more time to integrate the light reflected off the input, each additional block of pixels include more detail than previously captured blocks. If authentication fails based on the first blocks, the matcher can reattempt authentication using the additional blocks without delay. Repeating this process enables the system to authenticate input using very large or high-resolution images while minimizing latency and power consumed to authenticate the input.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Firas Sammoura, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20210188154Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle which includes a one or more sets of light emitter devices and sensor devices included in a common element assembly of the vehicle which includes a common window element via which the light emitter devices and sensor devices can interact with an external environment in which the vehicle is located. The sensor devices and light emitter devices can be communicatively coupled, and operation of the light emitter devices and sensor devices can be adjustably controlled to mitigate interference by the light emitter devices with sensor data representations generated by the sensor devices. The window element can include a reflection-mitigating layer which mitigates reflection of light beams emitted by one or more light emitter devices in an assembly towards one or more sensor elements of one or more sensor devices included in the same assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Patent number: 10940788Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle which includes a one or more sets of light emitter devices and sensor devices included in a common element assembly of the vehicle which includes a common window element via which the light emitter devices and sensor devices can interact with an external environment in which the vehicle is located. The sensor devices and light emitter devices can be communicatively coupled, and operation of the light emitter devices and sensor devices can be adjustably controlled to mitigate interference by the light emitter devices with sensor data representations generated by the sensor devices. The window element can include a reflection-mitigating layer which mitigates reflection of light beams emitted by one or more light emitter devices in an assembly towards one or more sensor elements of one or more sensor devices included in the same assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20200371636Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Christophe BLONDIN, Jean-Marie BUSSAT, Robert Leo SHERIDAN, Sagar Rajiv VAZE
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Patent number: 10739904Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christophe Blondin, Jean-Marie Bussat, Robert Leo Sheridan, Sagar Rajiv Vaze
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Patent number: 10706252Abstract: Input members with capacitive sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment of an electronic button, a first circuit is configured to capture a fingerprint of a user's finger placed on the electronic button, and a second circuit is configured to sense a force applied to the electronic button by the user's finger. The first circuit is further configured to provide temperature information to compensate for temperature sensitivities of the second circuit, and the second circuit is further configured to provide force information to the first circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thayne M. Miller, Jean-Marie Bussat, Steven P. Hotelling, Sawyer I. Cohen, Tyler B. Cater
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Publication number: 20200158871Abstract: A light ranging and detection (LiDAR) device may combine the transmission of laser pulses. Different trains of pulses from different transmitters may be combined and transmitted to an environment via a common optical path. The laser pulses transmitted from one train of pulses may be in a polarization state that is orthogonal to a polarization state for the laser pulses of the other train of pulses. Reflections for the different trains of pulses may be received via the common optical path and separated according to polarization state. Reflections of the train of pulses may be directed to one receiver and reflections of the other train of pulses may be directed to a different receiver. The transmission delta between the different trains of pulses may be dynamically configured. The pulse repetition rate of each train of pulses may also be configured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mina A. Rezk, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Patent number: 10545238Abstract: A light ranging and detection (LiDAR) device may combine the transmission of laser pulses. Different trains of pulses from different transmitters may be combined and transmitted to an environment via a common optical path. The laser pulses transmitted from one train of pulses may be in a polarization state that is orthogonal to a polarization state for the laser pulses of the other train of pulses. Reflections for the different trains of pulses may be received via the common optical path and separated according to polarization state. Reflections of the train of pulses may be directed to one receiver and reflections of the other train of pulses may be directed to a different receiver. The transmission delta between the different trains of pulses may be dynamically configured. The pulse repetition rate of each train of pulses may also be configured.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mina A. Rezk, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20190213377Abstract: Input members with capacitive sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment of an electronic button, a first circuit is configured to capture a fingerprint of a user's finger placed on the electronic button, and a second circuit is configured to sense a force applied to the electronic button by the user's finger. The first circuit is further configured to provide temperature information to compensate for temperature sensitivities of the second circuit, and the second circuit is further configured to provide force information to the first circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Thayne M. Miller, Jean-Marie Bussat, Steven P. Hotelling, Sawyer I. Cohen, Tyler B. Cater
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Patent number: 10262179Abstract: Input members with capacitive sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment of an electronic button, a first circuit is configured to capture a fingerprint of a user's finger placed on the electronic button, and a second circuit is configured to sense a force applied to the electronic button by the user's finger. The first circuit is further configured to provide temperature information to compensate for temperature sensitivities of the second circuit, and the second circuit is further configured to provide force information to the first circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thayne M. Miller, Jean-Marie Bussat, Steven P. Hotelling, Sawyer I. Cohen, Tyler B. Cater
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Publication number: 20190077299Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle which includes a one or more sets of light emitter devices and sensor devices included in a common element assembly of the vehicle which includes a common window element via which the light emitter devices and sensor devices can interact with an external environment in which the vehicle is located. The sensor devices and light emitter devices can be communicatively coupled, and operation of the light emitter devices and sensor devices can be adjustably controlled to mitigate interference by the light emitter devices with sensor data representations generated by the sensor devices. The window element can include a reflection-mitigating layer which mitigates reflection of light beams emitted by one or more light emitter devices in an assembly towards one or more sensor elements of one or more sensor devices included in the same assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Jean-Marie Bussat
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Publication number: 20190056834Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Christophe Blondin, Jean-Marie Bussat, Robert Leo Sheridan, Sagar Rajiv Vaze
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Patent number: 10133904Abstract: An acoustic imaging system can contain a plurality of individual acoustic elements that each contain an acoustic transducer, drive circuitry, and low voltage sense and/or read circuitry. In many embodiments both the drive circuitry and the read circuitry can be independently addressable. For example, if the individual acoustic elements are arranged into rows and columns, each acoustic element can include row/column drive circuit enable switches and row/column read circuit enable switches.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Jean-Marie Bussat