Patents by Inventor Jean Pierre ALEXANDRE

Jean Pierre ALEXANDRE 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 of learning cutting by combining simulation entities, and hybrid implementation platform
    Patent number: 10679517
    Abstract: The invention is aimed at providing a device for learning, with no danger of accident, while complying with the conditions of actual cutting, by proposing to combine virtual equipment for cutting and resistance to the advancing of the cut with tangible supports of material to be cut. A hybrid facility according to the invention includes a numerical management unit for managing exercises, a cutting table, a stereoscopic videoprojector of a stationary cutting machine, a stereoscopic camera for tracking the position of a tangible workpiece of an operator equipped with markers, a control touch screen linked with the management unit and a tangible workpiece to be cut virtually. The projected machine is viewed by an operator equipped with 3D viewing goggles and said videoprojector is combined operationally with the stereoscopic tracking camera associated with position markers equipping said workpiece and said operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AFPA AGENCE NATIONALE POUR la formation Des Adultes
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Alexandre, David Sanchez, Fabrice Baeli
  • METHOD OF LEARNING CUTTING BY COMBINING SIMULATION ENTITIES, AND HYBRID IMPLEMENTATION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180286278
    Abstract: The invention is aimed at providing a device for learning, with no danger of accident, while complying with the conditions of actual cutting, by proposing to combine virtual equipment for cutting and resistance to the advancing of the cut with tangible supports of material to be cut. A hybrid facility according to the invention includes a numerical management unit for managing exercises, a cutting table, a stereoscopic videoprojector of a stationary cutting machine, a stereoscopic camera for tracking the position of a tangible workpiece of an operator equipped with markers, a control touch screen linked with the management unit and a tangible workpiece to be cut virtually. The projected machine is viewed by an operator equipped with 3D viewing goggles and said videoprojector is combined operationally with the stereoscopic tracking camera associated with position markers equipping said workpiece and said operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: AFPA Agence Nationale Pour la Formation des Adultes
    Inventors: Jean Pierre ALEXANDRE, David SANCHEZ, Fabrice BAELI