Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe Alexander

Jean-Philippe Alexander 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: 10086843
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle, including: acquiring parameters associated with a context in which the motor vehicle is being used; developing a list of suggested actions; selecting a suggested action from among the list of suggested actions in accordance with the context in which the motor vehicle is being used; and transmitting the selected suggested actions to the user via a man/machine interface. A multimedia system, a motor vehicle, and a computer medium can implement the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Alexander, Thomas Chapuis
  • Patent number: 10048810
    Abstract: A system detecting actuation of a pre-determined function, the actuation executed by touch contact with a pre-determined path associated with the function on a touch-sensitive surface of an object, including: at least two separate sources for transmitting bulk acoustic waves in the touch-sensitive surface, configured to generate acoustic interference between the transmitted waves; at least one bulk acoustic wave receiver after propagation and interference thereof in the touch-sensitive surface, configured to supply a reception signal based on the acoustic waves received; a mechanism storing plural reference spectral signatures associated with the pre-determined path, each of the spectral signatures associated with a localization of a touch on the pre-determined path; and a mechanism detecting actuation of the pre-determined function by comparing at least one spectral signature of the reception signal to a spectral envelope, or reference spectral envelope, of the plural reference spectral signatures associated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Gerard Chalubert, Jean-Pierre Nikolovski, Nicolas Guenard, Olivier Brelaud, Jean-Philippe Alexander
  • Publication number: 20170124187
    Abstract: A method adapts a representation of musical contents. The method includes generating a musical content representation centered on a first musical content and playing the musical content on which the representation is centered. The musical content on which the representation is centered is played so long as no action is undertaken by the user. The method also includes playing a new track when an action ending the play of the musical content is undertaken by the user, continuing the play of the musical content when an action not ending the play of the musical content is undertaken and the action is taken into account, playing new musical content when the play of the musical content on which the representation is centered is finished, and modifying the representation with each new play of a musical content so as to be centered on the new musical content played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe ALEXANDER, Frederic SAUNEUF
  • Publication number: 20150248176
    Abstract: A system detecting actuation of a pre-determined function, the actuation executed by touch contact with a pre-determined path associated with the function on a touch-sensitive surface of an object, including: at least two separate sources for transmitting bulk acoustic waves in the touch-sensitive surface, configured to generate acoustic interference between the transmitted waves; at least one bulk acoustic wave receiver after propagation and interference thereof in the touch-sensitive surface, configured to supply a reception signal based on the acoustic waves received; a mechanism storing plural reference spectral signatures associated with the pre-determined path, each of the spectral signatures associated with a localization of a touch on the pre-determined path; and a mechanism detecting actuation of the pre-determined function by comparing at least one spectral signature of the reception signal to a spectral envelope, or reference spectral envelope, of the plural reference spectral signatures associated
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicants: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Gerard Chalubert, Jean-Pierre Nikolovski, Nicolas Guenard, Olivier Brelaud, Jean-Philippe Alexander
  • Publication number: 20140236423
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle, including: acquiring parameters associated with a context in which the motor vehicle is being used; developing a list of suggested actions; selecting a suggested action from among the list of suggested actions in accordance with the context in which the motor vehicle is being used; and transmitting the selected suggested actions to the user via a man/machine interface. A multimedia system, a motor vehicle, and a computer medium can implement the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Alexander, Thomas Chapuis