Patents by Inventor Julien Charles

Julien Charles 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).

  • Publication number: 20190337578
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper comprising at least one part made of resilient material, in the interior of which there is provided at least one marking fluid cell with an opening to the exterior. The opening is closed by a closure device which, under the effect of a pressure applied with a determined intensity, can open up the opening, allowing the marking fluid to access the exterior of the cell through which the marking fluid can flow, and also comprising a securing element configured to secure the at least one part on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Julien CHARLES, Guillaume FERRER
  • Publication number: 20190100135
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating notifications of acceleration events for a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode. As an example, instructions generated by a planning system of the vehicle are monitored. Determining whether the instructions identify changes in lateral and longitudinal acceleration for the autonomous driving mode. That an acceleration threshold will be met when the vehicle proceeds according to the changes is determined. A notification is generated based on the determination that an acceleration threshold will be met, the notification identifying that an acceleration event has occurred. The notification is displayed to a passenger of the vehicle on a display of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Juliet Rothenberg, Nirmal Patel, Renaud-Roland Hubert, Ioan-Alexandru Sucan, Julien Charles Mercay, Keith Hutchings, Peter Crandall, Ryan Powell
  • Patent number: 10183451
    Abstract: A method and a tool for repairing a composite-material panel of an aircraft with at least one repair part made of composite material without using an autoclave. The repair method includes the steps of preparing the panel, placing at least one repair part made of composite material on the second face to cover a damaged zone, positioning a vacuum bag configured to sealingly cover the repair part, polymerizing or consolidating the repair part, compressing the vacuum bag against the repair part using a compression plate concomitantly with the step in which the repair part is polymerized or consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Ferrer, Thierry Borja, Julien Charles
  • Publication number: 20180363319
    Abstract: A method for repairing a structure comprising at least one zone to be heated and which comprises the steps of inflating a frame to form a framework, attaching panels removably to the frame to form an enclosure referred to as a heating enclosure, positioning the enclosure over the zone, heating the interior space of the enclosure using a heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Claude MARTY, Julien CHARLES, Olivier LEBAHAR, Franck DOBIGEON, Guillaume FERRER, Thierry BORJA, Sebastien HANSER
  • Patent number: 10140870
    Abstract: A vehicle for maneuvering an occupant of the vehicle to a destination autonomously as well as providing information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment for display to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Min Li Chan, Philip Nemec, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Julien Charles Mercay, Peter Crandall
  • Patent number: 10093181
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering an occupant of the vehicle to a destination autonomously as well as providing information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment for display to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Min Li Chan, Philip Nemec, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Julien Charles Mercay, Peter Crandall
  • Patent number: 9950619
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering an occupant of the vehicle to a destination autonomously as well as providing information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment for display to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Min Li Chan, Philip Nemec, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Julien Charles Mercay, Peter Crandall
  • Patent number: 9849784
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle for maneuvering an occupant of the vehicle to a destination autonomously as well as providing information about the vehicle and the vehicle's environment for display to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Min Li Chan, Philip Nemec, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Julien Charles Mercay, Peter Crandall
  • Publication number: 20170244908
    Abstract: A video background processing system is disclosed that is configured to receive a video stream including a plurality of successive first video frames at a first resolution. The system comprises a video resolution modifier configured to reduce the resolution of the first video frames from the first resolution to a second resolution lower than the first resolution and thereby generate second video frames. The system also comprises a foreground determiner configured to determine a foreground portion and a background portion in the second video frames and to produce first foreground data indicative of locations of the foreground and background portions in the second video frames at the second resolution, wherein the foreground determiner is configured to use the first foreground data to generate second foreground data indicative of locations of the foreground and background portions in the first video frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Julien Charles Flack, Steven Pegg, Hugh Sanderson
  • Patent number: 9606709
    Abstract: A layer control tool for controlling the display of geographic data layers in a geographic information system is provided. The layer control tool can be presented in overlaying the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can include a plurality of identifiers associated with a set of geographic data layers that can be displayed in conjunction with the geographic imagery. A user can adjust or control the display of geographic data layers in conjunction with the geographic imagery by interacting with the floating layer control tool. For instance, a user can interact with the floating layer control tool, for instance by tapping a touch screen, to identify a selected geographic data layer in the set of geographic data layers. Responsive to this user interaction, the geographic information system can display the geographic data layer in conjunction with the geographic imagery and hide other previous displayed geographic data layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Kommann, Julien Charles Mercay
  • Publication number: 20170028655
    Abstract: A method and a tool for repairing a composite-material panel of an aircraft with at least one repair part made of composite material without using an autoclave. The repair method includes the steps of preparing the panel, placing at least one repair part made of composite material on the second face to cover a damaged zone, positioning a vacuum bag configured to sealingly cover the repair part, polymerizing or consolidating the repair part, compressing the vacuum bag against the repair part using a compression plate concomitantly with the step in which the repair part is polymerized or consolidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Guillaume FERRER, Thierry BORJA, Julien CHARLES
  • Patent number: 9483497
    Abstract: Systems and methods for management of geographic data layers in a geographic information system are provided. A layer control tool can be presented in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can provide a control interface to allow the user to manage the display of various geographic data layers in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can include a dynamic control list of geographic data layers. Geographic data layers can be identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on frequency of user interaction with the geographic data layers. In a particular implementation, the geographic data layers are identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on a layer score associated with each geographic data layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Julien Charles Mercay
  • Patent number: 9308711
    Abstract: A method for disassembling two ultrasonically welded elements, one of the elements comprising, at a surface opposite the other element, an energy director that concentrates the heating during ultrasonic welding and forms a material junction between the two assembled elements after the ultrasonic welding. The method includes the steps of positioning a wire between the two assembled elements, so as to be secant to the energy director, said wire having suitable mechanical characteristics allowing it to cut the junction formed by the energy director and moving the wire between the two assembled elements so as to cut said junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Julien Charles, Guillaume Gallant, Denis Soula
  • Patent number: 9305206
    Abstract: A system for enhancing a depth map associated with a 2D image wherein a face detector analyzes the 2D image to determine a position of a face in the 2D image, the system utilizes the position to derive a depth model; and the depth model is combined with the depth map to generate an enhanced depth map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dynamic Digital Depth Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Steven Robert Pegg, Hugh Ross Sanderson, Julien Charles Flack
  • Patent number: 9164651
    Abstract: Systems and methods for management of geographic data layers in a geographic information system are provided. A layer control tool can be presented in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can provide a control interface to allow the user to manage the display of various geographic data layers in conjunction with the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can include a dynamic control list of geographic data layers. Geographic data layers can be identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on frequency of user interaction with the geographic data layers. In a particular implementation, the geographic data layers are identified for inclusion in the dynamic control list and/or ordered within the dynamic control list based on a layer score associated with each geographic data layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Julien Charles Mercay
  • Patent number: 9158606
    Abstract: Avoiding failure repetition in data processing includes storing a sequence of circumstances leading up to a previous failure, monitoring circumstances in a current process, matching a sequence of circumstances in the current process to a stored sequence of circumstances, and applying rules to determine if the current process should proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julien Charles Horn, Roger Gordon Lewis, Alan Clive Robinson, Andrew Wright
  • Publication number: 20150177968
    Abstract: A layer control tool for controlling the display of geographic data layers in a geographic information system is provided. The layer control tool can be presented in overlaying the geographic imagery. The layer control tool can include a plurality of identifiers associated with a set of geographic data layers that can be displayed in conjunction with the geographic imagery. A user can adjust or control the display of geographic data layers in conjunction with the geographic imagery by interacting with the floating layer control tool. For instance, a user can interact with the floating layer control tool, for instance by tapping a touch screen, to identify a selected geographic data layer in the set of geographic data layers. Responsive to this user interaction, the geographic information system can display the geographic data layer in conjunction with the geographic imagery and hide other previous displayed geographic data layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Julien Charles Mercay
  • Publication number: 20150177912
    Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting geographic imagery in conjunction with content detailing specific information about the geographic imagery are provided. More particularly, a user interface can present geographic imagery in conjunction with a display element, such as a text balloon, a text frame, or other element for presenting information to a user. The display element can provide content, such as text and other information, detailing specific information about the geographic imagery. As the user analyzes the information presented in the display element, for instance by scrolling through the information, the geographic imagery can be automatically updated based on the content provided in the display element. For instance, the geographic imagery can be updated with additional vectors, overlays, geographic data layers, camera views, etc., to display or highlight the information presented in the display element as the different aspects of the information come into focus in the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Julien Charles Mercay
  • Publication number: 20140306958
    Abstract: A stereoscopic rendering system is disclosed that comprises a depth buffer having at least two depth buffer portions respectively corresponding to different views of a scene, the depth buffer arranged to store depth values indicative of the depth of pixels in a scene, and the depth buffer portions having different associated depth value ranges so that the different depth buffer portions are distinguishable from each other. The system also includes an image buffer arranged to store information indicative of an image to be displayed. The system is arranged to apply a different depth test for each view of the scene such that only pixels of the view that spatially correspond to the depth buffer portion associated with the view are rendered to the image buffer. The image rendered into the image buffer comprises image portions respectively spatially corresponding to the different depth buffer portions and the different views of the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Dynamic Digital Depth Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Julien Charles Flack, Hugh Sanderson
  • Patent number: 8561649
    Abstract: A weaving process for direct manufacture of three-dimensional structures with bidimensional walls with corners, without the need for sewing or other assembly between two ridges. The weaving is made by transforming weft threads into warp threads for making at least one face. The process is particularly adapted for the weaving of reinforcing elements for composite structures of corner fitting type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Xavier Legrand, Mathieu Piana, Georgi Tsarvarishki, Julien Charles, Philippe Blot, Dominique Guittard