Patents by Inventor Laurent SAUNIER

Laurent SAUNIER 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: 20180318991
    Abstract: A device (100) and a method for determining and counting operations of a tool equipped with a mechanism that produces vibration upon operation to a predetermined value. The device comprises: a sensor (120) for detecting vibration and emitting a detection signal based upon the vibration; a mounting arrangement (116,117,118) for mounting the sensor (100) to a tool in such manner that vibration is transmittable from the tool to the sensor; a microcontroller (130) for receiving a detection signal from the sensor and determining and counting operations of said tool. The microcontroller calculates a second order derivative of a filtered detection signal and determines operation to the predetermined value based on analysis of the second order derivative signal. The microcontroller may perform the analysis by seeking a peak value of the second order derivative signal over a threshold or, alternatively, by seeking a specific shape of the second order derivative signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo CIGADA, Laurent SAUNIER, Marco ZAMBON