Patents by Inventor Marc-Andre Boucher

Marc-Andre Boucher 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: 20090045596
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a frame for an in-line roller skate and as well as a roller skate having such a frame. This roller skate has a shoe and a wheel supporting frame extending therefrom said shoe for supporting aligned wheels. The frame includes a main frame body mounted to the shoe and at least one auxiliary frame body for supporting a wheel and being pivotally mounted to the main frame body. A resilient and deformable member is interposed between the auxiliary frame body and the shoe. The auxiliary frame body is so pivotable as to provide for moving the wheel towards and away the shoe for a distance determined by the extension and compression of the resilient and deformable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Marc-Andre BOUCHER
  • Publication number: 20070041613
    Abstract: A database of target objects suitable for use in detecting the presence of one or more target objects in a receptacle is provided. The database of target objects comprises a plurality of entries, each entry being associated to a respective target object whose presence in a receptacle it is desirable to detect during security screening. An entry for a given target object comprises a group of sub-entries, each sub-entry being associated to the given target object in a respective orientation. At least part of each sub-entry is suitable for being processed by a processing unit implementing an optical correlation operation to attempt to detect a representation of the given target object in an image of the receptacle. A method, an apparatus and a system for generating entries for the database of target objects are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Luc Perron, Michel Bouchard, Jacques Regnier, Mathieu Lalonde, Alain Bergeron, Eric Bergeron, Marc-Andre Boucher
  • Publication number: 20020106152
    Abstract: A laser apparatus provided with an aiming beam using a method for the injection of both laser light and aiming beam forming light in an optic fiber will be described herein. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a method, an injection module and a laser apparatus designed to inject laser light into the core and aiming beam forming light into the cladding of the optic fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel Barolet, Jean-Francois Cormier, Philippe Gagnon, Marc-Andre Boucher, Jacques Godin, Pascal Bourqui, Deni Bonnier, Michel Doucet