Patents by Inventor Michel Cotty

Michel Cotty 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: 20190012552
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for implementing a hidden driver monitoring. The aspects disclosed herein employ a camera, an infrared (IR) pulse generator, a circuit modified to work with the camera and the IR pulse generator. The aspects disclosed herein may be implemented as a standalone implementation, or with an existing head-up display (HUD) installed in the dashboard portion of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yves Lambert, Jean Luc Croy, Benoit Chauveau, Michel Cotty, Remi Sigrist
  • Publication number: 20140327823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display system for a vehicle, comprising a display module and a connectivity module connected by an interface (4), wherein the connectivity module is arranged to transmit video data to be displayed via the interface to the display module, wherein a microprocessor arranged in the connectivity module is adapted to embed remote control data packets in the video data to be displayed thereby remotely controlling the display module. The invention also relates to a method for operating the display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS
    Inventors: Michel Cotty, Marc Rawer, Jean-Yves Daurelle
  • Patent number: 5621484
    Abstract: In a modern television apparatus, the settings are generally realized by menu-calling sequences in which different menus successively appear on the display screen. Finally, a variable is retained and it is possible to increase or decrease its value by way of a pair of "+" and "-" keys (13), respectively. The last variable which has been set by the sequence of menus can now be set again after such a sequence and without having to run through this sequence again if the "normal" keys (13) are subsequently used. Moreover, additional "+" and "-" keys (15) having about the same function may be provided: the variable to be set by means of the keys 13 and 15, respectively, will be the one which has been set by way of the same keys during a previous sequence of menus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Michel Cotty