Patents by Inventor Michel Papineau

Michel Papineau 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: 20240046297
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to confirm commuter eligibility for municipal transportation incentives. In an embodiment the present invention uses a Reward Threshold in combination with an API-bearing mobile device to create and send positional, temporal, and identifying information to a central Server. The Server maintains a record of information received and uses said information to apportion and track progress toward municipal transportation incentives. Upon a user's accumulation of a pre-authorized number, type, or kind of awards, the Server determines a user's having qualified for one or more rewards and/or incentives and enables redemption thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: RIDEFLAG TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Publication number: 20230401882
    Abstract: A method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. Software and hardware devices are used with radio-frequency transmitter modules to capture one or more photo images of vehicle occupants and to perform boxed headcounts of humans in any given photo frame. Biometric signature detection is used to confirm the boxed headcounts and a realness algorithm to further confirm the genuineness of any human image. Occupancy compliance can be communicated directly to an appropriate regulatory body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: RIDEFLAG TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Patent number: 11694464
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to capture one or more photo images of vehicle occupants and to perform boxed headcounts of humans in any given photo frame. The present invention uses biometric signature detection to confirm the boxed headcounts and a realness algorithm to further confirm the genuineness of any human image. Occupancy compliance can be communicated directly to an appropriate regulatory body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: RideFlag Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Publication number: 20210286984
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to capture one or more photo images of vehicle occupants and to perform boxed headcounts of humans in any given photo frame. The present invention uses biometric signature detection to confirm the boxed headcounts and a realness algorithm to further confirm the genuineness of any human image. Occupancy compliance can be communicated directly to an appropriate regulatory body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Publication number: 20210174387
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards and other incentives. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to permit the determination of rewards or incentives based upon meeting thresholds of occupancy, verification of use, or number of points accrued. Occupancy verification is affected by analysis of a single digital image and the application of boxed-head count thereto. The present invention then determines the need for additional occupancy validation. Occupancy compliance rewards can be communicated directly to the driver and riders within a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Patent number: 10964215
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify the availability of and qualification for parking and ride-sharing incentives. In an embodiment the present innovation uses a variety of technologies to reliably count the number of live humans purportedly in a given vehicle and ascertain their simultaneous co-location. The present invention may be used to implement means-based incentive programs for registered users of modest means. The described system may use, by way of non-limiting example, mobile communications devices such as cell phones, tablets, smart phones, or transponders, each of which may be incidental to or integrated within a given vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Patent number: 10628691
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to permit the “check-in” and “check-out” of individuals from a passenger compartment of a vehicle for particular trips for multiple passengers. The passengers are verified as occupying the same vehicle and tracked for each trip to validate the occupancy for any portion of a trip. The validation includes image comparison to determine that the individual a live individual and is the same at the start and end of the trip. Validation reports are provided to authorized users such as transport authorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Publication number: 20190340453
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify carpool occupancy compliance for access to High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, High Occupancy or Toll (HOT) lanes, or other vehicle-occupancy contingent rewards. The present invention uses software and hardware devices with radio-frequency transmitter modules to permit the “check-in” and “check-out” of individuals from a passenger compartment of a vehicle for particular trips for multiple passengers. The passengers are verified as occupying the same vehicle and tracked for each trip to validate the occupancy for any portion of a trip. The validation includes image comparison to determine that the individual a live individual and is the same at the start and end of the trip. Validation reports are provided to authorized users such as transport authorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
  • Patent number: D707117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Rito Mints, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephane Leclerc, Jason Monfette, Marie-Helene Belisle, Jacques Vignavong, Jean-Michel Papineau, Nicolas Quadernos, Alex Verville