Patents by Inventor Michel Verge

Michel Verge 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).

  • Method and device for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object
    Patent number: 8913039
    Abstract: This method for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object comprises the following steps: monitoring (100) of at least one touch by propagating (102), in the touch-sensitive surface of the object, elastic mechanical waves from at least one transmitting point of the object, and by detecting (104) said elastic mechanical waves in at least one reception point of the object, in order to obtain at least one sensed signal, and locating (200) at least one touch on the touch-sensitive surface of the object by comparing certain spectral characteristics of the sensed signal to a set of reference characteristics. The monitoring step (100) comprises measuring (104, 106) the sensed signal during a time interval (t3) starting during a transient phase of the propagation of the transmitted waves, for supplying, to said at least one reception point, information on radiation interfered with by said at least one touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nikolovski, Moustapha Hafez, Yuan Liu, Nazih Mechbal, Michel Verge
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE TOUCH ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE OF AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20120120014
    Abstract: This method for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object comprises the following steps: monitoring (100) of at least one touch by propagating (102), in the touch-sensitive surface of the object, elastic mechanical waves from at least one transmitting point of the object, and by detecting (104) said elastic mechanical waves in at least one reception point of the object, in order to obtain at least one sensed signal, and locating (200) at least one touch on the touch-sensitive surface of the object by comparing certain spectral characteristics of the sensed signal to a set of reference characteristics. The monitoring step (100) comprises measuring (104, 106) the sensed signal during a time interval (t3 ) starting during a transient phase of the propagation of the transmitted waves, for supplying, to said at least one reception point, information on radiation interfered with by said at least one touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, COMMISARIAT A L'ENERGIE AUTOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nikolovski, Moustapha Hafez, Yuan Liu, Nazih Mechbal, Michel Verge