Patents by Inventor Nicolas Doucet
Nicolas Doucet 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).
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Patent number: 8933968Abstract: An entertainment device generates a composite image with a combiner that combines camera-captured images with a computer-generated image of an object resting on a virtual surface. The device also includes a detector that detects image movement in the captured images in one or more contact point regions corresponding to image positions at which the object contacts the virtual surface. The device further comprises an initiator for initiating movement of the object to a new position with respect to the virtual surface in response to detected motion in the contact point regions. The detector detects whether a first image area corresponding to a captured image feature is greater than a predetermined proportion of a second image area corresponding to a full field of view of the camera. If the first image area is greater than the predetermined proportion, the initiator initiates movement of the object to an avoidance position.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Nathan James Baseley, Nicolas Doucet
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Patent number: 8912370Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexaafluoropropane, involving reacting gaseous phase hexafluoropropene with hydrogen in a superstoichimetric amount in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in a reactor, and recirculating a part of the gaseous effluent from the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini
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Publication number: 20140362188Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires data of a shot image obtained by a camera, a depth image acquirer that acquires a depth image obtained by representing a distance of a subject from the camera in the depth direction as a pixel value, and a first object detector that detects a region of an image of a first object from the shot image or the depth image. The image processing device further includes a second object detector that detects a region of an image of a second object based on the region of the image of the first object and the pixel value in the depth image, a clipping region decider that decides a clipping region including at least the regions of the images of the first and second objects, and a display image generator that generates a display image by using the clipping region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Yokokawa, Nicolas Doucet, Masafumi Noda, Yuki Miyamae
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Publication number: 20140275653Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from halopropanes having the formula CX3CHCICH2X and halopropenes having the formulas CX3CCI?CH2CCIX2CCI?CH2 and CX2?CCICH2X, where X is independently a fluorine or chlorine atom. The invention specifically relates to a method including at least one step during which 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene, optionally mixed with at least one halopropane having the formula CX3CHCICH2X and/or at least one halopropene having the formulas CCIX2CCI?CH2 and CX2?CCICH2X, where X is independently a fluorine or chlorine atom, reacts with HF in the gaseous phase in the presence of a fluoridation catalyst at a temperature of between 320 and 420° C. with a molar ratio of oxygen to 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene of more than 1 but no more than 2.5, and a molar ratio of HF to the total amount of organic compounds to be reacted of between 5 and 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Anne Pigamo, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger
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Patent number: 8779217Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing fluoropropenes of formula (I) CF3CF?CHR, where R is a hydrogen or a fluorine atom from at least one compound of formula (Ia) CF3CF?CFR, where R has the same meaning as in formula (I), said method including the following steps: (i) hydrogenating at least one compound of formula (Ia) in an adiabatic reactor in the presence of a catalyst with a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen so as to produce a hydrofluoropropane; (ii) partially condensing the flow from the adiabatic reactor of step (i) so as to produce a gaseous phase fraction, including unreacted hydrogen and a portion of the formed hydrofluoropropane, which is recirculated to step (i), and a liquid phase fraction including the residue of the hydrofluoropropane; (iii) dehydrofluorinating hydrofluoropropane from the liquid fraction of step (ii) using potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium contained in an agitated reactor so as to produce the fluoropropene of formula (I); and (iv) purifying the flType: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini, Pierre-Marie Sedat, Karine Avril
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Publication number: 20140125634Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: an image acceptance section configured to accept an image of an operation inputting apparatus picked up by an imaging section; an operation signal acceptance section configured to accept an operation signal representative of an operation for the operation inputting apparatus from the operation inputting apparatus; and a process execution section configured to execute a process in response to the position of the operation inputting apparatus in the image accepted by the image acceptance section and the operation signal accepted by the operation signal acceptance section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Yokokawa, Nicolas Doucet, Keiichiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 8705845Abstract: A method of interaction for an augmented reality environment comprises the steps of capturing an image of a drawn picture comprising one or more drawn shapes, identifying the or each respective drawn shape as corresponding to a component of an archetypal model and generating a three dimensional virtual model representing the archetypal model using generation rules associated with the archetypal model, wherein components of the three dimensional virtual model generated from components of the archetypal model corresponding to the or each respective drawn shape have the appearance of the or each respective drawn shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Nicolas Doucet, Nathan James Baseley
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Publication number: 20140039228Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorination process, comprising: an activation stage comprising contacting a fluorination catalyst with an oxidizing agent-containing gas flow for at least one hour; and at least one reaction stage comprising reacting a chlorinated compound with hydrogen fluoride in gas phase in the presence of the fluorination catalyst, so as to produce a fluorinated compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Anne Pigamo, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger
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Publication number: 20140031597Abstract: The present invention provides a process of catalytic fluorination in gas phase of product 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane or/and 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane into product 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene in presence of a catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Dominique Deur-Bert, Anne Pigamo, NIcolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger
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Publication number: 20130267741Abstract: The present invention provides a process of catalytic fluorination in gas phase of product 1,1,1,2,3- pentachloropropane or/and 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane into product 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in presence of a catalyst and oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Arkema FranceInventors: Philippe Bonnet, Anne Pigamo, Laurent Wendlinger, Nicolas Doucet
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Publication number: 20130267740Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising the following steps: (a) catalytic reaction of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and/or 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane with HF into product 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; (b) catalytic reaction of the thus-obtained 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene into 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCEInventors: Laurent Wendlinger, Philippe Bonnet, Anne Pigamo, Nicolas Doucet
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Patent number: 8542250Abstract: An entertainment device for combining virtual images with real images captured by a video camera so as to generate augmented reality images. The device comprises receiving means operable to receive a sequence of video images from the video camera via a communications link. The device further comprises detecting means operable to detect an augmented reality marker within the received video images, and processing means operable to generate a virtual image plane in dependence upon the detection of the augmented reality marker by the detecting means. The virtual image plane is arranged to be substantially coplanar with a real surface upon which the augmented reality marker is placed so that virtual images may be generated with respect to the real surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Nathan James Baseley, Nicolas Doucet
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Publication number: 20120143436Abstract: A device for monitoring aircraft equipment is adapted to be arranged on said equipment and to measure and memorize at least one operation parameter of said equipment. The monitoring device is configured to be activated only in the presence of one or more parameters, representative of said equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Albert Cornet, Nicolas Doucet, Philippe Langohr, Matthieu Droeller, Nicolas Raimarckers, Fabrice Haudry, Michel Saint-Mard, Rémy Leblond
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Publication number: 20120136183Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing fluoropropenes of formula (I) CF3CF?CHR, where R is a hydrogen or a fluorine atom from at least one compound of formula (Ia) CF3CF?CFR, where R has the same meaning as in formula (I), said method including the following steps: (i) hydrogenating at least one compound of formula (Ia) in an adiabatic reactor in the presence of a catalyst with a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen so as to produce a hydrofluoropropane; (ii) partially condensing the flow from the adiabatic reactor of step (i) so as to produce a gaseous phase fraction, including unreacted hydrogen and a portion of the formed hydrofluoropropane, which is recirculated to step (i), and a liquid phase fraction including the residue of the hydrofluoropropane; (iii) dehydrofluorinating hydrofluoropropane from the liquid fraction of step (ii) using potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium contained in an agitated reactor so as to produce the fluoropropene of formula (I); and (iv) purifying the flType: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Arkema FranceInventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini, Pierre-Marie Sedat, Karine Avril
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Publication number: 20120108332Abstract: An entertainment device comprises an image receiver operable to receive, from a video camera, images captured therefrom, and display logic for displaying the images captured by the video camera together with one or more selection icons. Each selection icon corresponds to a game object. The entertainment device further comprises an image processor for detecting the presence and position of an augmented reality marker in images received from the camera, a detector for detecting the presence of an augmented reality marker at an image position corresponding to a selection icon for at least a predetermined selection time period, and associating logic, responsive to such a detection, for associating the game object corresponding to the first one of the selection icons with the augmented reality marker, so that the display logic displays the game object so as to move the game object with the detected position of the augmented reality marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Nathan James Baseley, Nicolas Doucet
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Publication number: 20120101314Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexaafluoropropane, involving reacting gaseous phase hexafluoropropene with hydrogen in a superstoichimetric amount in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in a reactor, and recirculating a part of the gaseous effluent from the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Arkema FranceInventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini
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Publication number: 20120101315Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane, involving reacting gaseous phase 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene with hydrogen in a superstoichimetric amount in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in a reactor, and recirculating a part of the gaseous effluent from the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Arkema FranceInventors: Michel Devic, Nicolas Doucet, Laurent Wendlinger, Geraldine Cavallini
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Publication number: 20120086729Abstract: An entertainment device generates a composite image with a combiner that combines camera-captured images with a computer-generated image of an object resting on a virtual surface. The device also includes a detector that detects image movement in the captured images in one or more contact point regions corresponding to image positions at which the object contacts the virtual surface. The device further comprises an initiator for initiating movement of the object to a new position with respect to the virtual surface in response to detected motion in the contact point regions. The detector detects whether a first image area corresponding to a captured image feature is greater than a predetermined proportion of a second image area corresponding to a full field of view of the camera. If the first image area is greater than the predetermined proportion, the initiator initiates movement of the object to an avoidance position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Nathan James Baseley, Nicolas Doucet
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Publication number: 20110237331Abstract: A method of interaction for an augmented reality environment comprises the steps of capturing an image of a drawn picture comprising one or more drawn shapes, identifying the or each respective drawn shape as corresponding to a component of an archetypal model and generating a three dimensional virtual model representing the archetypal model using generation rules associated with the archetypal model, wherein components of the three dimensional virtual model generated from components of the archetypal model corresponding to the or each respective drawn shape have the appearance of the or each respective drawn shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Nicolas Doucet, Nathan James Baseley
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Publication number: 20100048290Abstract: A method of rewarding an end-user of a product. The method comprises supplying, in association with the product, an augmented reality marker for use with an augmented reality application. The augmented reality marker is provided as a free promotional supplement to the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.Inventors: Nathan James Baseley, Nicolas Doucet