Patents by Inventor Nicolas Liebeaux

Nicolas Liebeaux 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).

  • Patent number: 8126686
    Abstract: A method for modeling the interactions between objects. The surface the objects define an interface between media. A set of elementary characteristic functions are chosen that correspond to the field of application. The physical properties the media are defined. Each object is modelled as a mesh and elementary point sources are associated with either side of each mesh element. The type of boundary conditions are determined for each interface. The global matrix for the interactions between the various objects is constructed, depending on the type of boundary conditions, the properties of the media and the configuration of the system. The global matrix is inverted. The inverted matrix is multiplied by a column matrix of the excitation boundary conditions. A column matrix is obtained containing the elementary point sources. At every point, the physical quantities representative of the interactions are calculated and an analytical model of the interactions is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Arizona
    Inventors: Dominique Placko, Tribikram Kundu, Aurélie Cruau, Nicolas Liebeaux
  • Publication number: 20100010781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modeling the interactions within a system between at least one object. The surface of each object defines an interface between at least two media. The set of elementary characteristic functions are chosen that correspond to the field of application in question. The physical properties of each medium considered composing the system are defined. Each object of the system is created by modeling it as a mesh and at least one elementary point source is associated with either side of each mesh element. The type of boundary conditions are determined for each interface. The global matrix for the interactions between the various objects is constructed, depending on the type of boundary conditions, the properties of the media and on the configuration of the system. The global matrix is inverted. The inverted matrix is multiplied by a column matrix containing the values of the excitation boundary conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, University of Arizona
    Inventors: Dominique Placko, Tribikram Kundu, Aurélie Cruau, Nicolas Liebeaux
  • Patent number: 7403879
    Abstract: The invention relates to the modelling of the interactions between an incident wave and an obstacle, in particular in the area of nondestructive testing. According to the invention, the surface of the obstacle is meshed and at least one source (Si) is allocated to each surface element (dSi). Boundary conditions are then calculated at each mesh cell of the obstacle and source values are deduced therefrom. On the basis of an interaction matrix and of these source values, a physical quantity representative of the interaction between the wave and the obstacle is estimated at any point of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, Universite Paris SUD, University of Arizona
    Inventors: Dominique Marc Placko, Nicolas Liebeaux, Tribikram Kundu
  • Publication number: 20060129342
    Abstract: The invention relates to the modelling of the interactions between an incident wave and an obstacle, in particular in the area of nondestructive testing. According to the invention, the surface of the obstacle is meshed and at least one source (Si) is allocated to each surface element (dSi). Boundary conditions are then calculated at each mesh cell of the obstacle and source values are deduced therefrom. On the basis of an interaction matrix and of these source values, a physical quantity representative of the interaction between the wave and the obstacle is estimated at any point of space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LE RE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD (PARIS 11)
    Inventors: Dominique Placko, Nicolas Liebeaux