Patents by Inventor Nicolas Quieffin

Nicolas Quieffin 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 for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
    Patent number: 7511711
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when the object is subjected to the impact. The location of the impact on the surface of the object is determined by a recognition step that includes a comparison of the sensed signal to one or more predetermined signals. Each predetermined signal represents an active zone on the surface of the object. A predetermined signal corresponds to the sensed signal when the impact causing the sensed signal is generated in the active zone represented by the predetermined signal. The impact is associated with the active zone represented by a predetermined signal when the sensed signal and the predetermined signal sufficiently correspond to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sensitive Object
    Inventors: Ros Kiri Kiri Ing, Stefan Catheline, Nicolas Quieffin, Mathias Fink
  • Method for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
    Patent number: 7345677
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when the object is subjected to the impact. The location of the impact on the surface of the object is determined by a recognition step that includes a comparison of the sensed signal to one or more predetermined signals. Each predetermined signal represents an active zone on the surface of the object. A predetermined signal corresponds to the sensed signal when the impact causing the sensed signal is generated in the active zone represented by the predetermined signal. The impact is associated with the active zone represented by a predetermined signal when the sensed signal and the predetermined signal sufficiently correspond to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sensitive Object
    Inventors: Ros Ing, Stefan Catheline, Nicolas Quieffin, Mathias Fink
  • Method for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
    Publication number: 20050212777
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when the object is subjected to the impact. The location of the impact on the surface of the object is determined by a recognition step that includes a comparison of the sensed signal to one or more predetermined signals. Each predetermined signal represents an active zone on the surface of the object. A predetermined signal corresponds to the sensed signal when the impact causing the sensed signal is generated in the active zone represented by the predetermined signal. The impact is associated with the active zone represented by a predetermined signal when the sensed signal and the predetermined signal sufficiently correspond to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Ros Ing, Stefan Catheline, Nicolas Quieffin, Mathias Fink
  • Method for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
    Publication number: 20050174338
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when the object is subjected to the impact. The location of the impact on the surface of the object is determined by a recognition step that includes a comparison of the sensed signal to one or more predetermined signals. Each predetermined signal represents an active zone on the surface of the object. A predetermined signal corresponds to the sensed signal when the impact causing the sensed signal is generated in the active zone represented by the predetermined signal. The impact is associated with the active zone represented by a predetermined signal when the sensed signal and the predetermined signal sufficiently correspond to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Ros Kiri Ing, Stefan Catheline, Nicolas Quieffin, Mathias Fink