Patents by Inventor Olivier Meilhon

Olivier Meilhon 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: 11145191
    Abstract: A flash light module (1) can include a housing (30) carrying at least a visible flash light emitter (10) to emit a flash light beam along an optical axis (OA) and at least one additional emitter (20) emitting non-visible light arranged at a second distance (D2) perpendicular to the optical axis (OA), where position and orientation of the additional emitter (20) and at least the second distances (D2) are suitably adapted as well as the housing (30) is suitably shaped in order to enable the additional emitter (20) to emit non-visible light (22) along a non-visible light emitting direction (IRD), wherein the additional emitter (20) is adapted to emit the non-visible light (22) to the environment suitable to remote communicate to, preferably to remote control, external electronic devices (5) comprising corresponding receivers for the non-visible light (22). A mobile device (100) can include the flash light module (1) and a method to operate the mobile device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Thierry De Smet, James Tarne, Arjen van der Sijde, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Olivier Meilhon
  • Publication number: 20200066141
    Abstract: A flash light module (1) can include a housing (30) carrying at least a visible flash light emitter (10) to emit a flash light beam along an optical axis (OA) and at least one additional emitter (20) emitting non-visible light arranged at a second distance (D2) perpendicular to the optical axis (OA), where position and orientation of the additional emitter (20) and at least the second distances (D2) are suitably adapted as well as the housing (30) is suitably shaped in order to enable the additional emitter (20) to emit non-visible light (22) along a non-visible light emitting direction (IRD), wherein the additional emitter (20) is adapted to emit the non-visible light (22) to the environment suitable to remote communicate to, preferably to remote control, external electronic devices (5) comprising corresponding receivers for the non-visible light (22). A mobile device (100) can include the flash light module (1) and a method to operate the mobile device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Thierry De Smet, James Tarne, Arjen van der Sijde, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Olivier Meilhon