Patents by Inventor Paul Vidal

Paul Vidal 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).

  • System and Method for Lighting Device Selection
    Publication number: 20100127976
    Abstract: Methods, devices (such as computer readable media), and systems (such as computer systems) for providing an interactive display that allows a user to view a lighting effect provided by a lighting device in a display comprising a rendition of an environment incorporating the lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: LUCIFER LIGHTING COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexandra Anne Mathews, Paul Vidal
  • Apparatus and methods for correcting dispersion in a microwave antenna system
    Patent number: 4297708
    Abstract: A system for correcting for dispersion in a beam radiated by a flat microwave antenna due to variations in the frequency of operation by providing an electronically controlled phase shift of the beam in the plane of the dispersion. The methods consist of combining with the flat antenna a matrix of particular wire conductors of which certain are controlled such that the phase shift introduced by the matrix is able to correct for the dispersion of the flat antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Societe d'Etude du Radant
    Inventor: Paul Vidal