Patents by Inventor Philippe Coni

Philippe Coni 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: 11772811
    Abstract: A system for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system, equipped with HMIs, includes three layers: a lower layer configured so as to receive wired electric power supply and data exchange connections; an upper layer comprising a hand-rest knob, at least one physical interaction means configured so as to interact on the pointing means for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit, and a module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit and arranged in the extension of the hand-rest knob; and an intermediate layer configured so as to make it possible to modify the position of the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Mathieu Besnard, Philippe Coni, Sarah Egea, Yannick Le Roux
  • Publication number: 20220396368
    Abstract: A system for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system, equipped with HMIs, includes three layers: a lower layer configured so as to receive wired electric power supply and data exchange connections; an upper layer comprising a hand-rest knob, at least one physical interaction means configured so as to interact on the pointing means for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit, and a module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit and arranged in the extension of the hand-rest knob; and an intermediate layer configured so as to make it possible to modify the position of the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mathieu BESNARD, Philippe CONI, Sarah EGEA, Yannick LE ROUX
  • Patent number: 11314085
    Abstract: A viewing devices includes an optical assembly comprising a display, an optical system forming of this display an image at infinity and a light guide for expanding a pupil in two spatial directions. The guide comprises three planar mirrors and two semi-reflective plates, the optical axis of the optical assembly being inclined with respect to the surface of the first planar mirror by an angle different from zero and strictly smaller than 90 degrees, the light beams output from the optical assembly propagating inside the light guide via successive reflections from the planar mirrors and the semi-reflective plates, the transmission of the light beams output from the optical assembly to outside of the light guide occurring via successive transmissions by the second semi-reflective plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Natacha Damamme, Jean-Luc Bardon, Jean-Louis Bourgain, Philippe Coni
  • Patent number: 11182011
    Abstract: A touch surface includes an array of rows of electrodes, an input point on a row for injecting an input voltage (VDRIVE), measuring an output voltage (VSENSE) at a second point in the row, p being the number of pitch spacings of the array separating the two points, the portion of the array between the first point and the second point being akin to an electric dipole of resistance (R(p)) and of capacitance (C), the output voltage (VSENSE) being equal to the product of the input voltage (VDRIVE) and a transfer function represented by a complex function (HSENSE). The measurement includes extracting the amplitude (G) and the phase (?) from the transfer function; and calculating a hybrid function (S(G, ?)) of the amplitude and of the phase, the hybrid function minimizing a sum (?) defined by ? i ? [ 0 , p ] ? ( ? ? ? S ? ? ? R ? ( G ? ( R i ) , ? ? ( R i ) ) ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Frédéric Renaud, Jean-Christophe Abadie, Siegfried Rouzes
  • Patent number: 11061370
    Abstract: Viewing systems are provided which include a screen and an optical collimation device including two holographic optical elements working by reflection, the first holographic optical element being closer to the screen, the second holographic optical element being closer to an observer. In the system, the screen displays a first object at a first wavelength and a second object at a second wavelength. Each holographic optical element includes two holographic treatments, each treatment being able to reflect one of the two wavelengths and to transmit the other wavelength. The first holographic element and the second holographic element are arranged such that the image of the first object forms at a first distance from the screen and that the image of the second object forms at a second distance from the screen, different from the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Jean-Luc Bardon, Bernard Dubourg
  • Publication number: 20200409503
    Abstract: A touch surface includes an array of rows of electrodes, means for injecting, at an input point on a row, an input voltage (VDRIVE), means for measuring an output voltage (VSENSE) at a second point in the row, p being the number of pitch spacings of the array separating the two points, the portion of the array between the first point and the second point being akin to an electric dipole of resistance (R(p)) and of capacitance (C), the output voltage (VSENSE) being equal to the product of the input voltage (VDRIVE) and a transfer function represented by a complex function (HSENSE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Frédéric Renaud, Jean-Christophe Abadie, Siegfried Rouzes
  • Publication number: 20200264429
    Abstract: A viewing devices includes an optical assembly comprising a display, an optical system forming of this display an image at infinity and a light guide for expanding a pupil in two spatial directions. The guide comprises three planar mirrors and two semi-reflective plates, the optical axis of the optical assembly being inclined with respect to the surface of the first planar mirror by an angle different from zero and strictly smaller than 90 degrees, the light beams output from the optical assembly propagating inside the light guide via successive reflections from the planar mirrors and the semi-reflective plates, the transmission of the light beams output from the optical assembly to outside of the light guide occurring via successive transmissions by the second semi-reflective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Natacha DAMAMME, Jean-Luc BARDON, Jean-Louis BOURGAIN, Philippe CONI
  • Publication number: 20200192138
    Abstract: A display screens includes at least two liquid-crystal cells, the first cell having a first active area and a first transparent sealing region and the second cell having a second active area and a second transparent sealing region. The screen comprises: in a first plane, the first cell and a first transparent sheet of same thickness, the first sealing region being located between the two; in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the second cell and a second transparent sheet of same thickness, the second sealing region being located between the two; the second cell being placed under the first sheet, the second sheet being placed under the first cell so that the first active area is in the exact extension of the second active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Philippe CONI, Hugues LEBRUN, Philippe CHABOT
  • Patent number: 10666932
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of monochromatic stereoscopic image projectors including two light sources that illuminate two imagers, the radiation of the two light sources having a spectral distribution centred on a central wavelength, the first imager and the second imager being connected to a generator of stereoscopic image pairs. The image projector includes a dichroic separating filter that transmits the portion of the spectrum below the central wavelength and that reflects the portion of the spectrum above this central wavelength. The first light source and the second light source are arranged symmetrically on either side of the dichroic separating filter. The image projector operates cyclically, each cycle including two alternations. Each alternation consists in changing the emission source and in switching to the two displays the left and right images emitted by the generator of image pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Aude Gueguen, Matthieu Grossetete
  • Patent number: 10331269
    Abstract: A device with touch surface with projected capacitive detection comprising a matrix touchscreen comprises a plurality of conductive rows and of conductive columns, the screen linked to electronic control means generating, for each conductive row and for each conductive column, transmission signals and electronic means for receiving and analyzing the reception signals from each conductive row and from each conductive column. Each row of the device comprises, at one of its ends, first means for generating a first transmission signal and first means for receiving a first reception signal and, at its opposite end, second means for generating a second transmission signal and second means for receiving a second reception signal, the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal being synchronous, having the same frequency, the same amplitude and the same phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Philippe Coni, Jean-Christophe Abadie, Frédéric Renaud
  • Publication number: 20190033783
    Abstract: Viewing systems are provided which include a screen and an optical collimation device including two holographic optical elements working by reflection, the first holographic optical element being closer to the screen, the second holographic optical element being closer to an observer. In the system, the screen displays a first object at a first wavelength and a second object at a second wavelength. Each holographic optical element includes two holographic treatments, each treatment being able to reflect one of the two wavelengths and to transmit the other wavelength. The first holographic element and the second holographic element are arranged such that the image of the first object forms at a first distance from the screen and that the image of the second object forms at a second distance from the screen, different from the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Philippe CONI, Jean-Luc BARDON, Bernard DUBOURG
  • Patent number: 10063847
    Abstract: The field of the invention is that of viewing systems comprising means for generating stereoscopic images, a viewing device comprising a projector and a semitransparent screen and a pair of stereoscopic glasses. The projector according to the invention comprises means arranged so as to project alternatively a first image emitted at a first wavelength and a second image emitted at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The pair of glasses comprises a first filter and a second filter, the first filter transmitting the entirety of the spectrum except a first narrow spectral band centered on the first wavelength and the second filter transmitting the entirety of the spectrum except a second narrow spectral band centered on the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Laurent Laluque, Aude Gueguen
  • Patent number: 10025109
    Abstract: Visual display systems are described having means for generating stereoscopic images, a device for visual display of said stereoscopic images having a projector and a semitransparent screen; and a pair of stereoscopic spectacles. The projector according to the invention has an imager and an interference filter, the spectral transmission of which has at least one transmission band of determined width centerd around a wavelength, said wavelength being dependent on the incidence of the light on said interference filter. The projector has means allowing the angular position of the filter to be varied between two determined positions so as to transmit, according to the position, either a first spectral band or a second spectral band. The pair of stereoscopic spectacles has a first lens transmitting the first spectral band and blocking the second spectral band and a second lens providing the opposite function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Matthieu Grossetete, Aude Gueguen
  • Publication number: 20180018059
    Abstract: A device with touch surface with projected capacitive detection comprising a matrix touchscreen comprises a plurality of conductive rows and of conductive columns, the screen linked to electronic control means generating, for each conductive row and for each conductive column, transmission signals and electronic means for receiving and analysing the reception signals from each conductive row and from each conductive column. Each row of the device comprises, at one of its ends, first means for generating a first transmission signal and first means for receiving a first reception signal and, at its opposite end, second means for generating a second transmission signal and second means for receiving a second reception signal, the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal being synchronous, having the same frequency, the same amplitude and the same phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yves SONTAG, Philippe CONI, Jean-Christophe ABADIE, Frédéric RENAUD
  • Patent number: 9819510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power transmission device capable of transmitting electricity supplied by an electricity source to at least one powered device connected to said transmission device by means of a communication network, via at least one data transmission cable including at least one pair of conductors, the electrical current being conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors. The power transmission device according to the invention includes, for each connected powered device, a protection device capable of tripping to protect the electricity source in case of electrical malfunction of the powered device as well as balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors, said protection device including at least one shared component contributing both to performing said trip and said balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Philippe Coni
  • Publication number: 20170289531
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of monochromatic stereoscopic image projectors including two light sources that illuminate two imagers, the radiation of the two light sources having a spectral distribution centred on a central wavelength, the first imager and the second imager being connected to a generator of stereoscopic image pairs. The image projector includes a dichroic separating filter that transmits the portion of the spectrum below the central wavelength and that reflects the portion of the spectrum above this central wavelength. The first light source and the second light source are arranged symmetrically on either side of the dichroic separating filter. The image projector operates cyclically, each cycle including two alternations. Each alternation consists in changing the emission source and in switching to the two displays the left and right images emitted by the generator of image pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe CONI, Aude GUEGUEN, Matthieu GROSSETETE
  • Patent number: 9665223
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of capacitive dongles used with visualization devices including a capacitive touch-sensitive surface comprising a matrix of conductive rows and columns, the dongle being arranged on said touch-sensitive surface in operational use, the dongle operating in send mode and in receive mode, The dongle according to the invention includes: means for sending periodic analogue signals sent at a specific frequency known as the dangle frequency; a ring-shaped flat conductive metal part connected to said sending means, said part intended to be placed on said touch-sensitive surface; means for receiving the received signals output by said conductive metal part; means for analyzing said digitized received signals; means for storing the sent and analyzed signals; a digital communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Philippe Coni, Jean-Christophe Abadie
  • Patent number: 9453862
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of touchscreen devices with projected capacitive detection comprising a matrix touchpad comprising a plurality of conducting rows and of conducting columns, the matrix touchpad linked to an emission voltages electronic control system and a reception voltages electronic system. The emission voltages electronic control system generates two periodic emission voltages emitted at two different frequencies. The analysis of the reception voltages, by the reception voltages electronic system, makes it possible to determine the positions of two simultaneous presses on the touchpad, including when the two presses are done on rows or columns that are close. The determination of the presses is performed essentially by calculating the barycenters of the troughs of the reception voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Philippe Coni, Siegfried Rouzes
  • Publication number: 20160124234
    Abstract: Visual display systems are described having means for generating stereoscopic images, a device for visual display of said stereoscopic images having a projector and a semitransparent screen; and a pair of stereoscopic spectacles. The projector according to the invention has an imager and an interference filter, the spectral transmission of which has at least one transmission band of determined width centred around a wavelength, said wavelength being dependent on the incidence of the light on said interference filter. The projector has means allowing the angular position of the filter to be varied between two determined positions so as to transmit, according to the position, either a first spectral band or a second spectral band. The pair of stereoscopic spectacles has a first lens transmitting the first spectral band and blocking the second spectral band and a second lens providing the opposite function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe CONI, Matthieu GROSSETETE, Aude GUEGUEN
  • Publication number: 20160103527
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of systems having a capacitive touch screen. The system according to the invention has a portable capacitive device that is intended, in operational mode, to be carried by a user. The touch screen operates at at least one first frequency. The system operates according to at least one first identification mode in which the portable device has transmission means for transmitting a first periodic analogue signal that is transmitted at a second frequency, referred to as “identification” frequency, that is different from the first frequency, said frequency being in a range of frequencies that are transmitted by the human body, said first signal being unique and associated with the user. The portable touch screen has first means for detecting and identifying said first signal and second means for authorizing or denying access to predetermined applications of the touch screen, which are dependent on the identification of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe CONI, Johanna DOMINICI, Jean-Christophe ABADIE