Patents by Inventor Philippe Guillemette

Philippe Guillemette 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: 10548158
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for receiving and detecting sparse data sequences using a message passing algorithm (MPA) with early propagation of belief messages. Such data sequences may be used in wireless communications systems supporting multiple access, such as sparse code multiple access (SCMA) systems. The determination and passing of one or more messages for an edge between a function node and a variable node in a factor graph representation of the system may be performed in serial with determined values available early for subsequent computations. The serial computations may be scheduled based on various factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: 10033513
    Abstract: A network-wide interference cancellation scheme estimates channel impulse responses related to Self Interference and the Mutual Interference, then reduces both the Self Interference and the Mutual Interference in the receiver of an Full Duplex device. Full Duplex gains may be capitalized upon and translated into system gain. The scheme is based on an extended Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) treatment of the whole Full Duplex network. The network-wide interference cancellation may be seen to be feasible when a unique pilot signal design and training structure are in place network-wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan Wu, Eddy Shi-Ning Hum, Philippe A. Guillemette
  • Patent number: 9831895
    Abstract: The complexity of sparse code multiple access (SCMA) decoding can be reduced by pruning codebooks to remove unlikely codewords prior to, or while, performing an iterative message passing algorithm (MPA). The pruned codebook is then used by to perform one or more iterations of MPA processing, thereby reducing the number codeword probabilities that are calculated for the corresponding SCMA layer. The pruned codebook also reduces the computational complexity of calculating codeword probabilities associated with other SCMA layers. The pruned codebook may be “reset” by reinserting the pruned codewords into the codebook after a final hard-decision for a given set of received samples is made, so that the pruning does not affect evaluation of the next set of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Philippe Guillemette
  • Publication number: 20170265213
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for receiving and detecting sparse data sequences using a message passing algorithm (MPA) with early propagation of belief messages. Such data sequences may be used in wireless communications systems supporting multiple access, such as sparse code multiple access (SCMA) systems. The determination and passing of one or more messages for an edge between a function node and a variable node in a factor graph representation of the system may be performed in serial with determined values available early for subsequent computations. The serial computations may be scheduled based on various factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Philippe Guillemette
  • Publication number: 20160315754
    Abstract: A network-wide interference cancellation scheme estimates channel impulse responses related to Self Interference and the Mutual Interference, then reduces both the Self Interference and the Mutual Interference in the receiver of an Full Duplex device. Full Duplex gains may be capitalized upon and translated into system gain. The scheme is based on an extended Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) treatment of the whole Full Duplex network. The network-wide interference cancellation may be seen to be feasible when a unique pilot signal design and training structure are in place network-wide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Huan Wu, Eddy Shi-Ning Hum, Philippe A. Guillemette
  • Publication number: 20160211867
    Abstract: The complexity of sparse code multiple access (SCMA) decoding can be reduced by pruning codebooks to remove unlikely codewords prior to, or while, performing an iterative message passing algorithm (MPA). The pruned codebook is then used by to perform one or more iterations of MPA processing, thereby reducing the number codeword probabilities that are calculated for the corresponding SCMA layer. The pruned codebook also reduces the computational complexity of calculating codeword probabilities associated with other SCMA layers. The pruned codebook may be “reset” by reinserting the pruned codewords into the codebook after a final hard-decision for a given set of received samples is made, so that the pruning does not affect evaluation of the next set of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Philippe Guillemette
  • Publication number: 20120293339
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electronic housing (100) intended to be fixed under a cover of a manhole, the cover comprising at least a first fixing means and a through cavity, the electronic housing (100) comprising: a shell (102) having a top face, for the or each first fixing means, a second fixing means intended to cooperate with said first fixing means in order to fix said shell (102) under the cover, electronic components comprising a wireless communication module, and a control module intended to change said wireless communication module from an inactive mode to an active mode, said control module comprising a sensor able to react in the presence of a wakeup device, projecting with respect to said top face and intended to be housed in said cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Christophe Milon, Mathieu Rougeolle, Jean-Claude Dubois, Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: 7922034
    Abstract: A paper dispenser includes a casing for housing a roll of paper, the casing having a front face, with a dispensing nozzle through which the paper is dispensed, wherein the front face has a hatch for access to the inside of the casing, through which a free end of the roll can be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Neveu, Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Guillemette
  • Publication number: 20080283546
    Abstract: The dispenser according to the invention is a paper dispenser, particularly for toilet paper, comprising a casing (5) for housing a roll (3) of paper, the casing (5) having a front face (8), with a dispensing nozzle (13) through which the paper is unwound sheet by sheet, and means (11) for locking the front face (8) to the casing (5). This dispenser is characterized in that the front face (8) has a hatch (16) for access to the inside of the casing (5), through which the free end (4) of the roll (3) can be extracted. Such a dispenser enables the user to resolve problems of paper jamming inside the casing (5), but without the possibility of stealing the roll (3), while, in all circumstances, leaving the roll in such a form that it remains usable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Neveu, Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: 6929147
    Abstract: A modular dispenser of sheet products including an open-ended case (10), a front panel (20), and a rear panel (30) is characterized in that the open-ended case is fitted with first longitudinal ribs (11, 12) by which the front and rear panels are kept in place on the open-ended case. In particular, the open-ended case includes a set of ribs providing the function of guidance, assembly and closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Philippe Guillemette, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Publication number: 20040020936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser of paper articles, in particular interlocked table napkins, including a receptacle closed by a panel 7 forming the front surface and provided with an opening 71 for the distribution of articles with an edge 73. This dispenser is characterized by the fact that at least a portion of the edge of the opening is extended by a wall element 74 extending outward in relation to the plane of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Philippe Guillemette, Olivier Joulin, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Publication number: 20030057221
    Abstract: A modular dispenser of sheet products including an open-ended case (10), a front panel (20), and a rear panel (30) is characterized in that the open-ended case is fitted with first longitudinal ribs (11, 12) by means of which the front and rear panels are kept in place on the open-ended case. In particular, the open-ended case includes a set of ribs providing the function of guidance, assembly and closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Philippe Guillemette, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Patent number: 6328252
    Abstract: A dispenser of individual sheets by unwinding from the center of a product in roll form, without a central tube, having a plurality of successive sheets forming a coiled strip, a free end of which projects toward the outside of the roll from the center, of the type including a fixed dispensing nozzle which delimits a passage of frustoconical general shape and which includes a generally vertically oriented cutout to make it easier to introduce the free end of the strip of a roll into the passage, the width of the cutout in the vicinity of the upper orifice of the passage being markedly greater than its width in line with the lower outlet orifice of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Georgia Pacific France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Neveu, Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: D550517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Neveu, Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: D557959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Nicolas Pommier, Jean-Louis Neveu, Philippe Guillemette
  • Patent number: D571159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Nicolas Pommier, Philippe Guillemette