Patents by Inventor Pierre NICOLAU

Pierre NICOLAU 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: 11994386
    Abstract: An optical measurement system for measuring one or more portions of an object such as a vehicle and solving the issues relating to attitude of vehicle while measuring the one or more portions of the vehicle, is disclosed. The optical measurement system comprising a diagnostic, measurement and repair equipment arranged on the object for example a vehicle via a rigid linking structure. The system comprises a measuring head and one or more targets comprising one or more set of photodiodes. The measuring head is mounted under or on the vehicle. The system is configured to measure parameters representative of the vehicle. The device further comprises a computing device in communication with the equipment, comprising set of instructions to determine a position of the target regarding to a reference point. The location of the point is then compared to an original location of the point to determine the damage in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Red Tuna
    Inventor: Pierre Nicolau-Guillaumet
  • Patent number: 11373456
    Abstract: A system and method for designing a customized vehicle repair configuration for effectively measuring and repairing the structure of a damaged vehicle body is disclosed. The system provides a vehicle repair assembly comprising a universal jig assembly, that allows the user to diagnose the damage of the repair structure or vehicle body. The vehicle repair assembly comprises a support frame, the jig assembly, a plate and a height adapter. After diagnosis of the vehicle body, the system is configured to customize the jig assembly respective of the repair structure to generate a customized vehicle repair assembly. The system is further configured to provide edit access to the generated customized vehicle repair assembly to a number of users to tune the generated vehicle repair configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: RED TUNA LIMITED
    Inventors: Kritsada Nakthewan, Pierre Nicolau
  • Publication number: 20210239447
    Abstract: An optical measurement system for measuring one or more portions of an object such as a vehicle and solving the issues relating to attitude of vehicle while measuring the one or more portions of the vehicle, is disclosed. The optical measurement system comprising a diagnostic, measurement and repair equipment arranged on the object for example a vehicle via a rigid linking structure. The system comprises a measuring head and one or more targets comprising one or more set of photodiodes. The measuring head is mounted under or on the vehicle. The system is configured to measure parameters representative of the vehicle. The device further comprises a computing device in communication with the equipment, comprising set of instructions to determine a position of the target regarding to a reference point. The location of the point is then compared to an original location of the point to determine the damage in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: RED TUNA
    Inventor: Pierre NICOLAU-GUILLAUMET
  • Publication number: 20200193726
    Abstract: A system and method for designing a customized vehicle repair configuration for effectively measuring and repairing the structure of a damaged vehicle body is disclosed. The system provides a vehicle repair assembly comprising a universal jig assembly, that allows the user to diagnose the damage of the repair structure or vehicle body. The vehicle repair assembly comprises a support frame, the jig assembly, a plate and a height adapter. After diagnosis of the vehicle body, the system is configured to customize the jig assembly respective of the repair structure to generate a customized vehicle repair assembly. The system further configured to provide edit access to the generated customized vehicle repair assembly to number of users to tune the generated vehicle repair configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: RED TUNA
    Inventors: Kritsada NAKTHEWAN, Pierre NICOLAU