Patents by Inventor Pierre Simon

Pierre Simon 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: 11959953
    Abstract: A device is suitable for revealing spatial variations in polarization of an electromagnetic radiation, in a form of localized temperature variations. The device includes a surface of a carrier which is electrically and thermally insulating, and includes an array of patterns which each consist of at least one rectilinear segment of a sensitive material, of which the orientation is variable within each pattern or between neighboring patterns. Such device may be used with a thermal camera to reveal, in infrared images, temperature variations which are localized at segments not perpendicular to a local direction of linear polarization of the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES C N E S, UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III—PAUL SABATIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS
    Inventors: Daniel Prost, Maxime Romier, Daniel Belot, Patrice Simon, Kévin Brousse, Pierre-Louis Taberna
  • Publication number: 20240084876
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a speed reducer of an aircraft turbomachine, the planet carrier including a cage carrier and a cage. The cage can have two parts: a first part having a wall and bridges, these bridges projecting axially from a face of this wall and including first axial ends connected to this face and second free axial ends; and a second part having another of the walls, this other wall including a face to which the free ends of the bridges are applied. The two parts of the cage can be attached together by screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre MOULY, Guillaume Julien BECK, Patrice Julien PTASZYNSKI, Jean-Pierre SEREY, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Publication number: 20240084738
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine including a mechanical reduction gear including one sun gear, a ring gear, planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear, each planet gear including a first toothing for meshing with the sun gear, and a second toothing for meshing with the ring gear, the first toothing of each planet gear having a diameter greater than that of the second toothing of the planet gear, and a planet carrier, wherein the sun gear is coupled to a first rotor shaft of the turbomachine, the planet carrier is coupled to a second rotor shaft of the turbomachine, the ring gear is fixed to a stator of the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre MOULY, Guillaume Julien BECK, Jordane Emile Andre PELTIER, Jean-Pierre SEREY, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Publication number: 20240069211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining positions by an optronic system in a scene, the scene comprising reference elements of known geographic coordinates, the optronic system comprising the following elements integrated into said optronic system: a. a digital imager, b. a memory wherein is stored, for each reference element of the scene, an indicator representative of said point associated with the geographic coordinates of said point, c. a display element that displays the indicators stored in the memory, d. a measurement module comprising at least one element chosen from among: a compass, a goniometer and a telemeter, e. a calculation unit, the method being implemented by the elements integrated in the optronic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Alain SIMON, Arnaud BECHE, Jean SOULA, Pierre-Yves GUINET, Pascal JEROT
  • Patent number: 11061793
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may estimate the power being consumed by an OLED display screen of an electronic device, may provide further information about that power usage, may modify or change functions performed by the electronic device based on that power usage, and may inform an application's developer about the amount of power being used by the electronic device while the electronic device is running the application. One example may estimate the power being used by an OLED display screen of an electronic device by determining the content of images being displayed during a duration. The estimated power may then be presented to a user. The estimated power may be used in decisions to modify or change parameters of the screen or other device components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Pathak, Conor J. O'Reilly, Shashi K. Dua, Udaykumar R. Raval, Christopher W. Chaney, Amit K. Vyas, Albert S. Liu, Roberto Alvarez, Rohit Mundra, Vladislav Sahnovich, Patrick Y. Law, Paul M. Thompson, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Arthur L. Spence, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Christopher Edward Glazowski, Yifan Zhang, Prajakta S. Karandikar, Han Ming Ong
  • Publication number: 20210157179
    Abstract: A pixel for creating an optical phase change includes a transparent electrical insulator, a first electrical conductor disposed on the transparent electrical insulator, the first electrical conductor comprising an antenna component and a connector component, an electrical insulator disposed on the first electrical conductor, a transparent semiconductor disposed on the electrical insulator, and a second electrical conductor disposed on the transparent semiconductor. The transparent semiconductor is sufficiently thick to prevent plasmonic resonance from occurring at an interface between the transparent semiconductor and the second electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd., The University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Antonino CALA' LESINA, Pierre Simon Joseph BERINI, Lora RAMUNNO, Dominic John GOODWILL, Eric BERNIER
  • Patent number: 10559251
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may estimate the power being consumed by an OLED display screen of an electronic device, may provide further information about that power usage, may modify or change functions performed by the electronic device based on that power usage, and may inform an application's developer about the amount of power being used by the electronic device while the electronic device is running the application. One example may estimate the power being used by an OLED display screen of an electronic device by determining the content of images being displayed during a duration. The estimated power may then be presented to a user. The estimated power may be used in decisions to modify or change parameters of the screen or other device components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Pathak, Conor J. O'Reilly, Shashi K. Dua, Udaykumar R. Raval, Christopher W. Chaney, Amit K. Vyas, Albert S. Liu, Roberto Alvarez, Rohit Mundra, Vladislav Sahnovich, Patrick Y. Law, Paul M. Thompson, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Arthur L. Spence, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Christopher Edward Glazowski, Yifan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10467964
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a change in a refresh rate of the display from a first frequency to a second frequency. The controller is also configured to selectively generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display based on the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vasudha Gupta, Chin-Wei Lin, Yafei Bi, Hung Sheng Lin, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Sang Y. Youn
  • Publication number: 20180350297
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may estimate the power being consumed by an OLED display screen of an electronic device, may provide further information about that power usage, may modify or change functions performed by the electronic device based on that power usage, and may inform an application's developer about the amount of power being used by the electronic device while the electronic device is running the application. One example may estimate the power being used by an OLED display screen of an electronic device by determining the content of images being displayed during a duration. The estimated power may then be presented to a user. The estimated power may be used in decisions to modify or change parameters of the screen or other device components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Pathak, Conor J. O'Reilly, Shashi K. Dua, Udaykumar R. Raval, Christopher W. Chaney, Amit K. Vyas, Albert S. Liu, Roberto Alvarez, Rohit Mundra, Vladislav Sahnovich, Patrick Y. Law, Paul M. Thompson, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Arthur L. Spence, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Christopher Edward Glazowski, Yifan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180349244
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may estimate the power being consumed by an OLED display screen of an electronic device, may provide further information about that power usage, may modify or change functions performed by the electronic device based on that power usage, and may inform an application's developer about the amount of power being used by the electronic device while the electronic device is running the application. One example may estimate the power being used by an OLED display screen of an electronic device by determining the content of images being displayed during a duration. The estimated power may then be presented to a user. The estimated power may be used in decisions to modify or change parameters of the screen or other device components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Pathak, Conor J. O'Reilly, Shashi K. Dua, Udaykumar R. Raval, Christopher W. Chaney, Amit K. Vyas, Albert S. Liu, Roberto Alvarez, Rohit Mundra, Vladislav Sahnovich, Patrick Y. Law, Paul M. Thompson, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Arthur L. Spence, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Christopher Edward Glazowski, Yifan Zhang, Prajakta S. Karandikar, Han Ming Ong
  • Patent number: 9940879
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and techniques for calibrating displays to improve the white point uniformity between similar type devices. In one embodiment, a backlight includes multiple strings of LEDs, where each string is driven by a separate driver, or driver channel. Each string may be separately tested at a base current to determine its emitted chromaticity, and values indicative of the emitted chromaticities may be stored within the backlight as calibration values. The calibration values may then be used to determine the driving strength for each string that allows the display to produce the target white point when the light from the strings is mixed. Further, in certain embodiments, adjustments also may be made to the LCD panel based on the emitted chromaticities at the base current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Robert Gettemy, Joshua Grey Wurzel, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Ming Xu, David Andrew Doyle
  • Publication number: 20170092196
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a change in a refresh rate of the display from a first frequency to a second frequency. The controller is also configured to selectively generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display based on the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Vasudha Gupta, Chin-Wei Lin, Yafei Bi, Hung Shen Lin, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Sang Y. Youn
  • Patent number: 9540857
    Abstract: Mechanism for controlling a device for sealingly connecting an enclosure and a container, with the enclosure comprising a door (10) and the container comprising a door (14), with the door (10) of the enclosure containing the control mechanism (D), with that comprising a male element (34) cooperating with a recess of the door (14) of the container, with this male element (34) being rotatably movable about and translatably movable along a longitudinal axis (X) and is capable of being accommodated in the recess of the door (14), of locking the two doors (10, 14) together and of unlocking the door (14) of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GETINGE LA CALHENE
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Simon, Bernard Chavrot, Christophe Dufour
  • Patent number: 9397241
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques are presented such as can be used for electro-optic modulation and detection or other applications. For example, an optical metal grating is disposed on a thin metal film to couple light from broadside to the metal film as surface plasmon-polariton waves; below the metal film is located a thin insulating layer and a doped semiconductor region forming a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure. The device can be configured to operate as a reflection or transmission modulator, or as a photodetector, for example. Modulating the voltage applied to the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure modulates the carrier concentration in the semiconductor near the insulating layer, which modulates the refractive index of the semiconductor in this region, thus modulating the coupling efficiency to the surface plasmon-polaritons, thus modulating the reflectance and transmittance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Pierre Simon Joseph Berini, Chengkun Chen
  • Patent number: 9388468
    Abstract: Diagnostic kit comprising an oligonucleotide probe for the mRNA encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence substantially identical to that of SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENT FRANCAIS DU SANG
    Inventors: Christophe Ferrand, Marina Deschamps, Carole Henry, Pierre Tiberghien, Christophe Borg, Pierre-Simon Rohrlich
  • Publication number: 20150162462
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques are presented such as can be used for electro-optic modulation and detection or other applications. For example, an optical metal grating is disposed on a thin metal film to couple light from broadside to the metal film as surface plasmon-polariton waves; below the metal film is located a thin insulating layer and a doped semiconductor region forming a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure. The device can be configured to operate as a reflection or transmission modulator, or as a photodetector, for example. Modulating the voltage applied to the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure modulates the carrier concentration in the semiconductor near the insulating layer, which modulates the refractive index of the semiconductor in this region, thus modulating the coupling efficiency to the surface plasmon-polaritons, thus modulating the reflectance and transmittance of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Simon Joseph Berini, Chengkun Chen
  • Publication number: 20140316125
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding the CD20 gene comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence placed under the control of one or a plurality of elements required for the expression thereof in a host cell, and method for improving the efficacy of a treatment comprising using a nucleic acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Christophe Ferrand, Marina Deschamps, Carole Henry, Pierre Tiberghien, Christophe Borg, Pierre-Simon Rohrlich
  • Publication number: 20140230963
    Abstract: Mechanism for controlling a device for sealingly connecting an enclosure and a container, with the enclosure comprising a door (10) and the container comprising a door (14), with the door (10) of the enclosure containing the control mechanism (D), with that comprising a male element (34) cooperating with a recess of the door (14) of the container, with this male element (34) being rotatably movable about and translatably movable along a longitudinal axis (X) and is capable of being accommodated in the recess of the door (14), of locking the two doors (10, 14) together and of unlocking the door (14) of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Getinge la Calhene
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Simon, Bernard Chavrot, Christophe Dufour
  • Patent number: 8759503
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding the CD20 gene comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence placed under the control of one or a plurality of elements required for the expression thereof in a host cell, and method for improving the efficacy of a treatment comprising using a nucleic acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Etablissement Francais du Sang
    Inventors: Christophe Ferrand, Marina Deschamps, Carole Henry, Pierre Tiberghien, Christophe Borg, Pierre-Simon Rohrlich
  • Publication number: 20130088522
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and techniques for calibrating displays to improve the white point uniformity between similar type devices. In one embodiment, a backlight includes multiple strings of LEDs, where each string is driven by a separate driver, or driver channel. Each string may be separately tested at a base current to determine its emitted chromaticity, and values indicative of the emitted chromaticities may be stored within the backlight as calibration values. The calibration values may then be used to determine the driving strength for each string that allows the display to produce the target white point when the light from the strings is mixed. Further, in certain embodiments, adjustments also may be made to the LCD panel based on the emitted chromaticities at the base current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Robert Gettemy, Joshua Grey Wurzel, Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou, Ming Xu, David Andrew Doyle