Patents by Inventor Simon Lefrancois

Simon Lefrancois 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: 11806119
    Abstract: An electronic fitness device includes a housing, a first optical transmitter array, a first optical receiver, and a second optical receiver. The first optical transmitter array is positioned at a first location on a bottom wall and may output a plurality of optical signals that pass through a user's skin. The first optical receiver is positioned at a second location and may receive the optical signals from the first optical transmitter array such that the optical signals travel along a first signal path and a first distance. The second optical receiver is positioned at a third location and may receive the optical signals from the first optical transmitter array such that the optical signals travel along a second signal path and a second distance, wherein the second signal path is roughly orthogonal to the first signal path and the second distance is different from the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Simon LeFrancois, Paul R. MacDonald, Kristin A. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20200297226
    Abstract: An electronic fitness device comprises a housing, a first optical transmitter array, a first optical receiver, and a second optical receiver. The first optical transmitter array is positioned at a first location on a bottom wall and may output a plurality of optical signals that pass through a user's skin. The first optical receiver is positioned at a second location and may receive the optical signals from the first optical transmitter array such that the optical signals travel along a first signal path and a first distance. The second optical receiver is positioned at a third location and may receive the optical signals from the first optical transmitter array such that the optical signals travel along a second signal path and a second distance, wherein the second signal path is roughly orthogonal to the first signal path and the second distance is different from the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Simon LeFrancois, Paul R. MacDonald, Kristin A. Stevens
  • Patent number: 10608400
    Abstract: Devices and techniques that use nonlinear optical effects in optical fiber to generate optical pulses via nonlinear optical wave mixing for various applications such as coherent Raman microscopic measurements and optical parametric oscillators. In some implementations, a tunable optical delay path is provided to cause an adjustable delay for synchronizing two optical beams of optical pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Frank Wise, Simon Lefrancois
  • Publication number: 20140247448
    Abstract: Devices and techniques that use nonlinear optical effects in optical fiber to generate optical pulses via nonlinear optical wave mixing for various applications such as coherent Raman microscopic measurements and optical parametric oscillators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Frank Wise, Simon Lefrancois
  • Patent number: D839790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter J. Henne, Marcos J. Bowman, Simon LeFrancois