Patents by Inventor Stephane Cote

Stephane Cote 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: 9147282
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a flashlight virtual object is provided that has a field of view. Any portions of the representation that fall within the field of view of the flashlight virtual object are highlighted. The position and orientation of the flashlight virtual object is manipulated in three-dimensional (3-D) space using a pointing device that captures motion in two-dimensions, by translation of the flashlight virtual object about one or more of a plurality of user-selectable two-dimensional (2-D) planes, rotation of the flashlight virtual object about one or more of a plurality of user-selectable points, translation of the flashlight virtual object along, or parallel to, one or more of a plurality of user-selectable axis and/or automated movement to a nearest point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephane Cote, Renaud Gervais, Yves Boivin
  • Patent number: 8405871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a special paper plot (referred to herein as a dynamic plot) for which corresponding metadata is maintained is printed. A mobile appliance obtains corresponding metadata for the dynamic plot. A camera of the mobile appliance computes an image of the dynamic plot. A position of the camera of the mobile appliance with respect to the dynamic plot is calculated from the image of the dynamic plot. Using the calculated position, information or icons are overlaid at particular locations in the image captured by the camera of the dynamic plot. The image captured by the camera of the dynamic with the overlaid information or icons is then displayed on a display screen of the mobile appliance. A user may add annotations beyond what is printed on the dynamic plot. This information may subsequently be shared with other users involved in the project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Smith, Alton B. Cleveland, Jr., Stephane Cote
  • Publication number: 20110058187
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a special paper plot (referred to herein as a dynamic plot) for which corresponding metadata is maintained is printed. A mobile appliance obtains corresponding metadata for the dynamic plot. A camera of the mobile appliance computes an image of the dynamic plot. A position of the camera of the mobile appliance with respect to the dynamic plot is calculated from the image of the dynamic plot. Using the calculated position, information or icons are overlaid at particular locations in the image captured by the camera of the dynamic plot. The image captured by the camera of the dynamic with the overlaid information or icons is then displayed on a display screen of the mobile appliance. A user may add annotations beyond what is printed on the dynamic plot. This information may subsequently be shared with other users involved in the project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark D. Smith, Alton B. Cleveland, JR., Stephane Cote
  • Patent number: 7683914
    Abstract: A method of smoothing a triangulated raster image includes the steps of: triangulating the image to create triangles having vertices, each of which is centered on a pixel of the image; comparing the costs of a first and a second orientation of an edge of each pair of adjacent triangles that forms a quadrilateral; swapping the edge of the pair of triangles to the lower cost orientation; and iterating the comparing and swapping until a stopping point is reached. The cost function used may include a cost factor that causes a triangle edge orientation that aligns with a both a color and an intensity of a color intensity contour line of the image to have a lower cost than a triangle edge orientation that does not so align.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bentley System, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephane Côté
  • Publication number: 20080265104
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises means (3) which can detect a disturbance such as a discrete gust or a continuous turbulence, and means (4, A1 to An) for controlling the deflection of control surfaces (S1 to Sn) of the airplane, when such a disturbance is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Nathalie Fabre-Raimbault, Marco Adurno, Mathieu Berthereau, Stephane Cote
  • Patent number: 5467908
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fish stringer for underwater maintenance of live captured fish, the fish stringer comprising, in combination: a buoyant element having a generally oblong shape and ballast in its underside, a towing line secured at one end thereof to the buoyant element and to be releasably secured at the opposite end to a watercraft, an angler or a fixed object, a fish stringing line secured at one end thereof to the buoyant element and having a needle element at the other end thereof for threading the fish stringing line through the gills and mouth of captured fish, the fish stringing line extending generally underwater below the buoyant element, and an adjustment structure for adjusting the operational length of the fish stringing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Inventor: Stephane Cote