Patents by Inventor Stephane Gervais-Ducouret

Stephane Gervais-Ducouret 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).

  • User controlled device for sending control signals to an electric appliance, in particular user controlled pointing device such as mouse or joystick, with 3D-motion detection
    Patent number: 8139031
    Abstract: A user controlled device, movable into a plurality of positions of a three-dimensional space, includes a MEMS acceleration sensor to detect 3D movements of the user controlled device. The device, such as a mouse, sends control signals correlated to the detected positions to an electrical appliance, such as a computer system. A microcontroller processes the output signals of the MEMS acceleration sensor to generate the control signals, such as screen pointer position signals and “clicking” functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Calarco, Jean Nguyen, Guy Formica, Stephane Gervais-Ducouret, Fabio Pasolini, Paolo Bendiscioli
  • User controlled device for sending control signals to an electric appliance, in particular user controlled pointing device such as mouse of joystick, with 3D-motion detection
    Publication number: 20040227725
    Abstract: A user controlled device, movable into a plurality of positions of a three-dimensional space, includes a MEMS acceleration sensor to detect 3D movements of the user controlled device. The device, such as a mouse, sends control signals correlated to the detected positions to an electrical appliance, such as a computer system. A microcontroller processes the output signals of the MEMS acceleration sensor to generate the control signals, such as screen pointer position signals and “clicking” functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics Asis Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Giuseppe Calarco, Jean Nguyen, Guy Formica, Stephane Gervais-Ducouret, Fabio Pasolini, Paolo Bendiscioli