Patents by Inventor Sylvio LeBlanc

Sylvio LeBlanc 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).

  • Paper position sensor for printer
    Patent number: 8829897
    Abstract: A paper position sensor for a ticket printer is disclosed. The ticket printer includes a blank ticket tray and a paper guide consisting of an upper and lower guide, which lower guide contains a position sensor wheel that rotates as a result of the frictional contact with the blank ticket, as the ticket passes over the sensor wheel on its way through the guides. The wheel contains an embedded magnetic element such that as the wheel turns, which magnetically provides rotational position information to an adjacently-mounted sensor chip, which is able to determine, magnetically, the position of the wheel. The sensor chip provides data to the printer control as to the position of the ticket through the printer, and thus the printer control is now able to determine the precise position of the ticket in the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nanoptix Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Vienneau, Paul Butland, Yvon Hache, Sylvio LeBlanc, Denis Daigle
  • PAPER POSITION SENSOR FOR PRINTER
    Publication number: 20110273167
    Abstract: A paper position sensor for a ticket printer is disclosed. The ticket printer includes a blank ticket tray and a paper guide consisting of an upper and lower guide, which lower guide contains a position sensor wheel that rotates as a result of the frictional contact with the blank ticket, as the ticket passes over the sensor wheel on its way through the guides. The wheel contains an embedded magnetic element such that as the wheel turns, which magnetically provides rotational position information to an adjacently-mounted sensor chip, which is able to determine, magnetically, the position of the wheel. The sensor chip provides data to the printer control as to the position of the ticket through the printer, and thus the printer control is now able to determine the precise position of the ticket in the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NANOPTIX INC.
    Inventors: Michel VIENNEAU, Paul BUTLAND, Yvon HACHE, Sylvio LEBLANC, Denis DAIGLE
  • THEME BASED PROMOTION CASH OUT TICKET FOR A GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090124360
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method that enables the possibility of adding promotions or themes to a printed cashout ticket without a need to modify the central system controller or modifying the host gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: NANOPTIX, INC.
    Inventors: Michel Vienneau, Sylvio LeBlanc, Jean-Louis Drapeau, Scott Stewart