Patents by Inventor Thomas Morin

Thomas Morin 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).

  • Publication number: 20260149340
    Abstract: A device for measuring a parameter for a motor vehicle, including a main module and a remote module including a sensitive element configured to measure the parameter and a measurement stage configured to generate a pulse-width modulation signal the duty cycle of which is representative of the at least one value of the measured parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Franck Nieceron, Kahina Telmat
  • Publication number: 20260145536
    Abstract: A device for a parameter for a motor vehicle, including a main module and a remote module. The main module includes a control stage and a primary winding. The control stage being configured to electrically power the primary winding on the basis of an alternating current so that the primary winding generates a variable magnetic field which is a function of the alternating current. The remote module includes a secondary winding, immersed in the magnetic field when the magnetic field is generated. An external piezoelectric transceiver is connected to the secondary winding in a wired manner and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals. An internal piezoelectric transceiver is configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals, and a sensitive element is configured to measure the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas MORIN, Thierry CHAUCHARD, Kahina TELMAT
  • Publication number: 20260149337
    Abstract: A device for measuring a parameter, including a main module and a remote module. The main module includes a control stage and a piezoelectric transmitter that is configured to transmit ultrasonic signals. The control stage being configured to electrically power the piezoelectric transmitter and to command transmission of signals by the piezoelectric transmitter. The remote module includes a piezoelectric receiver, a sensitive element configured to measure the parameter and to generate a measurement signal, and a measurement stage configured to collect and store the energy of the signals received by the piezoelectric receiver with a view to electrically powering the sensitive element, to receiving a measurement signal generated by the sensitive element, to extracting from said received measurement signal the values of the measured parameter and to commanding transmission of signals containing the extracted parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas MORIN, Eric SENECHAL, Franck NIECERON
  • Publication number: 20260149338
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for measuring a parameter for a motor vehicle, said device comprising a main module (10) and a remote module (20) comprising a sensitive element (230) that is configured to measure the parameter and a remote piezoelectric transceiver (210) that is configured to generate an ultrasonic measurement signal, which is an image of the measurement signal (S) and proportional to the values of the measured parameter, and to send it to the main module (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas MORIN, Hoang Triet NGUYEN, Franck NIECERON
  • Publication number: 20250354834
    Abstract: Examples set forth a position sensor for determining an angular position of a rotor of an electric motor including N pairs of poles, a vehicle with this sensor on board, a method for determining an angular position of a rotor of an electric motor, a computer program product, and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Franck NIECERON, Thomas MORIN, Kahina TELMAT
  • Patent number: 12289497
    Abstract: A user may want to share segments of content, such as video sequences of news reporting or sports events received from a service provider, SR, or content provider, CP, with the members of his social network using the user's social networking application. Therefore, a method is provided for sharing content that may include receiving a content segment by a Transmitter/Receiver Device, TRD. The TRD may transmit, to the SP/CP, a request for sharing the currently received content segment. The SP/CP may receive the request from the TRD and may prepare the content segment for sharing, for example by uploading it to a replay platform. The TRD may receive, from the SP/CP an indication that the content segment has been stored on the replay platform, including a locator to the content segment. The TRD may publish the locator in the user's social network application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Schmouker, Thomas Morin, Hassane Guermoud
  • Publication number: 20250054496
    Abstract: A voice-controlled device adapted to submit textual queries recognized from voice queries spoken by a user provides an intermediate validation step before the submitting the query, allowing to check, cancel or fix the voice query with the voice. The system is particularly adapted to situations where the user cannot make use of his hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Philippe Schmouker, Sylvain Lelievre
  • Patent number: 12182333
    Abstract: A system for user interaction comprising a display including a screen for displaying images, at least one hardware processor for receiving input from at least one sensor detecting at least a position of a user's fingertip in front of the display, the fingertip belonging to a finger extended in a direction of the screen, wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to determine, from the input from the at least one sensor, an aim of the finger, display on the screen, on condition that the fingertip is in a first zone, at a position corresponding to the aim, an indicator, and select an object displayed in an image on the screen, the object located at the position on the screen corresponding to the aim, on condition that the fingertip is in a second zone, the second zone being closer to the screen than the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Erik Reinhard, Gwenaelle Marquant, Serge Defrance
  • Patent number: 12182334
    Abstract: A user interface device including memory configured to store instructions and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain, from at least one sensor, sensor data corresponding to a user gesture, determine a user interface gesture that matches the sensor data, obtain parameters for the determined interface gesture, and upon obtaining the parameters for the determined interface gesture, use the sensor data and the parameters for the determined interface gesture to estimate the user gesture in a user interface. Also provided is a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Serge Defrance, Hassane Guermoud, Sylvain Lelievre
  • Patent number: 12112661
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to retractable display device (1) including a housing (3) having an internal space (31) defined therein, a rolling axle (32) positioned in the housing (3), an electronic display and a support structure (21) attached to a rear surface of the electronic display. The support structure (21) includes a plurality of juxtaposed support elements (210) capable of being rolled around the axle (32) with the electronic display in a storage position and of being unrolled upward, at least partially out of the housing (3), to provide a substantially planar front surface on which visual information may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Sebastien Fraleu, Goulven Querre
  • Publication number: 20240211056
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a direction pointed by a controlling device with a first orientation may be obtained from a first image of a user handing the controlling device with the first orientation. For example, an initial indication of an initial pointed position may be displayed on a display device based on the direction. For example, angular information may be obtained. The angular information may be representative of a difference between the first orientation and a second orientation of the controlling device pointing to the pointed position. For example, an indication of a pointed position may be determined (e.g., for display) based on the initial pointed position and on the received angular information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Sylvain Thiebaud, Patrick Morvan, Sylvain Lelievre, Thomas Morin
  • Patent number: 11863862
    Abstract: A display device (100) obtains (S210) an image, obtains (S220) a current measure of inclination of a screen (110) of the display device (100), rotates (S230) the image to compensate for the inclination to render the image parallel with the horizon, scales (S240) and displays (S250) the image entire and horizontally on the screen. The image can be part of a video for which other images are processed to be displayed horizontally. The image can be scaled to maximise the size of the image when displayed on the screen (110); this can be performed after a period of unchanged inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Goulven Querre, Thomas Morin, Karine Jegou, Sebastien Fraleu
  • Publication number: 20230421853
    Abstract: A user may want to share segments of content, such as video sequences of news reporting or sports events received from a service provider, SR, or content provider, CP, with the members of his social network using the user's social networking application. Therefore, a method is provided for sharing content that may include receiving a content segment by a Transmitter/Receiver Device, TRD. The TRD may transmit, to the SP/CP, a request for sharing the currently received content segment. The SP/CP may receive the request from the TRD and may prepare the content segment for sharing, for example by uploading it to a replay platform. The TRD may receive, from the SP/CP an indication that the content segment has been stored on the replay platform, including a locator to the content segment. The TRD may publish the locator in the user's social network application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe Schmouker, Thomas Morin, Hassane Guermoud
  • Patent number: 11792487
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the volume of a content. In one embodiment, sound associated with a content is received as well as a request for a volume change associated with the content. An equalization ratio is then obtained based on an amplification and a compression parameter. It is then analyzed whether a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content. If a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content, the volume change is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, David Drugeon-Hamon, Goulven Querre
  • Patent number: 11695981
    Abstract: An electronic program guide, EPG, comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a list of channels and, for each channel in the list, a list of scheduled audiovisual content. The second portion comprises a selection area or section and a first graphical element representing a time line. The selection section may be used to select scheduled audiovisual content according to a selection criterion. Second graphical elements that represent scheduled audio visual content resulting from the selection are then placed on the first graphical element. The relative position of the second graphical elements on the first graphical element is determined by chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien Fraleu, Thomas Morin, Goulven Querre, Sebastien Bergot
  • Publication number: 20230168746
    Abstract: A user interface device including memory configured to store instructions and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain, from at least one sensor, sensor data corresponding to a user gesture, determine a user interface gesture that matches the sensor data, obtain parameters for the determined interface gesture, and upon obtaining the parameters for the determined interface gesture, use the sensor data and the parameters for the determined interface gesture to estimate the user gesture in a user interface. Also provided is a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Serge Defrance, Hassane Guermoud, Sylvain Lelievre
  • Publication number: 20230099167
    Abstract: A system for user interaction comprising a display including a screen for displaying images, at least one hardware processor for receiving input from at least one sensor detecting at least a position of a user's fingertip in front of the display, the fingertip belonging to a finger extended in a direction of the screen, wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to determine, from the input from the at least one sensor, an aim of the finger, display on the screen, on condition that the fingertip is in a first zone, at a position corresponding to the aim, an indicator, and select an object displayed in an image on the screen, the object located at the position on the screen corresponding to the aim, on condition that the fingertip is in a second zone, the second zone being closer to the screen than the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Erik Rainhard, Gwenaelle Marquant, Serge Defrance
  • Patent number: 11463749
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method comprising: receiving, from a first network, a input signal conveying a plurality of audio and/or video channels; sending, on a second network, a first signal comprising a first digital stream conveying a first audio and/or video channel comprised in the input signal, the first signal comprising, for a second channel of said plurality of audio and/or video channels other than the first channel, and a second digital stream comprising an identifying information of the other second channel and requiring less bandwidth than a digital stream conveying the other second audio and/or video channel of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Thomas Morin, Goulven Querre, Anthony Pesin
  • Publication number: 20220060777
    Abstract: An electronic program guide, EPG, comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a list of channels and, for each channel in the list, a list of scheduled audiovisual content. The second portion comprises a selection area or section and a first graphical element representing a time line. The selection section may be used to select scheduled audiovisual content according to a selection criterion. Second graphical elements that represent scheduled audio visual content resulting from the selection are then placed on the first graphical element. The relative position of the second graphical elements on the first graphical element is determined by chronological order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastien Fraleu, Thomas Morin, Goulven Querre, Sebastien Bergot
  • Publication number: 20210400355
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the volume of a content. In one embodiment, sound associated with a content is received as well as a request for a volume change associated with the content. An equalization ratio is then obtained based on an amplification and a compression parameter. It is then analyzed whether a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content. If a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content, the volume change is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas MORIN, David DRUGEON-HAMON, Goulven QUERRE