Patents by Inventor Umberto Rossini

Umberto Rossini 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: 20150270325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix display screen which includes, in sequence: a mounting (50); at least one first metal portion (156); a stack of layers (52, 72, 86, 104) including transistors (TFT1, TFT2); and organic light-emitting diodes (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Henri Doyeux, Bernard Aventurier, Eva Serres
  • Patent number: 9122052
    Abstract: A head-up display, including an image source and a mirror positioned along parallel main planes and separated by a first distance, the mirror being shaped to form virtual images of the images provided by the image source at a second distance from the mirror, greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20150206938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer structure on a first substrate made of a first material having a Young's modulus Ev, the method including: using a second substrate having a planar surface covered by the multilayer structure, the second substrate being made of a second material having a Young's modulus Es that is different from the Young's modulus Ev, and a thickness es, the mean Young's modulus Es over thickness es, measured in any direction in a plane parallel to said surface, being constant, plus or minus 10%; bonding the first substrate to the multilayer structure; and removing the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, François Templier
  • Patent number: 9052560
    Abstract: A nanoprojector panel formed of an array of cells, each cell including a liquid crystal layer between upper and lower transparent electrodes, a MOS control transistor being arranged above the upper electrode, each transistor being covered with at least three metallization levels. The transistor of each cell extends in a corner of the cell so that the transistors of an assembly of four adjacent cells are arranged in a central region of the assembly. The upper metallization level extends above the transistors of each the assembly of four adjacent cells. The panel includes, for each assembly of four adjacent cells, a first conductive ring surrounding the transistors, the first ring extending from the lower metallization level to the upper electrode of each cell, with an interposed insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Commisariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Michel Marty, Flavien Hirigoyen, Josep Segura Puchades, Hélène Wehbe-Alause, Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20150138644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display comprising sub-screens (241, 242, . . . , 245), the positions and dimensions of which are defined according to the length of the optical path (D) and the maximum authorised length of movement in a plane that is perpendicular to the optical path and located at a distance equal to the length of the optical path, such that the information projected by the group of sub-screens can be seen over the entire authorised length of movement. The display is characterised in that the luminous intensity of the sub-screens increases the further they are from the main optical axis of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20150138614
    Abstract: A display system, including: a vehicle windshield; a projector located on the side of a first surface of the windshield and arranged to enable to project an image in the windshield, towards a second surface of the windshield opposite to the first surface, so that the angles of incidence of the rays projected on the second surface are greater than the limiting angle of total reflection of the light on the second surface; and a transmissive diffuser coating an area of the first surface located on the path of the projected rays after at least one reflection on the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Umberto ROSSINI
  • Patent number: 9025095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polarization rotator with small polarization ellipticity. The rotator includes a first optical unit (401) and a second optical unit (402) on a common optical axis. The first optical unit (401) is formed by a rectilinear polarizer (205) and a first quarter-wave plate (210), where the polarization direction of the polarizer is a bisector of the neutral axes of the quarter-wave plate. The second optical unit (402) is formed by a variable-delay plate (220) and a second quarter-wave plate (230), where the neutral axes of the second quarter-wave plate are bisectors of the neutral variable-delay plate axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Maxime Favier, Stephanie Le Calvez, Sophie Morales
  • Publication number: 20150103409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display comprising a group of optical sub-systems (261, 262, 263) formed in a single plane and having focal lengths that increases moving away from the main optical axis of the display. The display also comprises sub-screens (241, 242, 243), the positions and dimensions of which are defined according to: the length of the optical path (D), the focal lengths of the optical sub-systems, and a maximum authorised length of movement in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis and located at a distance equal to the length of the optical path, such that the information projected by the group of sub-screens can be seen along the entire authorised length of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Patent number: 8993368
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a microelectronic device from a first substrate (10), including the production of at least one electronic component in the semi-conductor substrate after transferring the first substrate (10) onto a second substrate (20), characterized in that it comprises: a first phase carried out prior to the transfer, and including forming at least one pattern made of a sacrificial material in a layer of the first substrate (10), a second phase carried out after the transfer and including the substitution of the electronic component for the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20150085371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display comprising a group of sub-screens (241, 242, . . . , 245), the positions and dimensions of which are defined according to the length of the optical path (D) and the maximum authorised range of movement (B1) in a plane that is perpendicular to the optical path and located at a distance equal to the length of the optical path, such that the information projected by the group of sub-screens is seen over the entire authorised movement range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Patent number: 8945977
    Abstract: A method for producing an opto-microelectronic micro-imaging device includes a step of forming a first functional part on the base of a first substrate, a base layer, and first electric connection pad. The first functional part is transferred onto a second substrate. The first substrate is thinned until the base layer is reached. A second functional part is formed on the base layer. One via is connected to the first electric connection pad and through the first functional part. The step of forming the second functional part includes connecting the via with the second electric connection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Thierry Flahaut
  • Patent number: 8937701
    Abstract: A wavefront analyzer comprises a network of adjustable converging microlenses dividing an incident wavefront into multiple beams and creating a respective focal point for each beam, and a network of light-sensitive detectors placed behind to detect positions of these focal points. The microlenses network is formed from a liquid crystal layer operating in transmission with an array of electrodes forming liquid crystal pixels whose refractive index is controllable by a voltage applied individually to each electrode. Each converging microlens comprises a subset of pixels grouped in a region constituting the microlens, the pixels of a subset having indices that vary radially in a monotonic manner by distance from a central point of the region to its edges, enabling the microlens to operate in refractive mode. The number, position, size and focal length of the microlenses can be adjusted by the profile of the voltages applied to the array of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20140368193
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance optical pumping isotropic magnetometer including a laser, a gas filled cell, a HF discharge circuit, RF magnetic field generating coils surrounding the cell, a first frequency regulating mechanism of an RF generator, a second polarization regulating mechanism of the laser beam, and a third regulating mechanism of the direction of the RF magnetic field. The direction of polarization of the laser beam at an inlet of the cell is orthogonally aligned with the magnetic field to be measured by virtue of a liquid crystal polarization rotator. The magnetometer is well-adapted to an integrated arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Sophie Morales, Laurence Clerc, William Fourcault, Matthieu Le Prado, Jean-Michel Leger, Umberto Rossini, Jaroslaw Rutkowski
  • Publication number: 20140363951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer structure on a first substrate made of a material having a first Young's modulus. The method includes: providing a second substrate covered with the multilayer structure, the multilayer structure having a planar surface opposite the second substrate, the second substrate being made of a material having a second Young's modulus; applying first deformations to said surface; molecularly boding the first substrate to said surface, the molecular bonding resulting in the appearance of second deformation in said surface in the absence of the first deformations, the first deformations being opposite the second deformations; and removing the second substrate, the resulting deformations in said surface being less than 5 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Raphaël Elequet, Thierry Flahaut
  • Publication number: 20140353853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer strucute on a first substrate, the method including: using the first substrate made of a first material having a Young's modulus Ev and a thickness ev, and using a second substrate covered by the multilayer structure, the second substrate being made of a second material having a Young's modulus Es that is different from the Young's modulus Ev and a thickness es, the thicknesses es and ev complying, plus or minus 10%, with the relation (I); molecularly bonding the first substrate and the multilayer structure together; and removing the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Thierry Flahaut, Vincent Larrey
  • Patent number: 8861079
    Abstract: A rear projection display screen, including a film having a surface facing the back of the screen including ridges having a triangular cross-section defining prisms, wherein at least a wall of each of said ridges has an inclination such that the angle of incidence, on said wall, of a light ray normal to the display is equal, to within 5 degrees, to the Brewster angle of the surface of separation formed by said wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventor: Umberto Rossini
  • Publication number: 20140218672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a phase device operating at at least one wavelength (?) comprising a cell containing a liquid crystal possessing a helical structure, inserted between two alignment layers possessing rubbing axes and means for applying a voltage to said cell, said helical structure exhibits a number of helical turns k, said liquid crystal exhibiting a defined angle of twist ? between the rubbing axes of the two alignment layers, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: —the determination of a compensation angle ? satisfying the following equation: (formula) with: N the integer closest to (formula) the angle of twist ?=2K??? ?n: the birefringence of the liquid crystal; d: the thickness of the liquid crystal cell; ?: the wavelength of the light beam which passes through the liquid crystal cell; the rubbing of one of the faces in a direction of alignment of said liquid crystal molecules, defining the angle of twist: ?=2K???.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Laurence Clerc
  • Patent number: 8797497
    Abstract: An unpolarized light beam phase modulator emitting in a given wavelength range comprises at least one cell containing a liquid crystal having a helical structure and means for applying a voltage to said cell, said liquid crystal having a torsion elastic constant greater than its twisting elastic constant so as to ensure continuous stable behavior voltage-wise, said liquid crystal having a sufficient number of turns and in which the axis of the turns is in the light-propagation direction, making it possible to obtain an optical effect generated by the liquid crystal on the electrical field that is identical regardless of the direction of this electrical field, said cell being transparent in said wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Bruno Mourey
  • Publication number: 20140168550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polarisation rotator with small polarisation ellipticity. The rotator includes a first optical unit (401) and a second optical unit (402) on a common optical axis. The first optical unit (401) is formed by a rectilinear polariser (205) and a first quarter-wave plate (210), where the polarisation direction of the polariser is a bisector of the neutral axes of the quarter-wave plate. The second optical unit (402) is formed by a variable-delay plate (220) and a second quarter-wave plate (230), where the neutral axes of the second quarter-wave plate are bisectors of the neutral variable-delay plate axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Maxime Favier, Stephanie Le Calvez, Sophie Morales
  • Publication number: 20140145916
    Abstract: A head-up display including a display screen including an array of display pixels arranged in rows and in columns, where the display screen is pivoted, around an axis perpendicular to the screen, by an inclination angle between 10 and 80 degrees, with respect to the position of the display screen for which a group of adjacent activated display pixels of a same row appears to an observer as being directed along the horizontal or vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Umberto Rossini, Henri Doyeux, Denis Sarrasin