Patents by Inventor Vincent Hugel

Vincent Hugel 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).

  • Method of generating commands for controlling coordination of displacement members of a moving platform and corresponding generator
    Patent number: 9471061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating control commands for coordinating displacement members of a moving platform, so as to make said moving platform progress between an initial speed and a final speed according to at least two locomotive situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: Inria Institut National de Recehrche en Informatique et en Automatique, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifque (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Anick Abourachid, Ludovic Maes, Lionel Reveret, Vincent Hugel
  • Method of Generating Commands for Controlling Coordination of Displacement Members of a Moving Platform and Corresponding Generator
    Publication number: 20140330477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating control commands for coordinating displacement members of a moving platform, so as to make said moving platform progress between an initial speed and a final speed according to at least two locomotive situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: Inria Institut National de Recehrche en Informatique et en Automatique, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Anick Abourachid, Ludovic Maes, Lionel Reveret, Vincent Hugel
  • Robot device and method of controlling robot device operation
    Patent number: 6865446
    Abstract: A robot apparatus is provided which includes body portions such as a head block (4), leg blocks (3A to 3D), an actuator (25) to actuate the body portions and a CPU (10) to supply a control signal to the actuator (25). In this apparatus, information about an external force applied to the apparatus, such as the position, magnitude, direction, etc. of the external force, is computed on the basis of changes of the control signal supplied from the CPU (10) to drive the actuator (25) and a signal supplied as a response to the CPU (10) when the actuator (25) is driven. The external force information is supplied to the CPU (10) and used as information for selection of a behavior and emotion of the robot apparatus and the next behavior of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Masahiro Fujita, Vincent Hugel
  • Robot device and method of controlling robot device operation
    Publication number: 20040034449
    Abstract: A robot apparatus is provided which includes body portions such as a head block (4), leg blocks (3A to 3D), an actuator (25) to actuate the body portions and a CPU (10) to supply a control signal to the actuator (25). In this apparatus, information about an external force applied to the apparatus, such as the position, magnitude, direction, etc. of the external force, is computed on the basis of changes of the control signal supplied from the CPU (10) to drive the actuator (25) and a signal supplied as a response to the CPU (10) when the actuator (25) is driven. The external force information is supplied to the CPU (10) and used as information for selection of a behavior and emotion of the robot apparatus and the next behavior of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Masahiro Fujita, Vincent Hugel