Patents by Inventor Vincent STOLTZ

Vincent STOLTZ 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).

  • Patent number: 9711042
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling pieces of equipment by sound pulses, which include operations and means for determining characteristics of a vector defined by two sound pulses received by at least two receivers. In various implementations, the characteristics may comprise at least the direction and possibly also the sense and the norm of the vector, and these sound pulses may be generated in a zone defined relative to the receivers. The methods and devices may also include operations and means for controlling a piece of equipment where the command applied to the equipment may be determined at least by the direction of the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventor: Vincent Stoltz
  • Publication number: 20150302740
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling pieces of equipment by sound pulses, which include operations and means for determining characteristics of a vector defined by two sound pulses received by at least two receivers. In various implementations, the characteristics may comprise at least the direction and possibly also the sense and the norm of the vector, and these sound pulses may be generated in a zone defined relative to the receivers. The methods and devices may also include operations and means for controlling a piece of equipment where the command applied to the equipment may be determined at least by the direction of the vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Vincent STOLTZ