Patents by Inventor Yannick Allaert

Yannick Allaert 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: 11648463
    Abstract: A game controller includes an assembled shell and at least one control member which passes through the assembled shell and includes, outside the assembled shell, a head for manipulating the control member. The head is pivotable in all directions from a rest position into which it returns in a rotationally elastic manner. The game controller further includes at least one adjusting element for adjusting the stop angle (?) of the control member and is able to be removably mounted on the control member and removed from the control member without disassembling the shell of the game controller. The control member is provided with the removable adjusting element tiltable in each tilt direction until it reaches a stop position in which the adjusting element abuts and allows the tilting of the control member to be blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NACON
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Antoine Vandekerckhove, Valentin Delrue, Yannick Allaert
  • Patent number: 11547934
    Abstract: A game controller (1) including an assembled shell (2) and at least one pivoting control member (3) which passes through the assembled shell (2) and can be tilted manually in all directions from a rest position into which it returns in a rotationally elastic manner. For each pivoting control member (3), the game controller includes at least one removable first head (32A) and one removable second head. The two removable heads have different dimensions so as to obtain different values for the stop angle of the control member (3) in relation to its rest position when the control member (3) is tilted in abutment in the stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NACON
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Antoine Vandekerckhove, Valentin Delrue, Yannick Allaert
  • Patent number: 11311802
    Abstract: A method for controlling a position of a display element, comprising the steps: —measuring a position of a control lever, —projecting the position of the lever into a base plane, in order to determine a first set of coordinates, —determining a circle of positions, —determining a square circumscribing the circle of positions, —projecting, onto the circumscribed square, at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates, —calculating a second set of coordinates in a Cartesian frame of reference, on the basis of the projection of the at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates onto the circumscribed square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nacon SAS
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Alexandre Notebaert, Stephen Dudoyer
  • Publication number: 20210379488
    Abstract: A game controller (1) including an assembled shell (2) and at least one pivoting control member (3) which passes through the assembled shell (2) and can be tilted manually in all directions from a rest position into which it returns in a rotationally elastic manner. For each pivoting control member (3), the game controller includes at least one removable first head (32A) and one removable second head. The two removable heads have different dimensions so as to obtain different values for the stop angle of the control member (3) in relation to its rest position when the control member (3) is tilted in abutment in the stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: NACON
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Antoine Vandekerckhove, Valentin Delrue, Yannick Allaert
  • Publication number: 20210354030
    Abstract: A game controller includes an assembled shell and at least one control member (3) which passes through the assembled shell and includes, outside the assembled shell, a head (32) for manipulating the control member (3), which is pivotable in all directions from a rest position into which it returns in a rotationally elastic manner. The game controller further includes at least one adjusting element (5A) for adjusting the stop angle (?) of the control member (3), able to be removably mounted on the control member (3) and removed from the control member (3) without disassembling the shell of the game controller; the control member (3) provided with said removable adjusting element (5A) tiltable in each tilt direction until it reaches a stop position in which the adjusting element (5A) abuts and allows the tilting of the control member (3) to be blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: NACON
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Antoine Vandekerckhove, Valentin Delrue, Yannick Allaert
  • Patent number: 11077372
    Abstract: A control process of a display element, the process comprising the steps: measuring a position of a control lever, projecting in a base plane the position of the lever to determine a first set of coordinates, determining a homothetic figure on a mechanical stop of the lever, determining a circumscribed square on the homothetic figure, projecting onto the circumscribed square at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates, calculating a second set of coordinates in a Cartesian reference frame, on the basis of the projection of said at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates on the circumscribed square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NACON SA
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Alexandre Notebaert, Stephen Dudoyer
  • Publication number: 20210220734
    Abstract: A method for controlling a position of a display element, the method comprising the steps consisting of: —measuring a position of a control lever, —projecting the position of the lever into a base plane, in order to determine a first set of coordinates, —determining a circle of positions, —determining a square circumscribing the circle of positions, —projecting, onto the circumscribed square, at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates, —calculating a second set of coordinates in a Cartesian frame of reference, on the basis of the projection of said at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates onto the circumscribed square.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alain FALC, Yannick ALLAERT, Alexandre NOTEBAERT, Stephen DUDOYER
  • Publication number: 20200261800
    Abstract: A control process of a display element, the process comprising the steps: measuring a position of a control lever, projecting in a base plane the position of the lever to determine a first set of coordinates, determining a homothetic figure on a mechanical stop of the lever, determining a circumscribed square on the homothetic figure, projecting onto the circumscribed square at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates, calculating a second set of coordinates in a Cartesian reference frame, on the basis of the projection of said at least one coordinate of the first set of coordinates on the circumscribed square.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Alain FALC, Yannick ALLAERT, Alexandre NOTEBAERT, Stephen DUDOYER
  • Publication number: 20150273325
    Abstract: An adaptable handle arranged to receive a tactile tablet includes two side portions, a width setting unit arranged to adjust a width between the two side holding portions and to allow the handle to receive one of at least two tactile tablets of different sizes. The width setting unit includes a first adjustment unit arranged to enable a first width setting of the two side portions by successive incremental values of width, and a second adjustment unit arranged between the two side portions and in series with the first adjustment unit, to enable a second additional width setting of the two side portions in a continuous range of values, and an elastic return unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Bigben Interactive SA
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Sébastien Moreau
  • Patent number: 8517837
    Abstract: A control unit for a home video game console, including a control unit body, a display supported by the control unit body for displaying information and/or images relating to the game, and a recess defined by the control unit body for accommodating a second control unit equipped with an accelerometer and/or with tilt sensors. The recess has an electrical connection between the two control units, wherein the displayed information and/or images are changed in response to signals received by the accelerometer and/or the tilt sensors and transmitted to the display through the electrical connection. A touch screen overlying at least partially over the display, detects tactile commands including a sequence of locations touched on the screen able to change the displayed information and/or images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bigben Interactive, Société Anonyme
    Inventors: Andrew Tiley, Yannick Allaert, Alain Falc, Mark Liddle
  • Publication number: 20120322558
    Abstract: A control unit for a home video game console, including a control unit body, a display supported by the control unit body for displaying information and/or images relating to the game, and a recess defined by the control unit body for accommodating a second control unit equipped with an accelerometer and/or with tilt sensors. The recess has an electrical connection between the two control units, wherein the displayed information and/or images are changed in response to signals received by the accelerometer and/or the tilt sensors and transmitted to the display through the electrical connection. A touch screen overlying at least partially over the display, detects tactile commands including a sequence of locations touched on the screen able to change the displayed information and/or images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Bigben Interactive, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Andrew Tiley, Yannick Allaert, Alain Falc, Mark Liddle
  • Patent number: D644695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Bigben Interactive S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Mark Liddle
  • Patent number: D680610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bigben Interactive, Société Anonyme
    Inventors: Yannick Allaert, Sébastien Moreau
  • Patent number: D823945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Valentin Delrue
  • Patent number: D1043837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NACON SA
    Inventors: Alain Falc, Yannick Allaert, Valentin Delrue