Chouinard, CA
Alain Chouinard, Laval CA
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| 20110056999 | Method And System For Supporting And/Or Aligning Components Of A Liquid Dispensing System - In a liquid dispensing system having a dispensing module and a gun manifold, the gun manifold includes a shelf portion that extends outwardly from its front face and the dispensing module includes a correspondingly shaped aperture configured to engage the shelf portion so that the dispensing module rests, or hangs, on the gun manifold without being held into place. From this position, the module can be easily and readily attached to the manifold. The shelf and aperture have complementary shapes and can be keyed so as to require the mating of the manifold and module in only one orientation. Additionally, an adaptor can be provided between the module and manifold so that smooth face manifolds and modules can still be coupled to corresponding manifolds and modules having shelves or apertures. | 03-10-2011 |
David Chouinard, Brossard CA
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| 20130211701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AIR TRAFFIC DATA TO USERS FOR DISPLAY - A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of aviation information is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information. Upon receiving a user request, a server retrieves a result set from the database and transmits it to the requesting user. Subsequently, updates as to a flight identified in the request are transmitted at a selected rate, which may be modified automatically based on one flight characteristic, for subsequent display. In one form, the results may be presented to the user in the form of digital map having aircraft images. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140067244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AIR TRAFFIC DATA TO USERS FOR DISPLAY - A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of aviation information is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information. Upon receiving a user request, a server retrieves a result set from the database and transmits it to the requesting user. Subsequently, updates as to a flight identified in the request are transmitted at a selected rate, which may be modified automatically based on one flight characteristic, for subsequent display. In one form, the results may be presented to the user in the form of digital map having aircraft images. | 03-06-2014 |
Gerald Chouinard, Gatineau CA
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| 20120032855 | HIGH-RESOLUTION RANGING AND LOCATION FINDING USING MULTICARRIER SIGNALS - The invention relates to methods and systems for accurate ranging and geo-locationing using coherent multicarrier (CM) signals and based on a high-resolution estimation of a receiver timing offset in a signal receiver that receives ranging CM signals. A transmitter transmits a ranging CM signal having a known subcarrier modulation pattern. The receiver samples the ranging CM signal it receives reflected back from an object or from the remote transmitter, and processes the sampled signal that preserves relative subcarrier phases using a high-resolution model channel response function to determine the receiver timing offset with resolution much better than the receiver sampling period. The receiver timing offset is used to determine a flight time for the ranging CM signal with high accuracy. | 02-09-2012 |
Guillaume Chouinard, Chambly CA
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| 20140238262 | HEAT RESISTANT FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - The present document describes a heat resistant floor assembly for a rail vehicle. The heat resistant floor assembly comprising: a floor structure and a fire protection panel made of a composite material connected underneath the floor structure. | 08-28-2014 |
Guy Chouinard, Oshawa CA
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| 20080203865 | Adjustable stand for monitor and keyboard - The adjustable stand has lower and upper components spaced vertically apart. The upper component supports a monitor of a computer and is movable upwardly and downwardly relative to the lower component while the lower component remains fixed in position. An operator of the computer can accordingly adjust the monitor to eye-level whether the operator is standing or is seated. A platform supports a keyboard and is movable with the upper component. The level of the platform may be adjusted selectively upwardly and downwardly relative to the upper component. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20120080116 | Wire twisting apparatus - A rotating arbor has a hollow interior and a forward end provided with a number of fingers which are spaced apart from adjacent fingers by longitudinally extending slits. The hollow interior and the slits are dimensioned such that a conventional concrete pin may be inserted into the arbor and be rotated by it. In one version of the apparatus, three rollers are situated side by side and a space separates each roller from an adjacent roller. A length of wire is positioned such that one of its segments extends through one space and extends to and through the aperture in the head of the concrete pin. A second segment of the wire doubles back from the concrete pin to and through the second space. As the arbor rotates, the segments of the wire twist around each other to attach them to the pin. In another version of the apparatus, the segments the wire are received in grooves formed in two blocks, one stationary and the other pivotal. As the concrete pin rotates, the pivotal block pivots to facilitate twisting of the wire segment in the pivotal block around the other wire segment. | 04-05-2012 |
Jean-Guy Chouinard, Ville St-Laurent CA
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| 20090004516 | Fuel cell combined heat and power generation - A cogeneration system having flexible and controllable cogeneration loops. There is a first cogeneration loop to recover heat from a fuel cell power module, thereby producing a heat to electricity ratio between 0 and approximately 1.0. There is a second cogeneration loop to produce supplemental thermal energy for hot water generation and/or space heating. This loop can be connected or disconnected via switching valves depending on the thermal demands of hot water and/or space heating. This loop can also be useful to control the fuel processor temperature to prevent it from being overheated in cases when the fuel cell has low fuel utilization efficiency. With this second loop, it becomes possible to adjust the heat to electricity ratio at any desirable levels such as more than 2. It is also possible to produce the hot water at a higher temperature or superheated steam, which would have been difficult if only the first loop is used. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110027675 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING MODULAR DESIGN FEATURES - There is described a fuel cell power system including a fuel processor subsystem, a fuel cell subsystem, and a power conditioning subsystem. The fuel processor subsystem comprises a main module for producing hydrogen rich streams from a hydrocarbon fuel, a balance of plant module for auxiliary components, and a control and electronic module for monitoring and controlling the fuel processor subsystem. The fuel cell subsystem comprises a main module for generation of electric power and thermal energy from hydrogen rich streams produced by the fuel processor module and air, a balance of plant module for auxiliary components, and a control and electronic module for monitoring and controlling the fuel cell subsystem. Each module has individual components attached thereto, the modules being designed and manufactured separately and assembled together to form the respective subsystems. | 02-03-2011 |
Jean-Guy Chouinard, Ville Saint-Laurent CA
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| 20100173216 | OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF END CELLS IN A FUEL CELL STACK - There are described various techniques used to optimize end cell performance of a fuel cell stack, such as varying the thickness of a membrane throughout the stack, varying the material of the membrane throughout the stack, varying the size of the active area throughout the stack, and varying the catalyst loading throughout the stack. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100190067 | MANAGEMENT OF FUEL CONTAMINATORS IN FUEL CELLS - There is described a method for managing a fuel cell system having a fuel contaminator present in an anode reactant, the method comprising: monitoring a fuel contaminator concentration in the anode reactant of a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack having a plurality of individual fuel cell units each having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA); detecting an increase in the fuel contaminator concentration in the anode reactant; and increasing, when the increase in fuel contaminator concentration is detected, a concentration of a compound that chemically reacts with the fuel contaminator in the anode reactant by a mass transfer through a membrane in the fuel cell system to reduce the fuel contaminator concentration. | 07-29-2010 |
Jean-Yves Chouinard, Quebec CA
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| 20090034622 | Learning Filters For Enhancing The Quality Of Block Coded Still And Video Images - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reducing blocking artifacts in block-wise coding of still and video images. A learning filter generator is provided at the image encoder for generating a set of filters and associated filtering rules for filtering cross-boundary image patterns based on representative original and decoded training images using a supervised machine learning algorithm. An adaptive filter at the image decoder receives the generated filters and associated filtering rules and performs locally adaptive filtering in accordance with the received filtering rules. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100166057 | Differential Data Representation for Distributed Video Coding - The invention relates to improving the performance of DVC systems using a differential adaptive-base representation of video data to be transmitted, wherein frame data are truncated to the least significant digits in a base-B numeral system, wherein the base B is adaptively determined at the DVC receiver based on a side information error estimate. | 07-01-2010 |
Julien Chouinard, Quebec CA
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| 20130274901 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTEM - One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon for enhancing an automation environment is provided. When executed by a processor, the program instructions direct the processor to at least identify at least a primary data verification value generated by a primary control process that provides control in an industrial automation environment, and to identify at least a secondary data verification value generated by a secondary control process associated with the primary control process. The program instructions also direct the processor to compare the primary data verification value with at least the secondary data verification value to determine if an error has occurred with respect to the primary control process. | 10-17-2013 |
Julien Chouinard, Magog CA
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| 20100082133 | APPLICATION BUILDER FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083213 | APPLICATION BUILDER FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083220 | MULTI LANGUAGE EDITOR - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates creating a portion of an industrial process. An interface component can receive a first portion of data associated with a first programming language and a second portion of data associated with a second programming language, wherein the first programming language is independent and disparate of the second programming language. An editor component can create at least one of a portion of an industrial process or a portion of a mixed language object by enabling the combination of the first portion of data and the second portion of data independent of the respective programming languages. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083223 | COMPILATION MODEL - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates creating executable code for an industrial environment. A language editor can enable a programming of a portion of data within a programming language. A compiler can compile the portion of data within the programming language. An assembler component can utilize an intermediate language to convert the portion of data into a portion of assembly object code, wherein the assembly object code is target independent. A linker can create a binary file from the portion of assembly object code, wherein the binary file is target independent. A loader can specifically tailor the binary file to a target resource by leveraging at least one PLC definition, wherein the loader creates a target executable code (TEC) program at runtime or at development time. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083229 | APPLICATION BUILDER FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083232 | APPLICATION BUILDER FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083239 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATION COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK - An automation collaborative framework (ACF) is provided. The ACF includes an abstract automated model (AAM) that defines a generic data management scheme. The AAM is extended so as to define an extended data management scheme according to control solutions received from a user. A concrete automation model (CAM) then implements a concrete data management scheme, in which the concrete data management scheme is derived as a function of the generic data management scheme and the extended data management scheme. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120272215 | APPLICATION BUILDER FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140173557 | MULTI LANGUAGE EDITOR - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates creating a portion of an industrial process. An interface component can receive a first portion of data associated with a first programming language and a second portion of data associated with a second programming language, wherein the first programming language is independent and disparate of the second programming language. An editor component can create at least one of a portion of an industrial process or a portion of a mixed language object by enabling the combination of the first portion of data and the second portion of data independent of the respective programming languages. | 06-19-2014 |
Karen Dixon Chouinard, Aurora CA
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| 20090063456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, EVALUATING AND RANKING RESULTS OF MULTIPLE MATCHING ENGINES - The present invention in various implementations provides for a method and system for removing suspect duplicate data in a database having a plurality of datasets for a suspect processing transaction, using a plurality of matching engines, comparing results of matching engines in a logically predetermined comparative assessment, and thereafter providing an ordered priority of results of matching engines to identify suspect candidates. | 03-05-2009 |
Luc Chouinard, Ottawa CA
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| 20130229927 | LAYER 2 AND 3 LATCHING LOOPBACKS ON A PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER - A pluggable transceiver, and its use, looping back Layer | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130250813 | UPGRADING A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC GATE ARRAY IN AN IN-SERVICE PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER - Devices and methods for partially upgrading a programmable pluggable transceiver that is in service using the regular datapaths without degrading the basic transparent, hitless pass-through functionality of the transceiver. The programmable logic gate array can be divided into four generalized parts: core logic for basic transceiver pass-through functionality over the datapaths, upgradeable internal logic, connectivity logic for selectively outputting on the datapaths from the core and internal logics, and control logic for isolating, upgrading and reconnecting the internal logic without affecting the basic transparent hitless pass-through functionality of the transceiver. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140016479 | NETWORK SERVICES TESTING WITH PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVERS - The disclosure relates to test-capable pluggable transceivers and network systems and methods using such transceivers. A central test server generates a test request and communicates to a mediation sub-system, which uses a common management protocol to communicate with a plurality of transceivers in the network. The mediation sub-system translates the test request into sub-tests and generates sequences of test-control commands for executing by specific transceivers to configure test logic deployed within the transceivers for testing designated network services, to generate test frames, and/or to process received frames to collect test results. | 01-16-2014 |
Luc Alain Chouinard, Ottawa CA
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| 20100155493 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION - An interface for controlling the transmission of data between integrated circuit (IC) chips. The interface comprises a data bus for transmitting data from a first integrated circuit chip to a second integrated circuit chip, and a control bus for transmitting control signals between the first and second integrated circuits. The first IC has a memory for receiving data for transmission to the second IC, and the second IC has a scheduler and a data output port, the scheduler being arranged to control the transfer of data from the memory of the first IC to the data output port of the second IC via the data bus. The interface is capable of stopping and reinitiating data transmission on detection of errors in transmitted data, and the interface may include a code transfer bus for transferring error detection code separately from associated data. | 06-24-2010 |
Patrick Chouinard, Sherbrooke CA
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| 20120041252 | DEVICE FOR ORIENTING AN OBJECT ACCORDING TO A GIVEN SPATIAL ORIENTATION - There is disclosed a device for orienting an object according to a given spatial orientation. The device comprises a frame and a supporting member connected to the frame and adapted for supporting at least a portion of the object. The device for orienting an object comprises a plurality of fluid actuated devices for displacing the supporting member with respect to the frame. Each of the fluid actuated devices is actuatable between a first position wherein the device has a first length and a second position wherein the device has a second length. The device for orienting comprises an actuation mechanism comprising a plurality of actuating valves for actuating the corresponding fluid actuated device; wherein an actuation of at least one of the fluid actuated devices enables to displace the supporting member with respect to the frame, thereby orienting the object according to the given spatial orientation. The device for orienting may be of particular interest in the medical sector as a medical object manipulator for reaching a given target in an anatomical structure with a suitable accuracy, for example in the treatment and/or diagnosis of prostate cancer. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130205761 | INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR ORIENTING AN OBJECT ACCORDING TO A GIVEN SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed an integrated device for orienting an object according to a given spatial orientation comprising a frame and a supporting member connected thereto and adapted for supporting a portion of the object. The integrated device comprises a plurality of fluid actuated devices integrally molded and joined together through a joining portion to form an integral unit for displacing the supporting member with respect to the frame. Each fluid actuated device is actuatable between a first position wherein the device has a first length and a second position wherein the device has a second length. The integrated device comprises an actuation mechanism for actuating each fluid actuated device between the first position and the second position to enable displacing the supporting member with respect to the frame, thereby orienting the object according to the given spatial orientation. The integrated device may be of particular interest in the medical sector as a medical object manipulator for reaching a given target in an anatomical structure. A manufacturing method is also provided. | 08-15-2013 |