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Charles Faubert, Longueuil CA
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| 20110188995 | AXIAL LOAD DAMPING SYSTEM FOR ROTOR SHAFT - A damping system for a gas turbine engine comprises a bearing mounted to a rotor shaft and a support connected to an outer race of the bearing. The support has a wall secured to a casing of the gas turbine engine at a connection portion. The wall has a first surface positioned against a surface of the casing with the first surface being in a non-parallel relation with the rotational axis of the rotor shaft. A cavity is defined in the first surface by a narrowing of a thickness of the wall. The cavity contains a damping fluid to dampen elastic deformation of the wall at the cavity resulting from axial oscillations of the rotor shaft. An abutment is provided to limit an amplitude of the elastic deformation of the wall. | 08-04-2011 |
Denis Faubert, Montreal CA
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| 20100183630 | Tat-005 and Methods of Assessing and Treating Cancer - Surprisingly, the present inventors have discovered that expression of TAT-005 protein in human patients is associated with cancer, and that the over-expressed protein is present in plasma membrane fractions. Thus, the present inventors have discovered that TAT-005 is associated with abnormal development and growth, and may be useful as a target for the identification of anti-cancer com\ pounds, including antibodies for use in immunotherapy. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for the identification of compounds that inhibit TAT-005 expression or activity, comprising: contacting a candidate compound with a TAT-005 and detecting the presence or absence of binding between said compound and said TAT-005, or detecting a change in TAT-005 expression or activity. Methods are also included for the identification of compounds that modulate TAT-005 expression or activity, comprising: administering a compound to a cell or cell population, and detecting a change in TAT-005 expression or activity. The methods of the invention are useful for the identification of anti-cancer compounds. | 07-22-2010 |
Jocelyn Faubert, Montreal CA
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| 20110005532 | Method and System for Improving a Subject's Sensory, Reflex and/or Motor Mechanisms via Auditory, Tactile or Visual Stimulations - The present invention relates to a method and a system for improving sensitivity of a first sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism of a subject by stimulating a second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism of the subject. For that purpose a noise is applied to the second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism to improve the sensitivity of the first sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism due to cross-modal SR interactions. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110091130 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR IMPROVING IMAGE FIDELITY - The present invention relates to a method and a module for improving image fidelity. For doing so, the present invention introduces noise (N) to at least one DAC value of at least some pixels, using one or multiple various patterns. | 04-21-2011 |
Perry Faubert, Waterloo CA
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| 20100328229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - Methods and apparatus for providing tactile feedback to a touch-sensitive display comprising detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display and providing tactile feedback by one or more actuators in response to the touch, wherein tactile feedback is substantially the same regardless of a location of the touch. Tactile feedback may optionally be based on the location of the touch relative to the location of the actuators and may also optionally be based on the force of the touch. | 12-30-2010 |
Perry Faubert, Kitchener CA
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| 20100110018 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A touch-sensitive input unit includes a base, a touch-sensitive input surface for detecting a touch event thereon, the touch-sensitive input surface connected to and moveable relative to the base, and an actuating arrangement including an elastically deformable substrate between the touch-sensitive input surface and the base, and a piezoelectric patch transducer fixed to the substrate for controlling a bending force on the substrate to control a force on the touch-sensitive input surface by modulating a charge at the patch transducer. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100156814 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive input surface includes monitoring the touch-sensitive input surface of a touch event thereon, and modulating a force on the touch-sensitive input surface for causing a first movement of the touch-sensitive input surface relative to a base of the electronic device in response to detection of a touch event on the touch-sensitive input surface. The force is applied by at least one actuator in a single direction on the touch-sensitive input surface. | 06-24-2010 |
Perry Faubert, Surrey CA
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| 20100020036 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying an image of a key on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display at a first location. When the first location is located in a predetermined area related the key, tactile feedback is provided that simulates a characteristic of a physical key. The touch-sensitive display may be part of a portable electronic device. | 01-28-2010 |
Perry Allan Faubert, Surrey CA
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| 20100156824 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display movable with respect to the housing, and at least one piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal by moving the touch-sensitive display. The at least one piezoelectric actuator may move the touch-sensitive display, resulting in vibration or a single movement of the touch-sensitive display. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156843 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT - A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. A pad is disposed in alignment with a force sensor such that depression of the touch-sensitive display causes the force sensor to generate a force signal. A processor configured to receive the force signal and to generate the actuation signal based on the force signal. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156844 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator disposed and preloaded on a support and arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. The touch-sensitive display may be biased toward the piezoelectric actuator to preload the piezoelectric actuator. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110128236 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device includes displaying a feature on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting a touch at a first location on the touch-sensitive display, and modifying a first force on the touch-sensitive display when the location of the touch is associated with the feature. | 06-02-2011 |
Perry Allan Faubert, Kitchener CA
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| 20090267892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENERGY FROM ACTIVATION OF AN INPUT DEVICE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In this disclosure, a description of a system for providing feedback signals relating to input signals provided to an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: an input device; a transducer associated with the input device; and a feedback module to generate a feedback signal indicating activation of the input device on the electronic device based on signals from the input device. The input device may be a touchpad; the transducer may be a piezoelectric element; and the feedback module may cause the transducer to vibrate upon receiving an activation signal relating to activation of the input device. The feedback module may provide a voltage generated by the transducer during the activation of the input device to an energy storage circuit. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FEEDBACK SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO AN INPUT SIGNAL PROVIDED TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system for providing feedback signals to input signals provided to an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: a display; an input device; an input module to detect activation of the input device; and a input module to generate a feedback signal for the electronic device based on signals from the input module. In system, the input device is a transducer. The transducer may be a piezoelectric element and the input module may cause the transducer to vibrate upon receiving an activation signal from the input module. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100328230 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing with a base. A touch-sensitive input assembly is spaced from and moveable relative to the base and a stopping arrangement limits movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly in the direction of the base. An actuating arrangement including a piezoelectric actuator is disposed between the touch-sensitive input assembly and the base for selectively receiving an applied voltage to thereby apply a force to the touch-sensitive input assembly. An accelerometer and functional components are housed within the housing. The functional components include a memory and a processor operably connected to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the piezoelectric actuator, and the accelerometer to execute a program stored in the memory to monitor signals from the accelerometer and, if a fall is detected based on the signals from the accelerometer, apply a negative voltage to the piezoelectric actuator causing reverse bending of the piezoelectric actuator to permit the stopping arrangement to limit movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly and thereby limit force exerted on the piezoelectric actuator between the touch-sensitive input assembly and the base. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001707 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A MOVEABLE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic device includes a housing including a base, a touch-sensitive input assembly coupled to the housing and spaced from and moveable relative to the base to generate sound, an accelerometer housed within the housing, an actuating arrangement comprising a piezoelectric actuator between the base and the touch-sensitive input surface and arranged to receive a driving signal and move the touch-sensitive input surface relative to the base, and functional components in the housing comprising a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the actuating arrangement, and the accelerometer to execute a program stored in the memory to determine an orientation of the electronic device and adjust the driving signal to the actuating arrangement based on the orientation of the electronic device. | 01-06-2011 |