Patents by Inventor Benoist Grosmann

Benoist Grosmann 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).

  • Telemetry device and application thereof to a system for the detection of obstacles
    Patent number: 5359403
    Abstract: A telemeter is used to measure the distances between a sequence of points on a target surface. The telemeter includes an emitting source provided with a pulsed laser sending out a pencil of light energy in a determined direction of sight, a contra-rotating wedge communicating, to the pencil, a deflection along an epicycloidal type of scanning pattern in a plane perpendicular to the axis of sight, and a receiver including the same contra-rotating wedge and a photodiode. The disclosed device can be applied more particularly to a system for the detection of obstacles of a wire-shaped type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Benoist Grosmann, Martin Defour, Remi Fertala