Patents by Inventor Bertrand Schoendorff

Bertrand Schoendorff 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).

  • Method for identifying a facility on the ground or at sea
    Patent number: 8610618
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for identifying a facility on the ground or at sea, the method being implemented on an airborne responder linked to at least two antennas, the method including a step of choosing a first transmission antenna and a step of transmitting an interrogation message from the chosen antenna. The method further includes testing whether a response has been received by the responder, and, if at least one response signal is received by at least one of the antennas, choosing a transmission antenna as a function of the response signal or signals received. If no response message is received, a different transmission antenna is chosen from the antenna that transmitted the last interrogation message. The method is repeated from the step of transmitting the interrogation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Claude Provost, Bertrand Schoendorff
  • METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A FACILITY ON THE GROUND OR AT SEA
    Publication number: 20120050088
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for identifying a facility on the ground or at sea, the method being implemented on an airborne responder linked to at least two antennas, the method including a step of choosing a first transmission antenna and a step of transmitting an interrogation message from the chosen antenna. The method further includes testing whether a response has been received by the responder, and, if at least one response signal is received by at least one of the antennas, choosing a transmission antenna as a function of the response signal or signals received. If no response message is received, a different transmission antenna is chosen from the antenna that transmitted the last interrogation message. The method is repeated from the step of transmitting the interrogation message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Claude Provost, Bertrand Schoendorff