Patents by Inventor Marc Sarazin

Marc Sarazin 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: 4642469
    Abstract: A three-dimensional reflector for object attitude detection responds to illumination from a radiating source to produce a discrete array of light points aligned along a locus on the reflector. The array is characteristic of the reflector position with respect to the radiating source. The reflector has a corrugated surface formed with plural, parallel and spatially periodic, adjacent undulations, each having a crest and a trough. The undulations are arranged such that the locus runs through the reflector center of symmetry and the foot point of a perpendicular dropped by a detector for the array onto the surface. The foot point is a determinate point of the locus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales
    Inventors: Francis Bretaudeau, Marc Sarazin