Patents by Inventor Xavier RUEFF

Xavier RUEFF 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: 10854097
    Abstract: An anti-collision device of an aircraft including a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors including at least two separate sensors, each sensor being configured to respectively deliver its own set of captured data as a function of the proximity of at least one obstruction, the anti-collision device including: at least one data homogenization module configured to transform at least one set of captured data in a corresponding set of unmarked data, each set of unmarked data respectively associated with at least one sensor being made up of a plurality of identical data types from one set of unmarked data to another, and a data processing module configured to generate, from said sets of unmarked data, at least one piece of information representative of the presence or absence of obstruction(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Laurent Flotte, Ronan Demoment, Stéphane Fleury, Xavier Rueff, Daniel Maulet
  • Publication number: 20200286394
    Abstract: A method for enhanced three-dimensional awareness of the environment linked to the ground around an aircraft and anticipation of the potential threats of the environment is implemented by a system for enhanced 3D awareness of the environment around the aircraft comprising an electronic enhanced three-dimensional environment awareness and piloting assistance computer, an obstruction database, and a primary flight display PFD, included in a synthetic vision system SVS or derivative. The method for enhanced three-dimensional awareness of the environment and anticipation of potential environmental threats comprising: a first step of calculation of a panoramic curve of safe minimum slope as a function of the azimuth angle of vision from the aircraft in a local horizontal plane; and a second step, consecutive and executed on command, of display of the panoramic curve of safe minimum slope and of any piloting assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Xavier RUEFF, Thierry GANILLE, Betty BASTAREAUD, Ronan DEMOMENT
  • Publication number: 20200135037
    Abstract: An anti-collision device of an aircraft comprising a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors comprising at least two separate sensors, each sensor being configured to respectively deliver its own set of captured data as a function of the proximity of at least one obstruction, the anti-collision device comprising: at least one data homogenization module configured to transform at least one set of captured data in a corresponding set of unmarked data, each set of unmarked data respectively associated with at least one sensor being made up of a plurality of identical data types from one set of unmarked data to another, and a data processing module configured to generate, from said sets of unmarked data, at least one piece of information representative of the presence or absence of obstruction(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Laurent FLOTTE, Ronan DEMOMENT, Stèphane FLEURY, Xavier RUEFF, Daniel MAULET
  • Patent number: 9978286
    Abstract: A system and method for the avoidance of one or more obstacles by an aircraft, and a related computer program product, electronic system and aircraft are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes a) generating an alert by a warning system on detection of an obstacle and b) if no manual avoidance maneuver is detected for a time period longer than a first determined time and if the alert is maintained during this first time period, automatically activating an automatic avoidance guide mode to determine an obstacle-avoidance guidance rule. The method further including c) if an autopilot device of the aircraft is coupled to the automatic avoidance guide mode, transmitting to the autopilot device the avoidance guidance rule determined in step b) for automatic performing of a maneuver to avoid the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Daniel Huber, François Colonna, Xavier Rueff
  • Publication number: 20160217697
    Abstract: A system and method for the avoidance of one or more obstacles by an aircraft, and a related computer program product, electronic system and aircraft are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes a) generating an alert by a warning system on detection of an obstacle and b) if no manual avoidance maneuver is detected for a time period longer than a first determined time and if the alert is maintained during this first time period, automatically activating an automatic avoidance guide mode to determine an obstacle-avoidance guidance rule. The method further including c) if an autopilot device of the aircraft is coupled to the automatic avoidance guide mode, transmitting to the autopilot device the avoidance guidance rule determined in step b) for automatic performing of a maneuver to avoid the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel HUBER, François COLONNA, Xavier RUEFF