Patents Assigned to Multitel ASBL
  • Device for and a Method of Designing a Sensor Arrangement for a Safe Automated System, An Automated System, a Program Element and a Computer-Readable Medium
    Publication number: 20140013291
    Abstract: A device for designing a sensor arrangement for an automated system, the device comprising a first input unit for receiving a specification of a plurality of sensor measurements to be carried out by the sensor arrangement, a second input unit for receiving a specification of a confidence region together with an associated confidence level for each of the specified sensor measurements, a third input unit for receiving a specification of a target confidence level for the automated system, and a configuration unit for configuring the plurality of sensor measurements and for configuring the combination of the sensor measurements in a manner to guarantee the target confidence level for the automated system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: Faculte Polytechnique De Mons, Multitel Asbl
    Inventors: Francois Meers, Marc Massar, Olvier Bilenne, Emmanuel Druet
  • Device for and a method of designing a sensor arrangement for a safe automated system, an automated system, a program element and a computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 8326784
    Abstract: A device for designing a sensor arrangement for an automated system, the device comprising a first input unit for receiving a specification of a plurality of sensor measurements to be carried out by the sensor arrangement, a second input unit for receiving a specification of a confidence region together with an associated confidence level for each of the specified sensor measurements, a third input unit for receiving a specification of a target confidence level for the automated system, and a configuration unit for configuring the plurality of sensor measurements and for configuring the combination of the sensor measurements in a manner to guarantee the target confidence level for the automated system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Multitel ASBL
    Inventors: Francois Meers, Marc Massar, Olivier Bilenne, Emmanuel Druet
  • Device for and a Method of Designing a Sensor Arrangement for a Safe Automated System, an Automated System, a Program Element and a Computer-Readable Medium
    Publication number: 20090222776
    Abstract: A device for designing a sensor arrangement for an automated system, the device comprising a first input unit for receiving a specification of a plurality of sensor measurements to be carried out by the sensor arrangement, a second input unit for receiving a specification of a confidence region together with an associated confidence level for each of the specified sensor measurements, a third input unit for receiving a specification of a target confidence level for the automated system, and a configuration unit for configuring the plurality of sensor measurements and for configuring the combination of the sensor measurements in a manner to guarantee the target confidence level for the automated system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicants: MULTITEL ASBL, FACULTE POLYTECHNIQUE
    Inventors: Francois Meers, Marc Massar, Olivier Bilenne, Emmanuel Druet