Patents Assigned to Thales
  • Patent number: 11729432
    Abstract: An object recognition computer for a vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code executable by the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations are configured to receive video streams from a plurality of cameras spaced apart within the vehicle and each having a field-of-view capturing at least one passenger seat. For each of the video streams, the operations retrieve from a data structure information that defines a region within video frames of the video stream where object recognition is to be performed to attempt to identify a defined object associated with the at least one passenger seat. The operations then perform object recognition limited to within the defined region to identify the defined object. Notifications can be selectively generated to passengers and/or crew based on the object recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Colt Meskimen, Ruchik Samir Dave, Jean-Yves Couleaud
  • Patent number: 11720868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a payment transaction on a bank terminal using an electronic payment device, where the device contains at least two payment applications. The method includes a step of data communication from the device to the terminal during a transaction, which data contains at least information of a first type identifying each payment application of the device; and a step of configuring the device so that the data provides information of a first type relative to at least one disabled payment application. The invention likewise relates to the corresponding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: François Lemaire, Jean Lambert
  • Patent number: 11715589
    Abstract: An inductive filtering device includes a plurality of grouped electrical conductors and at least two toric magnetic cores, each formed around a central void, the two magnetic cores having different magnetic lengths, the electrical conductor being wound together around both magnetic cores by passing through the central voids of both magnetic cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Eric Ravindranath Dubois, Hocine Kherbouchi, Frédéric Lacaux, Damian Andrade, Stéphane Guguen
  • Patent number: 11713065
    Abstract: A method of communication-based train control system migration includes scanning a guideway to generate surveying data and processing surveying data to calculate a 3-D representation of the guideway. Appropriate locations are determined for the communication-based control devices on the guideway. Communication-based train control devices are installed in a guideway at the determined appropriate locations and vehicles are retrofitted with an autonomy platform. Testing of the control devices and retrofit vehicles is performed. A communication-based train control system is used to control the retrofit vehicles when they operate within the guideway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: THALES CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Walter Kinio, Rudy Rochefort, Alon Green
  • Publication number: 20230237305
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a radiofrequency chip card. The method comprises the steps of: forming a card body comprising a relay antenna and an insulating cover layer on at least one main face of the card, arranging a module equipped with a radiofrequency module antenna on the card body opposite the relay antenna for radiofrequency coupling; forming a metal insert in the card body, the insert extending up to the edges of the card and comprising a space permeable to the radiofrequency field opening on at least one of the two main faces of the insert and comprising the relay antenna inside and/or opposite this space. Provided also is a corresponding card produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Lucile MENDEZ, Frédérick SEBAN, Claude COLOMBARD, Arek BUYUKKALENDER, Jean-Luc MERIDIANO
  • Patent number: 11706040
    Abstract: A method of identifying primitives for implementing a physical unclonable function providing a response representative of a device comprising a plurality of primitives coupled in pairs, said primitives being configured for being one-time programmable through application of a burning energy to said primitives, by selecting a subset of the pairs, assessing a difference between electrical characteristics values provided by primitives belonging to each pair of said subset, qualifying all pairs of primitives for which the assessed difference is higher than a reference threshold, and identifying said qualified pairs of primitives comprising programming at least one primitive of each pair of primitives for which the assessed difference is lower than said reference threshold, by applying a burning energy to said at least one primitive so as to differentiate qualified pairs of primitives from those that are not qualified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Fourquin, Alexandre Berzati, Benjamin Duval
  • Patent number: 11706310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for adapting a response provided by a first device. The system comprises the first device with means for receiving from at least one client device, as at least one second device, a data access request comprising at least one client identifier and a predetermined application programming interface or service provider interface associated with the first device. The first device comprises means for processing the data access request that provides the response to the data access request and means for sending the response. The system comprises adapting means for intercepting and adapting the response sent by the first device. The adapting means adapts the response while being specific to the client and provides an adapted response. And the system comprises adapted response sending means for sending at least a part of the adapted response to the second or a third device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS CPL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Zunke, Werner Dondl, Alexandre Airvault
  • Patent number: 11705868
    Abstract: A system for adapting the voltage of a drain of a power stage includes at least two transmission paths TXa, a transmission path comprising a resistive element (1n), a phase control module (2n), and a power stage (3n) at the output of which a radiating element (En) is arranged, comprising at least: a device (5n) for determining the value of a reflected power Pr, the value of an incident power Pi in a power stage, and the ratio of the powers R, an analogue device (6n) configured so as to pulse width-modulate the difference signal, a switching cell (7n) receiving a low-power PWM signal and designed to generate a power signal PWMa that is transformed, by a low-pass filter (8n), into a bias signal for biasing the power stage in accordance with a predefined bias control law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Wilfried Demenitroux, Nicolas Berthou, Olivier Jardel
  • Publication number: 20230222213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for protecting a program in a computer system, the method comprising: when a subroutine of said program is called, pushing a return address on to a stack to start forming a stack frame; when pushing said return address, generating a checksum for said stack frame; each time a predetermined opcode is detected for said subroutine, updating said checksum according to an operand associated with said predetermined opcode; if the predetermined opcode is a pop opcode, in addition to said updating, determining whether the operand associated with said pop opcode is said return address; if it is determined that said operand is said return address, verifying said checksum before executing said predetermined opcode in order to detect an attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Naveed AHMED, Prasanna HEGDE
  • Patent number: 11697134
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer (30), comprising: a support structure (36); an active assembly comprising a base plate (32) supported by the support structure (36) and a piezoelectric body (34) supported by the base plate (32); and a passive vibrator (38) supported by the support structure (36) and coupled via the support structure (36) to the active assembly (32, 34) so that vibration of the active assembly (32, 34) drives the passive vibrator (38). The active assembly (32, 34) and the passive vibrator (38) have the same resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THALES AUSTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventor: David Ronald Jones
  • Patent number: 11699349
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display device on board an aircraft capable of landing or maintaining a hover above a landing zone and comprising: a module for calculating a distance between the aircraft and the landing zone according to a horizontal direction and for determining a height of the aircraft; and a module for displaying an exocentric aircraft symbol, positioned at a distance said exocentric from the aircraft according to an exocentric direction and at a height difference said exocentric relative to the aircraft, the display module being further configured to display an exocentric landing zone symbol, positioned at a distance from the landing zone equal to the exocentric distance according to the exocentric direction and at the same height as the exocentric aircraft symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Emilie Bruel, Nicolas Lepron, Daniel Maulet
  • Patent number: 11693121
    Abstract: A method and a function for checking the integrity of the processing of a radionavigation signal emitted by a satellite, the signal being received by a receiver comprising reception means and processing means, the processing means comprising a linear anti-interference filter, the integrity checking method comprising at least a first phase of detection of a risk of false lock-on comprising the following steps: a step of recovery of a nominal theoretical self-correlation function of the received signal not processed by the linear anti-interference filter; a step of determination of a mean theoretical self-correlation function of the signal received and processed by the linear anti-interference filter over a defined integration period; a step of determination of the number of local maxima of the modulus or of the modulus squared of the mean theoretical self-correlation function, a risk of false lock-on being detected if the number of local maxima is greater than or equal to two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Nicolas Martin, Daniel Millwood, Stéphane Rollet
  • Patent number: 11695346
    Abstract: An inverter device intended to convert a DC voltage into three phases of a polyphase AC voltage with a predetermined frequency, the inverter device comprising three single-phase inverters, each of the three single-phase inverters being able to deliver one of the three phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Francis Abdesselam
  • Publication number: 20230206021
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a radio-frequency (1A, 1B) smart card with a metal inlay (4), comprising the steps of forming a card body (1 A, 1B, 11) including said metal inlay (4) in the form of a metal plate (4i) equipped with a cavity (22), and arranging at least a radiofrequency transponder (5c) antenna inside this cavity (22). The method is characterized in that it comprises a step of arranging an external metal element (4c) around said metal plate (4i) for forming the metal inlay (4), said external metal element being visible on the edge (14) of the card (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Yeow Chun Ricky CHOO, Antoine BAJOLLE, Nancy Cornel ALEGADO, Jason Reyes BAYLA
  • Patent number: 11686612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical pulse detection device, the device comprising a sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising: a receiver configured to receive optical pulses and generate an electrical signal, an event detection unit comprising a frequency filter having an adjustable cut-off frequency defining a passband for the event detection unit, the adjustable cut-off frequency being such that the upper bound of the passband is greater than or equal to 1 Megahertz, the detection unit being configured to detect variations in the electrical signal generated by the receiver only when the frequency in the frequency domain of said variations is within the passband of the event detection unit, and a timing unit configured to date each change in the electrical signal detected by the event detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Ludovic Perruchot, Thierry Midavaine, Guillaume Bloom, Jérôme Achart, Marc Thillot, Tugdual Perrot, Vincent Ligeret
  • Patent number: 11686812
    Abstract: A method for confusing the electronic signature of a signal transmitted by a radar, includes the generation by the radar of at least one pulse, wherein the method comprises a step of modulation, in the pulse, of the polarization of the transmitted signal, according to two orthogonal or opposite polarizations, the modulation of the polarization being performed according to a predetermined modulation code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Pascal Cornic, Patrick Garrec, Nicolas Porez
  • Patent number: 11688315
    Abstract: The invention relates to this method comprising the following steps, for at least one input/output parameter: duplicating and inserting a list of graphical commands associated with said parameter within a calculation module of said chain, from a current value of said parameter, obtaining a current cyclic redundancy code associated with a current micropattern, generated by executing said at least one list, comparing said current cyclic redundancy code with a reference cyclic redundancy code stored in a dedicated memory space for a substantially identical value of said parameter within a tolerance threshold, in the event of a difference in cyclic redundancy code value, automatic sanctioning of said chain at least by suspending its execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Philippe Chabot
  • Patent number: 11687440
    Abstract: Protection of a first software application to be executed on an execution platform by adding at least one check module to the software application, wherein the check module, when being executed, checks at least a part of the code of the protected software application loaded in the memory and carries out a predefined tamper response in case the check module detects that the checked code was changed or ensures that the protected software application continues to function correctly in case the check module detects that the checked code was not changed; selecting a first code region of the first software application, said first code region provides a first functionality when being executed; amending the selected first code region of the first software application such that an amended first code region is generated to provide the protected software application; wherein the amended first code region, when being executed, still provides the first functionality but carries out an access to at least a part of the code
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS CPL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Weber, David Andreas Lange, Michael Zunke
  • Publication number: 20230198423
    Abstract: A frequency generator for generating a working frequency for a transmission signal of a rail contact of an axle counter includes a series resonant circuit having a transmitter coil unit of the rail contact and a capacitor. The frequency generator has an inverter, the output of which is connected to the capacitor. The inverter is configured to generate an oscillating voltage and to feed the generated oscillating voltage to the transmitter coil unit of the rail contact via the capacitor. A current transformer synchronizes the output voltage of the inverter to the current in the series resonant circuit. A start-up circuit electrically connected to the inverter is configured to trigger the inverter and to be electrically connected to an input power supply. The frequency generator is a robust and effective circuit for generation of magnetic fields where manufacturing effort and expensive components can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Thales Management & Services Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Minho Kim, Rainer Klemm
  • Patent number: 11681035
    Abstract: The radar includes an antenna having a radiation pattern forming a sum channel, SUM, a radiation pattern forming a difference channel, DIFF, and a pattern forming a control channel, CONT, a first transmission and reception chain being associated with the SUM channel and a second transmission and reception chain being associated with the CONT channel, a reception channel being associated with the DIFF channel. Each of the transmission and reception chains is able to transmit and to receive simultaneously, the transmission chain comprising a filtering operation that filters signals transmitted at 1090 MHz and the reception chain comprising a filtering operation that filter signals transmitted at 1030 MHz, in such a way that the chains operate independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Philippe Billaud, Sylvain Colin, Philippe Joly