Patents by Inventor Bernard JOSEPH

Bernard JOSEPH 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 filtering the ground and/or sea clutter echoes intercepted by an airborne radar, and radar implementing such a method
    Patent number: 10830883
    Abstract: The echoes being picked up in the distance-speed domain, the method being wherein it includes a step of producing a mask, in the distance-speed plane, overlying the zone of detection of the ground and/or sea clutter echoes picked up by the sidelobes, the zone being determinable by the antenna parameters of the radar, the waveform emitted by the radar and the environmental context of the radar, all the points of the distance-speed plane which are covered by the mask being assigned a characteristic which is specific to the mask; a step of filtering the received echoes, in which the echoes covered by the mask are rejected from the radar reception processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Vincent Corretja, Bernard Joseph, Rodolphe Cottron, Philippe Goy
  • METHOD FOR FILTERING THE GROUND AND/OR SEA CLUTTER ECHOES INTERCEPTED BY AN AIRBORNE RADAR, AND RADAR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD
    Publication number: 20200025901
    Abstract: The echoes being picked up in the distance-speed domain, the method being wherein it includes a step of producing a mask, in the distance-speed plane, overlying the zone of detection of the ground and/or sea clutter echoes picked up by the sidelobes, the zone being determinable by the antenna parameters of the radar, the waveform emitted by the radar and the environmental context of the radar, all the points of the distance-speed plane which are covered by the mask being assigned a characteristic which is specific to the mask; a step of filtering the received echoes, in which the echoes covered by the mask are rejected from the radar reception processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent CORRETJA, Bernard JOSEPH, Rodolphe COTTRON, Philippe GOY