Patents by Inventor Bertrand Lesot

Bertrand Lesot 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: 7689357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closed loop hybridizing device comprising a Kalman filter bank, a virtual platform, a device to calculate pseudo-measurements estimated a priori. The Kalman filter bank comprises a principal Kalman filter adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements starting from all available pseudo-measurements, and n secondary Kalman filters adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements from a sub-set of available pseudo-measurements. The corrections originate from either the principal Kalman filter when no pseudo-measurement is erroneous or the secondary Kalman filter not affected by an erroneous pseudo-measurement. The corrections are applied simultaneously to inertial measurements and to the input to all other Kalman filters in the Kalman filter bank. In particular, the invention applies to a hybridizing device using information provided by an inertial unit and a satellite navigation system, for example a GPS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Nicolas Martin, Bertrand Lesot, Jacques Coatantiec
  • Patent number: 7409289
    Abstract: The device is for monitoring the integrity of the position and speed information supplied by a hybrid system comprising an inertial unit INS readjusted using a GNSS satellite positioning receiver by means of a Kalman hybridization filter using a readjustment gain K and an evolution matrix F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Jacques Coatantiec, Bertrand Lesot
  • Publication number: 20070265810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closed loop hybridising device comprising a Kalman filter bank, a virtual platform, a device to calculate pseudo-measurements estimated a priori. The Kalman filter bank comprises a principal Kalman filter adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements starting from all available pseudo-measurements, and n secondary Kalman filters adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements from a sub-set of available pseudo-measurements. The corrections originate from either the principal Kalman filter when no pseudo-measurement is erroneous or the secondary Kalman filter not affected by an erroneous pseudo-measurement. The corrections are applied simultaneously to inertial measurements and to the input to all other Kalman filters in the Kalman filter bank. In particular, the invention applies to a hybridising device using information provided by an inertial unit and a satellite navigation system, for example a GPS system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Nicolas MARTIN, Bertrand LESOT, Jacques COATANTIEC
  • Publication number: 20070156338
    Abstract: The device is for monitoring the integrity of the position and speed information supplied by a hybrid system comprising an inertial unit INS readjusted using a GNSS satellite positioning receiver by means of a Kalman hybridization filter using a readjustment gain K and an evolution matrix F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Jacques Coatantiec, Bertrand Lesot