Patents by Inventor Camille CARUHEL

Camille CARUHEL 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: 10677916
    Abstract: A device comprising a radar for taking at least one radar image of the terrain in front of the aircraft in a zone containing at least one characteristic pattern, the position of the characteristic pattern being known, an image processing unit for detecting, on the radar image taken by the radar, a characteristic symbol representing the characteristic pattern, a computation unit for determining, from at least the position of the characteristic symbol in the image and from characteristics of the radar image acquisition, relative position information illustrating the position of the aircraft in relation to the characteristic pattern, and for determining the position of the aircraft, from the relative position information and from the known position of the characteristic pattern, and a unit for transmitting at least the position of the aircraft to at least one user system, for example a landing aiding system or an SVS display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Laplace, Camille Caruhel, Pascal Laurens
  • Patent number: 10380903
    Abstract: Collision avoidance method and device for an aircraft formation relative to an intrusive aircraft. The device manages a collision avoidance for an aircraft formation, relative to an aircraft external to the aircraft formation, the aircraft formation comprising a lead aircraft and at least one following aircraft, the device comprising a formation flight management unit with which all the aircraft of the aircraft formation are equipped and configured to manage the formation flight thereof, and management and control assemblies for determining and applying a coordinated avoidance maneuver intended for all the aircraft of the aircraft formation, this coordinated avoidance maneuver being determined so as to make it possible to avoid the collision with the intrusive aircraft while maintaining the formation flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean-luc Robin, Camille Caruhel, Sylvain Deplanche
  • Patent number: 10347143
    Abstract: A collision avoidance method and system for a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation relative to an intruder aircraft. The collision avoidance system is embedded in a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation and it is intended to avoid a collision relative to at least one aircraft external to the aircraft formation, called intruder aircraft, the aircraft formation including a lead aircraft and the at least one trailer aircraft, the collision avoidance system being configured to bring the trailer aircraft to a safety point dependent on a safety zone, prior to the implementation of an avoidance maneuver, the safety zone corresponding to a zone located to the rear of the lead aircraft and with no wake turbulence generated by the lead aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jean-luc Robin, Camille Caruhel, Sylvain Deplanche
  • Publication number: 20180253984
    Abstract: In an aircraft comprising a terrain warning device monitoring the flight of the aircraft with respect to the surrounding terrain and a terrain sensor, the terrain avoidance device is linked to the terrain warning device, to the terrain sensor and to a terrain relief database. The terrain avoidance device comprises a processing unit configured to determine a valid terrain avoidance trajectory as a function at one and the same time of an item of information regarding current position of the aircraft, of terrain relief information arising from the database and of terrain relief information provided by the terrain sensor when the terrain avoidance device receives a warning signal from the terrain warning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Olivier LAPLACE, Camille CARUHEL, Thierry BOURRET, Sophie LAMBEAUX
  • Publication number: 20180024237
    Abstract: A device comprising a radar for taking at least one radar image of the terrain in front of the aircraft in a zone containing at least one characteristic pattern, the position of the characteristic pattern being known, an image processing unit for detecting, on the radar image taken by the radar, a characteristic symbol representing the characteristic pattern, a computation unit for determining, from at least the position of the characteristic symbol in the image and from characteristics of the radar image acquisition, relative position information illustrating the position of the aircraft in relation to the characteristic pattern, and for determining the position of the aircraft, from the relative position information and from the known position of the characteristic pattern, and a unit for transmitting at least the position of the aircraft to at least one user system, for example a landing aiding system or an SVS display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Olivier LAPLACE, Camille CARUHEL, Pascal LAURENS
  • Publication number: 20170309192
    Abstract: Collision avoidance method and device for an aircraft formation relative to an intrusive aircraft. The device manages a collision avoidance for an aircraft formation, relative to an aircraft external to the aircraft formation, the aircraft formation comprising a lead aircraft and at least one following aircraft, the device comprising a formation flight management unit with which all the aircraft of the aircraft formation are equipped and configured to manage the formation flight thereof, and management and control assemblies for determining and applying a coordinated avoidance maneuver intended for all the aircraft of the aircraft formation, this coordinated avoidance maneuver being determined so as to make it possible to avoid the collision with the intrusive aircraft while maintaining the formation flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-luc ROBIN, Camille CARUHEL, Sylvain DEPLANCHE
  • Publication number: 20170301251
    Abstract: A collision avoidance method and system for a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation relative to an intruder aircraft. The collision avoidance system is embedded in a trailer aircraft of an aircraft formation and it is intended to avoid a collision relative to at least one aircraft external to the aircraft formation, called intruder aircraft, the aircraft formation including a lead aircraft and the at least one trailer aircraft, the collision avoidance system being configured to bring the trailer aircraft to a safety point dependent on a safety zone, prior to the implementation of an avoidance maneuver, the safety zone corresponding to a zone located to the rear of the lead aircraft and with no wake turbulence generated by the lead aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-luc ROBIN, Camille CARUHEL, Sylvain DEPLANCHE