Patents by Inventor Claude Fourcade

Claude Fourcade 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: 4320765
    Abstract: This invention is directed to improved pseudorandom noise velocimeters and methods therefor, using the Doppler effect, to enable the external measurement of the speed of a moving target within a fixed conveying medium. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention a continuous pseudorandom ultrasonic noise signal formed by a repetitive code C having n different elementary segments S is radiated. Correlation between a received echo and the delayed radiated signal is accomplished by proceeding successively for each elementary segment, using a different measuring band, for a period corresponding to the period of each segment. The correlation values thus obtained are then stored and thereafter a Doppler low frequency curve is reconstituted by regrouping the correlation values corresponding to the different elementary segments of the repetitive code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale - I.N.S.E.R.M.
    Inventors: Dominique Cathignol, Claude Fourcade, Jean-Yves Chapelon