Patents by Inventor David BARBEY

David BARBEY 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: 12236792
    Abstract: A system including a module for acquiring source bases of terrain data corresponding to an area of a terrain, divided into a plurality of cells; each source base containing, for each cell, an elevation, a module for transposing each source base into a respective transposed base of terrain data corresponding to the area of terrain, divided according to a reference mesh into a plurality of transposed cells, each transposed base including, for each transposed cell, a transposed elevation, a module for evaluating a local consistency level, based on the comparison of the transposed elevation of the cell with the transposed elevation of the corresponding transposed cell of at least one other transposed base, and an assistance module configured to determine a navigation assistance datum for the aircraft, depending on the assessed local consistency level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Jean-Etienne Hiolle, Eric Laurent, Laurent Laforge, David Barbey, Erick Rakotoarisoa
  • Publication number: 20230260409
    Abstract: A system including a module for acquiring source bases of terrain data corresponding to an area of a terrain, divided into a plurality of cells; each source base containing, for each cell, an elevation, a module for transposing each source base into a respective transposed base of terrain data corresponding to the area of terrain, divided according to a reference mesh into a plurality of transposed cells, each transposed base including, for each transposed cell, a transposed elevation, a module for evaluating a local consistency level, based on the comparison of the transposed elevation of the cell with the transposed elevation of the corresponding transposed cell of at least one other transposed base, and an assistance module configured to determine a navigation assistance datum for the aircraft, depending on the assessed local consistency level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jean- Etienne HIOLLE, Eric LAURENT, Laurent LAFORGE, David BARBEY, Erick RAKOTOARISOA