Patents by Inventor Dominique MARCADET

Dominique MARCADET 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).

  • System for synchronizing a set of interconnected avionics devices with communication network of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10931510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synchronizing interconnected critical devices comprising servers and clients, each critical device being connected to another critical device by a virtual link, each termination of which is associated with a minimum and a maximum value of transmission time for a data packet, the method, implemented periodically, comprising: the reception of a message at a reception instant, said message comprising at least one time reference determined by a transmitter server, for each message received, the estimation of the current time of the transmitter server on the basis of: the time reference, a value of the internal clock of the current critical device at the current instant and at the reception instant, the minimum value and the maximum value of transmission time of the virtual link between the transmitter server and the current critical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: THALES, CENTRALESUPELEC
    Inventors: Martin Rayrole, Michaël Templier, Eric Fitterer, Dominique Marcadet, Frédéric Boulanger, Safouan Taha
  • METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A SET OF DEVICES, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200267046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synchronizing interconnected critical devices comprising servers and clients, each critical device being connected to another critical device by a virtual link, each termination of which is associated with a minimum and a maximum value of transmission time for a data packet, the method, implemented periodically, comprising: the reception of a message at a reception instant, said message comprising at least one time reference determined by a transmitter server, for each message received, the estimation of the current time of the transmitter server on the basis of: the time reference, a value of the internal clock of the current critical device at the current instant and at the reception instant, the minimum value and the maximum value of transmission time of the virtual link between the transmitter server and the current critical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Martin RAYROLE, Michaël TEMPLIER, Eric FITTERER, Dominique MARCADET, Frédéric BOULANGER, Safouan TAHA