Patents by Inventor Erick Coppolino

Erick Coppolino 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).

  • Method for synthesizing an intervisibility image
    Patent number: 7084871
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of methods for synthesizing an intervisibility image consisting of pixels and representing the distribution, over a terrain overflown by an aircraft, of the intervisibility zones. This is a method of synthesizing an intervisibility image consisting of pixels and representing the distribution, over a terrain overflown by an aircraft, of the zones of indirect intervisibility between the aircraft and at least one potential threat, in which, on the one hand, a danger plain color is associated with the set of zones of indirect intervisibility and, on the other hand, a safety plain color distinct from the danger plain color is associated with the set of portions of range zones of the threats that are not covered by any zone of indirect intervisibility, and, in at least one mode of the method of synthesis, said plain colors may be modulated at each pixel by a shading cue (?sha) representative of the relief of the terrain at said pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Laurent Jardin, Jean-René Verbeque, Erick Coppolino
  • Method for synthesizing an intervisibility image
    Publication number: 20050012744
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of methods for synthesizing an intervisibility image consisting of pixels and representing the distribution, over a terrain overflown by an aircraft, of the intervisibility zones. This is a method of synthesizing an intervisibility image consisting of pixels and representing the distribution, over a terrain overflown by an aircraft, of the zones of indirect intervisibility between the aircraft and at least one potential threat, in which, on the one hand, a danger plain color is associated with the set of zones of indirect intervisibility and, on the other hand, a safety plain color distinct from the danger plain color is associated with the set of portions of range zones of the threats that are not covered by any zone of indirect intervisibility, and, in at least one mode of the method of synthesis, said plain colors may be modulated at each pixel by a shading cue (?sha) representative of the relief of the terrain at said pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Laurent Jardin, Jean-Rene Verbeque, Erick Coppolino
  • Method for the display of cartographic information on an aeroplane screen
    Publication number: 20040174275
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of methods of displaying cartographic information on aircraft screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Erick Coppolino
  • Method of managing a man/machine interface in a cartographic system that is at least partially located on-board an aircraft
    Publication number: 20040148066
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of methods for managing a man-machine interface in an at least partially airborne mapping system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Erick Coppolino