Patents by Inventor Frédéric Pichon

Frédéric Pichon 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, device and system for the fusion of information originating from several sensors
    Patent number: 8615480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, device and system for fusion of information originating from several sensors. The invention includes a mechanism for fusion of belief functions. To apply this mechanism, various information, knowledge and operations are modelled within the framework of the theory of belief functions: information provided by the sensors, knowledge regarding the propensity of the sensors to be in a given operating state, and merge operators for each operating state considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Frédéric Pichon
  • Method, device and system for merging information from several sensors
    Patent number: 8612378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for merging information originating from several non-independent sensors. This invention makes it possible to prevent the same item of information from being reckoned twice during merging. The solution afforded consists of the creation of a new combination operator applying to latent belief structures. Said latent belief structures are obtained previously from conventional belief functions. These conventional belief functions are produced directly on the basis, for example, of the sensors of the system. The invention also proposes a means of transforming these latent belief structures into a probability distribution useful for decision taking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Thales & Universite de Technologie, DE Compiegne -UMRCNRS
    Inventors: Frédéric Pichon, Thierry Denoeux
  • METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE FUSION OF INFORMATION ORIGINATING FROM SEVERAL SENSORS
    Publication number: 20110213749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, device and system for fusion of information originating from several sensors. The invention includes a mechanism for fusion of belief functions. To apply this mechanism, various information, knowledge and operations are modelled within the framework of the theory of belief functions: information provided by the sensors, knowledge regarding the propensity of the sensors to be in a given operating state, and merge operators for each operating state considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventor: Frédéric PICHON
  • METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL SENSORS
    Publication number: 20110010329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for merging information originating from several non-independent sensors. This invention makes it possible to prevent the same item of information from being reckoned twice during merging. The solution afforded consists of the creation of a new combination operator applying to latent belief structures. Said latent belief structures are obtained previously from conventional belief functions. These conventional belief functions are produced directly on the basis, for example, of the sensors of the system. The invention also proposes a means of transforming these latent belief structures into a probability distribution useful for decision taking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, Thales
    Inventors: Frédéric Pichon, Thierry Denoeux