Patents by Inventor Gilles Francois
Gilles Francois 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).
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Patent number: 8527133Abstract: The present invention lies in the field of embedded flight management systems on board aircraft. The invention relates notably to a system for managing alerts and procedures, and more precisely to a device for managing piloting tasks carried out by a crew of an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: ThalesInventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
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Patent number: 8498755Abstract: A device for the coherent management of data deriving from different surveillance systems of an aircraft includes: a flight management system, the function of which is to assist the crew in following a flight plan of the aircraft and an associated trajectory; a surveillance system, the function of which is to detect any obstacles in proximity to the aircraft; a warning management system, the function of which is to detect abnormal situations and to display for the crew, where appropriate, warnings, such as potentially critical alarms or non-critical alerts, and the associated procedures to be followed when such exist; in which said flight management system, said surveillance system and said warning management system are interconnected and cooperate so that at least the warning management system has access to the flight plan of the aircraft, and is configured to display for the crew a summary of the situation when the surveillance system detects an obstacle that the aircraft should avoid according to the flighType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: ThalesInventors: Gabrielle De Brito, Laurent Flotte, Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty
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Patent number: 8443368Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of onboard flight management systems embedded in aircraft. The invention relates to a reconfiguration device (1) for reconfiguring a task processing context. The reconfiguration device (1) according to the invention notably comprises: a module for managing the tasks to be carried out (2), performing a sorting of the tasks according to a priority criterion; a module for managing a current task (3), managing the state of progress of the current task; a module for managing a context (4), saving contexts relating to the current task, to a highest priority task and restoring one of the contexts saved on order of an operator. The present invention notably finds its application in the management of tasks for piloting an aircraft, for example the management of tasks originating from a system for managing alerts and procedures.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: ThalesInventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
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Publication number: 20120090822Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: ALFA LAVAL VICARB, AREVA NP, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, ALFA LAVAL PACKINOXInventors: Gilles Francois, Gabriel Merle, Patrice Tochon, Franck Pra, Claude Roussel, Olivier Noel Baron, Pierre-Xavier Bussonnet, Alain Bourgeon
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Patent number: 8121746Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Gilles François, Nicolas Marty, Frédéric Thomas
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Publication number: 20120029736Abstract: A method is provided for dynamically consolidating items of an aeronautical procedure in order to present to the operator the best action to perform according to the context of all the systems, in order to reduce his cognitive workload faced with an action to be carried out. The method consists, for each item of a procedure, in determining the text of the requested action, in choosing the text of the corresponding response that the crew must perform according to the general state and the configuration of the aircraft, in incorporating in the corresponding item the texts of the requested action and of the corresponding response, in displaying this duly enriched item, in detecting whether the requested action has indeed been accomplished and in displaying the result of this detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: THALESInventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
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Patent number: 8090526Abstract: The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they are not listed in a published navigation database like those called “Waypoints”.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2006Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Nicolas Marty, Gilles Francois, Elias Bitar
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Patent number: 8073584Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring dynamic parameters of an aircraft progressing over an airport zone. The aircraft is in the phase of rolling along a traffic lane. The traffic lane comprises ground markings and notably a center line. The device includes at least one means for acquiring images (101), and means (102) for measuring the deviation of the aircraft with respect to the center line on the basis of the acquired images.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: ThalesInventors: Nicolas Marty, Gilles Francois, Hugues Meunier
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Patent number: 8071640Abstract: A method for treating a cytotoxic disease by administrating compounds having a general formula X-(A)n-Y, wherein: n varies between 6 and 20; X denotes a hydrogen atom, an RaCO, RaOCO, RaNHCO or RaSO2 group, Ra being an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl group, the groups being substituted or not, on condition that X is different from H when n is equal to 6; A denotes either a group having formula (I) or (II), wherein Ri is a hydrogen atom, an amino acid side chain, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group, said groups being substituted or not, i being an integer of between 1 and n; Y is an NRbRc, Rb and Rc group having the same meaning as given earlier for Ra.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Gilles Francois Roger Guichard, Jean-Paul Briand, Vincent Semetey, Patrick Neuberg
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Publication number: 20110160938Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for centralized management of tasks to be carried out by a crew of an aircraft. A task to be carried out includes a triggering condition and an instruction to be executed. The device includes a man-machine interface for managing tasks by the crew, a module for creating, modifying, deleting tasks, a module for triggering a task, a module for acknowledging a task performed, a module for executing a task, and an interface with systems of the aircraft which are able to create and to execute tasks. The invention applies to the piloting tasks carried out by the pilots of an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: THALESInventors: Christophe CAILLAUD, François COULMEAU, Gilles FRANCOIS, Nicolas MARTY
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Publication number: 20110160937Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for centralized management of tasks to be carried out by a crew in the course of an aircraft flight. The method uses onboard navigation aid systems, such as a flight management system, a system for managing in-flight alerts for the implementation of the following steps: creation of a task by the flight management system; scheduling of the tasks by a system for managing alerts; and task execution by the system for managing alerts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: THALESInventors: Christophe CAILLAUD, François COULMEAU, Gilles FRANCOIS
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Publication number: 20110153212Abstract: A device for the coherent management of data deriving from different surveillance systems of an aircraft includes: a flight management system, the function of which is to assist the crew in following a flight plan of the aircraft and an associated trajectory; a surveillance system, the function of which is to detect any obstacles in proximity to the aircraft; a warning management system, the function of which is to detect abnormal situations and to display for the crew, where appropriate, warnings, such as potentially critical alarms or non-critical alerts, and the associated procedures to be followed when such exist; in which said flight management system, said surveillance system and said warning management system are interconnected and cooperate so that at least the warning management system has access to the flight plan of the aircraft, and is configured to display for the crew a summary of the situation when the surveillance system detects an obstacle that the aircraft should avoid according to the flighType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: THALESInventors: Gabrielle DE BRITO, Laurent FLOTTE, Gilles FRANCOIS, Fabien GUILLEY, Nicolas MARTY
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Publication number: 20100184849Abstract: A method for treating a cytotoxic disease by administrating compounds having a general formula X-(A)n-Y, wherein: n varies between 6 and 20; X denotes a hydrogen atom, an RaCO, RaOCO, RaNHCO or RaSO2 group, Ra being an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl group, the groups being substituted or not, on condition that X is different from H when n is equal to 6; A denotes either a group having formula (I) or (II), wherein Ri is a hydrogen atom, an amino acid side chain, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group, said groups being substituted or not, i being an integer of between 1 and n; Y is an NRbRc, Rb and Rc group having the same meaning as given earlier for Ra.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUInventors: Gilles Francois Roger Guichard, Jean-Paul Briand, Vincent Semetey, Patrick Neuberg
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Publication number: 20100162255Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of onboard flight management systems embedded in aircraft. The invention relates to a reconfiguration device (1) for reconfiguring a task processing context. The reconfiguration device (1) according to the invention notably comprises: a module for managing the tasks to be carried out (2), performing a sorting of the tasks according to a priority criterion; a module for managing a current task (3), managing the state of progress of the current task; a module for managing a context (4), saving contexts relating to the current task, to a highest priority task and restoring one of the contexts saved on order of an operator. The present invention notably finds its application in the management of tasks for piloting an aircraft, for example the management of tasks originating from a system for managing alerts and procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: THALESInventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
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Publication number: 20100161157Abstract: The present invention lies in the field of embedded flight management systems on board aircraft. The invention relates notably to a system for managing alerts and procedures, and more precisely to a device for managing piloting tasks carried out by a crew of an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: THALESInventors: Fabien Guilley, Gabrielle De Brito, Gilles Francois
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Patent number: 7741280Abstract: The invention relates to a multimeric molecule which can imitate a natural multimeric proteinaceous ligand. The invention also relates to a multimeric molecule as defined above which is characterised in that it has the following general formula: A-Xn, wherein: n is equal to 3, 4, 5 or 6; A denotes a chemical group which is functionalised by at least three amine functions or COOH functions; and X denotes a D, B-D or B(D)-D? group, in which B is a spacer and D and D? are peptides or pseudopeptides corresponding to a sequence which is derived from the ligand and selected from residual matter forming the interface with the receptor and which can interact with the receptor.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Gilles François Roger Guichard, Sylvie Victorine Lucienne Fournel, Alberto Bianco, Johan Félicien Heobeke, Sylviane Muller
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Patent number: 7691899Abstract: Compounds having a general formula X-(A)n-Y, wherein: n varies between 6 and 20; X denotes a hydrogen atom, an RaCO, RaOCO, RaNHCO or RaSO2 group, Ra being an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl group, the groups being substituted or not, on condition that X is different from H when n is equal to 6; A denotes either a group having formula (I) or (II), wherein Ri is a hydrogen atom, an amino acid side chain, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group, said groups being substituted or not, i being an integer of between 1 and n; Y is an NRbRc, Rb and Rc group having the same meaning as given earlier for Ra. The compounds are used for the preparation of medicaments that are intended to treat bacterial, fungal or cytotoxic diseases and, in particular, fungal infections, such as aspergillosis and candidiasis, and resistant bacterial infections.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Gilles Francois Roger Guichard, Jean-Paul Briand, Vincent Semetey, Patrick Neuberg
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Publication number: 20100066565Abstract: The invention relates to onboard failure warning management systems on aircraft, or flight warning systems (FWS). Traditionally, the logic of these systems refers to procedures to be executed by the crew in response to warnings. Modifications, however minor, to the procedures involve a new development that can be installed on the airplane computer only as part of a costly maintenance procedure, given notably the need to carry out exhaustive tests on the application. The invention introduces the concept of tasks defined by a set of variables, notably the warning and the procedure in which the task is executed, its category, its priority level and its status. Thus, the computer programs can be organized in modules that call the tasks to be executed, the parameters of said tasks being defined in a configuration table that can be updated as the procedures change during simple operation maintenance procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ThalesInventors: Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Publication number: 20090050295Abstract: The heat exchange assembly (1) for exchanging heat between a first and a second fluid comprises: a plurality of heat exchange modules (12) for exchanging heat between the first and second fluids, these being distributed about a central axis (X) and having opposing respective lateral faces (47); feed manifolds (14, 16) for feeding the modules (12) with primary and secondary fluid and collection manifolds (18, 20) for removing these fluids. At least some of the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of the said manifolds (18) run between the modules (12), the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) flanking one and the same module (12) being positioned substantially symmetrically with respect to the mid-plane situated between the two lateral faces (47) of the said module (12) in such a way that the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) create substantially identical thermal stresses in the lateral faces (47) of the module (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: AREVA NPInventor: Gilles Francois
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Publication number: 20080306680Abstract: The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they are not listed in a published navigation database like those called “Waypoints”.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Nicolas Marty, Gilles Francois, Elias Bitar