Patents by Inventor Grégoire JACOTOT

Grégoire JACOTOT 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: 11320268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction method of a joint flight path to a mobile point including the step of acquiring a first state vector defining the position of the aircraft at the moment t0, acquiring a second state vector defining the position of the mobile point at each moment t after the moment t0. The method further includes determining, for each position of the mobile point, an elementary join flight path of this position of the mobile point from the position of the aircraft defined by the first state vector at the moment t0 with a capture time Tt corresponding to the time of flight of the aircraft on this flight path. The method also includes determining the flight path such that its capture time Tt is substantially equal to the time elapsed between the moment t associated with this trajectory and the moment t0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Grégoire Jacotot, Solal Guirand, Dominique Blanc
  • Publication number: 20200096340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction method of a joint flight path to a mobile point including the steps of acquiring a first state vector defining the position of the aircraft at the moment t0, acquiring a second state vector defining the position of the mobile point at each moment t after the moment t0, determining, for each position of the mobile point, an elementary join flight path of this position of the mobile point from the position of the aircraft defined by the first state vector at the moment t0 with a capture time Tt corresponding to the time of flight of the aircraft on this flight path, and determining and flight path such that its capture time Tt is substantially equal to the time elapsed between the moment t associated with this trajectory and the moment t0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Grégoire JACOTOT, Solal GUIRAND, Dominique BLANC
  • Patent number: 9965963
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the flight trajectory of an aircraft comprises the steps reiterated in time consisting in receiving and comparing two trajectory objects, the trajectory objects being associated with two initially identical flight trajectories determined independently of each other over time; and, in case of difference between the two trajectory objects, determining a failed trajectory from the two flight trajectories by comparison with the last known state without fault, the last known state without fault corresponding to two identical trajectory objects. Developments describe the use of flight plan segments, of signatures, fault isolation simultaneously to a change of current leg, the use of levels of operational safety according to an RNP-AR procedure and the notification of the pilot of the trajectory determined as having failed. Software and system aspects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Grégoire Jacotot, Cédric Flaven, Laurent Flotte
  • Publication number: 20160358482
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the flight trajectory of an aircraft comprises the steps reiterated in time consisting in receiving and comparing two trajectory objects, the trajectory objects being associated with two initially identical flight trajectories determined independently of each other over time; and, in case of difference between the two trajectory objects, determining a failed trajectory from the two flight trajectories by comparison with the last known state without fault, the last known state without fault corresponding to two identical trajectory objects. Developments describe the use of flight plan segments, of signatures, fault isolation simultaneously to a change of current leg, the use of levels of operational safety according to an RNP-AR procedure and the notification of the pilot of the trajectory determined as having failed. Software and system aspects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Grégoire JACOTOT, Cédnic FLAVEN, Laurent FLOTTE
  • Patent number: 7652621
    Abstract: A method for selecting radionavigation beacons using an onboard navigation system aboard an aircraft from a list of eligible beacons, includes a step for formulating a criterion for selecting a pair of beacons (BX, BY) from among beacons forming part of a list of eligible beacons, and the selection criterion is based on a search for a maximum duration of membership, for instants subsequent to the instant t1, for which the 2D terrestrial position of the aircraft belongs to the zones of employment of all the pairs of beacons achievable from among the eligible beacons, on the basis of a given predictive trajectory of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Gregoire Jacotot
  • Publication number: 20080252511
    Abstract: The field of the invention is that of navigation systems serving aboard an aircraft, to determine the position of the aircraft on the basis of measurements of distance separating the aircraft from radionavigation beacons delivered by equipment of the DME type (Distance Measuring Equipment).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventor: Gregoire Jacotot