Patents by Inventor Henri Pruvot

Henri Pruvot 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 of identifying an infrared matrix sensor
    Patent number: 7427759
    Abstract: Method of identifying an infrared matrix sensor, characterized in that, for at least some of the pixels of the sensor matrix, information concerning the position of the pixel in the matrix is recorded and information concerning at least one characteristic of each of the pixels is determined, and in that all of these pairs of information associated with the respective pixels (or mapping) are kept in memory as sensor identifier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Sagem Defense Securite Le Ponant de Paris
    Inventors: Henri Pruvot, Bernard Ruocco-Angari
  • Parallel scan thermal camera
    Patent number: 4771175
    Abstract: The camera includes a chip of infrared detectors disposed in lines and a processing chip. The latter comprises integrators for integrating the output currents of the detectors, controlled by an automatic gain control loop for reducing the dynamic of the signal, delay lines, a summator for each line of detectors, error correction devices for reducing the fixed spatial noise errors, and a multiplexer receiving the signals associated with the various lines of detectors and furnishing a signal to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: SAT (Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications)
    Inventors: Michel Sirieix, Henri Pruvot, Albin Virdis