Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Ebert

Jean-Claude Ebert 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: 8564689
    Abstract: An image acquisition system comprises: a single set of focussing optics focussing an incident beam from a scene to be imaged on a first sensor and a second sensor exhibiting identical spectral response curves; followed by separation means separating the irradiance of the beam coming from the focussing optics into first and second predetermined fractions, the separation means orienting the first fraction towards the first sensor and the second fraction towards the second sensor; control means for controlling a first acquisition time of the scene to be imaged by the first sensor to obtain a first image and/or a second acquisition time of the scene to be imaged by the second sensor to obtain a second image; and merging means that merge the first image coming from the first sensor and the second image coming from the second sensor to generate a final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Matthieu Grossetete, Jean-Claude Ebert, Jean-Michel Francois
  • Patent number: 8441734
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of head-up display systems HUD, protected from solar illumination. An HUD includes at least one display, an optical system and at least one semi-reflecting plate called a combiner, said optical system and said combiner being arranged so that the image on the display is collimated, the display emitting in at least one first optical spectrum of first spectral width, the display being arranged so as to withstand illumination of a predetermined level. In the display according to the invention, the lateral chromatism of the optical system is sufficiently strong for the level of solar illumination received by the display to be always less than said predetermined level and said lateral chromatism is sufficiently weak for the dispersion of the first spectrum emitted by the display and seen by a user to be less than or equal to the resolution limit of the human eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Johanna Dominici, Jean-Claude Ebert, Jean-Noël Perbet
  • Publication number: 20120257070
    Abstract: An image acquisition system comprises: a single set of focussing optics focussing an incident beam from a scene to be imaged on a first sensor and a second sensor exhibiting identical spectral response curves; followed by separation means separating the irradiance of the beam coming from the focussing optics into first and second predetermined fractions, the separation means orienting the first fraction towards the first sensor and the second fraction towards the second sensor; control means for controlling a first acquisition time of the scene to be imaged by the first sensor to obtain a first image and/or a second acquisition time of the scene to be imaged by the second sensor to obtain a second image; and merging means that merge the first image coming from the first sensor and the second image coming from the second sensor to generate a final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Matthieu GROSSETETE, Jean-Claude EBERT, Jean-Michel FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20110007399
    Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of head-up display systems HUD, protected from solar illumination. An HUD comprises at least one display, an optical system and at least one semi-reflecting plate called a combiner, said optical system and said combiner being arranged so that the image on the display is collimated, the display emitting in at least one first optical spectrum of first spectral width, the display being arranged so as to withstand illumination of a predetermined level. In the display according to the invention, the lateral chromatism of the optical system is sufficiently strong for the level of solar illumination received by the display to be always less than said predetermined level and said lateral chromatism is sufficiently weak for the dispersion of the first spectrum emitted by the display and seen by a user to be less than or equal to the resolution limit of the human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Johanna Dominici, Jean-Claude Ebert, Jean-Noël Perbet
  • Patent number: 5479279
    Abstract: The device includes a source of white images, a liquid crystal matrix to control the hue and a liquid crystal matrix to control the saturation of the images displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventors: Bruno Barbier, Jean-Claude Ebert, Patrick Lach, Jean-Blaise Migozzi