Patents by Inventor Jean-Pol Mura

Jean-Pol Mura 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 and system for determining the availability of a lane for a guided vehicle
    Patent number: 9533626
    Abstract: A method and a system determine track availability. The system is configured to be fitted to a guided vehicle liable to move downstream on a track. The system contains at least one camera able to capture images of a downstream section of track. The downstream section being a track portion extending from a first point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle to a second point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle. The distance separating the camera from the second point is being greater than the distance separating it from the first point. At least one image processing and analysis device is provided and is able to analyze each image taken by each camera, to locate the downstream section therein, to determine first a downstream safety distance, and second an availability state of the track between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Virginie Forni, Jean-Pol Mura, Clara Nogueira Alves
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF A LANE FOR A GUIDED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140247356
    Abstract: A method and a system determine track availability. The system is configured to be fitted to a guided vehicle liable to move downstream on a track. The system contains at least one camera able to capture images of a downstream section of track. The downstream section being a track portion extending from a first point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle to a second point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle. The distance separating the camera from the second point is being greater than the distance separating it from the first point. At least one image processing and analysis device is provided and is able to analyze each image taken by each camera, to locate the downstream section therein, to determine first a downstream safety distance, and second an availability state of the track between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Virginie Forni, Jean-Pol Mura, Clara Nogueira Alves