Patents by Inventor Julia Percier
Julia Percier 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: 9105186Abstract: The invention relates to a method for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft comprising a plurality of onboard propulsion means and which is able to move over an airport zone according to at least one specific taxiing procedure making it possible to reduce fuel consumption, the method being characterized in that it implements the following steps during the phase of taxiing of the aircraft on an airport: Checking of the taxiing conditions for the implementation of the said taxiing procedure and calculation of the implementation parameters of the procedure, Calculation of the taxiing performance data resulting from the implementation of the taxiing procedure, Display of the taxiing directives and performance related to the taxiing procedure, Monitoring of the parameters of the avionics systems during the implementation of the taxiing procedure. The invention applies to taxiing plan formulation systems and/or aircraft monitoring systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: ThalesInventors: Pascal Gayraud, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Publication number: 20140359564Abstract: 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: February 24, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Patent number: 8897935Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system for preventing collisions with a terrain. The system includes a detecting means for detecting risks of collision with the terrain after a predetermined forecasting delay. The system further includes a determining means for determining, based on a trajectory followed by the aircraft, a possible limit point for success of the vertical terrain avoidance maneuver. The system further includes indication means for giving indications on azimuth clearance sections, around the direction in which the aircraft is moving, suitable for success of the vertical terrain avoidance maneuver. The system further includes means for estimating a free-travel distance in each azimuth clearance sector on a straight distancing trajectory with constant gradient and over a distance correspond to more than one minute of flight, the free-travel distance being free of potential conflicts with the terrain.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: ThalesInventors: Hugues Meunier, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Patent number: 8659447Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: ThalesInventors: Gilles Francois, Fabien Guilley, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Patent number: 8306678Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and methods for filtering anti-collision alerts for aircraft having a locating system charting the position of the aircraft and estimating the precision of its position. A navigation system of the aircraft calculates at least the actual speed of the aircraft, the speed instruction and a first deviation between the instruction and the actual speed, and the deviation being compared with a first reference overshoot threshold. An anti-collision system generates alerts. An alarms manager of the aircraft centralizes the alerts transmitted by the terrain anti-collision equipment of the aircraft to the crew. The alerts each posses a coding of the danger level, and the danger levels form part of a first predetermined set. The alert filter according to the invention filters sets of alerts according to the coding of their danger level.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Stéphane Fleury, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Publication number: 20120158277Abstract: A method and a system is provided for preparing the taxiing phase for an aircraft on the basis of an airport database cataloguing by section, the taxiways of an airport and storing, for each section, specific data of geographical position and of connectivity and of a taxiing plan for the aircraft indicating a succession of taxiway sections. The method comprises a step of detecting risk areas along the taxiing plan and a step of displaying the detected risk areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: THALESInventors: Pascal GAYRAUD, Nicolas MARTY, Julia PERCIER
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Patent number: 8073579Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting terrain altitudes along a trajectory of an aircraft in flight includes an interface taking into account selected flight parameters of the aircraft; a terrain altitudes extraction requests manager; a geographical zones manager; a terrain data manager; a terrain profile provider. The disclosed embodiment is configured to be used within the framework of an anticollision device for preventing collision between an aircraft and the terrain.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: ThalesInventors: Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier, Aurélie Sallier
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Patent number: 7777647Abstract: The field of the invention is that of the display in map form of an operating zone of an aircraft on a screen, and more particularly a method of processing topographic data of this operating zone of an aircraft in real time, based on a calculation of radials (R) centred on a reference point (O) defining an angular segment of topographic data. According to the invention, the method includes a subdivision of the operating zone to be mapped into a plurality of angular segment sections, each forming an individual zone (3), and an assignment of a processing priority and a refresh frequency specific to each individual zone defined according to a criterion of operational interest of the element to the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: ThalesInventors: Aurélie Sallier, Julia Percier, Nicolas Marty
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Publication number: 20100204909Abstract: The invention relates to a method for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft comprising a plurality of onboard propulsion means and which is able to move over an airport zone according to at least one specific taxiing procedure making it possible to reduce fuel consumption, the method being characterized in that it implements the following steps during the phase of taxiing of the aircraft on an airport: Checking of the taxiing conditions for the implementation of the said taxiing procedure and calculation of the implementation parameters of the procedure, Calculation of the taxiing performance data resulting from the implementation of the taxiing procedure, Display of the taxiing directives and performance related to the taxiing procedure, Monitoring of the parameters of the avionics systems during the implementation of the taxiing procedure. The invention applies to taxiing plan formulation systems and/or aircraft monitoring systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: ThalesInventors: Pascal Gayraud, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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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: 20100042273Abstract: This system accompanies the alarms of TAWS type and in particular the alarms of “Avoid terrain” type indicating to the pilot that he has passed the limit point of success of a standard vertical avoidance maneuver, indications (32, 33) of free-travel distances in azimuth sectors suited to a clearance maneuver and one or more recommended relief avoidance maneuvers (A, B), both lateral and vertical. For the determination of the limit point, it monitors the penetration of a model of the terrain being flown over into a first protection volume (1) linked to the aircraft and configured in such a way as to model a standard vertical avoidance maneuver trajectory executed without notable delay. For the determination of the azimuth sectors open to a clearance maneuver, it analyzes the penetrations of the model of terrain being flown over in a second protection volume with large azimuth aperture, linked to the aircraft and configured in such a way as to contain the limit point protection volume (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: ThalesInventors: Hugues Meunier, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Publication number: 20090326741Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting terrain altitudes along a trajectory (32) of an aircraft (31) in flight comprises a means (5) for selecting flight parameters (2, 3, 4) of the aircraft; a terrain altitudes extraction requests manager (11); a geographical zones manager (12); a terrain data manager (14); a terrain profile provider (21). The invention can notably be used within the framework of an anticollision device for preventing collision between an aircraft and the terrain.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: THALESInventors: Nicolas MARTY, Julia Percier, Aurelie Sallier
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Publication number: 20080306639Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and methods for filtering anti-collision alerts for aircraft having a locating system charting the position of the aircraft and estimating the precision of its position. A navigation system of the aircraft calculates at least the actual speed of the aircraft, the speed instruction and a first deviation between the instruction and the actual speed, and the deviation being compared with a first reference overshoot threshold. An anti-collision system generates alerts. An alarms manager of the aircraft centralizes the alerts transmitted by the terrain anti-collision equipment of the aircraft to the crew. The alerts each posses a coding of the danger level, and the danger levels form part of a first predetermined set. The alert filter according to the invention filters sets of alerts according to the coding of their danger level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: THALESInventors: Stephane Fleury, Nicolas Marty, Julia Percier
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Publication number: 20080198041Abstract: The field of the invention is that of the display in map form of an operating zone of an aircraft on a screen, and more particularly a method of processing topographic data of this operating zone of an aircraft in real time, based on a calculation of radials (R) centred on a reference point (O) defining an angular segment of topographic data. According to the invention, the method includes a subdivision of the operating zone to be mapped into a plurality of angular segment sections, each forming an individual zone (3), and an assignment of a processing priority and a refresh frequency specific to each individual zone defined according to a criterion of operational interest of the element to the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: ThalesInventors: Aurelie Sallier, Julia Percier, Nicolas Marty