Patents by Inventor Kevin Etchebarne

Kevin Etchebarne 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).

  • System and method for aiding the landing of an aircraft
    Patent number: 10908292
    Abstract: The system for aiding the landing of an aircraft on a landing runway of an airport equipped with an Instrument Landing System (“ILS”) corresponding to an axis of a predetermined approach, includes: an ILS signals receiver and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to, when the ILS signals receiver) has not yet captured a Glide signal corresponding to a Glide axis of the approach as a function of items of information relating to the predetermined approach, acquired from a database, determine a protection volume in which there is no risk of the ILS signals receiver detecting a replica of the Glide signal; and when a current position of the aircraft is above the protection volume, inhibit the capture of the Glide signal by the ILS signals receiver and instruct the emission of an alert item of information in the cockpit of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jerôme Bazile, Patrice Rouquette, Sylvain Raynaud, Nicolas Marconnet, Guillaume Discours, Kevin Etchebarne
  • System And Method For Aiding The Landing Of An Aircraft
    Publication number: 20190113593
    Abstract: The system for aiding the landing of an aircraft on a landing runway of an airport equipped with an Instrument Landing System (“ILS”) corresponding to an axis of a predetermined approach, includes: an ILS signals receiver and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to, when the ILS signals receiver) has not yet captured a Glide signal corresponding to a Glide axis of the approach as a function of items of information relating to the predetermined approach, acquired from a database, determine a protection volume in which there is no risk of the ILS signals receiver detecting a replica of the Glide signal; and when a current position of the aircraft is above the protection volume, inhibit the capture of the Glide signal by the ILS signals receiver and instruct the emission of an alert item of information in the cockpit of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jerôme Bazile, Patrice Rouquette, Sylvain Raynaud, Nicolas Marconnet, Guillaume Discours, Kevin Etchebarne