Patents by Inventor Marc Bernard

Marc Bernard 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: 5274548
    Abstract: A method for the automatic analysis of signals by segmentation and classification. To segment the signal, the method is carried out repeatedly by aggregating samples and merging adjacent pulses. Once segmentation has been obtained, classification is carried out. The method has particular application to the analysis of signals with a physiological origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: France Telecom-Etablissement Autonome de Droit Public (Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications) & Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris France
    Inventors: Marc Bernard, Michel Bouchoucha
  • Patent number: 5103734
    Abstract: The invention concerns a guided munition, fired from a launching system with a cannon effect. This munition comprising sub-assemblies is supported, during acceleration in the cannon, by a peripheral casing which rests on the first sub-assembly of the munition placed at the front of the munition and is fixed to an ejectable sub-assembly placed at the rear of the munition. The weight of this casing is necessary to withstand the forces due to acceleration and it enables the range of the munition to be increased during the ballistic phase. During the transition from the ballistic phase to the guided phase, the ejectable sub-assembly is ejected, taking with it the casing which thus frees the airfoil surfaces to open out. The casing thus positioned also provides sealing and protection of the sensitive parts and rigidity of the whole of the munition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Thomson-Brandt Armements
    Inventors: Philippe Arnaud, Marc Bernard, Herve Boubault, Rene Thouron
  • Patent number: 5004184
    Abstract: A system of guidance in yaw, pitch and roll, which enables a small number of nozzles (three) to be used. Each of the nozzles supplies a continuous gas jet, which can be oriented about an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the vehicle which carries them, the deflection of each of the nozzles preferably being limited to .+-.60.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Thomson-Brandt Armements
    Inventor: Marc Bernard
  • Patent number: 4901946
    Abstract: A system is provided for guidance, by laser beam and pyrotechnic thrusters, of one or a number of carriers such as missiles which are intended to intercept maneuvering targets such as aircraft, helicopters or tanks. Guidance of the carrier is performed partly from the ground by means of a laser beam (beam-rider guidance) which tracks the target and partly by means of pyrotechnic thrusters placed on board the carrier. At each instant, the carrier thus "knows" its position with respect to the ideal flight path provided by the laser beam. The carrier corrects its flight path by triggering a pyrotechnic thruster when its distance with respect to the ideal flight path is greater than a predefined threshold value and when its radial velocity to the ideal path is lower than a predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Thomson-Brandt Armements
    Inventors: Philippe Arnaud, Marc Bernard