Patents by Inventor Nicolas CEZARD

Nicolas CEZARD 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: 11585927
    Abstract: A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES
    Inventors: Philippe Hebert, Francois Lemaitre, Nicolas Cezard
  • Publication number: 20220146411
    Abstract: A LIDAR system is adapted for performing differential absorption measurements of a chemical compound between two distinct optical frequencies (?1, ?2), and for measuring a separation distance from an obstacle which is present in a background of a measurement zone where the absorption occurs. An emission optical power value is varied between different time intervals during a radiation emission sequence, in order to allow that the LIDAR system implements an optical fiber technology while having sufficient emission power. The LIDAR system makes it possible to evaluate an amount of the chemical compound which is contained in the measurement zone, as well as a separation distance from an obstacle which is located in the background of the measurement zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent LOMBARD, Anne DURECU, Nicolas CEZARD, François GUSTAVE, Guillaume CANAT
  • Publication number: 20190383940
    Abstract: A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (ONERA), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Inventors: Philippe HEBERT, Francois LEMAITRE, Nicolas CEZARD