Patents by Inventor Nicolas LEPRON

Nicolas LEPRON 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: 11854409
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device for managing the display of a head-up display system capable of being embarked in a cockpit of an aircraft piloted by at least one pilot and comprising: a display module configured to display a plurality of symbols relative to the operation of the aircraft and its environment in at least two distinct visualization planes, the visualization planes each having a distinct depth along a line of sight from the pilot, a determination module configured to determine a reference visualization plane corresponding to an accommodation plane of the eye of the pilot and a warning module configured to generate a warning to be displayed in the reference visualization plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Nicolas Lepron, Daniel Maulet, Emilie Bruel
  • Patent number: 11699349
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display device on board an aircraft capable of landing or maintaining a hover above a landing zone and comprising: a module for calculating a distance between the aircraft and the landing zone according to a horizontal direction and for determining a height of the aircraft; and a module for displaying an exocentric aircraft symbol, positioned at a distance said exocentric from the aircraft according to an exocentric direction and at a height difference said exocentric relative to the aircraft, the display module being further configured to display an exocentric landing zone symbol, positioned at a distance from the landing zone equal to the exocentric distance according to the exocentric direction and at the same height as the exocentric aircraft symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Emilie Bruel, Nicolas Lepron, Daniel Maulet
  • Publication number: 20230196931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identifying a landing zone and for displaying on a head-up display system onboard an aircraft, a symbol conforming to the landing zone, the aircraft being apt to fly over a terrain and to land on the landing zone of the terrain. The aircraft is a helicopter, a drone or an electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing. The method includes at least the following steps:—a hovering phase of the aircraft over the landing zone and acquisition of the geographical position of the landing zone;—a flight of the aircraft towards the landing zone and display on the head-up display system, of a symbol conforming to the landing zone at the measured geographic position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Olivier LEMOINE, Nicolas LEPRON, Matthieu GROSSETETE
  • Patent number: 11386796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for developing a three-dimensional representation of a terrain overflown by an aircraft able to be piloted by a pilot via a control station. The method includes for representation of at least one current terrain element, following steps: determining a first distance between a first terrain element and the aircraft; determining a second distance between a second terrain element and the aircraft; and calculating a resultant display intensity of the current terrain element as a function of a difference between the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Nicolas Lepron, Emmanuel Monvoisin, Guillaume Labarthe
  • Publication number: 20210366293
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device for managing the display of a head-up display system capable of being embarked in a cockpit of an aircraft piloted by at least one pilot and comprising: a display module configured to display a plurality of symbols relative to the operation of the aircraft and its environment in at least two distinct visualization planes, the visualization planes each having a distinct depth along a line of sight from the pilot, a determination module configured to determine a reference visualization plane corresponding to an accommodation plane of the eye of the pilot and a warning module configured to generate a warning to be displayed in the reference visualization plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas LEPRON, Daniel MAULET, Emilie BRUEL
  • Publication number: 20210366294
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display device on board an aircraft capable of landing or maintaining a hover above a landing zone and comprising: a module for calculating a distance between the aircraft and the landing zone according to a horizontal direction and for determining a height of the aircraft; and a module for displaying an exocentric aircraft symbol, positioned at a distance said exocentric from the aircraft according to an exocentric direction and at a height difference said exocentric relative to the aircraft, the display module being further configured to display an exocentric landing zone symbol, positioned at a distance from the landing zone equal to the exocentric distance according to the exocentric direction and at the same height as the exocentric aircraft symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Emilie BRUEL, Nicolas LEPRON, Daniel MAULET
  • Publication number: 20200193850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for developing a three-dimensional representation of a terrain overflown by an aircraft able to be piloted by a pilot via a control station. The method includes for representation of at least one current terrain element, following steps: determining a first distance between a first terrain element and the aircraft; determining a second distance between a second terrain element and the aircraft; and calculating a resultant display intensity of the current terrain element as a function of a difference between the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Nicolas LEPRON, Emmanuel MONVOISIN, Guillaume LABARTHE