Abstract: A satellite-based positioning system reception device comprises a function for detecting false lock-ons based on a linear combination of complex signals arising from correlation pathways between a signal received from a satellite and a prompt local code and a plurality of local codes shifted by determined delays with respect to the prompt local code. An advantage is that the function for detecting false lock-ons makes it possible to remedy the false lock-ons due to multi-path phenomena.

Abstract: The field of the invention is that of the reception of a radionavigation signal originating from a satellite positioning system such as the GPS system. The present invention concerns a method for calculating correlations between a first sequence and a second sequence, said first sequence and said second sequence having a duration DCode, the first sequence being extracted from a digital signal comprising a code, said code comprising elementary time divisions, called chips, of mean duration Dchip, said chips being synchronized with pulses delivered by an NCO oscillator at the mean frequency 2/Dchip, the second sequence resulting from a sampling at a frequency Fe of an analog signal, the frequency Fe being greater than 2/Dchip. According to the invention, the method comprises a step of aggregating samples of the second sequence, over consecutive integration intervals of duration equal on average to Dchip/2, starting at each pulse of the NCO oscillator, so as to determine results of elementary aggregates.

Abstract: Described is a device for receiving radio-navigation signals by satellite, said received signals being transmitted at a carrier frequency. The device includes at least means for generating a local signal at a local frequency and a tracking device including a feedback loop called carrier loop for phase-locking the local frequency on the carrier frequency. The loop includes a hardware portion and a software portion. The software portion performs the functions of discrimination of the phase of the correlated signal and filtering of said phase. The software portion also includes correlation functions mainly dependent on the linear variation coefficients between the local phases ?local delivered after each basic computation cycle. The device makes it possible to increase the loop band and the dynamic stability without changing the pre-detection band and the workload of the software.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for designing a modeled object within a session of CAD system interacting with a database. The method comprises: detecting a designing operation performed by a user and applied to an initial modeled object within the session; computing a signature from a set of properties of the initial modeled object and/or a set of properties of the session; retrieving in the database modeled objects having the closest signatures to the signature of the initial modeled object within the session; displaying representations of modeled objects retrieved; selecting by the user a modeled object among the representations of modeled objects displayed; and replacing the initial modeled object within the session by the modeled object selected.

Abstract: Membrane based on a binder compound with tall-oil pitch Membrane produced on the basis of a binder compound comprising a crude tall-oil pitch in a quantity of 1-65 w. %, more specifically a quantity of 20-55 w. %, even more specifically a quantity of 36-55 w. %, and a polymer in a quantity of 7-40 w. %, more specifically in a quantity of 8-20 w. %, even more specifically in a quantity of 9-17 w. %, and a filler.

Abstract: A separation device for removing at least part of a liquid from a mixture which comprises a gas and the liquid in the form of droplets, comprises: a) a housing comprising a-first, second and third separation sections separating liquid from the mixture, wherein the second section is arranged below the first section and above the third section, the respective sections are in communication with each other, and the second section comprises a rotating coalescer element; b) tangentially arranged means to introduce the mixture into the first section; c) means to remove liquid from the first section; d) means to remove liquid from the third section; and e) means to remove a gaseous stream, lean in liquid, from the third section. A separation process for removing at least part of a liquid from a mixture comprising the liquid in the form of droplets using the separation device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder compound based on natural oil, polymer and resin. Such binder compounds can for example be used in roof covering membranes as an environmentally friendly alternative to bituminous roof covering membranes.

Abstract: In a phase discriminator device for receiving, as input, a complex signal whose argument represents a phase error, and for producing, as output, an estimate of the phase error for each signal sample Zn+1 received, the device includes a frequency discriminator and a computation part for determining the phase estimate obtained at an instant (N+1)T1. The computation part determines the phase estimate according to predetermined relations, and T1 is the time interval between two samples Zn and Zn+1, received consecutively.

Abstract: A system for receiving a radionavigation signal, notably in a jammed medium, emitted by a satellite of a satellite positioning system, includes: at least one first multi-correlator and at least one second multi-correlator disposed in parallel and operating respectively at a frequency; filtering means, disposed upstream of said multi-correlators; a delay line, disposed on the branch, between the filtering means and the second multi-correlator; means for sub-sampling at the frequency adapted for sub-sampling the signal transmitted directly and by branching with delay by the filtering means; and demodulation means eliminating the Doppler effect, disposed between the sub-sampling means and the first and second multi-correlators.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided.

Abstract: A satellite-based positioning receiver includes processing channels, each processing channel being associated with a respective satellite from among N satellites, and an extended Kalman filter for performing a vector tracking for the set of satellites using signals received from the satellites. The extended Kalman filter performs a resetting on the basis of the phase error and code error received directly from the phase and code discriminators, of each channel, and the receiver includes first means for calculating the code-wise and carrier-wise control signals for the said code phase and carrier phase numerically-controlled oscillators, on the basis of data provided by the said extended Kalman filter, for each channel.

Abstract: Method of resolving ambiguity for determining the main peak of the autocorrelation function of signals transmitted by a set of satellites and received by a receiver of a radionavigation system, a signal received originating from a satellite comprising two received spectral components right and left, the said method comprising the following steps: the right and left components received are demodulated by a BPSK demodulation method the central carrier is tracked by means of a central carrier loop which calculates estimations of central carrier phase errors so as to generate carrier commands, the code is tracked by means of a code loop which calculates instantaneous estimations of code errors so as to generate code commands, wherein the code commands are furthermore generated on the basis of instantaneous estimations of sub-carrier phase errors

Abstract: The method of determination of the position of a mobile receiver using at least four satellites of which at least one first satellite transmits a first signal on one frequency, the broadcasting of the first signal being single-frequency, and of which at least one second satellite transmits second and third signals respectively on a first and a second frequency, the broadcasting of the signals being two-frequency, the receiver including means for reception of at least two frequencies, makes it possible to determine the position by a calculation of at least four pseudo-distances corresponding to the distances between each satellite and the receiver. The calculation of a pseudo-distance at the first frequency includes a step of estimation of the inter-frequency bias between the first and second frequencies.

Abstract: A satellite positioning receiver is disclosed having at least one receive channel. Each receive channel is intended to perform a combined processing of a first S1 and a second S2 radiofrequency signals separated in frequency. The signals are received by analogue paths of the receive channel then digitized to be processed in digital receive paths. Each receive channel has a first (160) and a second (162) correlation circuits, respectively receiving the first and the second received digitized signals. Carrier and code phase discriminators are common to both correlation circuits. A local code generator is provided for each code correlation path. The local codes are offset by a positive differential delay correction +??cal for one of the correlation circuits and a negative differential delay correction ???cal for the other. These corrections tend to compensate for the relative delay difference between the two signals in the analogue paths of the receive channel.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the monitoring of the integrity of position and speed information arising from a hybridization between an inertial reference system and a satellite-based positioning receiver. The invention relates more precisely to a navigation apparatus known in the art by the name INS/GNSS system (for “Inertial Navigation System” and “Global Navigation Satellite System”) hybridized in closed loop.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of devices for receiving radio-navigation signals by satellite, said received signals being transmitted at a carrier frequency, said device including at least means for generating a local signal at a local frequency and a tracking device including a feedback loop called carrier loop for phase-locking the local frequency on the carrier frequency, said loop including a hardware portion and a software portion. The software portion performs the functions of discrimination of the phase of the correlated signal and filtering of said phase. In the various devices according to the invention, the software portion also includes correlation functions mainly dependent on the linear variation coefficients between the local phases ?local delivered after each basic computation cycle. The proposed device makes it possible to increase the loop band and the dynamic stability without changing the pre-detection band and the workload of the software.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closed loop hybridizing device comprising a Kalman filter bank, a virtual platform, a device to calculate pseudo-measurements estimated a priori. The Kalman filter bank comprises a principal Kalman filter adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements starting from all available pseudo-measurements, and n secondary Kalman filters adapted to the calculation of corrections to be applied to inertial measurements from a sub-set of available pseudo-measurements. The corrections originate from either the principal Kalman filter when no pseudo-measurement is erroneous or the secondary Kalman filter not affected by an erroneous pseudo-measurement. The corrections are applied simultaneously to inertial measurements and to the input to all other Kalman filters in the Kalman filter bank. In particular, the invention applies to a hybridizing device using information provided by an inertial unit and a satellite navigation system, for example a GPS system.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the monitoring of the integrity of position and speed information arising from a hybridization between an inertial reference system and a satellite-based positioning receiver. The invention relates more precisely to a navigation apparatus known in the art by the name INS/GNSS system (for “Inertial Navigation System” and “Global Navigation Satellite System”) hybridized in closed loop.

Abstract: The invention concerns a spray nozzle for a powder duster for dusting freshly printed products with a connection for a tube for supplying a powder-air mixture, a distribution chamber and at least two nozzle channels which branch off from the distribution chamber like a fan, wherein the opening angle of the outer nozzle channels limiting the fan subtends an angular range of 5° to 20°, in particular an angular range of 8° to 15°, and preferably 12°. The invention also concerns a spray bar with spray nozzles of this type, a powder duster comprising spray nozzles of this type, and a method for dusting freshly printed products.

Abstract: The field of the invention is that of the reception of a radionavigation signal originating from a satellite positioning system such as the GPS system. The present invention concerns a method for calculating correlations between a first sequence and a second sequence, said first sequence and said second sequence having a duration DCode, the first sequence being extracted from a digital signal comprising a code, said code comprising elementary time divisions, called chips, of mean duration Dchip, said chips being synchronized with pulses delivered by an NCO oscillator at the mean frequency 2/Dchip, the second sequence resulting from a sampling at a frequency Fe of an analog signal, the frequency Fe being greater than 2/Dchip. According to the invention, the method comprises a step of aggregating samples of the second sequence, over consecutive integration intervals of duration equal on average to Dchip/2, starting at each pulse of the NCO oscillator, so as to determine results of elementary aggregates.