Patents by Inventor Pascal DEBANNE

Pascal DEBANNE 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).

  • Method for controlling the precession of a vibrating structure gyroscope
    Patent number: 10852159
    Abstract: A method is proposed for controlling the precession of a gyroscope (1) comprising a support (2) and a resonator (3), the support (2) being mobile in a platform coordinate system and stationary in a measurement coordinate system, the method comprising the generation (101) of a first control signal suitable for rotating the resonator (3) with respect to the support (2) in two opposite directions of rotation during a first period, the method being characterized by the following steps: reception (104) of data (Tpm) on relative positioning between the measurement coordinate system and the platform coordinate system, calculation (105) of a second control signal to be generated during a second period on the basis of the first control signal and the relative-positioning data, the second control signal being chosen in such a way as to minimize an average of accumulated angular errors in the angular measurements acquired by the gyroscope during the entirety of the first and second period, the angular errors being ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS AND DEFENSE
    Inventors: Pascal Debanne, Arnaud Pinturaud, Benjamin Deleaux, Jean-Christophe Charlaix
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRECESSION OF A VIBRATING STRUCTURE GYROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20180094947
    Abstract: A method is proposed for controlling the precession of a gyroscope (1) comprising a support (2) and a resonator (3), the support (2) being mobile in a platform coordinate system and stationary in a measurement coordinate system, the method comprising the generation (101) of a first control signal suitable for rotating the resonator (3) with respect to the support (2) in two opposite directions of rotation during a first period, the method being characterized by the following steps: reception (104) of data (Tpm) on relative positioning between the measurement coordinate system and the platform coordinate system, calculation (105) of a second control signal to be generated during a second period on the basis of the first control signal and the relative-positioning data, the second control signal being chosen in such a way as to minimize an average of accumulated angular errors in the angular measurements acquired by the gyroscope during the entirety of the first and second period, the angular errors being expre
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal DEBANNE, Arnaud PINTURAUD, Benjamin DELEAUX, Jean-Christophe CHARLAIX