Patents by Inventor Philippe Giry

Philippe Giry 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: 5675112
    Abstract: A device for the localizing and restoring of a line of fire of a weapon carried by a shooter equipped with a helmet, the device comprising two cameras, a first camera and a second camera, each having an objective and at least one sensor sensitive to light radiation, the first camera being mounted on the helmet and the second camera being mounted on the weapon, a computer receiving digitized information from each of the cameras and, on the basis of this digitized information, computing and controlling a display system to bring about the appearance thereon of a symbology providing a real-time depiction of the axis of fire of the weapon, wherein at least three distinctive optical reference marks in the range of sensitivity of the sensor and/or of the sensors are distributed between the weapon and the helmet and wherein, in the firing positions, the reference marks of the helmet are in the fields of the camera of the weapon and the reference marks of the weapon are in the fields of the camera of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Philippe Giry, Claude Michel
  • Patent number: 5579165
    Abstract: The invention is an optical device, similar to a pair of binoculars, which includes, between the objective lens and the eyepiece a miniature screen displaying an image controlled by a computer, and an optical reflex device capable of superimposing the screen image on the image seen through the objective lens. The device also includes, selectively or cumulatively, a variable light attenuator, a light amplifier for night vision, sensors to detect the line of sight of the optical device, and a computer which can also be selectively or cumulatively connected to a localization receiver of the "global positioning system" type and a transceiver. The device can be used to add further information on geographic positions, friends, enemies, infrared images, etc. into the scene seen through the binoculars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Claude Michel, Philippe Giry