Patents by Inventor Pierre P. A. Bougon

Pierre P. A. Bougon 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).

  • Panoramic image generating system
    Patent number: 4195911
    Abstract: A continuous panoramic image seen at infinity from an observation space E is obtained from a prismatic image whose facets consist of alternate and edge-to-edge real images I11, I12, . . . and virtual images I'21, 22, . . . , and by reflection of this prismatic image in a set of sperical concave mirrors MC1, MC2, . . . forming a reflection area.The real images are produced by a first set of image generators M11, M12, . . . The virtual images are the conjugates by reflection in the semi-transparent plane mirrors L1, L2, . . . of images I21, I22, . . . produced by a second set of image generators M21, M22, . . . Amongst other applications, that of ship-control training equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Le Materiel Telephonique
    Inventors: Pierre P. A. Bougon, Alain R. A. Parmentier, Pierre M. Weiss