Patents by Inventor Renaud BOUFFARON

Renaud BOUFFARON 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: 11175193
    Abstract: A distributed optical fiber sensor of dynamic stress state comprises: an optical assembly configured to generate a series of optical pulses; an optical fiber of optical length L; an optical system configured to: inject through the first end at least the series of optical pulses; receive at the level of the end at least one series of output optical pulses, arising from the input pulses after propagation and retro-propagation in the fiber; generate at least one continuous reference beam or reference optical pulses on the basis of the optical assembly or of output optical pulses; produce a series of interference zones corresponding to the interference between the reference beam or a reference pulse and a signal optical pulse arising from an output optical pulse; a holographic detector comprising: a liquid-crystal light valve, the valve disposed so that it at least partially covers the interference zones, and producing holograms on the basis of the interference zones; at least one optical detector configured to d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: THALES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE NICE SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS
    Inventors: Stéphanie Molin, Martine Doisy, Arnaud Peigne, Stefania Residori, Umberto Bortolozzo, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Renaud Bouffaron, Daniel Dolfi
  • Patent number: 10690521
    Abstract: A non-acoustic measurement unit is provided to be integrated into an all-optical acoustic antenna, the non-acoustic measurement unit including a portion of an optical fiber, termed non-acoustic, intended to convey non-acoustic measurements, at least one non-acoustic sensor with electrical output able to deliver at least one electrical signal representative of at least one physical quantity, and a passive electro-optical transducer subjected to the electrical signal, the passive electro-optical transducer acting on a mechanical constraint undergone by a first sensitive zone of the optical fiber portion, in such a way that a value of a measurable property of a first optical signal conveyed by the non-acoustic optical fiber is representative of the electrical signal, and at least one photovoltaic cell coupled electrically to the non-acoustic sensor so as to electrically supply the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Renaud Bouffaron, Martine Doisy, Christian Bergogne
  • Publication number: 20200003587
    Abstract: A non-acoustic measurement unit is provided to be integrated into an all-optical acoustic antenna, the non-acoustic measurement unit including a portion of an optical fiber, termed non-acoustic, intended to convey non-acoustic measurements, at least one non-acoustic sensor with electrical output able to deliver at least one electrical signal representative of at least one physical quantity, and a passive electro-optical transducer subjected to the electrical signal, the passive electro-optical transducer acting on a mechanical constraint undergone by a first sensitive zone of the optical fiber portion, in such a way that a value of a measurable property of a first optical signal conveyed by the non-acoustic optical fiber is representative of the electrical signal, and at least one photovoltaic cell coupled electrically to the non-acoustic sensor so as to electrically supply the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Renaud BOUFFARON, Martine DOISY, Christian BERGOGNE
  • Publication number: 20180058956
    Abstract: A distributed optical fiber sensor of dynamic stress state comprises: an optical assembly configured to generate a series of optical pulses; an optical fiber of optical length L; an optical system configured to: inject through the first end at least the series of optical pulses; receive at the level of the end at least one series of output optical pulses, arising from the input pulses after propagation and retro-propagation in the fiber; generate at least one continuous reference beam or reference optical pulses on the basis of the optical assembly or of output optical pulses; produce a series of interference zones corresponding to the interference between the reference beam or a reference pulse and a signal optical pulse arising from an output optical pulse; a holographic detector comprising: a liquid-crystal light valve, the valve disposed so that it at least partially covers the interference zones, and producing holograms on the basis of the interference zones; at least one optical detector configured to d
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Stéphanie MOLIN, Martine DOISY, Arnaud PEIGNE, Stefania RESIDORI, Umberto BORTOLOZZO, Jean-Pierre HUIGNARD, Renaud BOUFFARON, Daniel DOLFI