Patents by Inventor THALES
THALES 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).
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Publication number: 20150362598Abstract: Device for receiving radio-navigation signals, for aiding the piloting of an aircraft, comprising a first master GNSS module and a second slave GNSS module which are dissimilar, the first master GNSS module comprising a first means for processing radio-navigation signals and a first means for computing guidance data (Xg), the second slave GNSS module comprising a second means for processing radio-navigation signals and a second means for computing guidance data (Xg) on the basis of the measurements provided by the said second means for processing signals, each GNSS module furthermore comprising a comparison means for comparing between the outputs Xg1,Xg2 of the said first and second means for computing guidance data, suitable for executing the following integrity test: |Xg1?Xg2|>Kg·?{square root over (Variance(Xg1?Xg2))} and for inferring an integrity defect if the said integrity test is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20150032300Abstract: Device for determining location information, primary references consolidated for an aircraft, comprising a chain for determining location information comprising means for measuring radionavigation data, suitable means for consolidating, suitable means for computing parameters and suitable means for consolidating the parameters. The device also comprises a chain for determining inertial primary references comprising means for measuring inertial data, suitable means for consolidating, suitable means for computing parameters and suitable means for consolidating the parameters. The device finally comprises a chain for determining anemo-barometric data comprising means for measuring anemo-barometric data, suitable means for consolidating the measured anemo-barometric data, suitable means for computing parameters, and suitable means for consolidating the reference parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20140091966Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving satellite radio-navigation signals comprising a plurality of receiving antennas forming an antenna array. The invention consists in using a plurality of antennas disposed around the circumference of a carrier and in demodulating the signals received by each antenna separately. The diversity of the demodulation chains is utilized to compensate the signal loss on one of the chains when the corresponding antenna experiences a signal loss due to the masking of the satellite by the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20140077837Abstract: The invention pertains to a logic circuit device comprising at least one digital input furnished with a fuse (FUS) being, in the closed state, suitable for applying an electrical input voltage of the logic circuit corresponding to a first logic state from among the logic states 0 and 1, and, in the definitive open state, suitable for applying an electrical input voltage of the logic circuit corresponding to the second logic state from among the logic states 0 and 1, said fuse (FUS) being suitable for being placed definitively in the second logic state by injection of a current greater than a threshold current (CS).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130317737Abstract: A method and device for determining a shifted circular segment on the basis of an initial circular segment, the shifted circular segment being shifted by a shift distance, the method being implemented by a computer dedicated to flight management, comprises: determining a shifted final point terminating a shifted circular segment, on the basis of the final point terminating the initial circular segment, through a shift of the final point determined on the basis of the shift distance and in the direction of shift, through the use of a straight line passing through the centre of the initial circular segment and the final point of the initial circular segment, and determining a shifted circular segment on the basis of the initial circular segment by construction of a circular segment between the shifted final point associated with the preceding shifted segment and the shifted final point associated with the shifted segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130215268Abstract: A system for rescue of a target by aircraft, comprises control means to plot at least one contour delimiting an area of interest, computation means identifying, on at least one camera, at least one area of interest, in which a predetermined object is likely to be located, an expert system assigning a likelihood coefficient to one identified area of interest, computation means assigning a likelihood coefficient to at least one plotted area of interest, and computation means determining at least one relevant area of interest from the positions and likelihood coefficients assigned to areas of interest comprising at least one identified area of interest in which said object is likely to be located and/or at least one plotted area of interest on a set of images comprising at least one pilot image and/or at least one output image, said display means presenting at least one first relevant area of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130187472Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply system that is adapted be connected in input to N distinct power supply grids (R1, . . . , RN) delivering a direct or alternating input voltage (V1, VN) and to deliver a direct distribution voltage (VBUS), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, of the type comprising a distribution bus operating under the distribution voltage (VBUS), N unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) that can respectively be connected in input to a given power grid (R1, . . . , RN), and control means capable of controlling the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN). The power supply system also includes an energy storage device connected to the distribution bus and having a quantity of energy (E), and the control means are adapted to control the unidirectional converters (C1, . . . CN) simultaneously to regulate the electrical power (P1, . . . PN) delivered by each of said unidirectional converters (C1, . . . , CN) as a function of the quantity of energy (E).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130176172Abstract: An antenna with polarization switching comprising a plurality of waveguides fed with radiofrequency signals and perforated with apertures disposed so as to illuminate radiating elements placed on mobile support means in a plane that is distant from the said apertures, it being possible for the said support means to be configured according to at least two distinct configurations. The radiating elements illuminated according to one and the same configuration are adjacent, the support means being adapted for orienting the radiating elements illuminated in a first configuration according to a different direction from the radiating elements illuminated in a second configuration. The antenna applies notably to the switching of antennas onboard objects moving on the ground required to undertake high-speed communications with a satellite, in particular a geostationary satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130170132Abstract: The electronic computer according to the invention comprises: a storage case comprising a housing including an air inlet and an air outlet for the circulation of a flow of cooling air through the housing, an electronic motherboard comprising a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being provided with connectors for receiving electronic daughterboards, and an air channeling system configured so as to channel the air hitting the first surface of the electronic motherboard to bring it to the side of the second surface of the electronic motherboard. According to one aspect of the invention, the air channeling system is configured to spray the electronic daughterboards, so as to cool said electronic daughterboards through convection of the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130170522Abstract: A method for securing communications in a network comprising at least one emitter terminal A and one receiver terminal B, comprises in combination at least the following steps: defining a measurable quantity that can be measured at the emitter A and the receiver B; normalizing and quantifying said defined quantity; initializing an initialization vector with said normalized and quantified quantity; using said initialization vector with a cryptographic key to randomly generate a set of consecutive frequencies to use for securing said communications between the emitter A and the receiver B; and incrementing the initialization vector by a given value after each pseudo-random generation time interval Itpa in order to generate a set of consecutive frequency values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130173090Abstract: A configured aircraft flight management aid system comprises: means of interpretation receiving data taken from external instructions from an external control center, data relating to aircraft equipment failures, cabin problems and problems related to the environment of the aircraft; means of determination receiving data from the means of interpretation and determining at least one reference constraint associated with at least one parameter representative of a flight path, a reference constraint associated with a reference parameter comprising a new constraint, different from the initial constraint when the item of data effectively necessitates following a new path, different from the initial path, and a reference constraint comprising the initial constraint when the means of determination do not have access to any data relating to an event effectively necessitating following a new path; warning means generating a warning to an operator when the path actually flown does not comply with said reference constraiType: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130163639Abstract: A system and method for modifying the carrier frequency of first and second signals associated with first and second sequences, respectively, of consecutive time intervals, comprises: first means determining two carrier frequencies respectively associated with each of the two signals based on one time interval or at least two consecutive and continuous time intervals, said time interval(s) belonging to a sequence of consecutive time intervals of known duration; and second means determining a first time interval or at least two first consecutive time intervals belonging to the first sequence, based on a second time interval belonging to the second sequence, by establishing a temporal correspondence between each end of said time interval of said second sequence and an interval of said first sequence including this end. The first means determines said carrier frequencies based on one time interval or at least two consecutive time intervals, belonging to said first sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130166112Abstract: A method, and an associated device, is provided for the determination, by a flight management system of an aircraft, of a lateral trajectory of said aircraft on the basis of a predefined flight plan allowing consecutive conflicts to be resolved in an improved manner. This allows an improved lateral trajectory to be designed in the case where multiple trajectory conflicts exist. The trajectory obtained is closer to the flight plan defined by the pilot. The propagation of trajectory conflicts to the following flight segments is thus avoided. In fact, instead of propagating the trajectory conflict from one resolution to another, the method allows the conflict to be resolved in a space delimited at most by the input of the first conflict and the output of the last conflict.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130163456Abstract: A method is provided for the validation of a network by a checking module, the network comprising a plurality of routers, each of the routers comprising a plurality of output ports, each of the output ports of the routers being associated with a bandwidth budget, a priority latency budget and a plurality of network budget grains. The method comprises, for each of the ports of each of the routers, steps of: calculation of a latency consumed on the output port of the router on the basis of the network budget grains and the bandwidth budget; checking of the compatibility of the latency consumed on the output port with the priority latency budget grains of the output port of the router; and, transmission by the checking module of a signal indicating the result of the check.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130159807Abstract: A method is provided for retransmitting fragmented packets for which a transference of retransmission credit is performed from one fragment onto the next. The method makes it possible to do away with the drawbacks of the methods existing by appreciably improving performance in terms of untransmitted packet rate and by making it possible to configure the distribution of the error probabilities for the fragments of an IP packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Method and System for an Optimized Retransmission of a Message in a Satellite Communications Context
Publication number: 20130155836Abstract: A communications method for retransmission of at least one fragment of a lost or erroneous message from a terminal to a gateway over a communications network comprising a plurality of terminals, communicating over a demand assignment multiple access and comprising a control centre allocating the communications resource to the terminals, comprises: detection, by the gateway, of fragments of lost or erroneous messages and, when at least one fragment is detected, notification via the gateway to the control centre of the loss of at least one fragment; calculation, by the control centre, of a second allocation plan taking into account a new transmission of the fragment; notification by the gateway to the terminal of the loss of the fragment and notification by the control centre to the terminal of the second allocation plan; transmission by the terminal of the lost fragment according to the second allocation plan to the gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES -
Publication number: 20130158750Abstract: Energy management on board an aircraft includes: a plurality of thermal and electrical energy sources, a plurality of loads which are capable of being supplied with power by the various energy sources, among which at least one load is capable of being supplied with power by an electrical energy source and by a thermal energy source, and real-time management means for energy transfers from the various energy sources to the various loads as a function of the present and future energy requirement of the various loads and the present and future availability of the various sources, with the management means providing a permanent and standardized correlation between thermal and electrical energies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: LIEBHERR AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS, THALESInventors: THALES, LIEBHERR AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS
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Publication number: 20130146714Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a set of at least two satellites, designed to provide a service on a geostationary orbit, rendering said service on a non-geostationary orbit, in which means involved in the performance of said service, installed on board a satellite, are deactivated when the sun can damage it, and means involved in the performance of said service installed on board another satellite of the set are activated, when this is necessary to the continuity of the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130147494Abstract: A data input device is provided, implementing a potentiometer having a first and a second fixed connection point which are respectively situated at each of the ends of the potentiometer, a third fixed connection point situated at an intermediate position on the potentiometer and a fourth, mobile connection point forming a slider. The data input device comprises means converting a position of the slider into an electrical voltage, means for supplying a first fixed voltage to the potentiometer via the third connection point, means for supplying a current source to the potentiometer via the slider, means for measuring a voltage difference between the first and second connection points, the voltage difference forming the electrical voltage that represents the position of the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES
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Publication number: 20130145862Abstract: A probe for measuring the total pressure of a flow and a method for implementing the probe is provided. The probe is intended to be fitted in an aircraft. The probe comprises a Pitot tube and means for reheating the probe assembly. The probe also comprises means for measuring a local temperature of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow independently of the means for determining the average temperature of the probe. If the temperature delivered by the means for measuring a local temperature of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow is less than the first reference temperature, then an additional reheating of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow is triggered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: THALESInventor: THALES