Patents by Inventor Thomas TOUZE

Thomas TOUZE 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).

  • Pointing and navigation system and process for calibrating the pointing and navigation system
    Patent number: 9423256
    Abstract: A method of calibration of a navigation and pointing system (10) including a navigation unit (11) integrally connected to a pointing device (12), the navigation unit being configured to measure the orientation of a navigation reference system (21), the pointing device (12) being configured to measure a signal in a pointing reference system (22). The calibration method includes the following steps: selecting a first planar surface (8) and a second planar surface (9); acquiring measurements via the system by directing the pointing direction towards the first planar surface (8), and respectively towards the second planar surface (9), according to a plurality of predetermined orientations; applying an algorithm for processing the measurements acquired at the previous step to extract therefrom the misalignment angles between the navigation reference system (21) and the pointing reference system (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: IXBLUE, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIOUES AVANCEES BRETAGNE
    Inventors: Romain Le Scouarnec, Thomas Touze, Jean-Baptiste Lacambre, Nicolas Seube
  • POINTING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CALIBRATING THE POINTING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150006074
    Abstract: A method of calibration of a navigation and pointing system (10) including a navigation unit (11) integrally connected to a pointing device (12), the navigation unit being configured to measure the orientation of a navigation reference system (21), the pointing device (12) being configured to measure a signal in a pointing reference system (22). The calibration method includes the following steps: selecting a first planar surface (8) and a second planar surface (9); acquiring measurements via the system by directing the pointing direction towards the first planar surface (8), and respectively towards the second planar surface (9), according to a plurality of predetermined orientations; applying an algorithm for processing the measurements acquired at the previous step to extract therefrom the misalignment angles between the navigation reference system (21) and the pointing reference system (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: IXBLUE, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIQUES AVANCEES BRETAGNE
    Inventors: Romain LE SCOUARNEC, Thomas TOUZE, Jean-Baptiste LACAMBRE, Nicolas SEUBE