Patents by Inventor Tom Toulouse

Tom Toulouse 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).

  • Device for characterizing a fire and associated method for determining radiant fluxes
    Patent number: 11989903
    Abstract: A device for characterizing a fire comprises at least one stereovision system and at least one processing unit. The at least one stereovision system comprises a first and a second image capture unit. The at least one processing unit is configured to determine at least one geometric characteristic of the fire. The processing unit is also configured to determine a radiative flux of this fire on the basis of a calibrated linear relationship established between a radiative flux of a reference fire as a function of at least one of the geometric characteristics of the fire and of at least one fire category in order to be able to determine zones exposed to a radiative flux that exceeds a reference threshold. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining radiative fluxes that implements such a fire characterizing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE P PAOLI, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Lucile Rossi Tison, Frédéric Morandini, Tom Toulouse, Xavier Silvani
  • DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING A FIRE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETERMINING RADIANT FLUXES
    Publication number: 20210398309
    Abstract: A device for characterizing a fire comprises at least one stereovision system and at least one processing unit. The at least one stereo vision system comprises a first and a second image capture unit. The at least one processing unit is configured to determine at least one geometric characteristic of the fire. The processing unit is also configured to determine a radiative flux of this fire on the basis of a calibrated linear relationship established between a radiative flux of a reference fire as a function of at least one of the geometric characteristics of the fire and of at least one fire category in order to be able to determine zones exposed to a radiative flux that exceeds a reference threshold. The present disclosure also relates to a method for determining radiative fluxes that implements such a fire characterizing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Lucile Rossi Tison, Frédéric Morandini, Tom Toulouse, Xavier Silvani