Patents by Inventor Vincent SOULIGNAC

Vincent SOULIGNAC 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).

  • Method for observing a region of the earth's surface, notably located at high latitudes; ground station and satellite system for implementing this method
    Patent number: 11050950
    Abstract: A method for observing a region of the Earth's surface, called region of interest, implementing a plurality of satellites spaced apart along at least one non-stationary orbit, the method comprises: the acquisition, by at least two of the satellites, during a same passage over the region of interest and in successive acquisition periods, of a plurality of images of the Earth's surface, called partial images, each covering a portion of the region of interest; and the obtaining of an image covering all of the region of interest by the merging of at least two partial images, exhibiting a predefined time shift between their acquisition periods, for each of the at least two satellites. A satellite system for observing a region of the Earth's surface for the implementation of such a method, and ground segment belonging to such a system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Hervé Sainct, Vincent Soulignac
  • Method for observing a region of the earth's surface, notably located at high latitudes; ground station and satellite system for implementing this method
    Publication number: 20160006950
    Abstract: A method for observing a region of the Earth's surface, called region of interest, implementing a plurality of satellites spaced apart along at least one non-stationary orbit, the method comprises: the acquisition, by at least two of the satellites, during a same passage over the region of interest and in successive acquisition periods, of a plurality of images of the Earth's surface, called partial images, each covering a portion of the region of interest; and the obtaining of an image covering all of the region of interest by the merging of at least two partial images, exhibiting a predefined time shift between their acquisition periods, for each of the at least two satellites. A satellite system for observing a region of the Earth's surface for the implementation of such a method, and ground segment belonging to such a system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hervé SAINCT, Vincent SOULIGNAC