Patents by Inventor Yves Ricci

Yves Ricci 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: 8446311
    Abstract: A system for protecting sensitive zones includes detection bases disposed in such a way that each base performs the monitoring of a part of the limit of the protected zone. To each base n is allocated a frequency channel of width B? centered on a frequency Fn. Each base comprises a plurality of UHF radars emitting pulses of spectral width B, with a high repetition frequency Fr. Each radar processes a fraction b0 of the global Doppler band b1 concerned. The emission frequencies of the various radars constituting one and the same base are defined in such a way that the gap between the emission frequency Fi of a radar of the base and the frequency Fn is less than the repetition frequency Fr and that the gap between the emission frequencies Fi and Fj of two radars of one and the same base is greater than (b1+b0)/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Yves Ricci, Christian Cavallari
  • Patent number: 8237606
    Abstract: A system includes a pulsed UHF radar for integrating the signal received over a given integration time. The integration time for the received signal and the size of the distance bin are defined in such a way that, taking into account the range of speeds of the targets of interest, a moving target of interest travels only a distance shorter than the size of the distance bin from one integration period to another. Furthermore, the UHF radar implements a method of forming radar blips from the received signal to form elementary blips from the signals received over the chosen integration time and to store them from one burst to another. The method also confirms that the elementary blips formed probably correspond to targets of interest and then forms, from the confirmed elementary blips, aggregate blips, the attributes of an aggregate blip depending on the attributes of the confirmed elementary blips from which the aggregate blip stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Thales Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Molin, Yves Ricci
  • Publication number: 20110254726
    Abstract: A system includes a pulsed UHF radar for integrating the signal received over a given integration time. The integration time for the received signal and the size of the distance bin are defined in such a way that, taking into account the range of speeds of the targets of interest, a moving target of interest travels only a distance shorter than the size of the distance bin from one integration period to another. Furthermore, the UHF radar implements a method of forming radar blips from the received signal to form elementary blips from the signals received over the chosen integration time and to store them from one burst to another. The method also confirms that the elementary blips formed probably correspond to targets of interest and then forms, from the confirmed elementary blips, aggregate blips, the attributes of an aggregate blip depending on the attributes of the confirmed elementary blips from which the aggregate blip stems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Paul Molin, Yves Ricci
  • Publication number: 20110254724
    Abstract: A system for protecting sensitive zones includes detection bases disposed in such a way that each base performs the monitoring of a part of the limit of the protected zone. To each base n is allocated a frequency channel of width B? centred on a frequency Fn. Each base comprises a plurality of UHF radars emitting pulses of spectral width B, with a high repetition frequency Fr. Each radar processes a fraction b0 of the global Doppler band b1 concerned. The emission frequencies of the various radars constituting one and the same base are defined in such a way that the gap between the emission frequency Fi of a radar of the base and the frequency Fn is less than the repetition frequency Fr and that the gap between the emission frequencies Fi and Fj of two radars of one and the same base is greater than (b1+b0)/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Yves Ricci, Christian Cavallari