| THALES Patent applications |
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| 20160109578 | DISRUPTION DETECTION OF A POSITIONING MEASUREMENT DIFFERENTIAL CORRECTION MESSAGE OF A SATELLITE GEOLOCATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a disruption detection method and device for a positioning measurement correction message of a satellite geolocation device, able to receive a composite radio signal including a plurality of signals each emitted by a satellite in view of the geolocation device, and a positioning measurement differential correction message (MC) emitted by a satellite geolocation precision augmentation system. The device ( | 04-21-2016 |
| 20150347195 | Multi-Core Processor System for Information Processing - This multi-core processor system for processing information, of the kind including a data exchange engine ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150331421 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SET OF ROBOTS, AND SET OF ROBOTS - A method is provided for piloting a set of robots comprising, for each robot, a step of generation of a guidance instruction for the robot at a given instant, the guidance instructions for the set of robots being determined from a single set of constraints comprising a pack constraint comprising at least one set of at least one first relative positioning constraint between a robot and its neighbors of the first order in the pack for the set of robots to form a pack exhibiting a predetermined shape, the method further comprising a step of piloting of the robots so as to observe the guidance instruction. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150303642 | DEVICE FOR AMPLIFYING A LASER PULSE HAVING IMPROVED TEMPORAL CONTRAST - A device for amplifying a multi-wavelength pulsed laser beam is provided, which comprises: a solid amplifying medium with two planer faces, a front face and a reflecting rear face; and a device for cooling the amplifying medium by the rear face. The front face of the amplifying medium is tilted relative to its rear face by a first non-zero tilt and the device further comprises a trapezoidal prism, with an input face and an output face which form between them a second non-zero tilt, the first and second tilts being such that the beams of each wavelength are parallel to one another at the output of the prism. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302956 | VARISTOR - An electrically adjustable memory effect resistor comprises a stack comprising a superconductive material extending along an axis, a ferroelectric material and a conductive third material. The adjustable resistor comprises a means for controlling electrical voltage allowing an electric field to be generated between the superconductive material and the conductive material allowing the polarization direction of the ferroelectric second material to be modified. The adjustable resistor furthermore comprises an electrically insulating material placed between the ferroelectric material and the conductive material, the thickness of the insulating material varying in a direction parallel to the axis—so as to cause a variation in the electric field applied between the first layer and the third layer. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301722 | Method for Controlling an Automatic Distribution or Command Machine and Associated Automatic Distribution or Command Machine - The invention relates to a method for controlling an automatic distribution or command machine ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301186 | Method For Improving the Tracking of a Data Transmission Signal of a Satellite Navigation System - A method for improving tracking of a data transmission signal emitted to a receiver of a satellite navigation system in addition to navigation signals emitted by satellites to a satellite positioning receiver, comprises: transmission to the receiver, during a improvement period, and by an improvement signal emitted in coherence with said data transmission signal, of data Ni or other data Nai to predict said data, said data transmitted to the receiver by the data transmission signal during a transmission period starting after the improvement period, reception, by the receiver, of said data Ni or other data Nai which are transmitted by the improvement signal, generating the symbols serving to modulate the data transmission signal during said transmission period by said data Ni received or other data Nai received, tracking the data transmission signal while removing the effect of the modulation of said data transmission signal by the symbols generated. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150296327 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO-TAGGING RADIO TRANSMITTERS - A system and method for radio frequency tagging a transmitter of a useful first signal S | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150271680 | METHOD FOR MANAGING SINGLE CHANNEL SPATIAL REUSE IN THE PRESENCE OF POTENTIALLY DISRUPTIVE NODES IN A MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK - A method is provided for managing the spatial reuse of slots in a mobile network comprising several nodes Ni, said network comprising one or more Potentially Disruptive Nodes (PDN), said nodes Ni and PDN comprising a local table, a global table, and a summary of the global table comprising the interleaving of two sub-cycles: a first sub-cycle, the normal S-cycle, where S-SLOTs are all assigned statically and where each node has one or only one S-SLOT allocation, a second sub-cycle, the improved S-cycle, where each node has one S-SLOT assigned statically, and where for all nodes except PDN nodes, one or more additional S-SLOTs is assigned dynamically when topology makes it possible, dynamic S-SLOT allocation being equitably shared in a 2-hop neighbourhood, and determined by performing S-SLOT spatial reuse. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150254991 | Method for determining a guidance law for obstacle avoidance by an aircraft, related computer program product, electronic system and aircraft - This method for determining an obstacle avoidance guidance law for an aircraft is implemented by a system for determining said guidance law. The aircraft comprises a collision avoidance system adapted to detect a collision risk with the obstacle and said determination system. This method comprises determining one or more set points from among flight path angle and speed set points, at least one set point depending on at least one vertical speed limit value, at least one set point comprising a vertical component in a vertical direction, each limit value being provided by the collision avoidance system following the detection of a collision risk with the obstacle; and computing the avoidance guidance law as a function of the determined set points. During the determination step, at least one determined set point comprises a longitudinal component in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150198954 | Method for securing a ground speed used an algorithm for guiding landing of an aircraft, associated computer program and device - A method for securing a ground speed used for guiding landing of an aircraft by determining a ground speed of the aircraft and determining a landing guidance instruction based on the determined ground speed. Next, estimate the vertical speed of the aircraft and limit, during guidance along a glide path having a descent angle, the determined ground speed as a function of the estimated vertical speed. The guidance instruction is based on the limited ground speed. Further, measure the height of the aircraft and compare it with a threshold height. If the measured height is greater than the threshold height, limit the ground speed as a function of acceleration measurements. If the measured height is below the threshold height, limiting the ground speed as a function of the estimated vertical speed and as a function of acceleration measurements of the aircraft taken once threshold height has been crossed. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150180108 | PASSIVE MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, CAPABLE OF ALLOWING A RADIO-FREQUENCY OR HYPER-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TO TRAVEL IN A SINGLE DIRECTION - A passive radiofrequency microelectronic components for an integrated circuit which includes a dielectric substrate and at least one metal conductive layer positioned on said substrate. The conductive layer including at least one first metal conductive portion and a second metal conductive portion separated by an insulation. A microelectronic component according to the invention includes at least one graphene layer positioned so that a radiofrequency or hyperfrequency signal crosses said at least one graphene layer when it is transmitted between said first metal conductive portion and said second metal conductive portion, said graphene layer being able, when it is subject to an electric potential, to transmit said radiofrequency or hyperfrequency signal along a first direction and to attenuate said radiofrequency or hyperfrequency signal along a second direction opposite to said first direction. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150123839 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING MOBILE BODIES PROVIDED WITH RADARS, AND RELATED METHOD - A device for detecting and locating moving objects that are equipped with at least one radar comprises a radar function comprising an antenna disposed on a revolving structure and a radar emissions detector function comprising an antennal part, and is characterized in that the antennal part of the radar emissions detector function is placed on said revolving structure. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150083674 | RACK INTENDED TO EQUIP AN AERONAUTICAL PLATFORM - The invention relates to a rack intended to equip an aeronautical platform ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150075359 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CORRECTIONS FOR ARTILLERY FIRE - A method determining artillery fire corrections toward a fixed target using a fixed observation system is oriented and equipped with a device measuring orientation of line of sight, a laser rangefinder, positioning means, a display screen with a fixed crosshair, and means displaying and moving another crosshair on screen. The method includes: orienting the observation system to display the central crosshair on the target image and calculating target geographical coordinates using distance provided by the rangefinder. If, after firing, the impact and target do not coincide, the method includes: orientation being fixed: displaying a second crosshair on the impact image and measuring offset between the two crosshairs, displaying a third crosshair symmetrical to the second crosshair; orienting the optronic system to position the third crosshair on the target image, the first crosshair coinciding with the impact point image, and actuating the rangefinder to obtain distance between the system and impact. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150061928 | RADAR WITH LOW INTERCEPTION PROBABILITY - A radar and method for making a radar undetectable, comprising comprises: on a transmit antenna consisting of N individual subarrays that are non-directional in at least one plane in transmission, each being linked to a waveform generator, generating, for each of the individual subarrays, a waveform so as to make each of the individual subarrays transmit continuous or quasi-continuous signals according to a temporal and periodic pattern by using transmission patterns made up of N different subarrays and which are deduced from one another by an individual delay, on the receive antenna comprising M individual subarrays adapted to pick up the reflected signals obtained from the transmission of the N individual subarrays of the transmit antenna, performing a compression of the received signal in space and in time of the received signals. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150045080 | Data processing method, in an ad hoc radio communication network, radio communication stations and corresponding computer programmes - A method for data processing, in an ad hoc radio communication network including a set of radio communication stations each forming a node of the ad hoc network, in order to create a group of stations, including the following steps: creating by a first station of a first message indicating the network address of the group and the network addresses of the stations in the group; transmitting from all of the stations in the ad hoc network, the said first message; upon receipt of the said first message by the said station, each station: records in a lookup correlation-mapping table, the network address of the group in correlation with the network addresses of the stations in the group; and if the network address of the said station is present among the network addresses of the stations in the group, records the network address of the group indicated in the first message as the group address of the said station. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150032300 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION AND INERTIAL PRIMARY REFERENCES FOR AN AIRCRAFT - 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. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150016409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A system and method for communication resource allocation, a resource including a time slot and at least one associated channel, said channel including at least one transmit and/or receive frequency usable during said time slot, in a mobile meshed network including a first set of radio transceivers communicating with one another via radio links, at least one group, comprising a second set of at least one radio transceiver of said first set, said second set including a master transceiver in a master/subordinate relationship with all the radio transceivers of the second set, a central radio transceiver of the network belonging to said first set. Said system is characterized in that it comprises first means for determining said group(s), second means for allocating all or some of said resources through assignment of a resource to a single group which is able to use said resource for one or more communications between radio transceivers of said group; or through allocation of a resource to a single first group which is able to use said resource for communication between radio transceivers of said first group and radio transceivers belonging to one or more neighboring destination groups, if none of the other resources sharing the same time slot with said resource is determined as belonging to one of said destination groups or to a different second group for links to one of said destination groups of the first group, except if the first group and the second group have no transceiver having a common radio neighbor in the destination groups. Finally, said system comprises third means for allocating, for all or some of the groups, all or some of the resources allocated to said group, to one of the radio transceivers in the group. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150016259 | Switched data transmission system that may be used in particular in avionics applications - This switched data transmission system, particularly for use in avionics applications, of the type comprising a plurality of electronic devices and equipment units adapted for transmitting discrete messages over a transmission network, and in which each of the devices and equipment units is connected to a network switch, the switches being connected to each other by means of data transmission links so as to form a physical topology of a loop network, each message being associated with information regarding data flow priority in the network comprising of functional priority information, is characterized in that each message is also associated with information regarding temporal priority of data flow in the network. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150012155 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A MEASURING PROBE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLIGHT PARAMETERS OF SUCH AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to an aircraft including a fuselage and a first measuring probe including means for measuring the local incidence, means for measuring the static pressure, and optionally means for measuring the total pressure. The fuselage includes at least one first zone where the pressure coefficient of the aircraft depends on the unique local incidence irrespective of the sideslip and incidence values of the aircraft, and the first measuring probe is arranged in said first zone | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009247 | SEQUENTIAL COLOUR MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A video system including a sequential color liquid crystal display with a panel of pixels arranged in rows and columns, including a mechanism that controls unit brightness levels on each pixel in the panel called grey levels, each grey level corresponding to a video information received at the input. The grey level controlled on a pixel is achieved with an analog voltage that varies monotonously depending on the row associated with the pixel and/or a color to be displayed. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20140369284 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION USING DYNAMIC MODULATION AND CODING SCHEMES ON WIDE BAND HF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - A method and system of communication in a wide band high frequency HF communication system is disclosed. The system includes at least n communication channels, an interleaver common to the n communication channels, a means for determining the quality of communication of each of the n communication channels. At least the following information is introduced into the structure of the frame of the data at the level of an autobaud: an item of information about the modulation employed on each of the n communication channels ch | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140354355 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A MULTIPORT AMPLIFIER, MULTIPORT AMPLIFIER ALLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A METHOD, AND SATELLITE COMPRISING SUCH AN AMPLIFIER - A method of calibrating a multiport amplifier comprising a plurality of input ports, a plurality of power amplifiers linked to input ports by a matrix distributing signals, a plurality of output ports linked to the power amplifiers by a matrix recombining signals and a plurality of elements for weighting the signals associated with the power amplifiers, comprises: determining a normalized mean cross-correlation between an output signal present at the output port, taken as reference, and the signals present at the other output ports; and iteratively adjusting weights of the weighting elements so as to minimize the normalized mean cross-correlation or to render it less than a predetermined threshold. A multiport amplifier comprising a calibration module configured or programmed to implement such a calibration method, and a satellite for telecommunications whose payload comprises such a multiport amplifier, are also provided. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140348210 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING A WIDE BAND RADIO-NAVIGATION SIGNAL, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING THE CORRELATION FUNCTION OF THE SPREADING CODE OF THE SAID COMPRESSED SIGNAL - The invention relates to a method for compressing a wide band satellite radio-navigation signal in order to transmit it on a narrow band channel and to a method for calculating the correlation function of the spreading code of a satellite radio-navigation signal compressed by application of the compression method. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140346356 | OPTICAL DETECTOR UNIT - This optical detector unit is a hybrid unit operating in a given wavelength range and includes, superposed, a first optical detector comprising detecting elements formed in a semiconductor structure, each detecting element being intended for converting a flux of incident photons into an electrical signal; and a first read out circuit, for reading the electrical signal from each detecting element. The optical detector unit furthermore has an imaging system with a second optical detector intended for increasing the operating wavelength range of the optical detector unit and a second read out circuit for reading the electrical signals from the detecting elements of the second optical detector. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140343907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AT LEAST ONE AIRCRAFT GUIDELINE IN AN AIRPORT NAVIGATION NETWORK - This building method concerns building of at least one aircraft guideline in an airport navigation network. The navigation network includes a plurality of polygons and is associated with an airport area including taxiways, each guideline connecting two distinct sides of a corresponding polygon, the navigation network being configured to be stored in a memory of a computer system. The method is implemented by a computer and includes the following steps creating nodes at each intersection between an existing guideline and a side of a corresponding polygon, or at the middle of a side shared by two polygons when no guideline is secant with said side, detecting at least one pair of nodes not connected by a guideline, computing, for each detected pair of nodes, a guideline in the form of a polynomial curve, and storing the computed guidelines in the memory of the computer system. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343764 | Method and System for Monitoring Aircraft Flight Phase on Approach to a Runway - The method concerns monitoring the approach phase of an aircraft to a runway. This method includes determining successive gateways of the aircraft relative to at least one characteristic point of an approach flight plan of the aircraft or relative to the landing location, and measuring the aircraft speed upon crossing a given gateway. The method further comprises computing a minimum deceleration distance up to a predetermined target speed associated with the gateway following said given gateway, the minimum deceleration distance being an estimated flight distance corresponding to the speed reduction of the aircraft from the measured speed to said target speed; comparing the computed minimum deceleration distance with the distance remaining to be flow to the following gateway; and generating an alert, intended for the aircraft crew, when the distance remaining to be flown to the following gateway is smaller than the computed minimum deceleration distance. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140328420 | COMMUNICATION NODE SUITABLE FOR RECEIVING AND/OR TRANSMITTING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ACCORDING TO AT LEAST ONE FIRST AND ONE SECOND COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL SIMULTANEOUSLY - A communication node receiving and/or transmitting radio communications according to a first and a second communication protocol simultaneously. It has a first, second, respectively digital processing stage performing operations specific to the first, second protocol, respectively, operating in parallel. A first, second receiving stage, respectively, operating according to the first, second communication protocol, a transmission stage operating according to the first and second communication protocols, having a digital/analog converter converting a digital signal provided by the first or second digital processing stage into an analog signal, a modulator modulating said analog signal, an amplifier and a radiofrequency transmitter transmitting a radio frequency signal corresponding to the modulated analog signal, and a control module selecting, based on a rule and a detected event, the first or second communication protocol and commanding the transmission stage to operate selectively according to the selected protocol and no longer operate according to the non-selected protocol. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140328216 | Node, mesh communication network and routing reconfiguration method - The invention relates to a module equipping a node of a mesh communication network, identified on said network by a logic number and including an input and/or output port, which is characterized by configuration data for said network, including data corresponding to an adjacency matrix of said network and data corresponding to the logic numbers of the neighboring network nodes of the considered node; and a computation means capable of computing a routing vector from said configuration data, the routing vector being intended to be used by said input and/or output port for message routing. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327012 | HEMT TRANSISTORS CONSISTING OF (III-B)-N WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS COMPRISING BORON - An electronic HEMT transistor structure comprises a heterojunction formed from a first layer, called a buffer layer, of a first wide bandgap semiconductor material, and a second layer of a second wide bandgap semiconductor material, with a bandgap width EG | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140326943 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR ELECTRON EMISSION IN A VACUUM - A semiconductor device for electron emission in a vacuum comprises a stack of two or more semi-conductor layers of N and P type according to sequence N/(P)/N forming a juxtaposition of two head-to-tail NP junctions, in materials belonging to the III-N family, two adjacent layers forming an interface. The semiconductor materials of the layers of the stack close to the vacuum, where the electrons reach a high energy, have a band gap Eg>c/2, where c is the electron affinity of the semiconductor material, the P-type semiconductor layer being obtained partially or completely, by doping impurities of acceptor type or by piezoelectric effect to exhibit a negative fixed charge in any interface between the layers, a positive bias potential applied to the stack supplying, to a fraction of electrons circulating in the stack, the energy needed for emission in the vacuum by an emissive zone of an output layer. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140321243 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING EVENTS - A multi-sensor device for detecting events, comprises first acquisition means comprising at least a first sensor, operating in a first frequency band and second acquisition means comprising at least a second sensor, operating in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, means for processing raw data originating from the acquisition means and comprising means for the detection of events in the raw data and for determining the geographic location of said events, means for transmitting an alert if an event is detected by the processing means, means for storing the raw data, said storage means being suitable for restoring the stored raw data in a synchronized manner, and monitoring means which, following detection of an event in the raw data of one of said acquisition means, enables said processing means to be adapted to detect events in said stored raw data originating from said other acquisition means. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320346 | DISTRIBUTED FEEDING CIRCUIT FOR ANTENNA BEAMFORMING ARRAY - A distributed feeding circuit for antenna beamforming array comprises a plurality N of inputs and a plurality N of outputs, wherein the said circuit is adapted for receiving, on at least one input, an electrical signal at a microwave frequency, modulated on at least one optical carrier, the circuit comprising at least one assembly of at least two optical dividers, two delay lines of length zero or substantially equal to a fraction of the wavelength of the signal at its microwave frequency and two means for combining two optical signals, the assembly being arranged and the delay lines being configured so that the theoretical transfer function of the circuit is an orthogonal matrix. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320345 | DISTRIBUTED FEEDING DEVICE FOR ANTENNA BEAMFORMING - A distributed feeding device for antenna beamforming comprises a first distributed feeding circuit comprising P inputs and N outputs, for producing a signal on each of its outputs with a phase shift which is substantially constant between two adjacent outputs, at least one frequency multiplexer connected to at least one input of the said first circuit, a number N of frequency demultiplexers each connected, by their input, to an output of the first circuit and a second distributed feeding means comprising a plurality of inputs, each connected to an output of one of the frequency demultiplexers, and a plurality of outputs, the second distributed feeding means comprising at least one second distributed feeding circuit comprising Q inputs and M outputs, for producing a signal on each output with a phase shift which is substantially constant between two adjacent outputs, the integers P, N, Q and M being equal or distinct. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320343 | POSITIONING SYSTEM INCLUDING A MECHANISM FOR DETECTING FRAUD BY CHECKING THE VISIBILITY OF SATELLITES - A positioning system comprises at least one onboard GNSS satellite receiver in a mobile element belonging to a user u, said receiver having the function of estimating the position Xu of said mobile element at various instants, a processing module determining a consistency indicator coh(X) by analysis of the signals received by the GNSS receiver, said indicator being representative of the difference between the visibility of the satellites used for the estimation of position Xu[t] by the receiver and the expected visibility at this position. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140319908 | SECURED AND REGULATED CONTINUOUS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE INPUTS - A continuous power supply system suitable for input connection to N continuous power supply networks that are distinct and connected to a single ground potential, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Said continuous power supply system comprises means for switching/selecting one of the power supply networks, means for regulating an output voltage established by the power supply system, and a control unit for the means for switching/selecting and for the means for regulating. The means for regulating the output voltage includes N distinct buck-boost converters with shared inductance. A given buck-boost converter is dedicated to each power supply network for regulating the voltage output of the power supply system on the basis of an input voltage established by the corresponding power supply network. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140310632 | MISSION SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR USE IN A STRONGLY DISTURBED ENVIRONMENT PERTURBED BY MOVEMENTS OF THE CARRIER - A mission system, able to be fixed in a carrier, comprises at least a display device displaying at least mission data, a processing device allowing the execution of applications, and an interfacing with said display device and with inputting device, the mission system furthermore comprising a handle disposed in proximity to the display device so that an operator can via at least one of his hands employ the inputting means while clasping the mission system via said gripping means. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307633 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING IN AN AD HOC NETWORK, TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING STATION AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to a method for communicating between nodes of an ad hoc network including a database matching geographical zones and radio channels, at least one respective radio channel, called geographical radio channel, being selectively associated with each geographical zone in the database: detection, by at least one node, of its location; determination, by said node, of at least one geographical zone within which it is located, based on the detected location, and determination of at least one geographical radio channel selectively associated with said determined geographical zone; transmission and/or reception by said node of data to be relayed between nodes of the ad hoc network on said geographical radio channel thus associated with it. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140303906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DETERIORATION OR A CUT IN A CABLE FOR CONVEYING SIGNALS - A system and a method for detecting deterioration of or cuts in a cable for transmitting signals, includes at least at a first end of the cable a transceiver, at least at a second end of the cable a transceiver, and means for synchronization of the signals transmitted by the transceivers, and the system further includes at least processing means adapted to determine the times of non-reception of the signal at each end of said cable. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302776 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CORRECTION CIRCUIT WITH VARIABLE SETPOINT - An automatic gain correction circuit for radiofrequency signals applies notably to the regulation of the amplification of signals for satellite radionavigation. The automatic gain correction circuit is able to receive an input radiofrequency signal and to deliver an output radiofrequency signal of which a mean amplitude is slaved to a setpoint. It comprises means for modifying the setpoint as a function of the mean amplitude of the input signal between a minimum setpoint value and a maximum setpoint value, the minimum setpoint value corresponding to a first mean amplitude of the input signal and the maximum setpoint value corresponding to a second mean amplitude of the input signal, the first mean amplitude being lower than the second mean amplitude. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140301611 | METHOD FOR COMPARING IRIS IMAGES BY THE INTELLIGENT SELECTION OF TEXTURED AREAS - A method for comparing at least two iris images comprises determining M measurements each, of quality level associated with M regions each making up the first and second image. Said measurements are centered on M measurement points, the M measurements of the second image corresponding to the M measurements of the first image by the fact that the M measurement points of the second image correspond to the M measurement points of the first image. The method comprises merging the quality measurements, being obtained by the combination of two corresponding measurements belonging to the two images. The method also comprises selecting N regions exhibiting the N highest quality levels. The method also comprises encoding the two images by using the N selected regions to obtain a binary code for each image. Furthermore, the method comprises comparing the two binary codes to quantify the level of similarity between the two images. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300519 | CALIBRATION AND TESTING DEVICE FOR AN ACTIVE ANTENNA, PARTICULARLY A NOSE-CONE ANTENNA OF AN AIRBORNE RADAR - A device includes a test enclosure defining a cavity forming an anechoic chamber, having a test probe placed inside the cavity. The cavity comprises an aperture against which the radiating surface of antenna is positioned. The device includes a microwave-frequency test signal generator and a receiver for microwave-frequency signal emitted by the antenna under test and for measuring its amplitude and its phase in relation to a reference. Depending on the depth of the cavity and the dimensions of the radiation pattern of a test probe, the device comprises one or more test probes placed in fixed positions in the cavity or a mobile probe that can be positioned in various locations of the cavity, the probe or probes being configured and arranged to illuminate the whole active surface of the antenna and that the radiation pattern of each radiating element illuminates at least one test probe. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140293787 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE CAPABILITIES OF AN AD HOC TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method is provided for optimizing the adaptation of communication routes in a network consisting of wireless communication nodes, with transfer of information between nodes by relays. This optimization notably enables the communications capabilities to be increased within a self-organized MANET-type network (“Mobile Ad Hoc Network”) which is present notably in radio networks. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293097 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH SLAVED PUPIL ENCODING - In the field of optical systems comprising at least one optical objective, a photosensitive detector and an image processing unit, the optical objective comprising a pupil encoding filter, the image processing unit performing digital filtering of the images output by the photosensitive detector, a system has a processing unit comprising means arranged in such a way as to process at least one preset, the characteristics of the digital filtering applied to the image depending on this preset. The preset may come from external sensors of temperature and/or pressure or be one of the parameters of the optical objective such as the focal length value, the aperture of the iris, or the desired focal distance. The preset can also be different for different zones of the image, to better take into account the variations of the aberrations in the field of the focusing objective. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292612 | PROTECTIVE BALLISTIC RADOME FOR A SATELLITE ANTENNA - A protective ballistic radome for a satellite antenna which can turn about an axis of rotation, has: a circular support in the form of a ring, having an axis of revolution RR′ to coincide with the axis of rotation, with the circular support having a lower base and an upper part in planes respectively parallel and perpendicular to the axis RR′, an annular groove, having an axis of revolution that coincides with the axis RR′, opening onto the upper part of the circular support, a set of n contiguous walls having upper ends and lower ends in planes that are respectively parallel and perpendicular to the axis RR′, the walls having their lower ends inserted into the annular groove of the circular support in order to form a ballistic wall in the form of a tube of circular section, having the same axis of revolution RR′, about said satellite antenna. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292576 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SIGNALS INTENDED AS A DECOY FOR A RECEIVER OF SIGNALS FROM A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RECEIVER - Method for detecting signals intended as a decoy for a receiver of signals from a satellite navigation system, the receiver being equipped with an antenna using controlled reception pattern sensors, comprising the following steps consisting in, for each satellite:
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| 20140292575 | METHOD FOR FORMATION OF A SIGNALS ARRAY FROM A RECEIVER OF SIGNALS FROM A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS RESISTANCE TO SCRAMBLING OR INTERFERENCE - Method for formation of a signals array from a receiver ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292571 | POSITIONING SYSTEM WITH FRAUD DETECTION MECHANISM FOR A CRITICAL APPLICATION - A positioning system comprises an onboard GNSS satellite receiver in a mobile element belonging to a user which estimates the position of said mobile element at various instants, a first processing module determining a consistency indicator by combining the estimated positions and data provided by secondary information sources, using a dynamic model of movement of the mobile elements to be positioned. The indicator is determined by comparing a speed, acceleration, gyration triplet derived from direction and velocity measurements taken by the mobile element, to a dynamic model of movement of an object, vehicle, person or animal to be positioned. The system comprises a consolidation module containing means storing the positions estimated at various instants, a digital filter to obtain a filtered position from the stored positions of a user, the consistency indicator calculated from filtered positions; and detection means determining from the consistency indicator whether the estimated positions are falsified. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140249739 | SYSTEM FOR AIDING THE GUIDANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT TRAVELLING AROUND AN AIRPORT ZONE - The general field of the invention is that of systems for aiding the guidance of a first aircraft travelling around an airport zone. The system according to the invention comprises:
| 09-04-2014 |
| 20140239165 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE STATE OF WINDING OF A CABLE ON A WINCH - A system allowing automatic detection of the end of winding of a cable on a winch comprises an optical detector which emits, in the direction of the cable, a light beam which illuminates a given zone through which the cable travels in the course of its winding. The detector is associated with a specific marking, strongly reflecting, positioned on a section of the cable close to its end, such that, when this section enters into the zone illuminated by the detector, it reflects the beam in the direction of the detector which detects this reflected beam and which then signals that the cable is almost at the end of winding. The detector, placed in a fixed position at a given distance from the cable, is also associated with a light waveguide interposed between the cable and the optical detector. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140223545 | METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC CREATION OF AN EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT FOR AN APPLICATION TO SECURE THE APPLICATION, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTING APPARATUS - A method for the dynamic creation of an execution environment for an application to be secured, in order to secure the application, is implemented by a computing apparatus including an information processing unit and a memory. The memory is associated with the information processing unit and includes an operating system, the application to be secured and a security library including at least one security function, The operating system includes a set of unsecured function libraries, the application to be secured being adapted, during its execution, to call a function of the unsecured function library. The method including loading the security library, substituting, from among the function call(s) associated with the application to be secured, at least one call to an unsecured function with a call to a corresponding function of the security library, and launching the application to be secured after the substitution step. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223426 | METHOD OF GENERATING, FROM AN INITIAL PACKAGE FILE COMPRISING AN APPLICATION TO BE SECURED AND AN INITIAL CONFIGURATION FILE, A PACKAGE FILE FOR SECURING THE APPLICATION, AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for generating one package file, from an initial package file including an application to be secured and an initial configuration file, is implemented by a computer. In one aspect, the method includes extracting, from the initial package file, the application and the initial configuration file and creating a first configuration file from the initial configuration file. The method also includes creating an application for dynamically creating an execution environment for the application to be secured, configured to implement the loading of a security library, substitute, from a function call associated with the application to be secured, of one call to an unsecured function with a call to a function of the security library, and launch the application to be secured after the substitution. The method further includes encapsulating the first configuration file and the application to be secured in a first package file. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218122 | SPINTRONIC OSCILLATOR, AND USE THEREOF IN RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICES - An oscillator is provided including a nanopillar and current injector for injecting a power supply current through the nanopillar, the nanopillar including at least one pattern including first and second layers made from a ferromagnetic material separated from each other by an intermediate layer made from a non-magnetic material. Each of the first and second ferromagnetic layers is prepared such that its remanent magnetic configuration corresponds to a vortex configuration and the polarity of the vortex core of the first layer is opposite the polarity of the vortex core of the second layer. The intermediate layer can allow repellant magnetic coupling between the two vortices of the first and second layers, for a zero intensity of the power supply current and a zero amplitude of the outside magnetic field. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140209750 | Method and System for Unloading the Inertia Wheels of a Spacecraft - The method for unloading the inertia wheels of a spacecraft comprising three references axes X, Y, Z, the axis Z corresponding to a pointing direction, consists in inverting the direction of accumulation of the angular momentum in the wheels by automatic rotational flipping of the spacecraft about the axis Z, the pointing direction remaining fixed. The method has application to the field of satellites or of interplanetary probes. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140200752 | Meteorological Modelling Method for Calculating an Aircraft Flight Plan - The invention relates to a meteorological modelling method for calculating an aircraft flight plan, the aircraft comprising a communication means and a navigation management system. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140199020 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING OPTICAL SIGNALS - Optical signal emission system comprising a passive optical chip ( | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140184269 | BIDIRECTIONAL DATA EXCHANGE CIRCUIT - A bidirectional data exchange circuit ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140180503 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDEPENDENT AND DISSIMILAR FLIGHT PARAMETER ESTIMATES OF AN AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a system for estimating flight parameters of an aircraft, having a plurality of static pressure ports and a plurality of measuring probes, each measuring probe having an aerial portion and an electronic device configured to estimate the flight parameters. A first and second measuring probe have identical aerial portions and identical electronic devices, a third measuring probe has an aerial portion and an electronic device that are different from those of the first measuring probe; the electronic devices of the first, second and third measuring probes and the static pressure ports are connected so as to form a first, second and a third data system respectively associated with a static pressure port, and each static pressure port of each of the data systems is separate from each static pressure port of the other data systems. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140179127 | INTERCONNECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, NOTABLY MICROWAVE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - An interconnection device for elements to be interconnected such as electronic modules or circuits, comprises at least one transmission line coupled to a ground line, the two lines being produced on a face of a dielectric substrate, the interconnection being made substantially at the ends of the transmission line and of the ground line, wherein said interconnection device is flexible over at least a part of its length situated roughly between the elements to be interconnected. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140177300 | SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM - An electric power supply system, comprising:
| 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176263 | FILTER THAT IS VARIABLE BY MEANS OF A CAPACITOR THAT IS SWITCHED USING MEMS COMPONENTS - A tunable filter comprises at least two resonator circuits placed between two matching networks characterized in that: one resonator is connected at a first of its ends to the ground plane M of the filter by metallized holes and at a second end to a MEMS network; the distance between the two resonators forms an inter-resonator inductive coupling circuit; an inter-resonator coupling capacitor is formed by two etched lines connected to the first and second resonators; the MEMS networks are distributed around the ends of the resonators; the MEMS networks are connected between the first and second resonator and the ground plane M by means of metallized holes; and the filter comprises a number of independent electrical control voltages designed to actuate the MEMS. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140169562 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ESTABLISHING ENCRYPTED TUNNELS ON CONSTRAINED-BAND NETWORKS - A method and a system architecture making it possible to establish in a dynamic manner one or more encrypted tunnels on constrained-band communication networks is provided. It makes it possible in particular to encrypt one or more data streams while guaranteeing the quality of services on the constrained-band systems, in particular for encrypted streams of voice over IP type (Internet protocol) or of data type. These tunnels are thus adapted most suitably to the useful data streams while making it possible to control and assign the necessary values for the quality of service or QoS on these networks. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140169061 | METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING A FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION, DEVICE COMPRISING A FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION AND USE OF SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of implementing a ferroelectric tunnel junction, said junction comprising to films each forming an electrode-type conductive element, and separated by a film forming a ferroelectric element acting as the tunnel barrier, said ferroelectric element being able to possess a remanent polarization. According to the invention, the ferroelectric element possesses a domain structure, said domains corresponding to regions of the ferroelectric element the polarization of which is oriented one way in a single direction; and when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the absolute value of the voltage being equal to or higher than the absolute value of what is called a saturation voltage, the ferroelectric element main comprises only a single domain; and when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the absolute value of the voltage being lower than the absolute value of what is called the saturation voltage, the ferroelectric element comprises a plurality of separate domains, the spatial distribution of said domains and their proportions being controlled by the chosen voltage value. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140162708 | Method for Monitoring Entities - The inventive method for monitoring entities ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140159834 | ADJUSTABLE RADIOFREQUENCY FILTER IN PLANAR TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE FILTER - An adjustable radiofrequency filter in planar technology comprises at least one dielectric substrate and n resonators R | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140153842 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN A SEQUENCE OF FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGES BY TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL FILTERING - In the field of medical imaging using fluoroscopy, a method for reducing noise in a sequence of fluoroscopic images acquired by an X-ray detector comprises for each image (x | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153381 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION NETWORK AND CORRESPONDING NETWORK NODE - The network according to the invention, including functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means between the nodes are bidirectional to allow information to propagate in both circulation directions of the network, and each node includes at least one first and second associated information input/output port, connected by corresponding information transmission means to neighboring nodes and the operation of which is controlled exclusively and sequentially, by means forming a communication automaton, between a mode of operation with asynchronous reception of information from its neighboring nodes and a mode of operation for synchronous transmission of information to its neighboring nodes. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140147193 | Compact Flexible Cardan Joint and Spacecraft Comprising Such a Joint - A flexible cardan joint comprises a hollow central longitudinal axis, two hollow pivots mounted orthogonally relative to one another and capable of pivoting respectively about a rotation axis, three axes being mutually orthogonal and intersecting at a point of rotation situated at the center of the cardan joint. Each pivot comprises an annular outer frame extending along a plane containing the central longitudinal axis Z and orthogonal to the rotation axis, a hollow inner ring coaxial to the outer frame and a plurality of sets of flexible blades linked to the outer frame and to the inner ring, and the two pivots are linked together by rigid link parts. Application to the fine rotational guidance of an element or of an equipment of a spacecraft. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146929 | DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING LOCAL PERTURBATIONS FOR REFERENCE RECEIVER OF GNSS GROUND STATIONS - The present invention relates to a device for eliminating the perturbation signals received by a reference GNSS station. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146511 | OPTRONIC WINDOW TRANSPARENT TO IR AND REFLECTING RF - An optronic porthole comprises a substrate with two faces. It comprises on one of the faces of the substrate or on both faces, a stack of several hetero-structures, each hetero-structure being composed of at least two semi-conducting layers SC1, SC2, the layer SC1 being doped, the layer SC2 itself comprising a two-dimensional electron gas layer formed at the interface with the layer SC1. It furthermore comprises an electrode in contact with all the electron gas layers, a bi-periodic metallic grid buried in the stack, in contact with the electrode. The substrate and the layers are transparent in the 0.4 μm-5 μm band. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145905 | ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH INTERLOCKING LOOPS AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH AN ANTENNA SYSTEM - The invention relates to a loop antenna system comprising a first electrically conductive filiform element forming a loop portion. The antenna system further comprises a second electrically conductive filiform element forming a loop portion, and the two filiform elements have different lengths (l | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140139014 | POWER OVER DATA TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a power transmission device capable of transmitting electricity supplied by an electricity source to at least one powered device connected to said transmission device by means of a communication network, via at least one data transmission cable including at least one pair of conductors, the electrical current being conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors. The power transmission device according to the invention includes, for each connected powered device, a protection device capable of tripping to protect the electricity source in case of electrical malfunction of the powered device as well as balancing of the electricity conveyed on the at least one pair of conductors, said protection device including at least one shared component contributing both to performing said trip and said balancing. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140125521 | Method for Estimating the Direction of Arrival of Navigation Signals at a Receiver After Reflection by Walls in a Satellite Positioning System - A method includes estimating a position of a receiver, aboard a moving object, on the basis of the navigation signals emitted by satellites received by an antenna in an antenna array placed on the moving object, and using a three-dimensional geographical map to deduce, geometrically, on the basis of the position of the receiver and of a ray casting starting from the receiver, the number of paths reflected on walls of buildings present in a scene corresponding to an environment surrounding the receiver. The determined number of reflected paths is used to initialize an algorithm for estimating angles of arrival of multi-paths to deduce therefrom angles of arrival of the paths reflected on the walls before reaching the receiver. Optionally, the method can comprise making it possible to bound the distance information error due to a multi-path to render the estimation of direction of arrival of the signals more efficacious. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140118064 | ELECTRONIC RADIO SYSTEM FOR POWER AMPLIFICATION WITH PROTECTION IN TERMS OF STANDING WAVE RATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PROTECTION - An electronic radio system for power amplification of a radiofrequency signal having an electronic circuit having at least one in-service amplifier component, a detector measuring at least one electrical parameter of the in-service amplifier component, having at least the intensity of the electric current supplying the in-service amplifier component, a power attenuator adjusting the output power of the electronic circuit, and a programmable circuit receiving and transmitting commands to control the modules of the radio electronic system. The programmable circuit furthermore includes means for obtaining at least one measurement value relating to the intensity of the electric current supplying said in-service amplifier component of said detector and means for controlling said power attenuator in the case where at least one measurement value obtained exceeds a predetermined threshold value corresponding thereto. The invention also relates to an associated electronic circuit protection method. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140115965 | SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISING ACCESS TO RESTRICTED AREA, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for supervising access to a restricted area, including at least one obstacle that is mobile between a deployed configuration, in which said obstacle extends across a passageway for the entry and/or exit to/from said restricted area, and a stowed configuration in which said obstacle is removed from said passageway. The system also includes a unit for driving the obstacle between the deployed configuration and the stowed configuration, a device for measuring the position of the obstacle, and a module for controlling the drive unit. The control module is suitable for comparing the measured position of the obstacle at at least one moment in time with a theoretical position of the obstacle at said moment in time, and to derive a rule for controlling the drive unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140105128 | METHOD OF TRANSMISSION WITH MECHANISM FOR ADAPTING MODES OF CODING AND OF DYNAMIC RANGE MODULATION - The method of transmission between a transmitter and a receiver using a mode of adaptive modulation and coding, wherein the modulation and coding are selected based on the comparison of a characteristic variable of the signal to noise ratio measured by the receiver with a threshold value plus a margin, which margin is variable depending on the prior change in the signal to noise ratio. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104135 | RADIATING ELEMENT FOR AN ACTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA CONSISTING OF ELEMENTARY TILES - An antenna comprises a plurality of tiles forming an antenna plane, each of said tiles comprising a plurality of radiating elements. Each radiating element comprises a metallic upper patch disposed above a metallic lower patch, the two patches being separated by a layer insulating them electrically. The lower patch is fed with electric current. Each radiating element comprises a conducting frame disposed parallel to the antenna plane and framing the two patches of said element, the two so-called patches being coupled electromagnetically through the aperture of said frame whose body comprises a rear face of small cross section disposed on the side of the lower patch and a front face of larger cross section disposed on the side of the upper patch, so as to widen the angular scan field of a beam in a plane orthogonal to the antenna plane. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140098708 | METHOD AND TOOLING FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORK OF UNATTENDED GROUND WIRELESS SENSORS - The method for configuring a network of deposited wireless sensors. In certain aspects, these methods include defining performance criteria forming constraints, with associated threshold values, and at least one performance criterion to be optimized, for at least one zone to be equipped with nodes, each performance criterion being defined by a model; defining for said or each zone; the allocation to said or each zone to be equipped, a number of nodes; applying an optimization process per zone on said or each zone; increasing the number of nodes or modifying the performance criteria defined in said or each zone where the performance criteria are not met and reproducing in these zones the optimization process per zone with the new number of nodes or the new performance criteria, and applying the configuration determined at each node in said or each zone. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140095760 | Generic and multi-role controller structure for data and communication exchanges - This generic and multi-role data and communication exchange controller structure is characterized in that it assumes the form of a single component further including means forming a generic data and communication exchange controller, associated with at least a means forming a data storage/exchange buffer; a means forming multiple connection interfaces to several data production/consumption units, one connection interface being associated with one data production/consumption unit; and a means forming multiple connection interfaces with several external data communication buses, one connection interface being associated with one external data communication bus. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140094205 | METHOD FOR MANAGING POTENTIALLY DISRUPTIVE NODES IN A MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK - A method for managing node communications in a mobile ad-hoc network is provided where at least a node in the said network performs the following steps: identifying if it is a Potentially Disruptive Node (PDN) or a non-PDN node, a PDN node being a node that has a number of connected 1-hop neighbour nodes greater than a predetermined value K; when the node is identified as a PDN node, selecting a subset of its 1-hop neighbour nodes, the selected nodes being the only 1-hop neighbour nodes that are allowed to communicate directly with the PDN node, the selected nodes being called Bridge Nodes (BN), non-BN nodes being called Regular Nodes (RN), the said RN nodes being able to communicate with PDN nodes via the selected BN nodes. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091966 | MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO-NAVIGATION SIGNALS RECEPTION DEVICE - 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. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091964 | METHOD OF RADAR SURVEILLANCE AND OF RADAR SIGNAL ACQUISITION - A radar includes an antennal structure, with means for transmitting an impulse signal in a band centered on F1 according to a repetition period centered on a recurrence period Tr1 and pulse width T1, with means for receiving signals by the antenna in frequency band ΔF, with a unit for processing the signals received on a set of N distance bins. The signals received are transmitted by another radar in a frequency band centered on F2 where F2−F1≦ΔF, according to a repetition period centered on a period Tr2 and pulse width T2. The signals transmitted by the two radars are asynchronous. The method comprises: slaving frequency F1 to frequency F2, by measuring the power received integrated over the N distance bins and over several recurrences, determination of period Tr2 and T2 and slaving the period centered on Tr1 to a period centered on Tr2 with Tr1=k*Tr2. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140091878 | Compact Multi-Port Router Device - The invention relates to a multi port router device capable of carrying a number P, which is greater than or equal to three, of frequency channels, from a number M of input ports to a number N of output ports, at least one of the two numbers M and N being greater than or equal to two, characterised in that it includes at least two filters ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140077837 | LOGIC CIRCUIT DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DIGITAL INPUT - 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). | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140073239 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A TRANSMITTING ANTENNA OF A SATELLITE IN ORBIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A method for characterizing a transmitting antenna of a satellite in orbit comprising a payload comprising signal amplification means, includes: configuring the said amplification means to generate thermal noise at the input of the transmitting antenna; acquiring, by means of a ground station, the signal transmitted by the transmitting antenna on the downlink of the satellite over a predetermined time period; during the said predetermined time period, controlling the said satellite in orbit in order to impart on it an angular bias of predetermined variation and recording this variation; correlating the measurement of the signal transmitted on the downlink and the variation of angular bias of the satellite in order to derive therefrom the gain variations of the transmitting antenna as a function of the angular bias of the satellite. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071826 | TRANSMISSION METHOD IN AN AD HOC MULTI-HOP IP NETWORK - The transmission method according to the invention includes transmitting a message from a source transmitting node to a final receiving node through a series of hops from a transmitter node to an immediately following receiver node, using:
| 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071010 | RADIO FREQUENCY FEED BLOCK FOR MULTI-BEAM ARCHITECTURE - In the field of satellite communications and more particularly to a multi-beam antenna system for the coverage of a given geographical region broken down into several spots on the ground, a radio frequency feed block comprises several radio frequency chains intended to transmit or to receive an electromagnetic wave in the direction of a reflector and waveguides connected to outputs of the chains, characterized in that it comprises a plate inside which the waveguides are made, and to which the radio frequency chains are fastened. A satellite comprising a feed block is also provided. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140070168 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND USE OF GRAPHENE IN AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The electronic component comprises at least two superposed conducting or semiconducting layers. According to one aspect of the invention, it comprises at least graphene layer interposed between the conducting or semiconducting layers, the conducting or semiconducting layers being electronically coupled through the thickness of said or each graphene layer. Application notably to tunnel junctions either magnetic or not, to spin valves, to memristors. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140052987 | Method and System Making it Possible to Test a Cryptographic Integrity of an Error Tolerant Data Item - A method and system for testing the cryptographic integrity of data m comprises at least the following elements: a module transmitting a message M, said module comprising a memory for storing the parameters used to execute the steps of the method, such as the key, the public data, a transmission medium, a receiver module also comprising storage means for storing at least the same parameters as in transmission. The system may comprise storage means for storing confidential data such as the secret keys, a processor suitable for executing the steps. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140046507 | COLLABORATIVE AUTOMATED MOBILE PLATFORM - A collaborative robotized system comprises: a mobile platform furnished with running means, with an electric motor propulsion assembly, and with a longitudinal mechanical linkage assembly comprising an articulation; an electrical power source; manual means of control of the system; means of remote control of the system; a computer assembly of at least one computer; hardware-incorporating means suitable for integrating sensors and effectors, and software-incorporating means suitable for integrating software elements; and management means for managing integrated sensorimotor behaviors, suitable for arbitrating implementations of several sensorimotor behaviors in parallel. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043895 | DEVICE CONSISTING OF VARIOUS THIN FILMS AND USE OF SUCH A DEVICE - A device comprising: an assembly consisting of two, respectively upper and lower thin layers each forming a ferromagnetic element and separated by a thin layer forming a non magnetic element, said assembly being made up so that the layers forming the ferromagnetic elements are magnetically coupled through the layer forming a non magnetic element; an electrode, a layer forming a ferroelectric element in which the polarization may be oriented in several directions by applying an electric voltage through said layer, said layer forming a ferroelectric element being positioned between the layer forming a lower ferromagnetic element and the electrode; said device being configured so as to allow control of the magnetic configuration of the layers forming ferromagnetic elements by the direction of the polarization in the layer forming a ferroelectric element. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043185 | METHOD FOR DETECTING, OVER SEVERAL ANTENNA REVOLUTIONS, SLOW-MOVING TARGETS BURIED IN THE RADAR CLUTTER, USING A MOBILE RADAR HAVING A ROTARY ANTENNA - A method for detecting targets using a mobile radar having a rotary antenna, notably small targets buried in radar clutter, without increasing the number of false detections, includes determining pre-detections during N antenna revolutions, including determining pre-detections revolution by revolution, each pre-detection being stored in a grid of cells centered on the position that the radar occupied at the start of the current revolution, each grid cell corresponding to an azimuth range and a distance range. This step also includes, at the end of each revolution, a step of shifting all the pre-detections stored in the grid during the previous revolutions by the movement undergone by the radar during the last revolution. The method also includes determining detections, a target being detected from the moment that a set of pre-detections stored in the grid has its distances to the radar which constitute a linear progression during the N antenna revolutions. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140038646 | INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR LOCATING BY COUPLING OF AUTONOMOUS MEANS FOR MEASURING A DISPLACEMENT TO WIRELESS MEANS OF MEASUREMENT OF LOCATION DATA SUPPORTS - This method for locating a terminal ( | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036635 | ALL-OPTICAL HYDROPHONE INSENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE AND TO STATIC PRESSURE - The invention consists of an optical hydrophone, an optical fiber element forming a laser cavity, housed in a mechanical structure which comprises an open cylindrical rigid body, defining the cavity enclosing a fluid and in which the optical fiber element is housed, and closed at its ends by two end caps which keep the optical fiber element permanently under tension, in a longitudinal rectilinear position inside the cavity. The end caps are configured in such a way that when the exterior pressure varies, they undergo a deformation giving rise to a variation in the length of the optical fiber element and that when the temperature varies, they undergo a deformation giving rise to a variation in the length of the optical fiber element which compensates for that induced on this element by the temperature variation. The mechanical structure furthermore exhibits one or more orifices allowing equilibration of the static pressures. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140032931 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IMPLEMENTING RED/BLACK COMMUNICATION MODES - The invention relates to cryptographic equipment which comprises an input interface, a red module, a cryptographic module, a black module, and an output interface. The cryptographic module includes a cryptographic unit, which interacts with the red module and with the black module, and a management device, which interacts with the input interface and with either the red module or the black module, but not with both simultaneously. The cryptographic unit and the management device are physically and logically separate from one another and independent, and have identical protection means capable of protecting the integrity of the management device so as to detect any attempt at tampering. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028486 | LOCATION SYSTEM FOR A FLYING CRAFT - A location and guidance system including a flying craft and a reception device. The flying craft includes a plurality of antennas distributed around its fuselage and emitting rearwards with rectilinear polarization, the emitted signals being specific to each antenna, the positions and the dimensions of the antennas being configured such that the body of the flying craft avoids by masking for at least one antenna the reflections of the signal emitted by this antenna off the ground or off lateral obstacles whatever the position of the flying craft. The reception device is placed substantially on a trajectory axis of the flying craft and configured to be oriented to sight the rear thereof and includes at least two single-pulse antennas operating in orthogonal planes determines a position of the flying craft by analysing the emitted signals received by the antennas of the reception device. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140020479 | DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING AND ANALYZING AN AERODYNAMIC PROBE - A device for maintaining and analyzing an aerodynamic probe of stagnation pressure type intended to be installed in an aircraft comprises a channel with a first end that is intended to penetrate into the probe, and means for creating in the channel an air depression relative to the ambient pressure and means for recovering any particles sucked into the channel. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140016727 | LOW PHASE-NOISE INDIRECT FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER - A low phase noise frequency synthesizer, comprising, arranged in series, a first mixer receiving a reference signal at a reference frequency F | 01-16-2014 |
| 20130336536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A STREAM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES, AND DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH A DETECTION SYSTEM AND INTENDED FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY GUIDING AMMUNITION TOWARD A TARGET - A method for detecting a stream of electromagnetic pulses emitted, according to a predefined occurrence law, in a scene observed using a detection system comprising a matrix detector and a processing unit for processing signals comprising the electromagnetic pulses. The method includes the following steps: acquiring and transmitting the signals from the matrix detector to the processing unit, and for each pixel of the detector calculating a subtraction signal between two signals acquired during two consecutive time windows of the same length, calculating a signal for accumulating the subtraction signals spaced apart in time by an interval defined by the predefined occurrence law, and thresholding the accumulation signal, the pulse being detected if the accumulation signal is greater than a predetermined threshold for at least one pixel, and locating the pulse detected in the observed scene from the coordinates of the pixel including the detected pulse. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130336119 | System for Managing the Allocation of the Resources of a Satellite Link in a Telecommunication Network - A service manager intended to be positioned in a telecommunications network implementing a satellite and one or more user networks, the communication protocol relying on the 3G standard or implementing TFT and PDP rules, comprises at least the following modules: a link configuration module which contains one or more static configurations that can be modified by a user, an external-events manager module, a traffic detector module, a configured-TFTs traffic detector plugin, a TFTs management module, a Secondary PDP context management module. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130329302 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL COMBINER COMPRISING A REMOVABLE SUN VISOR - The general field of the invention is that of the display systems comprising an optical combiner and a removable sun visor. The optical combiner is a semi-reflecting plate and the sun visor is a thin, thick and tinted plate, the sun visor comprising means for mechanically fastening on the optical combiner. The optical combiner comprises, on a first side, a first mechanical piece and, on a second side opposite to the first side, a second mechanical piece, the optical sun visor comprises, on a first side, a third mechanical piece and, on a second side opposite to the first side, a fourth mechanical piece in the form of a clip, the third mechanical piece being able to be sunk into the first mechanical piece so as to form a hinge, the rotation axis of which is parallel to the first side of the optical combiner, the fourth mechanical piece being able to be clipped into the third mechanical piece so as to lock the sun visor on the combiner. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130322024 | COOLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates to the cooling of the item of electronic equipment comprising an electronic compartment formed from a housing and at least one electronic board assembled in the housing. The board is intended to be assembled in a removable manner in the housing by a movement of translation along a groove in order to reach an operating position, the assembly of the board ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321058 | INPUT INTERFACE FOR A TRANSMIT/RECEIVE STATION AND STATION COMPRISING SAME - The input interface for a transmit/receive radio station includes an input for receiving a signal either with a variable voltage over a pre-determined voltage range, or an open collector signal having a voltage (0V) corresponding to the low logic state; a first output for the variable voltage signal, and a second open collector output. The first and second outputs are connected to the same input and the input is connected to a reference potential through a first voltage divider bridge, the middle point of which is connected to the positive terminal of an open loop comparator, the output of which is connected to the second output. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130317740 | Flight Management System - A flight management system of an aircraft is provided allowing notably the calculation of a trajectory over the terrestrial globe. The calculation of a trajectory is carried out with respect to a true North, true North being a navigation term referring to the direction of the geographical North pole with respect to a given position. When the current or estimated position of the aircraft is level with the pole, it then becomes impossible to define true North, true North being defined in all the directions or in no direction, depending on the calculation facilities used. The flight management system makes it possible to use a single calculation procedure whatever the current position or the position to be reached of the aircraft on the terrestrial globe. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130315287 | DEVICE FOR BROADBAND RECEPTION BY AUTOTRANSPOSITION AND APPLICATION TO THE DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOELECTRIC EMISSIONS - Use of an antennal base formed of two antennas which pick up the emissions present and produce two radioelectric signals S1 and S2. These two signals are used to produce at least one intermediate-frequency signal Fl by demodulation of one of the two signals by the other (autotransposition). The demodulation is carried out by firstly transposing one of the signals, S1 for example, around a given frequency F1, the signal S2 being preserved around its initial central frequency F | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130304420 | PARAMETRIZABLE SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED MAINTENANCE INTENDED FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A system for centralized maintenance, intended for an aircraft comprising a set of devices necessary for the flight and able to issue fault messages or alert messages, the maintenance system being able to communicate with this set of devices, comprises a software kernel parametrizable by means of a database of parameters, the software kernel comprising at least four elementary cells: a first cell for acquiring the fault messages and alert messages originating from the set of devices of the aircraft, a second cell for formulating a maintenance diagnosis defined by means of the fault messages and alert messages, a third cell for formulating and displaying a maintenance report to a maintenance operator of the aircraft, defined on the basis of the maintenance diagnosis, a fourth cell for communicating between the maintenance operator and the set of devices of the aircraft. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304303 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REQUIREMENT CAPTURE FOR A SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED MAINTENANCE FOR AIRCRAFT - A requirement capture device for a centralized maintenance system for aircraft is composed of a means for capturing and parametrizing the various characteristics of the centralized maintenance system. It allows the various parties to the fine tuning of the CMS system to define the data set specific to their domain in a common framework. User profiles are defined for each of the users affording them configuration possibilities specific to their domain. After validation of the parameters input, a configuration file is generated. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130294355 | Method and Architecture of System for Opening Channels on Establishment of VoIP Communication in p BGAN, SwiftBroadband and FleetBroadband Clear Mode - A system architecture makes it possible to dynamically open communication channels of optimized dimension with guaranteed bit rate, the communication protocol used being the RTP protocol, said system architecture being intended to be positioned in an aircraft, a ship and/or a suitcase, and/or a ground station comprising one or more voice-over-IP terminals, said architecture comprising at least the following elements: a ground or onboard SIP server comprising at least the following elements: a bit rate adapter module which controls, paces, adapts the bit rate of the RTP stream received by a terminal, a module for controlling the signaling included in the data streams, said control module comprising a signaling interception module, a signaling modification module, said signaling interception module receiving the information from a terminal transmitting data and an access control module. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130292516 | Propulsion System for Satellite Orbit Control and Attitude Control - A propulsion system for the orbit control of a satellite with terrestrial orbit having an angular momentum accumulation capacity comprises a propulsion unit able to deliver a force along an axis F having a component perpendicular to the orbit, and a motorized mechanism connected on the one hand to the propulsion unit and on the other hand to a structure of the satellite, the motorized mechanism being able to displace the propulsion unit along an axis V parallel to the velocity of the satellite, and able to orient the propulsion unit so as to make it possible to control: a component of the force along the axis V, for orbit control, an amplitude and a direction of couple in a plane perpendicular to the axis F, for control of the angular momentum. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130290749 | METHOD OF MANAGING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN APPLICATION EXECUTABLE IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - The application being executable by hardware comprising a set of processors using an operating system, a method comprises at least the following steps: a first step of identifying the time constraints of the application; a second step of annotating code sections of the application that are subject to a time constraint, said annotating being performed by means of software markers, the software markers delimiting code segments; a third step of determining the worst case execution times of the segments in a given set of execution modes; a fourth step of memorizing the execution times of the segments in an execution library for each execution mode, said library being able to be interfaced with said hardware, said operating system and said application and to execute an energy management strategy by controlling the state of the processors. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130288613 | Radio Subsystem for Emitting/Receiving Software Defined Radio with Opportunistic Secondary Use - Software defined radio equipment is provided. The equipment includes a software defined radio emission/reception radio sub-system, a primary software defined radio application and a secondary software defined radio application capable of interfacing with the radio emission/reception sub-system. The primary software defined radio application is a telecommunications application and the secondary software defined radio application is a cognitive radio application. A software defined radio emission/reception radio sub-system is also provided. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286376 | APPARATUS AND OPTICAL METHOD OF RANGING AND OF HIGH BIT-RATE COMMUNICATION - An optical apparatus for ranging and communication in free space comprises a rangefinder comprising a device for transmitting an optical signal to a target and a device for receiving the signals backscattered by the target. A system for optical communication in free space comprises a device for transmitting an optical signal to a remote optical receiving device. The transmitting device of the rangefinder and transmitting device of the communication system is a transmitting device common to the rangefinder and communication system and transmitting pulses of peak power greater than 50 W and shape factor less than 0.01 or a modulated continuous signal of peak power less than 10 W and shape factor equal to approximately 0.5 and the apparatus comprises a supervisor controlling the common transmitting device according to two modes, the pulse mode to perform the ranging function, or the modulated continuous mode to perform the optical communication function. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130284952 | Panoramic Device for Detection of Laser Pulses - A panoramic device for detection of laser pulses is provided, sensitive to at least two wavelengths and including a plurality of optical channels and a set of linear sensor arrays, each linear sensor array including a photosensitive area. Each optical channel includes at least two linear sensor arrays, the respective photosensitive areas of said at least two linear sensor arrays being non-contiguous, so that said at least two linear sensor arrays of each optical channel observe non-contiguous angular fields. Moreover, the optical channels are optically juxtaposed to obtain a continuous angular field of surveillance. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130284343 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A HEADLESS RIVET NUT TO A SANDWICH PANEL - The method and device provided herein relates to the field of screwed joints for panels and, in particular, for sandwich panels used in aerospace applications. It relates to a method for attaching a headless rivet nut to a wall of such a panel. The method comprises: injecting a predetermined quantity of adhesive into a blind hole made in the wall of the panel; fitting the headless rivet nut onto a rivet nut setting tool, the rivet nut setting tool comprising a pierced anvil and a mandrel passing through the anvil, the mandrel being screwed into the rivet nut so as to press the rivet nut onto the anvil; positioning the headless rivet nut in the blind hole, the anvil coming to press against the wall of the panel; setting the rivet nut so as to squeeze the wall of the panel between the anvil and a flange formed by deformation of the rivet nut. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130282207 | Fully Parametrizable Electronic Alerts and Procedures Management System, Intended for an Aircraft - An alerts and procedures management system for an aircraft comprises a software kernel aboard the aircraft and a parameterization tool for the software kernel, which comprises a conversion module for converting a configuration file describing an operational need of the system into a database of binary parameters which is able to parameterize the software kernel. The software kernel comprises at least four elementary cells: a first cell for acquiring aircraft signals, a second cell for characterizing state variables of the aircraft, a third cell for computing at least one separate event, a fourth cell for scheduling the separate events for communication with the crew; each of the cells comprising a software engine parameterizable by the database. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282206 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING AN ALERTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method and a device for configuring an alerts management system for an aircraft comprises: generating a list of a plurality of alerts and of resolution procedures for an aircraft; for each alert, defining: distinctive characteristics of the alert; logic for detecting the alert; at least one procedure for resolving the alert; and, for each alert, defining recording in a dedicated alerts file the set of information defined for said alert, the alerts file having a structure and a format of data that are predefined for the alerts and the procedures; determining existing links between the dedicated alerts files; and in response to the determining step, updating the content of the dedicated alerts files according to the links identified. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130280679 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE WARNINGS AND PROCEDURES ON AN AIRCRAFT - A method to develop a system for management of warnings and electronic procedures for an aircraft, comprising a database of parameters relating to the warnings and to logic and procedures, the aircraft comprising ATA equipment, comprises definition and calculation of maturity criteria for development of the system, which comprises, in order: A) verification of warnings in the database with respect to predefined lists of warnings and calculation of a maturity criterion, B) if the criterion of A>predetermined threshold, verification of the coherence of the logic for the warnings then definition and calculation of a maturity criterion, C) if the criterion of B>predetermined threshold, verification of the existence of the procedures and, for each warning, analysis of its logic with respect to its procedure, then definition and calculation of a maturity criterion, the system being fully set up when the latter criterion>predetermined threshold. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278474 | Directional Mobile Antenna with Polarization Switching by Displacement of Radiating Panels - An antenna with polarization switching comprises a support comprising at least two faces each supporting a plurality of waveguides fed with radiofrequency signals and pierced with apertures disposed so as to illuminate radiating elements placed some distance from the said apertures. For at least one given antenna pointing, the said support is able to toggle between at least two different configurations, the said support being configured so as to place, in the second configuration, the second face in a position identical to that taken by the first face in the first configuration, several radiating elements of the first face being, in the said position, oriented differently from radiating elements of the second face. It applies notably to the switching of antennas embedded onboard moving objects on the ground having to operate high-speed communications with a satellite, in particular a geostationary satellite. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130274994 | Centralized Maintenance Device for Aircraft - A centralized maintenance device installed on-board an aircraft notably carries out the following functions: correlation of data relating to failures, warnings, configurations, operational contexts, flags and the logbook, received by the on-board maintenance system; storage of the data received by the on-board maintenance system in a first database; management of a historical record of the data received and of their correlation; transmission to a man-machine interface of the data received, of their correlation and of a date associated with each item of data; display of the received data, their correlation and the date associated with each item of data, by a man-machine interface of the on-board maintenance system. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271332 | Multiple-Reflector Antenna for Telecommunications Satellites - A multiple-reflector antenna for telecommunications satellites including a shaft, to which are attached at least two sub-reflectors, rotating in relation to a load-bearing structure, and a motor including a rotor able to drive the shaft in rotation, and a stator attached to the load-bearing structure, wherein the multiple-reflector antenna also includes two bearings enabling the shaft to rotate in relation to the load-bearing structure, a torsionally rigid mechanical filter placed between the shaft and the rotor, enabling the rotor to transmit the rotational movement to the shaft, and able to dampen the stresses generated by the shaft on the motor, and locking means able to hold the angular position of the shaft in relation to the load-bearing structure. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130268648 | METHOD FOR MANAGING SERVICES ON A NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for managing services on a network, comprising: at least two interconnected computer sites, each of which is capable of implementing at least one service that can be accessed from the network; at least one service implemented on a network site; a means for transferring a service from an initial site to a separate destination site. Each is associated with security attributes and the method includes transferring at least one service from an initial site to a destination site of the network following a predetermined transfer sequence which depends on the security attributes. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265209 | In-Service Reconfigurable Antenna Reflector - The present invention relates to an in-service reconfigurable antenna reflector comprising a rigid support and a membrane, deformable and having radio-electric reflectivity properties. According to the invention, the reflector comprises a plurality of coupling means connecting the rigid support and the membrane, comprising a first link of finger ball joint type connected to the rigid support, and a second link of finger ball joint type connected to the membrane. Each coupling means furthermore comprises a linear actuator, comprising a rotary motor and a screw-nut assembly, connected to the two links of finger ball joint type, and able to generate, in an operational configuration, a translational motion allowing the deformation of the membrane. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130249762 | BROADBAND ANTENNA REFLECTOR FOR A CIRCULAR-POLARIZED PLANAR WIRE ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID ANTENNA REFLECTOR - In the field of circular-polarized planar wire antennas for very wide band telecommunications systems, and an antenna reflector for such an antenna, an antenna device comprises an antenna reflector and an antenna, and a method for implementing the antenna reflector. The antenna reflector comprises, on the one hand, a first reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties of an electrical conductor in a first sub-band of frequencies and, on the other hand, a second reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties akin to a magnetic conductor in a second sub-band of frequencies. Each reflection region is designed to face a region of the antenna able to emit electromagnetic radiation in the corresponding sub-band of frequencies in order to reflect the electric field of the backward radiation in phase with the electric field of the forward radiation. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249735 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING RADIO-NAVIGATION SIGNALS WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS AND COMMON SYNCHRONIZATION SLAVING - 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, in demodulating the signals received by each antenna separately and then in combining the various demodulated signals, thereby amounting to effecting a beam forming in an equivalent antenna pattern. The invention then requires only a single synchronization slaving for the set of demodulation pathways. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130245862 | Navigation Assistance Method Based on Anticipation of Linear or Angular Deviations - A method for assisting in the navigation of an aircraft comprises steps of calculating and displaying a linear deviation on a first linear section and an angular deviation on a second angular section. The method comprises a step of calculation of an anticipated deviation of the aircraft, expressed linearly or angularly, projected to a time DT, characteristic of a reaction time of the aircraft, and of a statistical error distribution associated with this anticipated deviation; and a step of calculation of a probability of exceeding a predetermined target deviation, by means of the anticipated deviation and of the statistical error distribution. The method also comprises a crew alert when the probability is above a predetermined threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245861 | Navigation Assistance Method for Monitoring Navigation Performance in Linear or Angular Mode - A method for assisting in the navigation of an aircraft comprises steps of calculating and displaying a linear deviation on a first linear section and an angular deviation on a second angular section. The method comprises a calculation step for converting an angular deviation into an equivalent linear deviation, and, conversely, converting a linear deviation into an equivalent angular deviation. The method comprises a step of graphic representation, called unified monitoring, intended for the crew, of a deviation of the aircraft, on a lateral deviation axis and a vertical deviation axis; each of the deviations, lateral and vertical, being able to be represented on a linear scale, an angular scale or a mixed scale. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241770 | Reconfigurable Radiating Phase-Shifting Cell Based on Complementary Slot and Microstrip Resonances - A radiating phase-shifting cell is designed to favour the excitation of an equivalent resonance of the “slot” type in a first part of the phase cycle, and to favour an equivalent resonance of the “microstrip” type in a second part of the phase cycle. This property notably allows the bandwidth of the phase-shifting cells to be optimized. A phase range of 360° can in effect be segmented into two sub-ranges of around 180°. This segmentation into two sub-ranges is made possible by the complementarity of the resonant modes of the slot or microstrip type. The radiating phase-shifting cell is notably applicable to reflector arrays for an antenna designed to be installed on a space craft such as a telecommunications satellite or on a terrestrial terminal for satellite telecommunications or broadcasting systems. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241376 | INERTIAL PLATFORM COMPRISING A HOUSING AND A SUSPENDED SENSOR ASSEMBLY - The invention pertains to an inertial platform comprising a housing and a suspended inertial sensor assembly (ECIS) furnished with rigidly inter-linked motion sensors, characterized in that it comprises:
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| 20130238174 | METHOD OF CORRECTING A LATERAL TRAJECTORY ON APPROACH AS A FUNCTION OF THE ENERGY TO BE REABSORBED - In the field of the calculation of the approach trajectory of an aircraft, and relating to a method for determining a corrected lateral approach trajectory as a function of the energy to be reabsorbed before the landing, and also to a flight management system making it possible to determine the corrected lateral trajectory, a method comprises: determining an energy of the aircraft E | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235211 | Multifunctional Bispectral Imaging Method and Device - A multifunctional device and method for bispectral imaging are provided. The device and method include acquiring a plurality of bispectral images (IBM), each bispectral image being the combination of two acquired images (I | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234886 | Adaptive Method for Estimating the Electron Content of the Ionosphere - An adaptive method for estimating the electron content of the ionosphere comprises: collecting a set of measurements carried out by a plurality of beacons receiving radio frequency signals transmitted by a plurality of transmitting satellites; computing coordinates of the points of intersection between the transmission axis of the signals and a surface surrounding the Earth, and of a vertical total electron content determined at each of these points; computing a vertical total electron content for each of the nodes of an initial mesh of the surface; a statistical dispersion analysis of the vertical total electron content; a computation step making it possible to define a suitable statistical estimator, or a computation step making it possible to generate a suitable mesh of the surface; a statistical error analysis making it possible to select between a validation of the adaptation of the method and a stopping of the method. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234878 | System and Method of Radar Location - A system and method of radar location comprises radar signal emission means, an emitted pulse of duration T | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130231804 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAY AND CONTROL OF SETPOINTS FOR AUTOMATIC PILOTING FOR AIRCRAFT - The general field of the invention is that of devices for display and control of setpoints for automatic piloting for aircraft, configured to display the setpoints of speed, heading, climb slope and altitude. The various setpoints are displayed in the form of a graphical representation comprising: wheels graduated in speed and in altitude indicating the aircraft setpoint values; a circular heading rose, graduated and centred on a first symbol representing the aircraft, the heading setpoint being indicated by a second symbol representing the heading to be followed by the aircraft and disposed around the perimeter of the heading rose; and a vertical sectional view comprising a graduated semicircle centred on a third symbol representing the aircraft, the slope setpoint being indicated by a fourth symbol representing the slope to be followed by the aircraft and disposed around the perimeter of the semicircle. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130219016 | GENERIC ENTITY FOR HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CCM COMPONENTS - The invention relates to an entity for high-speed communication between transmitter and receiver components of the CORBA Component Model standard, wherein said entity comprises a connector of the DDS4LwCCM standard having a transmitter fragment including an input port connected to an output port of the transmitter component; a receiver fragment having an output port connected to an input port of the receiver component; wherein the transmitter fragment comprises a business logic code comprising a means for transmitting a datum published at the input port of the transmitter fragment to the receiver fragment; and wherein the receiver fragment comprises a business logic code comprising a means for receiving the datum transmitted by the means for transmitting the transmitter fragment in order to publish said datum at the output port of the receiver fragment. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218499 | Method for Optimally Determining the Characteristics and Arrangement of a Set of Sensors for Monitoring an Area - An iterative method is provided, implemented by computer, of optimized design of a system for monitoring a geographical zone comprising a plurality of sensors of different types and characteristics represented by a vector S each component of which indicates the type and the characteristics of a sensor and its position in said zone, said system exhibiting a plurality of absolute technical constraints. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215915 | Device for Amplifying a Laser Beam with Suppression of Transverse Lasing - A device for amplifying a laser beam along an axis comprises: an amplifying bar structure of index n | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215268 | Unknown - 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. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130210258 | Lockable Connector - A connection assembly is provided. The connection assembly includes a socket with connection pins, a plug with matching connection pins and a locker for locking the plug relative to the socket while the matching pins are engaged. The lock includes a bolt having a barrel provided with balls movable between a locking position projecting in relation to the barrel and a position retracted inside the barrel, and a rod for retaining the balls in the locking position. The locker also includes a shaft arranged in the plug or the socket for at least partially receiving the bolt and having a groove for receiving the balls in the locked and projecting position. The bolt further includes a spring for returning the rod toward the ball-retaining position, and the rod has a cam surface pushing the balls back into the locked position when the spring urges the rod towards the retaining position. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130209074 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A STRAIGHT SLOT DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR ACTUATOR - A control system for an actuator including a straight slot direct current motor comprises a position sensor for measuring the angular position (θ) of the motor and a current sensor for measuring the current strength (Im) in the motor, but not having a sensor for measuring the angular rotation speed of the motor. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207864 | Wideband, Directional, Linearly Polarized Antenna Having High Polarization Purity - In the field of wideband directional antennas employing linear polarization, and in particular in the context of amplitude goniometry systems, polarization purity defects lead to deformation of the radiation diagrams that increases with the elevation, inducing degraded detection system location performance. An antenna is provided operating with linear polarization and having radiating elements of “sinuous” shape inscribed within a circle, and includes radiating elements printed on the two faces of a support, the elements of the first face being deduced from those of the other face by a rotation. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207859 | COMPACT RADIATING ELEMENT HAVING RESONANT CAVITIES - A radiating element is provided, for example for array antenna, having stacked resonant cavities of Pérot-Fabry type, of compact structure, a lower cavity being fed by excitation means, the radiating element being characterized in that corrugations are formed substantially below a first earth plane delimiting in its lower part the upper resonant cavity. A radiating element structure of improved compactness is also proposed, whose upper cavity is surmounted by a polarizing radome. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207837 | Method for Determining a Confidence Indicator Relating to the Trajectory Followed by a Moving Object - A method includes estimating the position of the moving object on the basis of the reception of navigation signals emitted by a constellation of satellites, the navigation signals being modulated by a code and the receiver comprising a local replica of the code. The determination of the confidence indicator consists in estimating a speed of displacement of the receiver over an identified trajectory segment, deducing therefrom a Doppler delay function corresponding to the motion of the receiver, in correcting the auto-correlation function of the GNSS navigation signal received from each satellite of the constellation by means of the delay function, in comparing the corrected auto-correlation function with a theoretical auto-correlation function by applying a quadratic criterion corresponding to the confidence indicator. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207248 | DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, ELECTROMECHANICAL OR ELECTROOPTICAL COMPONENTS HAVING REDUCED SENSITIVITY AT A LOW DOSE RATE - A device for a space application, the device including at least one electronic, electromechanical or electro-optical component encapsulated in a package, the package comprising a hydrogen getter guaranteeing resistance to ionizing radiation and in particular at a low dose rate, responsible for ELDRS behavior. In one embodiment, the package may include a cap that hermetically seals a package base. Advantageously, a process may be implemented in order to promote the migration of hydrogen molecules or H+ protons toward the getter and trap said molecules or protons in the getter for the useful lifetime of the component. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130206922 | Method of Guidance for Aircraft Trajectory Correction - Guidance for an aircraft correcting a trajectory deviation due to wind computes a roll command during trajectory alignment according to imposed alignment passing through a determined point, via a current angular divergence between a line through the point and aircraft and direction of alignment and of a current estimated ground speed of the aircraft with respect to a frame of reference. The current estimated ground speed is computed via a current air speed and stored wind speed. The stored wind speed is obtained via at least one wind speed computed via a first value of a first speed equal to the speed of the said aircraft with respect to a frame of reference originating from a satellite navigation system and a second value of a second speed equal to the air speed. The first and second value are simultaneously accounted earlier than or at the instant at the alignment phase. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130205384 | Secure System for Interconnection Between Two Public Networks - A secure interconnection system between two public networks comprises at least one first router, a first firewall, a second router, a second firewall and a blade server, and a first virtual local area network containing the data streams exchanged between a first communications facility and a second communications facility, a second virtual local area network containing the management and maintenance streams of said system which are exchanged between a supervision centre and the blade server and a third virtual local area network containing the authentication streams for said first communications facility which are exchanged between the said second firewall and said blade server, said virtual local area networks being designed so as to exhibit an empty intersection. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205015 | Method and Device for Analyzing Data Intercepted on an IP Network in order to Monitor the Activity of Users on a Website - A method is provided. The method includes the steps acquiring a complete data frame from an HTTP request, selecting the data frame acquired if the binary structure thereof meets a plurality of conditions including at least one condition corresponding to the IP layer of the frame, at least one condition corresponding to the transport layer of the frame and at least one condition corresponding to the application layer of the frame, extracting data of interest from the application layer of the selected frame and recording the extracted data in a database. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130203030 | Training Device for Rugby Players - A training device for rugby players, notably for a phase of the game known as the scrum, comprises: a simulation platform of the Stewart platform type, onto which a training yoke is mounted; an electronic device for closed-loop control of said simulation platform; a computer device for controlling the training device. The present invention is mainly applicable to the training, the development and the improvement of rugby players at a high level. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201876 | Protocol Stack for a Multi-Waveform AD Hoc Network - A protocol stack for an ad hoc type network comprises existing modules from third generation 3GPP architectures, a radio access plane, a mobility management module and a radio resource control module, said ad hoc type network being able to be organized into several groups- or clusters, a group corresponding to a grouping of radio resources for a given coverage area, and: a routing module arranged between the management module and the radio resource control module; a part of the mobility management being managed in the access plane in order to manage transfers, or handovers, between the groups, in the case of a network that is organized into groups of users or “clusterized”; the module manages handover decisions and radio resource management; said protocol stack additionally comprising, an L2RTP layer suitable for processing the radio-level regenerative relaying at the level of a data packet; a security plane for isolating security functions. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201057 | Pseudolite Positioning System - A positioning system comprises a set of pseudolites distributed in a confined area, said pseudolites transmitting positioning signals characterized by their time desynchronization and their apparent Doppler frequency, said time desynchronization and/or said apparent Doppler frequency of the positioning signals transmitted by the pseudolites being configured so that there is no ambiguity concerning the location of the correlation peaks P | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130191082 | Method of Modelling Buildings on the Basis of a Georeferenced Image - A method of modelling real objects represented in an image of the terrestrial surface, in particular buildings, on the basis of a geographically referenced image, the image being produced by an aerial or space sensor associated with a physical picture-capture model, comprises at least the following steps: choosing a parametric model of the external surface of the said real object; for several suites of parameters of the said model: projecting the parametrized model into the image by applying the physical picture-capture model, and evaluating the fit between the projected model and the radiometric characteristics of the image; and determining the parameters of the model for which the fit is the best so as to model the said object with these parameters. The method of modelling applies notably to teledetection, digital geography, to the construction of urban 3D databases or their updating. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191016 | Method and Device for the Filtering of Alerts Originating from a Collision Detection System of an Aircraft - A method and a device for the filtering of alerts originating from a collision detection system of an aircraft makes it possible, by proposing a novel condition for alert disabling, to avoid an abnormal drop of an aircraft in the case of a CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) by authorizing the output of the alert when this novel condition is not complied with. This novel condition relies on a method for thresholding the angle of approach of the aircraft (FPA for flight path angle) as a function of the altitude of the aircraft with respect to the runway and of the angle of approach specified for each runway and which is recovered via the terrain database. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187472 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH HETEROGENEOUS MULTIPLE INPUT - The invention relates to a power supply system that is adapted be connected in input to N distinct power supply grids (R | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130182590 | Communication Method Between Two Distinct Networks with Radio Communication Nodes, Associated Processing Module and Computer Program - A communication method between two distinct networks with radio communication nodes, includes the following steps: collecting geographical location information for the nodes of the first and second network, deducing a geographical coverage area of the first and second network as a function of geographical location information; determining an intersection zone of the geographical coverage areas; identifying, as a function of the collected location information, nodes of the first and second network, located inside said intersection zone; and sending said nodes of the first identified network data indicating the collected geographical locations of the nodes of the second identified network. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182323 | Stereoscopic Image Capture System Comprising Means for Calibration of the Image Capture Lenses - In the field of stereoscopic image capture systems comprising two cameras, each camera comprising a lens and an electromechanical device allowing the adjustments of the lens to be controlled, a system is provided which comprises calibration means comprising means for storing adjustment setpoints fixed by an operator in operational use and control means allowing the adjustment setpoints of the first lens and those of the second lens to be closed-loop controlled in such a manner that the optical parameters of the first and of the second lens are identical. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130178148 | METHOD FOR JAMMING COMMUNICATIONS IN A CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL NETWORK - A method is provided for selectively, dynamically and adaptively jamming the third-party radio communications that are external to a radio communication network to be protected, which optimizes the effectiveness of the jamming of P predefined areas or positions in a network of transmitters, and which uses closed-loop control to limit fratricidal effects on certain platforms having telecommunication transmitters/receivers to be preserved. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176386 | OPTRONIC SYSTEM HAVING SUPRA-HEMISPHERIC VISION - A video optronic system, comprises a sensor with a supra-hemispheric lens and a matrix detector array, a unit for processing the sensed images, display means for the processed images. The matrix detector, having video rate, comprises: i. L×C pixels, with L and C>2000, each employing correlated double sampling and able to ensure a charge-voltage conversion, and ii. 2 C parallelized analog-digital conversion elements, each comprising a first ADC with output having low level and large gain and a second ADC with output having high level and low gain; the lens exhibits a focal length controlled by the angle of elevation, the focal length being longest in the equatorial plane, and has a numerical aperture lying between 0.9 and 1.6; and the processing unit comprises: i. means for correcting the non-uniformities, ii. means of weighted summation, of several neighboring pixels, iii. means for adapting and compressing the sensed image. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176172 | Mobile Directional Antenna with Polarization Switching - 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. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130175868 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH PRIORITIZED NETWORK SELECTION - A power supply system with prioritized network selection is disclosed. In one aspect, the system can be connected to the output of N power supply networks (R | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130173090 | Aircraft Flight Management Aid Device - 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 constraint. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130170522 | Method for Securing Communications Using an Initialization Vector the Time Not Being Known - 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. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130170132 | Electronic Computer Comprising an Air Channeling System for Cooling Electronic Boards - The electronic computer according to the invention comprises:
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| 20130169472 | HIGH-PRECISION, COMPACT ALTIMETRIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An altimetry system for a satellite, including an altimeter transmitting and receiving signals on at least one first frequency band; a radiometer receiving signals on at least one second frequency band, the altimeter and the radiometer being connected to one and the same antenna; reception means common to the altimeter and to the radiometer, and capable of amplifying and filtering the signals received from the antenna on a frequency band including the first frequency band and the second frequency band; means for separating the signals on the first frequency band from the signals on the second frequency band; the signals on the first frequency band being exploited to estimate an altimetric distance of the satellite, and radiometric measurements being exploited in order to correct the estimate. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169402 | Compact Planar VHF/UHF Power Impedance Transformer - An RF impedance transformer having a parallel low-impedance access Eb and serial high-impedance access Eh and intended for connection onto a printed circuit. The transformer includes a multilayer circuit that includes a long side and at least three layers. A first outer layer is separated from a second outer layer of the same thickness by at least one inner layer having a thickness at least four times greater than the thickness of the outer layers, each outer layer comprising an electrical conductor on each surface for forming a microstrip line, the serial high-impedance access Eh and the parallel low-impedance access Eb being on the long side of the multilayer circuit and near to each other so as to limit the area for connection with the printed circuit. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169384 | FREQUENCY-TUNABLE MICROWAVE BANDPASS FILTER - A frequency-tunable microwave bandpass filter including a wave guide having a rectangular cross-section and including a stationary first conductive portion I and a movable second conductive portion II. The first portion includes first conductive partitions having one or more conductive obstacles related to complementary openings in the section of the guide that forms capacitive irises. The first partitions are transversely mounted, at the propagation of the wave in the guide, define cavities in the longitudinal direction of the guide, are rigidly connected to the first portion and the second conductive partitions that have one or more openings defining capacitive irises, and, in combination with the adjacent guide lengths, form immitance inverters. The first partitions form a series of resonating cavities coupled by the immitance inverters. A means ensures electrical contact between the conductive portions I and II. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130166189 | ON-BOARD SYSTEM TO ASSIST THE TAXIING OF AN AIRCRAFT ON AIRPORT TAXIWAYS - The invention relates to an on-board optoelectronic system to assist the taxiing of an aircraft on the taxiways of an airport, that includes:
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| 20130166112 | Method and Device for Determining a Lateral Trajectory of an Aircraft and Associated Flight Management System - 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. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163639 | System for Modifying the Carrier Frequency - 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. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163456 | Method and Device for the Validation of Networks - 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. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163307 | Memory Device Correcting the Effect of Collisions of High-Energy Particles - A memory device automatically correcting the effect of collisions of high-energy particles, comprising at least one memory cell, and further comprising: retention means for retaining, for a determined period, a single copy of the stored value stored in said memory cell; detection means for detecting a change of state of said memory cell, by comparing the stored value stored in said memory cell with the value in retention in said retention means; and management means suitable for determining whether a detected change of state of said memory cell is due to a high-energy particle and, in which case, to automatically command a reloading of the stored value stored in said retention means into said memory cell. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130159807 | Method for Retransmitting Fragmented Packets - 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. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158750 | Energy Management On Board an Aircraft - 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. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130157606 | SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING SATELLITE SIGNALS - System for receiving satellite signals jammed by at least one source of interference and by a thermal noise comprising means for receiving the said satellite signals, means for filtering the said satellite signals, in order to remove the disruption from the said sources of interference. The system also comprises first means for determining a first covariance matrix of the satellite signals, adding means for adding respectively a first coefficient to at least one element of the diagonal of the said first covariance matrix in order to obtain a second covariance matrix, second means for determining, on the basis of the said second covariance matrix, second coefficients used by the said filtering means. The system also comprises means for detecting a first power of the said thermal noise, third means for dynamic determination of the value of the said first coefficients, on the basis of the first power. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155944 | Satellite Transmission System - A satellite transmission system comprises at least: one satellite and two stations comprising transmission means transmitting simultaneously and in the same frequency band a first, high-bit-rate signal and a second, low-bit-rate signal, the second signal allowing changing of frequency of the carrier signal. The station(s) include reception means for receiving simultaneously and in the same frequency band the first and second signal. The system includes means for detecting interference on the frequency band. The transmission means and reception means respectively switch the transmission and reception of the second signal from a low bit rate to a medium bit rate and deactivate the transmission of the first signal in presence of interference, and the transmission means and reception means respectively switch the transmission and reception of the second signal from a medium bit rate to a low bit rate and activate transmission of the first signal in absence of interference. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155836 | Method and System for an Optimized Retransmission of a Message in a Satellite Communications Context - 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. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154936 | Computer Equipment Comprising a Trackball and Method for Driving the Computer Equipment - A computer equipment comprises a trackball used to point to objects on a screen of the equipment. A method for driving the computer equipment is also provided. The trackball comprises a moving part and a body inside which the moving part can be displaced, the computer being configured to display at least one object and a pointer on the screen. The trackball comprises means making it possible to exert a tangential force on the moving part, means driven by the computer. The computer is configured to modulate the force according to the shape of the object displayed and the position of the pointer relative to the object. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154319 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING THE PILOT OF AN AIRCRAFT BY HAPTIC MEANS - The invention relates to a system for assisting the pilot of an aircraft, which comprises aboard the aircraft:
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| 20130148700 | SYSTEM FOR AMPLIFYING SIGNALS GENERATED BY A SATELLITE SIGNAL GENERATOR UNIT - A system for amplifying signals generated by a unit for generating signals of a satellite, the system including: a first pathway including a first bandpass digital filter with finite impulse response and a first digital/analog converter; frequency transposition means; an amplifying device; a second pathway including a second bandpass digital filter with finite impulse response; gain means disposed at the output of said second digital filter, a phase-slaved numerically-controlled oscillator, and a second digital/analog converter; and a recombiner device for summing the signals of said first and second pathways. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147571 | Balanced Feed Bushing Device for Antennas - An HF feed bushing device is provided that is designed to connect an HF transmitter/receiver to an antenna via an external medium by means of a balanced two-wire line. The balanced two-wire line is at least partially encapsulated in a central part of a closed conduit including a wall isolating the balanced two-wire line from the external medium. Applications: Feeding of antennas via balanced two-wire lines. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147494 | Data Input Device with a Potentiometer, and Joystick Intended for Piloting an Aircraft, Said Joystick Comprising the Data Input Device - 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. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130146714 | Method and System 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 - 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. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130145862 | Probe for Measuring the Total Pressure of a Flow and Method for Implementing the Probe - 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. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130145836 | Probe for Measuring a Local Angle of Attack and Method Implementing Same - A probe for measuring a local angle of attack designed to be fixed to a wall and a method implementing the probe are provided. The probe comprises at least three pressure sampling ports disposed over a nose of the probe body, pressure measurement means associated with the pressure sampling ports and calculation means capable of determining an angle of attack of the flow with respect to the main direction of the probe body as a function of the pressures measured by the pressure measurement means. The calculation means are configured for choosing from amongst the pressure sampling ports those allowing the best measurement precision of the local angle of attack to be obtained and for calculating the local angle of attack with respect to the main direction using the pressure measurements carried out in the chosen pressure sampling ports. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130144518 | Method, Device and System for Guaranteeing a Temporal Spacing Between an Aircraft and At Least One Reference Moving Object - A method is provided for guaranteeing a temporal spacing between an aircraft and at least one reference moving object, said spacing needing to be guaranteed no later than at a point in the flight plan called the point of interception, with the aircraft following a current flight plan. The feasibility of guaranteeing the spacing at a date Tcour by regulating the speed of the aircraft while maintaining the current flight plan is verified in a first step. In a second step it is verified whether the date Tcour is contained within a feasibility range. In a third step the current flight plan is modified when the feasibility is not verified, a lateral trajectory between the current position Xcour of the aircraft and the point of interception being implemented in this case such that the spacing can be attained by regulating the speed. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142214 | LASER ANEMOMETRY PROBE SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING CONTINUOUS COHERENT DETECTION, WITH SINGLE-PARTICLE MODE, CAPABLE OF DETECTING ICE-FORMING CONDITIONS AND OF DETERMINING THE SEVERITY OF ICING - The laser anemometry probe (LAP) system with continuous coherent detection, with single-particle mode, comprises means (AN) for analysing the measurement signals of the said probe (LAP) and means (MES_T) for measuring the temperature (T). | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141732 | FRAME ELEMENT OF A LASER GYROSCOPE COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE COMPRISING MOBILE IONS AND AN ELECTRODE - The invention pertains to a frame element of a laser gyroscope comprising a substrate comprising mobile ions and an electrode fixed to the said substrate, comprising at least one electrically conducting element, connected electrically to the said electrode, and furnished with at least one distal part integrated into the said substrate and exhibiting at least one tip and/or at least one groove, forming at least one blind hole and/or at least one groove in the said substrate, of shape corresponding to that of the said distal part or parts, so as to obtain a tip effect. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141282 | SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A RADIO SIGNAL TRANSMITTER LOCATED ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED INTERFEROMETRY - A system of geographical location of at least one radio signal transmitter located on the Earth's surface including: a set of satellites equipped with receiving antennas adapted for receiving said signals, forming a main extended interferometry device; an intersatellite relative metrology device for determining the relative positions of said satellites to one another, including at least one dedicated sensor for each satellite, and intersatellite communication means; a device for dating said received signals from said determining of the relative positions of said satellites to one another, issued by said intersatellite relative metrology device; a secondary interferometry device including at least one set of at least three antennas of a satellite; a ground base station; a device for transmitting measurements acquired on the satellites to the ground base station; and means of determining an absolute position of at least one of the satellites. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130138322 | FULL AUTHORITY DIGITAL ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE - In one aspect, a digital engine control system for an aircraft engine is provided. The control system includes a selection unit, the selection unit including a monitoring module configured to determine a measurement of the speed of rotation of the engine from the output signal from one or more protection sensors and to compare the or each speed measurement determined by the selection unit with speed measurements supplied by electronic control units to determine an operating state of each electronic control unit. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130136054 | METHOD FOR THE OPTIMIZED ALLOCATION OF A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION RESOURCE AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for the time allocation of a satellite communication resource and an associated communication system. The method includes transmitting, by the terminal, a request indicating the time of input of a message into the system and its time requirement, and allocating the communication resource to the message, by performing a processing of the requests by a message scheduling calculation taking into account the time of input of the message into the system and its time requirement. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135482 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING VIDEO QUALITY AT ANY RESOLUTION - Method of estimating the perceived quality of a video sequence at a maximum spatial resolution and a maximum temporal resolution, and at a lower spatial resolution and/or temporal resolution, said method including filtering said video sequence at the lower temporal resolution and/or the lower spatial resolution so as to produce a filtered video sequence at the maximum spatial and temporal resolutions; determining a reference sequence that is, at most, equal to the content of said video sequence at the maximum spatial and temporal resolutions; and calculating a metric of perceived quality of said video sequence at the lower temporal resolution and/or the lower spatial resolution. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135443 | System for Space-based Imaging in Three Dimensions - A system for space-based imaging in three dimensions comprises: at least two satellites in a geocentric orbit in the same orbital plane, a satellite being equipped with equipment for optical imaging in two dimensions and means for transmitting to the ground the images in two dimensions; at least one data receiving station on the ground, connected to a communications network; at least one centre for processing the images received in two dimensions from the said satellites in order to create resulting images in three dimensions and to broadcast the said resulting images in three dimensions, said processing centre being connected to the said communications network; and, means for controlling said satellites such that a geographical area of the Earth of which images are to be taken is seen under an angle of incidence with respect to the nadir greater than a minimum threshold and/or less than a maximum threshold. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135310 | Method and device for representing synthetic environments - A method and a device for representing synthetic environments notably comprises a position detector of the observer, a synthesis image generator, and a conformal dynamic transformation module producing a rendering in two dimensions of a scene in three dimensions, said rendering being displayed by a calibrated display device. The invention can be implemented in the field of the simulation of mobile craft such as helicopters, airplanes, trucks. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134026 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH, OF THE NORMALLY-CLOSED TYPE, ESPECIALLY FOR A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The switch includes a printed circuit, of generally plane shape, and comprising a first face bearing a first contact pad, a second face, opposite the first, bearing a second contact pad, and a through-orifice allowing access between the first face and the second face. The switch also includes a conductor, having a first part, which cooperates with the first contact pad, and a second part, which extends between a first end, fixed to the first part, and a free second end, passing through the orifice. The second part is elastically deformable between a rest position, in which its second end cooperates with the second contact pad, and a stressed position, in which its second end is moved away from the second contact pad. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130130615 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT WITH GUARANTEES OF DELIVERY TIMESCALES IN HYBRID RADIO NETWORKS - Method for disseminating messages or information content in a hybrid network including a network scaffold comprising pilot entities, and a mobile network including mobile nodes communicating in an “ad hoc” manner with one another, the method including: at the level of each of the pilot entities of the scaffold of the network, scheduling the transfers of at least one message by: let S | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128004 | Modular Night-Vision System with Fused Optical Sensors - A modular night visualization system with fused optical sensors comprises a light-intensifying base module and an image-sensing auxiliary module. The connections according to the system provide a modular system in which the auxiliary module is easily interchangeable with a different auxiliary module. Thus, a compact and modular visualization system that is operationally easier to use is provided. The system may be a night-vision field-glass for a foot soldier enabling fusion of sensors. Any other application for a vision field-glass with fused sensors is possible. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126668 | Balloon Comprising Photovoltaic Means and a Solar Concentration Device - A balloon equipped with photovoltaic means exhibiting an active face intended to receive solar rays and comprising an envelope, characterized in that the envelope comprises at least: a first zone transparent to solar rays; a second reflecting zone for said solar rays; a third zone comprising said photovoltaic means, the active face of which is directed toward the inside of said envelope; the second and third zones being positioned and cooperating in such a way as to reflect the solar rays in the direction of said third zone. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130122879 | METHOD FOR ENSURING CONTINUITY DURING THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION SESSIONS OPERATED FROM A FOURTH-GENERATION MOBILE TERMINAL - A method ensuring continuity of management of communications sessions operated from a fourth-generation mobile terminal communicating on an IP network including at least one radio network with a plurality of base stations with which said terminal is capable of communicating, said radio network connected via access gateways to an interconnection network with communications session management application servers, the sessions of a mobile terminal being managed by one of said servers, the method including: in the event of a movement of the mobile terminal resulting in a change of access gateway, the new gateway transmits an alert message to a new management server; the new management server transmits an interrogation request to the other servers in order to recover the call context of the mobile terminal; and the new server transmits an invitation to the mobile terminal accompanied by connection parameters, such that said terminal can connect to the new server. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120845 | Device for Protection of a Multibeam Optical Instrument - A protection device for an optical instrument of a satellite including a body on which the optical instrument is mounted, the optical instrument including a central mirror and peripheral mirrors reflecting light towards the central mirror, said protection device having a folded position and a deployed position, includes a plurality of panels rigid in the deployed position, the device forming a cellular structure including a tube for each peripheral mirror, the section of the tubes being a polygon, the tubes being disposed in such a manner as to protect the peripheral mirrors against stray illumination, and said panels being held against the body of the satellite in the folded position. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120183 | DUAL FREQUENCY RECEIVER FOR SATELLITE-BASED POSITIONING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF RECEPTION - The present invention relates to a method for locating an aircraft (A | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118281 | Linear Actuator - A linear actuator suitable for mobilizing a load comprises: a leg linked to the load by one of its ends with a ball joint with three degrees of freedom in rotation; a plate that is mobile in translation along an axis belonging to a plane of a support of the actuator, said mobile plate being mechanically linked to the leg by its other end. The linear actuator also comprises at least one first elastic cable, fixed by one of its ends to the mobile plate, and fixed by its other end to the support, being engaged in a first pulley fixed to the support. The actuator can notably be used to mobilize a simulation platform mounted on a hexapod. | 05-16-2013 |
