公开(公告)号：US20220368415A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17406327

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Sunil PANTHI ,  Arnaud TONNERRE

IPC: H04B7/185

Abstract: An aircraft based satellite communication (SATCOM) terminal includes a broadband aperture configured to communicate through non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites for broadband communications, a management aperture configured to receive NGSO satellite management information from a geostationary orbit (GSO) satellite, and at least one processor that performs operations. The operations receive the NGSO satellite management information from the GSO satellite, where the NGSO satellite management information indicates positions and associated time of a set of the NGSO satellites. The operations acquire a second communication link with a second NGSO satellite among the set using the NGSO satellite management information during handoff switching from using a first communication link that was previously acquired with a first NGSO satellite to using the second communication link being acquired with the second NGSO satellite. The operations then perform broadband communications through the broadband aperture and the second communication link with the second NGSO satellite. Related ground-based control centers are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220193283A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17558901

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Colt Meskimen

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  B64D47/02 ,  B64F5/30 ,  B64D41/00 ,  B60Q3/47 ,  B60Q3/68 ,  A61L2/24 ,  H02J13/00

Abstract: A pathogen sterilization light assembly for a vehicle cabin is provided herein and may include a plurality of sterilization lights mounted spaced apart along a cabin of the vehicle and configured to emit ultraviolet (UV) light directed toward areas within the cabin to sterilize pathogens.

公开(公告)号：US11039198B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16108153

申请日：2018-08-22

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Yves Couleaud ,  François Michel

IPC: H04N21/426 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/437

Abstract: Courier electronic devices are used to transport seat video display unit (SVDU) operating system (OS) code updates from a content operation center to onboard a vehicle. The OS code used by the SVDUs is updated based on the OS code update to generate an updated OS code, which is used to curate entertainment content files from a mass storage device for selection among by passengers for their consumption through the SVDUs. Entertainment content files may also be selected by the content operation center based on passenger characteristic information and loaded onto the courier electronic devices for transport onboard the vehicle for transfer to the SVDUs to update the entertainment content that is made available for selection by the passengers. The courier electronic devices may be used to facilitate transportation of other information between the SVDUs in the content operation center.

公开(公告)号：US20210150235A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US16688040

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Colt Meskimen ,  Ruchik Samir Dave ,  Jean-Yves Couleaud

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/488 ,  G06K9/62 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06N3/08 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64D45/00 ,  B64D11/00 ,  B64D11/06

Abstract: An object recognition computer for a vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code executable by the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations are configured to receive video streams from a plurality of cameras spaced apart within the vehicle and each having a field-of-view capturing at least one passenger seat. For each of the video streams, the operations retrieve from a data structure information that defines a region within video frames of the video stream where object recognition is to be performed to attempt to identify a defined object associated with the at least one passenger seat. The operations then perform object recognition limited to within the defined region to identify the defined object. Notifications can be selectively generated to passengers and/or crew based on the object recognition.

公开(公告)号：US20200304861A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16894415

申请日：2020-06-05

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Yves COULEAUD ,  François MICHEL

IPC: H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Courier electronic devices are used to transport seat video display unit (SVDU) operating system (OS) code updates from a content operation center to onboard a vehicle. The OS code used by the SVDUs is updated based on the OS code update to generate an updated OS code, which is used to curate entertainment content files from a mass storage device for selection among by passengers for their consumption through the SVDUs. Entertainment content files may also be selected by the content operation center based on passenger characteristic information and loaded onto the courier electronic devices for transport onboard the vehicle for transfer to the S VDUs to update the entertainment content that is made available for selection by the passengers. The courier electronic devices may be used to facilitate transportation of other information between the SVDUs in the content operation center.

公开(公告)号：US10591611B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15427595

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: THALES AVIONICS

Inventor： Nicolas Martin ,  Denis Bouvet

IPC: G01S19/30 ,  G01S19/21

Abstract: A method for determining a wrong synchronization of a receiver with a satellite, associated receiver and computer program product, is implemented after the acquisition phase and includes the following steps: generating first and second test signals; for each correlation interval, determining a first prompt correlator corresponding to the correlation value between the received signal and the first test signal, and a second prompt correlator corresponding to the correlation value between the received signal and the second test signal; determining first and second energy values corresponding to the energy of the first and second correlators, respectively; determining a wrong synchronization indicator based on the difference between the first and second energy values; and detecting a wrong synchronization based on this indicator.

公开(公告)号：US20190253980A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16394635

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Khosro Rabii ,  Jean-Yves Couleaud ,  Pierre Schuberth ,  Cedric Le May

IPC: H04W52/24 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B17/327 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of static transceivers and an ISM band communication interference manager. The static transceivers are configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in the ISM band. The static transceivers are further configured to measure signals received within the ISM band from mobile transceivers within the aircraft and to measure signals received from proximately located ones of the static transceivers, and to generate measurement reports containing the measurements and containing identifiers of the proximately located ones of the static transceivers and the mobile transceivers. The ISM band communication interference manager is communicatively connected to the static transceivers, and performs operations that include receiving the measurement reports from the static transceivers, and controlling transmission power levels used by the static transceivers and the mobile transceivers responsive to the content of the measurement reports.

公开(公告)号：USD851663S1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US29585163

申请日：2016-11-21

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Designer： Andrew A. Guesnon, Jr.

公开(公告)号：US10313982B1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15499248

申请日：2017-04-27

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Khosro Rabii ,  Jean-Yves Couleaud ,  Pierre Schuberth ,  Cedric Le May

IPC: H04W52/24 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B17/327 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of static transceivers and an ISM band communication interference manager. The static transceivers are configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in the ISM band. The static transceivers are further configured to measure signals received within the ISM band from mobile transceivers within the aircraft and to measure signals received from proximately located ones of the static transceivers, and to generate measurement reports containing the measurements and containing identifiers of the proximately located ones of the static transceivers and the mobile transceivers. The ISM band communication interference manager is communicatively connected to the static transceivers, and performs operations that include receiving the measurement reports from the static transceivers, and controlling transmission power levels used by the static transceivers and the mobile transceivers responsive to the content of the measurement reports.

公开(公告)号：US10306294B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15864535

申请日：2018-01-08

Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Yves Couleaud ,  Tracy Decuir

IPC: H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04H20/62 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/65

Abstract: A vehicle entertainment system includes a video display unit and a user interface (UI) control processor. The UI control processor is configured to receive passenger attributes sensed from the passenger operating the video display unit, generate a passenger metric that characterizes the passenger based on the attribute, and control a UI of the video display unit based on the passenger metric. The passenger metric may be a passenger demographic metric determined based on facial features of the passenger. The passenger demographic metric may be a passenger emotion metric, a passenger attentiveness metric, a passenger UI operational effectiveness metric, a passenger biometric feature metric, etc.