公开(公告)号：US20200168111A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16691031

申请日：2019-11-21

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Yoan VEYRAC ,  Patrick GARREC ,  Pascal CORNIC

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T17/05

Abstract: The method uses a fleet of aircraft being equipped with at least one radar sensor, it includes at least: a step of collective collection of radar images by a set of aircraft (A1, . . . AN) of the fleet, the radar images being obtained by the radar sensors of the aircraft (A1, . . . AN) in nominal landing phases on the runway, a step wherein each image collected by an aircraft is labelled with at least information on the position of the runway relative to the aircraft, the labelled image being sent to a shared database and stored in the database; a step of learning by a neural network of the runway from the labelled images stored in the shared database, at the end of the step the neural network being trained; a step of sending of the trained neural network to at least one of the aircraft (A1).

公开(公告)号：US20180284263A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15933252

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Pascal CORNIC ,  Patrick GARREC ,  Patrick LE BIHAN

IPC: G01S13/91 ,  G01S13/58

CPC classification number: G01S13/913 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/87 ,  G01S13/9064 ,  G05D1/0669 ,  G05D1/0676

Abstract: A method comprises at least: a first radar processing for locating and estimating the trajectory of a target on the basis of measurements of radial distances, of Doppler frequency and of angle of azimuth and of elevation of the target arising from a radar signal emitted towards the target; a second radar processing of location and of trajectory of the target along a vertical axis, by applying the principle of the inverse synthetic antenna; the disparity between the given trajectory and the trajectory estimated by the first processing, projected on a horizontal plane, and the disparity between the given trajectory and the trajectory estimated by the second processing according to the vertical axis being used to control the direction of displacement of the target.

公开(公告)号：US20150372649A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-24

申请号：US14764148

申请日：2014-02-27

Applicant: THALES ,  INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX ,  UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX ,  CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

Inventor： Patrick GARREC ,  Eric KERHERVE ,  Pascal CORNIC ,  Stéphane KEMKEMIAN ,  Nejdat DEMIREL ,  Yves MANCUSO

IPC: H03F1/02 ,  H03F3/19 ,  H03F3/21

CPC classification number: H03F1/0288 ,  H03F3/19 ,  H03F3/211 ,  H03F3/45089 ,  H03F3/72 ,  H03F2200/301 ,  H03F2200/537 ,  H03F2200/541 ,  H03F2203/21109 ,  H03F2203/45731

Abstract: An input signal amplification system comprises at least two different means of amplifying input signals in order to obtain amplified signals. It also comprises at least one means of summing amplified signals, and dynamic means of activating or deactivating one or more of the amplifying means based on input signals.

Abstract translation: 输入信号放大系统包括至少两种不同的放大输入信号的装置，以获得放大的信号。 它还包括对放大信号求和的至少一种手段，以及基于输入信号激活或去激活一个或多个放大装置的动态装置。

公开(公告)号：US20230194698A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17920718

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Pascal CORNIC ,  Renan LE GALL ,  Yves AUDIC

IPC: G01S13/89 ,  G01S7/35 ,  G01S13/58

CPC classification number: G01S13/89 ,  G01S7/356 ,  G01S13/584 ,  G01S7/354

Abstract: An imaging method using a doppler radar wherein the pointing direction in transmission (dei) is modified from recurrence to recurrence; each detection block of duration T comprises a periodic repetition of a number C of pointing cycles, each of these cycles comprising a number P of recurrences, the set of these P recurrences covering the De pointing directions (dei) of the set; the order of the pointings is modified in a pseudo-random manner from pointing cycle to pointing cycle during a same detection block so as to create an irregular time interval between two pointings in a same direction; at least one beam is formed in reception on each recurrence in a direction included in the transmission-focused angular domain in the pointing direction corresponding to the recurrence.

公开(公告)号：US20220390592A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17762370

申请日：2020-09-24

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Pascal CORNIC ,  Renan LE GALL ,  Rodolphe COTTRON ,  Yoan VEYRAC

IPC: G01S13/89

Abstract: A radar imaging method using an active antenna comprising N transmission channels and M reception channels, transmitting in bursts of pointing cycles, is disclosed. The antenna covers a given angular range during a detection time unit of duration T, said time unit corresponds to a burst in which the N transmission channels are focused successively in a number De of pointing directions (di) such that: the pointing direction on transmission (di) is modified from recurrence to recurrence; each time unit of duration T comprising a periodic repetition of a number C of identical pointing cycles, each of these cycles comprising a number P of recurrences, the set of these P recurrences covers the De pointing directions (di); at least one beam is formed in reception on each recurrence in a direction included in the angular range focused on transmission in the pointing direction corresponding to said recurrence.

公开(公告)号：US20220146657A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17525851

申请日：2021-11-12

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Yoan VEYRAC ,  Pascal CORNIC ,  Renan LE GALL ,  Gonzague BERTIN DE LA HAUTIERE

IPC: G01S13/42 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  G01S13/91 ,  G01S13/89

Abstract: The invention relates to a MIMO imaging radar system. The system comprises transmission channels (Ve1, VeM), reception channels (Vr1, VrN), and co-located radiating elements (ERe1, EReM, ERr1, ERrN) forming a two-dimensional antenna array. Each radiating element (ERe1, EReM, ERr1, ERrN) has a predefined instantaneous field of coverage. Each radiating element is formed by a plurality of p radiating sub-elements (SeElt1, SsEltp) distributed in at least one of the two dimensions of the antenna array. The radar comprises a plurality of electronic steering modules (MDe1, . . . , MDrN). Each electronic steering module is connected to one radiating element. Each steering module is configured to apply a steering command (Cmd) between all the radiating sub-elements (SeElt1, SsEltp) of a given radiating element. The steering command (Cmd) is identical from one radiating element to the next, so as to move the field of coverage of each radiating element in the same direction.

公开(公告)号：US20200256983A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16708194

申请日：2019-12-09

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Yoan VEYRAC ,  Jérémy INCONSTANTE ,  Patrick GARREC ,  Richard MONTIGNY ,  Pascal CORNIC

IPC: G01S13/935 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G01S13/00 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C27/04 ,  B64D43/00

Abstract: A proximity radar method for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a sequence of phases T(k) of steps. In a first phase T(1), the electronic computer of the radar system computes unambiguous synthetic patterns on the basis of a first activated interferometric pattern M(1) of N unitary radiating groups. In the following phases T(k) of steps, executed successively in increasing order of k, the electronic computer computes synthetic patterns on the basis of interferometric patterns M(k) of rank k, wherein the N unitary radiating groups of a series deviate simultaneously in terms of azimuth and in terms of elevation as k increases, and establishes maps of rank k of the surroundings in terms of azimuth distance/direction and/or elevation distance/direction cells wherein the detected obstacle ambiguities, associated with the network lobes, are removed by virtue of the map(s) provided in the preceding phase or phases.

公开(公告)号：US20200168112A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16691046

申请日：2019-11-21

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Yoan VEYRAC ,  Patrick GARREC ,  Pascal CORNIC

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64D45/08 ,  G01C23/00 ,  B64D43/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06N3/08 ,  H04W4/18

Abstract: With the device detecting and positioning the runway with respect to the aircraft, it includes at least: a radar sensor; a radar image collection system, collecting and tagging images acquired by radar sensors carried by aircraft during phases of landing on the runway under nominal conditions, the tagging of an image giving information about the positioning of the runway with respect to the aircraft carrying the sensor capturing the image; a neural network trained on the basis of the images that are tagged and collected during landings on the runway under nominal conditions, the network estimating the position of the runway with respect to the aircraft by virtue of the radar images acquired by the sensor during the current landing; a functional block utilizing and formatting the data about the positioning of the runway with respect to the aircraft and coming from the neural network in order to format the data in an adapted interface.

公开(公告)号：US20180120427A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15792700

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Pascal CORNIC ,  Stéphane KEMKEMIAN ,  Yves AUDIC

IPC: G01S13/34 ,  G01S7/40 ,  H01Q1/32

CPC classification number: G01S13/34 ,  G01S7/4021 ,  G01S7/4056 ,  G01S13/343 ,  G01S13/4463 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S2013/0245 ,  G01S2013/9375 ,  H01Q1/3233

Abstract: A radar comprises at least one array antenna composed of transmit sub-arrays and of receive sub-arrays, a transmit and receive system and processing means: the distribution of the transmit sub-arrays and receive sub-arrays is symmetric both with respect to a vertical axis and a horizontal axis; at least two transmit sub-arrays symmetric with respect to the vertical axis are the largest possible distance apart; at least two transmit sub-arrays symmetric with respect to the horizontal axis are the largest possible distance apart; at least two receive sub-arrays symmetric with respect to the vertical axis are the largest possible distance apart; at least two receive sub-arrays symmetric with respect to the horizontal axis are the largest possible distance apart; a first coding of the wave transmitted by the transmit sub-arrays carried out by frequency shifting of the ramps between the various transmit sub-arrays; a second coding of the wave transmitted by the transmit sub-arrays carried out by phase modulation from frequency ramp to frequency ramp between the various transmit sub-arrays.

公开(公告)号：US20180045819A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15649356

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Pascal CORNIC ,  Patrick LE BIHAN ,  Jean-Michel QUELLEC

IPC: G01S13/34 ,  G01S13/60 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G01S13/50 ,  G01S13/36 ,  G01S13/28

CPC classification number: G01S13/34 ,  G01S13/28 ,  G01S13/343 ,  G01S13/36 ,  G01S13/505 ,  G01S13/605 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G01S13/931

Abstract: A detection method implementing an FMCW waveform is provided, the emitted waveform is formed of a recurring pattern of given period Tr covering an emission frequency band of given width B, each pattern being divided into a given number P of sub-patterns of duration Tr/P covering an excursion frequency band ΔF=B/P, the sub-patterns being mutually spaced by a frequency interval equal to ΔF. The radar performs: a first distance-compression processing operation carrying out a low-resolution distance compression at the scale of each recurring pattern on a fraction B/P of the emission band of width B corresponding to the frequency band covered by each of the sub-patterns; a Doppler processing operation on a given number N of successive recurrences so as to form P ambiguous distance-Doppler maps of low distance resolution, the maps being segmented into various speed domains; a second distance-compression processing operation of resolution that differs depending on the speed domain to which the relative speed of the target with respect to the radar belongs.