公开(公告)号：US09109878B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-18

申请号：US14298821

申请日：2014-06-06

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Bruno Barbier ,  Laurent Potin ,  Siegfried Rouzes

IPC: G01B11/00 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S5/16 ,  F41G3/22

CPC classification number: G01B11/002 ,  F41G3/225 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G01S17/875

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of systems for detecting the posture of a mobile object. The systems according to the invention comprise a fixed electro-optical device comprising an emission source and a photosensitive sensor. The optical corner cube is arranged on the mobile object. The entry face of the corner cube has a predetermined geometry, the light coming from the source and reflected back by the corner cube forming a luminous contour on the matrix sensor. The fixed electro-optical device comprises an optical element with a known shape and location, which is placed in the vicinity of the said source and is arranged so as to form a dark zone in the central part of the luminous contour. The detection system comprises analysis means determining the position and the orientation of the mobile object from knowledge of the vanishing points of the luminous contour and the position and shape of the dark zone.

Abstract translation: 本发明的一般领域是用于检测移动物体的姿势的系统。 根据本发明的系统包括固定电光装置，其包括发射源和感光传感器。 光学角立方体布置在移动物体上。 拐角立方体的入射面具有预定的几何形状，来自源的光并由角立方体反射回来，在矩阵传感器上形成发光轮廓。 固定电光装置包括具有已知形状和位置的光学元件，其被放置在所述源的附近并且被布置成在发光轮廓的中心部分中形成暗区。 所述检测系统包括分析装置，根据所述发光轮廓的消失点以及所述暗区的位置和形状的知识来确定所述移动体的位置和姿态。

公开(公告)号：US11100897B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16905518

申请日：2020-06-18

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Alexandre Fine ,  Philippe Neto ,  Siegfried Rouzes

IPC: G09G5/24 ,  G09G5/32 ,  G09G5/36

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for verifying a character to be displayed on a screen, compared to a reference character. The character to be displayed and the reference character each comprise at least several characteristic points. The method comprises: a) determining a barycenter of the characteristic points of the character to be displayed, b) computing geometric coordinates of each characteristic point of the character to be displayed in a coordinate system centered on the determined barycenter, and c) computing a deviation between the character to be displayed and the reference character, as a function of the geometric coordinates computed for the character to be displayed and predetermined geometric coordinates for the reference character. The character to be displayed is considered correct only if the computed deviation is below the predetermined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US09285212B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-15

申请号：US14512327

申请日：2014-10-10

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Bruno Barbier ,  Laurent Potin ,  Siegfried Rouzes

IPC: G01B11/14 ,  A42B3/00 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/74

CPC classification number: G01B11/14 ,  A42B3/00 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/74

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of systems for detecting the posture of a mobile object in space. The system according to the invention comprises an electro-optical device comprising a light source, a photoreceptor and means of analysis, and a retro-reflecting cube corner disposed on the mobile object. The cube corner comprises a mask disposed on its entry face. The source emits a parallel or almost-parallel pencil beam. The electro-optical device comprises means for deviating, about a fixed point, the said pencil beam of light by an angle varying as a function of time. The photoreceptor is configured for receiving the pencil beam of light retro-reflected by the cube corner. The means of analysis are configured in such a manner as to determine, based on the signal coming from the photoreceptor, the position of a number of points representative of the borders of the mask and, using this positional information, the posture of the cube corner in space.

Abstract translation: 本发明的一般领域是用于检测空间中的移动物体的姿势的系统。 根据本发明的系统包括一种包括光源，感光体和分析装置的电光装置，以及设置在移动物体上的后向反射立体角。 立体角包括设置在其入口面上的掩模。 源发出平行或几乎平行的笔形光束。 电光装置包括用于以一个随时间变化的角度偏离所述笔尖光束的固定点的装置。 感光体被构造成用于接收由立体角反射的笔形光束。 分析方式被配置为基于来自感光体的信号来确定代表掩模的边界的多个点的位置，并且使用该位置信息来确定立方角的姿势 在太空。

公开(公告)号：US11182011B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16898310

申请日：2020-06-10

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Philippe Coni ,  Frédéric Renaud ,  Jean-Christophe Abadie ,  Siegfried Rouzes

IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract: A touch surface includes an array of rows of electrodes, an input point on a row for injecting an input voltage (VDRIVE), measuring an output voltage (VSENSE) at a second point in the row, p being the number of pitch spacings of the array separating the two points, the portion of the array between the first point and the second point being akin to an electric dipole of resistance (R(p)) and of capacitance (C), the output voltage (VSENSE) being equal to the product of the input voltage (VDRIVE) and a transfer function represented by a complex function (HSENSE). The measurement includes extracting the amplitude (G) and the phase (φ) from the transfer function; and calculating a hybrid function (S(G, φ)) of the amplitude and of the phase, the hybrid function minimizing a sum (Σ) defined by Σ i ∈ [ 0 , p ] ⁡ ( δ ⁢ ⁢ S δ ⁢ ⁢ R ⁢ ( G ⁡ ( R i ) , φ ⁡ ( R i ) ) ) .

公开(公告)号：US09557176B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14479243

申请日：2014-09-05

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Xavier Servantie ,  Siegfried Rouzes ,  Emmanuel Monvoisin

IPC: G01C21/20 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G01C23/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/20 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G06T17/05

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of methods for three-dimensional conformal representation of a terrain. The method is used in a piloting and navigation assistance system of an aircraft. The assistance system comprises a navigation system, a cartographic database, electronic calculation means a meteorological database and a display system allowing the superimposition of synthetic images on the exterior. The method comprises the following steps: Step 1: Calculation, for a determined position of the vehicle, of the terrain perceptible through the display system; Step 2: Selection of a part of the said terrain as a function of a distance or of an altitude or of a range of altitudes; Step 3: Calculation of a three-dimensional conformal cartographic representation of the said selected part of the terrain; and Step 4: Display of the said cartographic representation by the display system.

Abstract translation: 本发明的一般领域是用于地形的三维适形表示的方法。 该方法用于飞机的驾驶和导航辅助系统。 辅助系统包括导航系统，制图数据库，电子计算装置，气象数据库和允许在外部叠加合成图像的显示系统。 该方法包括以下步骤：步骤1：针对车辆的确定位置计算通过显示系统可感知的地形; 步骤2：根据距离或高度或高度范围来选择所述地形的一部分; 步骤3：计算所述所选部分地形的三维适形地图表示; 和步骤4：由显示系统显示所述制图表示。

公开(公告)号：US08810806B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US13941421

申请日：2013-07-12

Applicant: Thales

Inventor： Bruno Barbier ,  Laurent Potin ,  Siegfried Rouzes

IPC: G01B11/14

CPC classification number: G01B11/14 ,  G01S17/875

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of systems for the optical detection of the orientation and the position of a mobile object in space. The system comprises a fixed electro-optical device comprising a transmission point source, image analysis means and an optical cube corner disposed on the mobile object. The input surface of the cube corner comprises a polygonal-shaped mask, the sides of which comprise a geometric marking to identify them. The fixed electro-optical device comprises photosensitive means close to the point source and disposed in two different recording planes and recording two luminous shapes in perspective of the mask obtained by reflection on the surfaces of the cube corner. The image analysis means comprise means for determining the vanishing points of the two luminous shapes in the two recording planes, the knowledge of the four vanishing points enabling the determination of the position and orientation of the optical cube corner in relation to the fixed electro-optical device.

Abstract translation: 本发明的一般领域是用于光学检测空间中的移动物体的取向和位置的系统。 该系统包括固定电光装置，其包括传输点源，图像分析装置和设置在移动物体上的光学立体角。 立体角的输入表面包括多边形形状的掩模，其侧面包括用于识别它们的几何标记。 固定电光装置包括靠近点源并且设置在两个不同记录平面中的感光装置，并且在通过在立方角的表面上的反射获得的掩模的透视图中记录两个发光形状。 图像分析装置包括用于确定两个记录平面中的两个发光形状的消失点的装置，四个消失点的知识使得能够确定光学立方角相对于固定电光学的位置和取向 设备。