Patents by Inventor Andrea Ghiraldi

Andrea Ghiraldi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230165186
    Abstract: A method for optimising the amount of slurry that is spread on a soil to be fertilised by means of a vehicle comprising a slurry spreader device fed by a tank through at least one conduit, wherein the concentration of at least one slurry ingredient in the conduit is acquired, a pressure difference between two points in the feed conduit upstream and downstream of a valve and the speed of the vehicle are measured, an effective volumetric flow rate of the slurry is calculated as a function of the measured pressure difference and a target volumetric flow rate of the slurry is calculated as a function of a target spreading factor and concentration of the ingredient, the measured speed and a spreading width of the slurry spreader device, and the valve is adjusted as a function of the difference between the effective volumetric flow rate and the target volumetric flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea GHIRALDI, Anna GHIRALDI
  • Patent number: 11415694
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for agricultural crop analysis, comprises: a light source (2) for sending light radiation towards a crop; a plurality of sensors (21) for acquiring light radiation reflected by the crop and a plurality of filtering elements (22) adapted to enable complete passage only of light having frequencies within a predetermined passband. The filtering elements (22) have passbands that differ from each other and each filtering element (22) is functionally coupled with a respective sensor (21) in such a manner that the latter receives only light radiation that has traversed the former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DINAMICA GENERALE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Ghiraldi, Alberto Barbi
  • Publication number: 20190369243
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for agricultural crop analysis, comprises: a light source (2) for sending light radiation towards a crop; a plurality of sensors (21) for acquiring light radiation reflected by the crop and a plurality of filtering elements (22) adapted to enable complete passage only of light having frequencies within a predetermined passband. The filtering elements (22) have passbands that differ from each other and each filtering element (22) is functionally coupled with a respective sensor (21) in such a manner that the latter receives only light radiation that has traversed the former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: ANDREA GHIRALDI, ALBERTO BARBI
  • Publication number: 20180364157
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for the analysis and management of a field (2), cultivated or intended to be cultivated, comprises: a first detection device (3) adapted for acquiring electromagnetic radiation emitted by vegetation (21) and/or soil (20) of the field (2) and adapted for producing first measurement signals representative of acquisitions performed; a second detection device (4) adapted for spectroscopic analysis of the soil (20) and adapted for producing second measurement signals representative of analyses performed; and a processing unit (6) comprising: a first analysis module (61) configured to obtain first data representative of the vegetation (21) and/or the soil (20) of the field (2), as a function of the first measurement signals; a second analysis module (62) configured to obtain second data of the soil (20) subject to detection, as a function of the second measurement signals; and an evaluation module configured to determine evaluation states of the analysed vegetation and soil, based on the respectiv
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: ANDREA GHIRALDI, ALBERTO BARBI, ANNA GHIRALDI
  • Patent number: 9182765
    Abstract: A system to adjust a predetermined dosage of main livestock feed products in a predetermined feed recipe, which includes one or more feed dosages, each indicative of a predetermined amount of a corresponding main feed product in said feed recipe. The system includes a memory for storing the recipe, a meteorological monitoring system suitable for determining one or more meteorological parameters in the storage areas of the feed products and a processing unit, configured to: determine a first value indicative of the humidity in each feed product as a function of meteorological parameters associated with the related storage area, determine a differential value indicative of the difference between the first value and a second value indicative of a reference humidity of said feed product, and adjust the feed dosage associated with each feed product in the recipe based on the differential value of humidity in the main feed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: DINAMICA GENERALE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Ghiraldi
  • Publication number: 20120287745
    Abstract: A system to adjust a predetermined dosage of main livestock feed products in a predetermined feed recipe, which includes one or more feed dosages, each indicative of a predetermined amount of a corresponding main feed product in said feed recipe. The system includes a memory for storing the recipe, a meteorological monitoring system suitable for determining one or more meteorological parameters in the storage areas of the feed products and a processing unit, configured to: determine a first value indicative of the humidity in each feed product as a function of meteorological parameters associated with the related storage area, determine a differential value indicative of the difference between the first value and a second value indicative of a reference humidity of said feed product, and adjust the feed dosage associated with each feed product in the recipe based on the differential value of humidity in the main feed product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: DINAMICA GENERALE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea GHIRALDI
  • Patent number: 8146624
    Abstract: A system for controlling the loading of animal food into self-propelled mixing units by means of a mechanical shovel. The system includes a testing apparatus, which is mounted to the shovel to determine a series of chemical-physical information related to the chemical components contained in the food and a weighing apparatus, which is installed in a self-propelled unit to measure the weight of the food and is adapted to establish a wireless communication with the testing apparatus to receive the chemical-physical information related to the components contained in the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Dinamica Generale S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Ghiraldi
  • Publication number: 20090020076
    Abstract: A system for controlling the loading of at least one food for animal use into one or more self-propelled mixing units by means of a mechanical shovel, which is mounted to a motor vehicle for collecting the food and unloading the food into the self-propelled unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Andrea GHIRALDI
  • Patent number: 7428042
    Abstract: A food analyzer which can be installed on a self-propelled food loading unit, and which includes an optoelectronic device for determining the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or absorbed by a foodstuff loaded by the self-propelled unit; and a processing unit for determining, as a function of the acquired spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, chemical and physical information relative to the elements in the foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Dinamica Generale S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Ghiraldi
  • Publication number: 20050223905
    Abstract: A food analyzer which can be installed on a self-propelled food loading unit, and which includes an optoelectronic device for determining the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or absorbed by a foodstuff loaded by the self-propelled unit; and a processing unit for determining, as a function of the acquired spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, chemical and physical information relative to the elements in the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Andrea Ghiraldi
  • Patent number: 5276611
    Abstract: The method for the management of parameters relating to a dialysis treatment lies in proceeding at least with the following operations in a dialysis machine during a dialysis treatment:a) selecting a plurality of parameters relating to the dialysis treatment;b) establishing a plurality of operating conditions regarding the functioning of the the dialysis machine in relation to the progress of the treatment with respect to time and/or to the course of the values of the said parameters in relation to predetermined variation ranges of these parameters;c) memorizing the values assumed at that moment by a certain number of the said parameters in accordance with the establishment of each one of the operating conditions.Using this method and the device for its implementation, it is possible to select and memorize a reduced number of significant parameters relating to the progress of a dialysis session with a view to their transmission over a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Inventor: Andrea Ghiraldi