Patents by Inventor Dario Floreano
Dario Floreano 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).
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Publication number: 20210247758Abstract: A method for remotely controlling an operated unmanned object, comprises defining of a set of control movements of an operator; selecting of minimal necessary signals to reliably acquire the operator's control movements; defining of a mapping of the control movements to commands for the operated unmanned object; sensing of operator's body movements; and transmitting of the minimal necessary signals corresponding to the operator's movements to the operated unmanned object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Jenifer MIEHLBRADT, Fabio Isidoro Tiberio DELL'AGNOLA, Alexandre CHERPILLOD, Martina COSCIA, Fiorenzo ARTONI, Stefano MINTCHEV, Dario FLOREANO, David ATIENZA ALONSO, Silvestro MICERA
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Patent number: 11065771Abstract: A device for electroadhesion and conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy, for example electrostatic actuation, is provided, including a soft polymeric dielectric support having at least two sets of overlapping electrodes patterned respectively on the upper surface and bottom surface of the polymeric support, the electrodes of the two sets can be electrically activated through a power supply for providing voltage change suitable for electroadhesion, electrostatic actuation or both at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Jun Shintake, Samuel Rosset, Bryan Schubert, Dario Floreano, Herbert Shea
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Patent number: 10860014Abstract: A system for interacting with a remote object comprising a wearable jacket for a user, two actuators for supporting arms of the user, motors for causing movements to at least one of a torso and the arms of the user, and sensors for measuring at least one of a force applied to the user and a position of the user, and a controller and data transmission device for communicating with the remote object.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Dario Floreano, Carine Rognon, Stefano Mintchev, Alice Concordel, David Atienza Alonso, Fabio Isidoro Tiberio Dell'Agnola
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Publication number: 20190258239Abstract: A system for interacting with a remote object comprising a wearable jacket for a user, two actuators for supporting arms of the user, motors for causing movements to at least one of a torso and the arms of the user, and sensors for measuring at least one of a force applied to the user and a position of the user, and a controller and data transmission device for communicating with the remote object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Dario FLOREANO, Carine ROGNON, Stefano MINTCHEV, Alice CONCORDEL, David ATIENZA ALONSO, Fabio Isidoro Tiberio DELL'AGNOLA
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Patent number: 10252795Abstract: An aerial vehicle, configured to transport cargo, and including a propulsion system and a foldable cage is described. The foldable cage is substantially linear while in a folded configuration, and substantially circular while in a deployed configuration. Moreover, the foldable cage includes a rods that form isosceles triangles. The rods are coupled together by flexible joints.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20190047157Abstract: A device for electroadhesion and conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy, for example electrostatic actuation, is provided, including a soft polymeric dielectric support having at least two sets of overlapping electrodes patterned respectively on the upper surface and bottom surface of the polymeric support, the electrodes of the two sets can be electrically activated through a power supply for providing voltage change suitable for electroadhesion, electrostatic actuation or both at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Jun SHINTAKE, Samuel ROSSET, Brian SCHUBERT, Dario FLOREANO, Herbert SHEA
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Patent number: 10113537Abstract: A variable stiffness device, including a core including a low melting point alloy, an encapsulation surrounding the core, the encapsulation made of an elastic material and sealing the core, and a heating device arranged around the encapsulation, configured to heat the core, wherein the elastic material of the encapsulation is subject to a tensile stress in a direction along a longitudinal extension of the thread-like variable stiffness device.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Alice Tonazzini, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20170292502Abstract: A variable stiffness device, including a core including a low melting point alloy, an encapsulation surrounding the core, the encapsulation made of an elastic material and sealing the core, and a heating device arranged around the encapsulation, configured to heat the core, wherein the elastic material of the encapsulation is subject to a tensile stress in a direction along a longitudinal extension of the thread-like variable stiffness device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Alice Tonazzini, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20170291697Abstract: An aerial vehicle, configured to transport cargo, and including a propulsion system and a foldable cage is described. The foldable cage is substantially linear while in a folded configuration, and substantially circular while in a deployed configuration. Moreover, the foldable cage includes a rods that form isosceles triangles. The rods are coupled together by flexible joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano
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Patent number: 9611032Abstract: A VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aerial flying vehicle comprising an inner frame, a gimbal system and an outer frame, the inner frame comprising a propulsion system and a control system. The propulsion system being able to generate a lift force. The control system being able to control the orientation of the inner frame. The gimbal system connecting the inner frame to the outer frame with at least two rotation axis allowing rotation freedom between the outer frame to rotate independently from the inner frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Adrien Briod, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, Adam Klaptocz, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano
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Patent number: 9446845Abstract: An aerial vehicle including self-autonomous deployable arms and methods of deploying the vehicle are disclosed. The arms may include patterns located thereon that allow the arms to transition between wrapped, flat, and deployed configurations autonomously without the need for direct intervention by a user.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Stefano Mintchev, Ludovic Daler, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20160122016Abstract: An aerial vehicle including self-autonomous deployable arms and methods of deploying the vehicle are disclosed. The arms may include patterns located thereon that allow the arms to transition between wrapped, flat, and deployed configurations autonomously without the need for direct intervention by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Stefano Mintchev, Ludovic Daler, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20150360776Abstract: A VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aerial flying vehicle comprising an inner frame, a gimbal system and an outer frame, the inner frame comprising a propulsion system and a control system. The propulsion system being able to generate a lift force. The control system being able to control the orientation of the inner frame. The gimbal system connecting the inner frame to the outer frame with at least two rotation axis allowing rotation freedom between the outer frame to rotate independently from the inner frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Adrien Briod, Mariusz Przemyslaw Kornatowski, Adam Klaptocz, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20150293138Abstract: A new method for the estimation of ego-motion (the direction and amplitude of the velocity) of a mobile device comprising optic-flow and inertial sensors (hereinafter the apparatus). The velocity is expressed in the apparatus's reference frame, which is moving with the apparatus. The method relies on short-term inertial navigation and the direction of the translational optic-flow in order to estimate ego-motion, defined as the velocity estimate (that describes the speed amplitude and the direction of motion). A key characteristic of the invention is the use of optic-flow without the need for any kind of feature tracking. Moreover, the algorithm uses the direction of the optic-flow and does not need the amplitude, thanks to the fact that the scale of the velocity is solved by the use of inertial navigation and changes in direction of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Adrien Briod, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20110029161Abstract: This present invention describes a novel vision-based control strategy for autonomous cruise flight in possibly cluttered environments such as—but not limited to—cities, forests, valleys, or mountains. The present invention is to provide an autopilot that relies exclusively on visual and gyroscopic information, with no requirement for explicit state estimation nor additional stabilisation mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: EPFL-SRIInventors: Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Antoine Beyeler, Dario Floreano
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Patent number: 7370019Abstract: A method for the genetic representation of a network (100), the network having one or more devices (20, 30, 70, 80), each device comprising at least one terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72) connected to at least one other terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72, 61) by a link with a value of interaction strength. The method includes associating with the devices terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72) a first sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172), associating with the other terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72, 61) a second sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172; 162), mapping at least part of the first sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172) and at least part of the second sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172; 161) to the value of interaction strength in order to determine the value of interaction strength.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federal de LausanneInventors: Claudio Mattiussi, Dario Floreano
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Publication number: 20070011111Abstract: A method for the genetic representation of a network (100), the network having one or more devices (20, 30, 70, 80), each device comprising at least one terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72) connected to at least one other terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72, 61) by a link with a value of interaction strength. The method includes associating with the devices terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72) a first sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172), associating with the other terminal (21, 22, 23; 71, 72, 61) a second sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172; 162), mapping at least part of the first sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172) and at least part of the second sequence of characters (121, 122, 123; 171, 172; 161) to the value of interaction strength in order to determine the value of interaction strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Claudio Mattiussi, Dario Floreano