Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Saporito

Giuseppe Saporito 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).

  • Barometric altimeter including a temperature compensation device
    Patent number: 7424825
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a portable barometric altimeter (10) including a pressure sensor (14), a calculation unit (16) which determines an altitude value (H) as a function of the pressure (P) measured by the sensor (14) and as a function of a reference temperature (T0) corresponding to an estimate of the temperature of the air mass at sea level, and a time measuring unit (18) that supplies calendar data (D), characterized in that it includes a correction circuit (32), which selects the reference temperature value (T0) from among a series of values (TS) contained in a database stored in the altimeter (10), as a function of the date (D) and as a function of a predefined climate value (C). The invention also proposes a method of determining altitude (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Giuseppe Saporito, Stéphane Claude, Christophe Germiquet
  • BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER INCLUDING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20070266783
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a portable barometric altimeter (10) including a pressure sensor (14), a calculation unit (16) which determines an altitude value (H) as a function of the pressure (P) measured by the sensor (14) and as a function of a reference temperature (T0) corresponding to an estimate of the temperature of the air mass at sea level, and a time measuring unit (18) that supplies calendar data (D), characterized in that it includes a correction circuit (32), which selects the reference temperature value (T0) from among a series of values (TS) contained in a database stored in the altimeter (10), as a function of the date (D) and as a function of a predefined climate value (C). The invention also proposes a method of determining altitude (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Giuseppe Saporito, Stephane Claude, Christophe Germiquet