Patents by Inventor Lucio CARRARA

Lucio CARRARA 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).

  • Patent number: 11493614
    Abstract: A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment, comprising: irradiating the environment by a series of light pulses, wherein this series of light pulses is emitted by a battery of at least two or a single light source device emitting on at least two different wavelengths, the light pulses being emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined randomly selected wavelength; collecting pulses reflected or scattered from the environment to at least one detector equipped with a wavelength filter whose pass band corresponds to the selected emitted wavelength; assigning a timestamp at the detection of a pulse by at least one chronometer connected to the detector, said timestamps corresponding to the time of arrival (TOA); determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrivals; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FASTREE3D SA
    Inventors: Ting Gong, Stefan Keller, Lucio Carrara
  • Patent number: 11320514
    Abstract: A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment by means of at least one sensor, comprising: irradiating the environment by means of a series of radiation pulses, wherein series of radiation pulses are emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined random delay; collecting pulses that are reflected or scattered from the environment to at least a detector connected to at least one chronometer; assigning a timestamp at every detected pulse on the detector; subtracting the added delay from every registered timestamp coming from the chronometer, the result corresponding to the time of arrival; determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrival; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FASTREE3D SA
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas Keller, Lucio Carrara
  • Publication number: 20210149028
    Abstract: A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment, comprising: irradiating the environment by a series of light pulses, wherein this series of light pulses is emitted by a battery of at least two or a single light source device emitting on at least two different wavelengths, the light pulses being emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined randomly selected wavelength; collecting pulses reflected or scattered from the environment to at least one detector equipped with a wavelength filter whose pass band corresponds to the selected emitted wavelength; assigning a timestamp at the detection of a pulse by at least one chronometer connected to the detector, said timestamps corresponding to the time of arrival (TOA); determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrivals; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: FASTREE3D SA
    Inventors: Ting Gong, Stefan Keller, Lucio Carrara
  • Publication number: 20190170855
    Abstract: A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment by means of at least one sensor, comprising: irradiating the environment by means of a series of radiation pulses, wherein series of radiation pulses are emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined random delay; collecting pulses that are reflected or scattered from the environment to at least a detector connected to at least one chronometer; assigning a timestamp at every detected pulse on the detector; subtracting the added delay from every registered timestamp coming from the chronometer, the result corresponding to the time of arrival; determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrival; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: FASTREE3D SA
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas KELLER, Lucio CARRARA