Patents by Inventor Mario Gambera
Mario Gambera 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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Patent number: 9677896Abstract: A fuel saving-aimed motor vehicle driver assistance system configured to receive and process motor vehicle-related data and motor vehicle position-related data to identify recurrent routes of a motor vehicle and to provide a motor vehicle driver, via an automotive human-machine interface, with motor vehicle driving assistance recommendations for fuel saving along the routes. The motor vehicle driver assistance system is configured to identify recurrent routes of the motor vehicle by determining a succession of geographic points, referred to as Waypoints, along a route of the motor vehicle, at which values of a series of physical quantities are determined and recorded, which define the attributes of the Waypoints. The Waypoint attributes are then updated when the vehicle travels through them.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: C.R.F. Societa' Consortile per AzioniInventors: Mario Gambera, Paolo Capano
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Publication number: 20160123755Abstract: A fuel saving-aimed motor vehicle driver assistance system configured to receive and process motor vehicle-related data and motor vehicle position-related data to identify recurrent routes of a motor vehicle and to provide a motor vehicle driver, via an automotive human-machine interface, with motor vehicle driving assistance recommendations for fuel saving along the routes. The motor vehicle driver assistance system is configured to identify recurrent routes of the motor vehicle by determining a succession of geographic points, referred to as Waypoints, along a route of the motor vehicle, at which values of a series of physical quantities are determined and recorded, which define the attributes of the Waypoints. The Waypoint attributes are then updated when the vehicle travels through them.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: C.R.F. Società Consortile per AzioniInventors: Mario Gambera, Paolo Capano
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Patent number: 9082243Abstract: A driving style evaluation system (1) for a motor vehicle (2), configured to receive and process motor vehicle-related data and motor vehicle mission-related data to compute a Driving Style Evaluation Index (DSEI) indicative of the driving style of a motor vehicle driver during a motor vehicle mission in relation to a motor vehicle fuel consumption, based on the following summary index: Fuel Economy Index (FEI), which is indicative of the driving style of the motor vehicle driver from the fuel saving perspective, and is computed based on pre-summary indices computed based on respective partial indices in turn computed based on a combination of the following physical quantities which affect the motor vehicle fuel consumption: time interval, ending with a motor vehicle stop, during which the motor vehicle speed reduction is mainly due to a combination of a gas pedal release and a gear downshift, possibly with operation of at least one motor vehicle braking system only during the final part of the maneuver; engiType: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: C.R.F. Societa′ Consortile per Azioni, IVECO S.p.A.Inventors: Domenico Gostoli, Stefano Salio, Claudio Ricci, Silvio Data, Maurizio Miglietta, Mario Gambera, Andrea Secondi
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Publication number: 20140188379Abstract: A driving style evaluation system (1) for a motor vehicle (2), configured to compute a Driving Style Evaluation Index (DSEI) based on the following summary index: Fuel Economy Index (FED, which is indicative of the driving style of the motor vehicle driver from the fuel saving perspective, and is computed based on pre-summary indices computed based on respective partial indices in turn computed based on a combination of physical quantities and wherein the pre-summary and partial indices are weighted by means of respective dynamic weighting coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Domenico Gostoli, Stefano Salio, Claudio Ricci, Silvio Data, Maurizio Miglietta, Mario Gambera, Andrea Secondi
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Patent number: 8635013Abstract: A cooperative event location system is provided having a first system in a first vehicle and a second system. The first system includes a first event detection component to detect an occurrence of an event, a first measurement component to determine a distance traveled from the event, a first processing component coupled to the event detection component and the measurement component to prepare an event message, and a first short-range communication component coupled to the processing component and configured to transmit the event message to the second system remote from the first system. The second system includes a second short-range communication component to receive the event message, a satellite navigation component to provide location information, and a processing component coupled to the second communication component and the satellite navigation component to determine in latitude and longitude coordinates a location of the event.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Saverio Zuccotti, Mario Gambera
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Publication number: 20090292459Abstract: A cooperative event location system is provided having a first system in a first vehicle and a second system. The first system includes a first event detection component to detect an occurrence of an event, a first measurement component to determine a distance traveled from the event, a first processing component coupled to the event detection component and the measurement component to prepare an event message, and a first short-range communication component coupled to the processing component and configured to transmit the event message to the second system remote from the first system. The second system includes a second short-range communication component to receive the event message, a satellite navigation component to provide location information, and a processing component coupled to the second communication component and the satellite navigation component to determine in latitude and longitude coordinates a location of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONIInventors: Saverio Zuccotti, Mario Gambera
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Publication number: 20090143964Abstract: A vehicle navigation system is described, comprising an onboard navigation unit installed on board a vehicle that can be used by a user to set target destinations and an operations centre communicating with the onboard navigation unit. The onboard navigation unit is configured to transmit a target destination and a static road route to the operations centre. The operations centre is configured to calculate a dynamic road route based on the target destination, the static road route and information regarding the traffic conditions and road conditions of said road network and/or the static road route. In addition, the operations centre compares the calculated dynamic road route with the static road route and transmits information associated with a road route that is selected on the basis of the comparison to the onboard navigation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Piergiorgio Navone, Mario Gambera
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Patent number: 7148653Abstract: There is described a method of diagnosing a motor vehicle battery, wherein, at each start-up of the vehicle engine, a number of parameters, related to the pattern of an electric quantity supplied by the battery during a transient start-up state of the engine, are recorded; and the recorded parameters are then memorized to create a database which is used to determine the charge status of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: C.R.F. Societá Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Andrea Fortunato, Mario Gambera
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Patent number: 6829530Abstract: A method of diagnosing a cooling system of a vehicle engine, including the steps of: acquiring operating data relative to operation of the cooling system (cooling system radiator water temperature/fan rotation speed) during a trip time between turn-on of the engine and subsequent turn-off of the engine; processing the acquired data, and accumulating the data for each trip to create a database; and examining the location of the data within the database to determine malfunction and/or potential malfunction situations of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Mario Gambera, Andrea Fortunato
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Publication number: 20040129067Abstract: A method of diagnosing a cooling system of a vehicle engine, including the steps of: acquiring operating data relative to operation of the cooling system (cooling system radiator water temperature/fan rotation speed) during a trip time between turn-on of the engine and subsequent turn-off of the engine; processing the acquired data, and accumulating the data for each trip to create a database; and examining the location of the data within the database to determine malfunction and/or potential malfunction situations of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Mario Gambera, Andrea Fortunato
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Publication number: 20040130325Abstract: There is described a method of diagnosing a motor vehicle battery, wherein, at each start-up of the vehicle engine, a number of parameters, related to the pattern of an electric quantity supplied by the battery during a transient start-up state of the engine, are recorded; and the recorded parameters are then memorized to create a database which is used to determine the charge status of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Andrea Fortunato, Mario Gambera
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Publication number: 20040117080Abstract: A method of diagnosing a vehicle compressed-air generating system, the method including the steps of: acquiring a number of operating data items associated with operation of the compressed-air generating system between turn-on of the system and subsequent turn-off of the system; processing the acquired operating data items and accumulating the data items to create at least one database; and examining the location of the data items in the database to determine malfunction and/or potential malfunction situations of the compressed-air generating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Andrea Fortunato, Mario Gambera