Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Lenardi

Massimiliano Lenardi 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).

  • RAILWAY VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH LIDAR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220317263
    Abstract: A railway vehicle has two side walls facing each other to define a passenger compartment and a front end portion, which has two LIDAR devices arranged at the upper side corners of the front end portion; each of the LIDAR devices has a field of view of 360° about its axis, and such axis is oriented with a forward inclination and with a lateral outward inclination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Eduardo FERNANDEZ MORAL, Alexander PARADZINETS, Heiko ALTMANNSHOFER, Anthony OHAZULIKE, Massimiliano LENARDI, Giuseppe GRABER, Francesco CANORA, Gaetano D'ANDRIA, Luigi FRATELLI, Gavino LACE
  • Method and apparatus for determining whether a moving entity is moving in a predetermined direction
    Patent number: 8330649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining whether a moving entity is moving in a predetermined direction. A moving entity being equipped with positioning means receives data from a sender comprising information about a position of a point of interest and a position of a reference point. Based on the received data, a first position of the moving entity at a first point in time, and a second position of the moving entity at a second point in time, it is determined whether the moving entity is moving in the predetermined direction. Preferably, angular information is utilized to verify whether the moving entity is moving in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamid Menouar, Massimiliano Lenardi
  • Method and apparatus for determining whether a moving entity is moving in a predetermined direction
    Publication number: 20090219194
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining whether a moving entity is moving in a predetermined direction. A moving entity being equipped with positioning means receives data from a sender comprising information about a position of a point of interest and a position of a reference point. Based on the received data, a first position of the moving entity at a first point in time, and a second position of the moving entity at a second point in time, it is determined whether the moving entity is moving in the predetermined direction. Preferably, angular information is utilized to verify whether the moving entity is moving in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Hamid Menouar, Massimiliano Lenardi
  • Apparatus and method for community-based communication
    Publication number: 20070223436
    Abstract: An Apparatus and a method are for community-based communication between a first mobile node and at least one second mobile node. The apparatus and method for community-based communication allow to easily build a community, to recognize community members in communication range, to display symbols representing recognized community members on an on-board screen, and to interact with the community members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Lenardi, Tatsuaki Osafune