Patents by Inventor Simone BIANCO

Simone BIANCO 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).

  • Publication number: 20210121498
    Abstract: Techniques regarding treating one or more microbe infections with combination therapy are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise enhancing an antimicrobial activity of an antibiotic by a combination therapy. The combination therapy can comprise the antibiotic and a polycarbonate polymer functionalized with a guanidinium functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: James L. Hedrick, Simone Bianco, Mark Kunitomi, Yi Yan Yang, Xin Ding, Chuan Yang, Zhen Chang Liang, Paola Florez de Sessions, Balamurugan Periaswamy
  • Patent number: 10953039
    Abstract: Techniques regarding treating one or more microbe infections with combination therapy are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise enhancing an antimicrobial activity of an antibiotic by a combination therapy. The combination therapy can comprise the antibiotic and a polycarbonate polymer functionalized with a guanidinium functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: James L. Hedrick, Simone Bianco, Mark Kunitomi, Yi Yan Yang, Xin Ding, Chuan Yang, Zhen Chang Liang, Paola Florez de Sessions, Balamurugan Periaswamy
  • Patent number: 10810759
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images illustrating a subject performing a rotation, selecting a representative image of the subject, cropping the plurality of 2D images, utilizing the representative image of the subject, to create a cropped plurality of 2D images, aligning each of the cropped plurality of 2D images, thereby creating an aligned plurality of 2D images, selecting a subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images that illustrate a predetermined amount of rotation of the subject, and creating a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of the subject, utilizing the subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas G. Zimmerman, Simone Bianco, Rebecca M. McGillivary, Wallace F. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20200160554
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images illustrating a subject performing a rotation, selecting a representative image of the subject, cropping the plurality of 2D images, utilizing the representative image of the subject, to create a cropped plurality of 2D images, aligning each of the cropped plurality of 2D images, thereby creating an aligned plurality of 2D images, selecting a subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images that illustrate a predetermined amount of rotation of the subject, and creating a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of the subject, utilizing the subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas G. Zimmerman, Simone Bianco, Rebecca M. McGillivary, Wallace F. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20200101105
    Abstract: Techniques regarding treating one or more microbe infections with combination therapy are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise enhancing an antimicrobial activity of an antibiotic by a combination therapy. The combination therapy can comprise the antibiotic and a polycarbonate polymer functionalized with a guanidinium functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: James L. Hedrick, Simone Bianco, Mark Kunitomi, Yi Yan Yang, Xin Ding, Chuan Yang, Zhen Chang Liang, Paola Florez de Sessions, Balamurugan Periaswamy
  • Patent number: 10152944
    Abstract: Color signals to be displayed on a colored display surface and having a first gamut in a color space, are subjected to radiometric compensation. An embodiment includes displaying on the colored surface a set of control points of a known color, acquiring via a camera the control points as displayed on the colored surface and evaluating at least one second color gamut of the control points displayed on the colored surface. The second color gamut(s) is/are misaligned with respect to the first color gamut due to the display surface being a colored surface. The method may also include evaluating as an intersection gamut, the misalignment of the second color gamut(s) with respect to the first color gamut, calculating the color transformation operator(s) as a function of the misalignment evaluated, and applying the color transformation operator(s) to the color signals for display on the colored display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo Naccari, Mirko Guarnera, Simone Bianco, Raimondo Schettini
  • Publication number: 20180336865
    Abstract: Color signals to be displayed on a colored display surface and having a first gamut in a color space, are subjected to radiometric compensation. An embodiment includes displaying on the colored surface a set of control points of a known color, acquiring via a camera the control points as displayed on the colored surface and evaluating at least one second color gamut of the control points displayed on the colored surface. The second color gamut(s) is/are misaligned with respect to the first color gamut due to the display surface being a colored surface. The method may also include evaluating as an intersection gamut, the misalignment of the second color gamut(s) with respect to the first color gamut, calculating the color transformation operator(s) as a function of the misalignment evaluated, and applying the color transformation operator(s) to the color signals for display on the colored display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Filippo NACCARI, Mirko GUARNERA, Simone Bianco, Raimondo Schettini
  • Publication number: 20180327126
    Abstract: Electron beam generator comprising an electron emitting device adapted to emit an electron beam when heated to an elevated temperature, wherein the electron emitting device comprises a filament having a spiral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique CLOETTA, Urs HOSTETTLER, Werner HAAG, Simone BIANCO
  • Patent number: 10046877
    Abstract: Electron beam generator comprising an electron emitting device adapted to emit an electron beam when heated to an elevated temperature, wherein the electron emitting device comprises a filament having a spiral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Cloetta, Urs Hostettler, Werner Haag, Simone Bianco
  • Patent number: 9910864
    Abstract: Searches performed in a data base using image descriptors of query images are managed via a mobile communication device, such as a smartphone, a tablet, etc., by: extracting at the mobile device grayscale and color descriptors of query images, sending the grayscale descriptors as compressed grayscale descriptors of query images from the mobile device to a server for searching in the data base, receiving at the mobile device results of the search, using color descriptors of query images in disambiguating the results by: i) sending the color descriptors as compressed color descriptors of query images from the mobile device to the server and receiving at the mobile device disambiguated search results from the server, or ii) receiving at the mobile device non-disambiguated search results from the server and disambiguating the search results by means of the color descriptors extracted at the mobile device to produce disambiguated search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Danilo Pietro Pau, Davide Mazzini, Raimondo Schettini, Simone Bianco
  • Publication number: 20170183115
    Abstract: Electron beam generator comprising an electron emitting device adapted to emit an electron beam when heated to an elevated temperature, wherein the electron emitting device comprises a filament having a spiral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique CLOETTA, Urs HOSTETTLER, Werner HAAG, Simone BIANCO
  • Patent number: 9451222
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a method for color processing of an input image, the method including the steps of low-pass filtering of the input image to obtain a low-pass component, high-pass filtering of the input image to obtain a high-pass component, processing the input image for edge detection to obtain edginess parameters, and performing a color-space transformation of the input image based on the low-pass component, the high-pass component, and the edginess parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo Naccari, Arcangelo Ranieri Bruna, Simone Bianco, Raimondo Schettini
  • Publication number: 20160189673
    Abstract: Color signals to be displayed on a colored display surface and having a first gamut in a color space, are subjected to radiometric compensation. An embodiment includes displaying on the colored surface a set of control points of a known color, acquiring via a camera the control points as displayed on the colored surface and evaluating at least one second color gamut of the control points displayed on the colored surface. The second color gamut(s) is/are misaligned with respect to the first color gamut due to the display surface being a colored surface. The method may also include evaluating as an intersection gamut, the misalignment of the second color gamut(s) with respect to the first color gamut, calculating the color transformation operator(s) as a function of the misalignment evaluated, and applying the color transformation operator(s) to the color signals for display on the colored display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Filippo NACCARI, Mirko Guarnera, Simone Bianco, Raimondo Schettini
  • Publication number: 20150205792
    Abstract: Searches performed in a data base using image descriptors of query images are managed via a mobile communication device, such as a smartphone, a tablet, etc., by: extracting at the mobile device grayscale and color descriptors of query images, sending the grayscale descriptors as compressed grayscale descriptors of query images from the mobile device to a server for searching in the data base, receiving at the mobile device results of the search, using color descriptors of query images in disambiguating the results by: i) sending the color descriptors as compressed color descriptors of query images from the mobile device to the server and receiving at the mobile device disambiguated search results from the server, or ii) receiving at the mobile device non-disambiguated search results from the server and disambiguating the search results by means of the color descriptors extracted at the mobile device to produce disambiguated search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Danilo Pietro Pau, Davide Mazzini, Raimondo Schettini, Simone Bianco
  • Publication number: 20140118585
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a method for color processing of an input image, the method including the steps of low-pass filtering of the input image to obtain a low-pass component, high-pass filtering of the input image to obtain a high-pass component, processing the input image for edge detection to obtain edginess parameters, and performing a color-space transformation of the input image based on the low-pass component, the high-pass component, and the edginess parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo NACCARI, Arcangelo Ranieri BRUNA, Simone BIANCO, Raimondo SCHETTINI