Patents Assigned to Eurotech SpA
  • Patent number: 10324711
    Abstract: A method and a system for data management in the interaction between machines in a deployed system in which a plurality of devices are made to use a Dataset Semantic Broker (DBS) platform that stores ontologies, wherein the ontologies comprise semantic representation of datasets, the method providing automatic linking of datasets and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Stefano Adami, Paolo Azzoni
  • Publication number: 20180032327
    Abstract: A method and a system for data management in the interaction between machines in a deployed system in which a plurality of devices are made to use a Dataset Semantic Broker (DSB) platform that stores ontologies, wherein the ontologies comprise semantic representation of datasets, the method providing automatic linking of datasets and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: STEFANO ADAMI, PAOLO AZZONI
  • Patent number: 9521886
    Abstract: An attachment device for attaching a wearable electronic apparatus to a part of the body of an operator. The attachment device includes a support member, which includes an assembly zone on which the wearable electronic apparatus is located and an attachment element, which clamps the support member to the part of the body of the operator. Attachment/detachment structure, which is selectively releasable, is provided in association with the assembly zone in order to cooperate with corresponding attachment portions of the wearable electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Roberto Siagri, Roberto Turchi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Stefano Adami
  • Publication number: 20160291651
    Abstract: A modular super-calculation architecture comprises a plurality of electronic calculation modules communicating with each other in a network and liquid cooled. Each electronic calculation module includes a calculation node, one or more autonomous liquid cooling devices, an electric power device, a box-like container that encloses and protects inside it at least the calculation node, the electric power device, and the one or more liquid cooling devices. Each electronic calculation module is independent hydraulically, electrically, in terms of network communication and mechanically at least from the other electronic calculation modules, and can be inserted and/or removed or substituted hot from said architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Mauro ROSSI, Dirk PLEITER, Paulus Petrus Bernardus ARTS, Giampietro TECCHIOLLI, Tilo WETTIG
  • Patent number: 9296403
    Abstract: Apparatus for the automatic identification of entities moved together by a transport vehicle comprising a first element, constrained to the transport vehicle which moves the entities together, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a first time interval of the acceleration, or first acceleration profile, to which the transport vehicle is subjected. A second element is constrained to each of the entities in motion, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a second time interval of the acceleration, or second acceleration profile, to which the entity is subjected. A wireless radio network may be used for the communication between the first element, and each second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Ugo Padulosi, Stefano Adami
  • Patent number: 9253920
    Abstract: Cooling device with liquid for electronic cards, in particular for high-performance processing units, comprising at least a hydraulic circuit in which a heat-carrying fluid flows in order to extract the heat produced by electronic components and/or hot spots present on an associated electronic card. The device comprises a cooling plate mechanically coupled to the electronic card so as to be inserted in a containing rack of the processing unit. The plate has a heat extraction surface facing and partly in contact, or at least in close proximity, with the electronic components and/or the hot spots. The hydraulic circuit is made in the thickness of the plate and has a geometric grid development, along which a plurality of hydraulic sub-circuits are disposed and switching means to define desired paths. The plate has sliding guide means able to cooperate with corresponding alignment means of the containing rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Mauro Rossi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Pierfrancesco Zuccato
  • Publication number: 20150148984
    Abstract: Apparatus for the automatic identification of entities moved together by a transport vehicle comprising a first element, constrained to the transport vehicle which moves the entities together, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a first time interval of the acceleration, or first acceleration profile, to which the transport vehicle is subjected. A second element is constrained to each of the entities in motion, and configured to acquire in digital form a trend within a second time interval of the acceleration, or second acceleration profile, to which the entity is subjected. A wireless radio network may be used for the communication between the first element, and each second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Ugo Padulosi, Stefano Adami
  • Patent number: 9025595
    Abstract: A network architecture is used for the communication between elementary calculus units or nodes of a supercomputer to execute a super-calculus processing application, partitionable and scalable at the level of calculus power in the range of PetaFLOPS. The supercomputer comprises a plurality of modular structures, each of which comprises a plurality of elementary calculus units or nodes defined by node cards a backplane, a root card, and a node communication network of the switched fabric fat tree type; ii) a synchronization architecture comprising a plurality of distinct node communication networks, configured for the communication of specific synchronization information different from network to network and with different characteristics; iii) a re-configurable Programmable Network Processor that implements the nodes both of the n-toroidal network and those of the synchronization networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Eurotech SpA
    Inventors: Mauro Rossi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Pierfrancesco Zuccato
  • Publication number: 20130239121
    Abstract: A network architecture is used for the communication between elementary calculus units or nodes of a supercomputer to execute a super-calculus processing application, partitionable and scalable at the level of calculus power in the range of PetaFLOPS. The supercomputer comprises a plurality of modular structures, each of which comprises a plurality of elementary calculus units or nodes defined by node cards, a backplane, a root card, and a node communication network of the switched fabric fat tree type; ii) a synchronization architecture comprising a plurality of distinct node communication networks, configured for the communication of specific synchronization information different from network to network and with different characteristics; iii) a re-configurable Programmable Network Processor that implements the nodes both of the n-toroidal network and those of the synchronization networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Mauro Rossi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Pierfrancesco Zuccato
  • Publication number: 20130128460
    Abstract: Cooling device with liquid for electronic cards, in particular for high-performance processing units, comprising at least a hydraulic circuit in which a heat-carrying fluid flows in order to extract the heat produced by electronic components and/or hot spots present on an associated electronic card. The device comprises a cooling plate mechanically coupled to the electronic card so as to be inserted in a containing rack of the processing unit. The plate has a heat extraction surface facing and partly in contact, or at least in close proximity, with the electronic components and/or the hot spots. The hydraulic circuit is made in the thickness of the plate and has a geometric grid development, along which a plurality of hydraulic sub-circuits are disposed and switching means to define desired paths. The plate has sliding guide means able to cooperate with corresponding alignment means of the containing rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Mauro Rossi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Pierfrancesco Zuccato
  • Patent number: 8279609
    Abstract: A wearable containing element for an electronic apparatus, comparable to an ornament or pendant, comprising at least a pair of complementary shells, able to be coupled with each other so as to define a containing body with an external surface having a shape and size comparable to those of a traditional ornament, and an internal containing compartment, of a shape and size sufficiently large to house the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Eurotech SpA
    Inventor: Mauro Rossi
  • Patent number: 8156326
    Abstract: A method to search for affinities between subjects comprises registering a user with a certification authority, receiving first information relating to the user, memorizing the first information in a portable electronic device of the user, and synthesizing the first information by transmitting it to a user interface which processes the first information memorized. The method also comprises encrypting the first information and memorizing the first information encrypted in the portable electronic device, disseminating the first encrypted information to other portable electronic devices in geographical proximity, collecting second encrypted information relating to other users, sent from other portable electronic devices in geographical proximity and decrypting the first and second information encrypted at the certification authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Eurotech SpA
    Inventors: Sandro Di Giusto, Pier Luca Montessoro, Davide Pierattoni
  • Patent number: 8131887
    Abstract: An electronic processing apparatus comprises one or more remote interactive display devices and a calculator unit, wherein the display device comprises at least a screen, a connector selectively connectable to the calculator unit, a user interface device and a microprocessor, whereas the calculator unit comprises at least one or more connectors, able to be selectively connected to the connector, a processor and a non-volatile memory. There is also a single connection element able to connect the connector and a selected one of the connectors of the calculator unit, both for data exchange and also for the transfer of energy for electric feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eurotech SpA
    Inventors: Paolo Fontana, Davide Piccolo
  • Publication number: 20110018264
    Abstract: An energy conversion and accumulation device, for the conversion of environmental energy into electric energy, includes a transducer, able to convert external environmental stress into an electric quantity, a storage element to accumulate and/or transfer the electric quantity to an electric device, a first switch element, activated in order to transfer electric energy from the transducer directly to a temporary storage element, and a second switch element activated in order to transfer electric energy stored by the temporary storage element directly to the storage element. The device further includes a sensor element, associated with the transducer, temporary storage element, and storage element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Aldo Romani, Cinzia Tamburini
  • Publication number: 20100284135
    Abstract: A wearable electronic apparatus including a plurality of electronic units, each of which emits, with different intensities, specific luminous, acoustic and/or electromagnetic waves or signals, for the functioning thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a control member suitable to regulate or de-activate in a coordinated manner the intensity of emission of the individual electronic units according to or pre-definable emission thresholds of each electronic unit. The thresholds are correlated to environments and or operating conditions that are pre-defined, pre-definable, or defined on each occasion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Giampietro Tecchiolli, Giorgio Pezzulli, Stefano Adami
  • Publication number: 20100176166
    Abstract: An attachment device (10) for attaching a wearable electronic apparatus (12) to a part of the body of an operator comprises a support member (11) of the anatomical type, which includes both an assembly zone on which the wearable electronic apparatus (12) is located and also an attachment element (14) by means of which the support member (11) is clamped to the part of the body of the operator. Attachment/detachment means of a selectively releasable type are provided in association with said assembly zone in order to cooperate with corresponding attachment portions of the wearable electronic apparatus (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Roberto Siagri, Roberto Turchi, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Stefano Adami
  • Publication number: 20100161839
    Abstract: An electronic processing apparatus comprises one or more remote interactive display devices and a calculator unit, wherein the display device comprises at least a screen, a connector selectively connectable to the calculator unit, a user interface device and a microprocessor, whereas the calculator unit comprises at least one or more connectors, able to be selectively connected to the connector, a processor and a non-volatile memory. There is also a single connection element able to connect the connector and a selected one of the connectors of the calculator unit, both for data exchange and also for the transfer of energy for electric feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Paolo Fontana, Davide Piccolo
  • Publication number: 20100043491
    Abstract: A wearable containing element for an electronic apparatus, comparable to an ornament or pendant, comprising at least a pair of complementary shells, able to be coupled with each other so as to define a containing body with an external surface having a shape and size comparable to those of a traditional ornament, and an internal containing compartment, of a shape and size sufficiently large to house the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventor: Mauro Rossi
  • Publication number: 20080282085
    Abstract: A method to search for affinities between subjects comprises the passages of effecting a step of registering a user with a certification authority (14), effecting a step of receiving first information relating to the user and memorizing the first information in a portable electronic device (11) of the user, and effecting a step of synthesizing the first information memorized in the portable electronic device (11) by means of transmission to a user interface (13) which processes the first information memorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Sandro Di Giusto, Pier Luca Montessoro, Davide Pierattoni
  • Publication number: 20080223890
    Abstract: A wearable device comprising a rigid structure with an at least partial function as a bracelet, to be associated with a first part of a user's body and provided with a base, and at least a user interface, in order to insert or receive information and/or to display data, associated with the rigid structure. The rigid structure comprises a first stop element and a second stop element connected releasably to the base so as to assume a first condition configured for ergonomic coupling with the first part of the user's body and a second condition configured for ergonomic coupling with a second part of the user's body, different from the first part and substantially symmetrical to the first part, maintaining the user interface in a position of ergonomic use for the user and with access conditions for the user substantially corresponding to the first condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: EUROTECH SPA
    Inventors: Giampietro Tecchiolli, Giorgio Pezzulli, Stefano Adami