Patents Assigned to Università degli Studi di Brescia
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Patent number: 8816523Abstract: A horizontal axis wind generator comprises a wind turbine with a plurality of blades, which extend between a first portion at the turbine rotational axis and a second end portion, an electric power generator coupled with the wind turbine and having a rotor adapted to be set in rotation around a rotor rotational axis, motion transmission members for transmitting the rotation energy of the wind turbine to the rotor. The motion transmission members comprise a frame associated with the second end portions of the blades and the rotor is operatively coupled with the frame with an aerodynamic profile both for the inlet and for the outlet of the air flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Universita degli Studi di BresciaInventor: Luigi Solazzi
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Patent number: 8538087Abstract: The invention deals with an aid device for reading a printed text, comprising a data acquisition peripheral with a camera and a communication interface, said peripheral being movable by a user on a printed text to frame a portion of text, a processing unit, communication means between the peripheral and the processing unit, and a vocal reproduction device. The processing unit is programmed to acquire a sequence of images framed by the camera, to detect when the user has stopped on the text, to recognize at least one word which the user intends reading, and to reproduce the sound of said at least one word by means of vocal synthesis by means of the vocal reproduction device.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Universita' Degli Studi di BresciaInventors: Umberto Minoni, Mauro Bianchi
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Publication number: 20130161960Abstract: A horizontal axis wind generator comprises a wind turbine with a plurality of blades, which extend between a first portion at the turbine rotational axis and a second end portion, an electric power generator coupled with the wind turbine and having a rotor adapted to be set in rotation around a rotor rotational axis, motion transmission members for transmitting the rotation energy of the wind turbine to the rotor. The motion transmission members comprise a frame associated with the second end portions of the blades and the rotor is operatively coupled with the frame with an aerodynamic profile both for the inlet and for the outlet of the air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: Università degli Studi di BresciaInventor: Università degli Studi di Brescia
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Patent number: 8233526Abstract: A method of scalable video coding in which the video signal is processed and coded at various layers of spatial resolution where between each pair of spatial layers a prediction mechanism is enabled which allows a comparison at homologous layers of spatial resolution with the aim to obtain a good efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Universita Degli Studi di BresciaInventors: Riccardo Leonardi, Nicola Adami, Michele Brescianini, Alberto Signoroni
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Publication number: 20110188783Abstract: The invention deals with an aid device for reading a printed text, comprising a data acquisition peripheral with a camera and a communication interface, said peripheral being movable by a user on a printed text to frame a portion of text, a processing unit, communication means between the peripheral and the processing unit, and a vocal reproduction device. The processing unit is programmed to acquire a sequence of images framed by the camera, to detect when the user has stopped on the text, to recognise at least one word which the user intends reading, and to reproduce the sound of said at least one word by means of vocal synthesis by means of the vocal reproduction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIAInventors: Umberto Minoni, Mauro Bianchi
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Patent number: 7852775Abstract: A method to determine if an encrypted flow of packets (F) belongs to a predefined class of flows (?t), comprises the steps of giving probability density functions (p(xi|?t)) of the values of two measurable variables in a plurality of encrypted flows of packets (Fj) belonging to the predefined class of flows (?t), measuring the values (si,?t1) of the two measurable variables, apply the measured values (si,?t1) to the probability density functions (p(xi|?t)) to generate a sequence of values of probability density (p({right arrow over (x)}|?t)), process the sequence of values of probability density (p({right arrow over (x)}|?t)) to generate a reference value (S({right arrow over (x)}|?t)), and compare such reference value (S({right arrow over (x)}|?t)) to a threshold value (T) to determine whether the encrypted flow of packets (F) belongs to the predefined class of flows.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Universita Degli Studi Di BresciaInventors: Manuel Crotti, Maurizio Dusi, Francesco Gringoli, Luca Salgarelli
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Publication number: 20090285306Abstract: A method of scalable video coding in which the video signal is processed and coded at various layers of spatial resolution where between each pair of spatial layers a prediction mechanism is enabled which allows a comparison at homologous layers of spatial resolution with the aim to obtain a good efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2005Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIAInventors: Riccardo Leonardi, Nicola Adami, Michele Brescianini, Alberto Signoroni
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Publication number: 20090207740Abstract: A method to determine if an encrypted flow of packets (F) belongs to a predefined class of flows (?t), comprises the steps of giving probability density functions (p(xi|?t)) of the values of two measurable variables in a plurality of encrypted flows of packets (Fj) belonging to the predefined class of flows (?t), measuring the values (si,?t1) of the two measurable variables, apply the measured values (si,?t1) to the probability density functions (p(xi|?t)) to generate a sequence of values of probability density (p({right arrow over (x)}|?t)), process the sequence of values of probability density (p({right arrow over (x)}|?t)) to generate a reference value (S({right arrow over (x)}|?t)), and compare such reference value (S({right arrow over (x)}|?t)) to a threshold value (T) to determine whether the encrypted flow of packets (F) belongs to the predefined class of flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Universita degli Studi di BresciaInventors: Manuel Crotti, Maurizio Dusi, Francesco Gringoli, Luca Salgarelli
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Patent number: 6677438Abstract: A process for attaching a polyethylene glycol compound to a macromolecule to prepare a conjugate or adduct between the polyethylene glycol compound and the macromolecule is described. The process comprises the steps of (1) preparing an activated PEG or an activated PEG derivative by incorporating an acrylic ester, an acrylic thioester or an acrylamido group into the PEG or PEG derivative; (2) reacting the activated PEG or PEG derivative with a macromolecular material comprising one or more sulphydryl groups, primary amino groups and/or secondary amino groups and (3) recovering the conjugate of the PEG or PEG derivative and the macromolecular material.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignees: University of Nottingham, Universita Degli Studi di BresciaInventors: Martin Charles Garnett, Stanley Stewart Davis, Fabio Bignotti, Paolo Ferruti