Patents by Inventor Alberto Barbi

Alberto Barbi 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).

  • Patent number: 11415694
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for agricultural crop analysis, comprises: a light source (2) for sending light radiation towards a crop; a plurality of sensors (21) for acquiring light radiation reflected by the crop and a plurality of filtering elements (22) adapted to enable complete passage only of light having frequencies within a predetermined passband. The filtering elements (22) have passbands that differ from each other and each filtering element (22) is functionally coupled with a respective sensor (21) in such a manner that the latter receives only light radiation that has traversed the former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DINAMICA GENERALE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Ghiraldi, Alberto Barbi
  • Publication number: 20200264107
    Abstract: An analysing device for reaped and harvested plants in a heap or swath (C), comprising: a containment shell (2), provided with a tapered conformation from a rear portion (22) towards a front portion (21) that faces an advancement direction (A) with respect to a swath (C); an analysis window (4), fashioned through a wall of the shell (2); one or more analysing sensors (5), placed inside the shell (2) in a position such as to face towards the analysis window (4), for sensing the environment outside the shell (2) through the window (4) itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: NICOLA BERTOLANI, ALBERTO BARBI
  • Publication number: 20190369243
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for agricultural crop analysis, comprises: a light source (2) for sending light radiation towards a crop; a plurality of sensors (21) for acquiring light radiation reflected by the crop and a plurality of filtering elements (22) adapted to enable complete passage only of light having frequencies within a predetermined passband. The filtering elements (22) have passbands that differ from each other and each filtering element (22) is functionally coupled with a respective sensor (21) in such a manner that the latter receives only light radiation that has traversed the former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: ANDREA GHIRALDI, ALBERTO BARBI
  • Patent number: 10455763
    Abstract: A harvest analysis system, intended to be used in a machine (2, 3) for harvesting agricultural products, e.g. combine (2), forage harvester (3) or the like, comprising at least one image acquisition device (4, 40) and at least one processing unit (1), connected to said acquisition device (4, 40) and in turn comprising: at least one memory module (10) in which at least a first reference image is stored; and at least one comparison module (11, 12) configured to perform a comparison between the images of the harvested products, acquired by said device (4, 40) and said reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DINAMICA GENERALE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Barbi
  • Publication number: 20180364157
    Abstract: The apparatus (1) for the analysis and management of a field (2), cultivated or intended to be cultivated, comprises: a first detection device (3) adapted for acquiring electromagnetic radiation emitted by vegetation (21) and/or soil (20) of the field (2) and adapted for producing first measurement signals representative of acquisitions performed; a second detection device (4) adapted for spectroscopic analysis of the soil (20) and adapted for producing second measurement signals representative of analyses performed; and a processing unit (6) comprising: a first analysis module (61) configured to obtain first data representative of the vegetation (21) and/or the soil (20) of the field (2), as a function of the first measurement signals; a second analysis module (62) configured to obtain second data of the soil (20) subject to detection, as a function of the second measurement signals; and an evaluation module configured to determine evaluation states of the analysed vegetation and soil, based on the respectiv
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: ANDREA GHIRALDI, ALBERTO BARBI, ANNA GHIRALDI
  • Publication number: 20180035609
    Abstract: A harvest analysis system, intended to be used in a machine (2, 3) for harvesting agricultural products, e.g. combine (2), forage harvester (3) or the like, comprising at least one image acquisition device (4, 40) and at least one processing unit (1), connected to said acquisition device (4, 40) and in turn comprising: at least one memory module (10) in which at least a first reference image is stored; and at least one comparison module (11, 12) configured to perform a comparison between the images of the harvested products, acquired by said device (4, 40) and said reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: ALBERTO BARBI
  • Patent number: 8651730
    Abstract: A food mixing unit is equipped with a weighing system having a memory device for storing at least one recipe of foods to be loaded into the mixing unit and at least one weight detecting device to detect the weight of the foods loaded. Foods to be loaded are taken from relative stocking areas and the food weight is controlled by the weight detecting device and based on the food recipe, as foods are loaded into the mixing unit. A plurality of chemical and/or physical parameters is measured for each of the food stored in the relative stocking areas by using of a food analysis tool and the food recipe is modified according to the measured values of chemical and/or physical parameters and rewritten in the memory device of the weighing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Dinamica Generale S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alberto Barbi
  • Patent number: 8608368
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system for controlling loading of food products in a food mixing unit by using a loader unit, the system having: a weighing device, which is mounted on the mixing unit and has a memory for storing at least one recipe of food products to be loaded and, for each food product of the recipe, first geographic coordinates associated with the food product and identifying a stocking area of the food product; a GPS receiver associated to the loader unit to detect second geographic coordinates identifying the place in which the loader unit is located; and a processing unit configured to check the weight of the food products of the recipe as these are gradually loaded in the mixing unit, to acquire the second geographic coordinates for each food product being loaded when the loader unit takes the food product from a stocking area and to compare the second geographic coordinates with the first geographic coordinates for each food product being loaded in order to verify that the correct food product is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Dinamica Generale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Bresciani, Alberto Barbi
  • Publication number: 20110320033
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system for controlling loading of food products in a food mixing unit by means of a loader unit, the system having: a weighing device, which is mounted on the mixing unit and has a memory for storing at least one recipe of food products to be loaded and, for each food product of the recipe, first geographic coordinates associated with the food product and identifying a stocking area of the food product; a GPS receiver associated to the loader unit to detect second geographic coordinates identifying the place in which the loader unit is located; and processing means configured to check the weight of the food products of the recipe as these are gradually loaded in the mixing unit, to acquire the second geographic coordinates for each food product being loaded when the loader unit takes the food product from a stocking area and to compare the second geographic coordinates with the first geographic coordinates for each food product being loaded in order to verify that the correct food product i
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: DINAMICA GENERALE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Matteo BRESCIANI, Alberto BARBI
  • Publication number: 20110261641
    Abstract: A food mixing unit is equipped with a weighing system having a memory device for storing at least one recipe of foods to be loaded into the mixing unit and at least one weight detecting device to detect the weight of the foods loaded. Foods to be loaded are taken from relative stocking areas and the food weight is controlled by the weight detecting device and based on the food recipe, as foods are loaded into the mixing unit. A plurality of chemical and/or physical parameters is measured for each of the food stored in the relative stocking areas by means of a food analysis tool and the food recipe is modified according to the measured values of chemical and/or physical parameters and rewritten in the memory device of the weighing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: DINAMICA GENERALE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alberto Barbi