Patents by Inventor Alberto Guiotto

Alberto Guiotto 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: 9433048
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor-vehicle lighting device is provided that uses LEDs supplied with PWM signals temporally spaced apart from one another by a first time phase t1 and a second time phase t2. An interval of interest is defined in which an electromagnetic disturbance must not exceed a maximum threshold value ?max; driving signals are supplied on the basis of first phases t1 and t2 computed; and the measured or simulated waveform of the electromagnetic disturbance deriving from the phases t1 and t2 is compared with the maximum threshold value within the interval of interest defined. Where the waveform of the disturbance exceeds the threshold, two phases t1 and t2, once again different from one another, are recalculated; otherwise, the last phases t1 and t2 calculated are selected and used in the PWM control. An advantageous motor-vehicle lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto, Jasmin Kreso
  • Patent number: 9370055
    Abstract: A driver device of a plurality of light sources, in particular LEDs, includes a multi-channel current control module (20) which sets a power supply current on a respective output channel connected to at least one light source (12). At least one static configuration register (54) is connected to said current control module in which a static driving configuration corresponding to the value of the power supply current which the multi-channel current control module must set on each output channel when the driver device is in a stand alone operating mode, is pre-loaded as well as at least one dynamic configuration register (56) that acts to load a dynamic driving configuration received from a digital transmission data bus connected to an electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A. A SOCIO UNICO
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto
  • Publication number: 20160119989
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor-vehicle lighting device is provided that uses LEDs supplied with PWM signals temporally spaced apart from one another by a first time phase t1 and a second time phase t2. An interval of interest is defined in which an electromagnetic disturbance must not exceed a maximum threshold value ?max; driving signals are supplied on the basis of first phases t1 and t2 computed; and the measured or simulated waveform of the electromagnetic disturbance deriving from the phases t1 and t2 is compared with the maximum threshold value within the interval of interest defined. Where the waveform of the disturbance exceeds the threshold, two phases t1 and t2, once again different from one another, are recalculated; otherwise, the last phases t1 and t2 calculated are selected and used in the PWM control. An advantageous motor-vehicle lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto, Jasmin Kreso
  • Publication number: 20150382412
    Abstract: A driver device of a plurality of light sources, in particular LEDs, includes a multi-channel current control module (20) which sets a power supply current on a respective output channel connected to at least one light source (12). At least one static configuration register (54) is connected to said current control module in which a static driving configuration corresponding to the value of the power supply current which the multi-channel current control module must set on each output channel when the driver device is in a stand alone operating mode, is pre-loaded as well as at least one dynamic configuration register (56) that acts to load a dynamic driving configuration received from a digital transmission data bus connected to an electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto