Patents by Inventor Alberto Speranzon
Alberto Speranzon 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).
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Patent number: 11932394Abstract: A system for localization of a safe landing zone comprises at least one image-capture device onboard an aerial vehicle, and an onboard processor coupled to the image-capture device. The processor is operative to execute instructions to perform a method that comprises: receive, from the image-capture device, two or more overlapping images of a landscape underneath the aerial vehicle; generate, based on the overlapping images, a landing zone heatmap of the landscape; identify, based on the landing zone heatmap, one or more regions of the landscape having potential landing zones and obstacles; and determine a location of a safe landing zone using a distance transform of the one or more regions of the landscape. The location of the safe landing zone is in an area within one of the potential landing zones that is farthest from the obstacles. The location of the safe landing zone is then stored in a database.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Carl A. Dins, Naman Rawal
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Patent number: 11928830Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for generating three-dimensional reconstructions of environments. A system, for example, may include a housing having an image sensor directed in a first direction and a distance sensor directed in a second direction and a control unit including a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: generate a first 3D model of an environment; generate a plurality of revolved 3D models by revolving the first 3D model relative to the image sensor to a plurality of positions within a predetermined angular range; match a set of distance values to one of the revolved 3D models; determine an angular position of the second direction relative to the first direction; and generate a 3D reconstruction of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Zhiguo Ren, Alberto Speranzon, Carl Dins, Juan Hu, Zhiyong Dai, Vijay Venkataraman
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Patent number: 11741702Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation system is configured to automatically identify a suitable UAV landing site, for example, in forced-landing (e.g., emergency) scenarios. In some examples, the system receives two or more overlapping images depicting a landscape underneath an airborne unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); generates, based on the two or more overlapping images, a depth map for the landscape; identifies, based on the depth map, regions of the landscape having a depth variance below a threshold value; determines, for each of the regions of the landscape having a depth variance below the threshold value, a landing zone quality score indicative of the depth variance and a semantic type of the region of the landscape; identifies, based on the landing zone quality scores, a suitable location for landing the UAV; and causes the UAV to automatically navigate toward and land on the suitable location.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Carl Arthur Dins, Alberto Speranzon, Vijay Venkataraman, Juan Hu, Zhiyong Dai
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Publication number: 20230206646Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-implemented method for detecting foreign objects on a landing surface. For instance, the method may include capturing an image from one or more cameras associated with a vehicle, detecting the landing surface present in the captured image, retrieving a reference image for the detected landing surface, and extracting a plurality of feature points present in both the captured image and the reference image. The method may further include determining a transformation between the captured image and the reference image by correlating the plurality of feature points between the captured image and the reference image, creating a virtual image by applying the transformation to one of the captured image or the reference image, and comparing the virtual image to the other one of the captured image or the reference image that was not transformed to detect one or more foreign objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Zhiguo REN, Alberto SPERANZON, Juan HU, Vijay VENKATARAMAN
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Patent number: 11687810Abstract: An access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways in a physical access control system (PACS). The access control request manager including an access pathways learning module configured to determine an reachability graph associated with each resource in the PACS, and a permissions request module, the permissions request module including an access request user interface configured to permit a user or an administrator, to provide a request for a permission to permit the user access to, or revoke the user's access to, a resource in the PACS. The permissions request module determines if the requested permission is already granted to the user, computes a pathway to reach the requested resource based on the reachability graph, suggests a permission, if needed, required to satisfy the request based on the computed pathway, and if approved, adds the suggested permission to any permissions granted to the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Blanca Florentino, Tarik Hadzic, Menouer Boubekeur, Ankit Tiwari, John Marchioli, Alberto Speranzon
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Publication number: 20230196597Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for generating three-dimensional reconstructions of environments. A system, for example, may include a housing having an image sensor directed in a first direction and a distance sensor directed in a second direction and a control unit including a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: generate a first 3D model of an environment; generate a plurality of revolved 3D models by revolving the first 3D model relative to the image sensor to a plurality of positions within a predetermined angular range; match a set of distance values to one of the revolved 3D models; determine an angular position of the second direction relative to the first direction; and generate a 3D reconstruction of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Zhiguo REN, Alberto SPERANZON, Carl DINS, Juan HU, Zhiyong DAI, Vijay VENKATARAMAN
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Publication number: 20230081722Abstract: A system for localization of a safe landing zone comprises at least one image-capture device onboard an aerial vehicle, and an onboard processor coupled to the image-capture device. The processor is operative to execute instructions to perform a method that comprises: receive, from the image-capture device, two or more overlapping images of a landscape underneath the aerial vehicle; generate, based on the overlapping images, a landing zone heatmap of the landscape; identify, based on the landing zone heatmap, one or more regions of the landscape having potential landing zones and obstacles; and determine a location of a safe landing zone using a distance transform of the one or more regions of the landscape. The location of the safe landing zone is in an area within one of the potential landing zones that is farthest from the obstacles. The location of the safe landing zone is then stored in a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Carl A. Dins, Naman Rawal
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Publication number: 20220358365Abstract: Systems and methods for a tightly coupled end-to-end multi-sensor fusion with integrated compensation are described herein. For example, a system includes an inertial measurement unit that produces inertial measurements. Additionally, the system includes additional sensors that produce additional measurements. Further, the system includes one or more memory units. Moreover, the system includes one or more processors configured to receive the inertial measurements and the additional measurements. Additionally, the one or more processors are configured to compensate the inertial measurements with a compensation model stored on the one or more memory units. Also, the one or more processors are configured to fuse the inertial measurements with the additional measurements using a differential filter that applies filter coefficients stored on the one or more memory units.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Andrew Stewart, Shashank Shivkumar
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Patent number: 11416626Abstract: A method comprises: maintaining a database (120, 130) of access control events; dividing a portion (138) of the database into shares (140A, 140B, 140C); passing the respective shares to respective third party servers (44A, 44B, 44C); processing the shares in the respective third party servers; passing output of the processing to a further server (40) in common; and processing the output on the further server.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Shaunak D. Bopardikar, Alberto Speranzon, Marina V. Blanton
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Publication number: 20220121836Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation system is configured to automatically identify a suitable UAV landing site, for example, in forced-landing (e.g., emergency) scenarios. In some examples, the system receives two or more overlapping images depicting a landscape underneath an airborne unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); generates, based on the two or more overlapping images, a depth map for the landscape; identifies, based on the depth map, regions of the landscape having a depth variance below a threshold value; determines, for each of the regions of the landscape having a depth variance below the threshold value, a landing zone quality score indicative of the depth variance and a semantic type of the region of the landscape; identifies, based on the landing zone quality scores, a suitable location for landing the UAV; and causes the UAV to automatically navigate toward and land on the suitable location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Carl Arthur Dins, Alberto Speranzon, Vijay Venkataraman, Juan Hu, Zhiyong Dai
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Patent number: 11205112Abstract: An Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), method, and navigation system are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving a plurality of sensor values from an IMU, loading the plurality of sensor values and a plurality of true sensor values into a deep learning algorithm, and training the deep learning algorithm to enhance the accuracy of the plurality of sensor values utilizing the plurality of true sensor values.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Vijay Venkataraman, Andrew Stewart
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Publication number: 20200311514Abstract: An Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), method, and navigation system are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving a plurality of sensor values from an IMU, loading the plurality of sensor values and a plurality of true sensor values into a deep learning algorithm, and training the deep learning algorithm to enhance the accuracy of the plurality of sensor values utilizing the plurality of true sensor values.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Vijay Venkataraman, Andrew Stewart
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Publication number: 20200074338Abstract: An access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways in a physical access control system (PACS). The access control request manager including an access pathways learning module configured to determine an reachability graph associated with each resource in the PACS, and a permissions request module, the permissions request module including an access request user interface configured to permit a user or an administrator, to provide a request for a permission to permit the user access to, or revoke the user's access to, a resource in the PACS. The permissions request module determines if the requested permission is already granted to the user, computes a pathway to reach the requested resource based on the reachability graph, suggests a permission, if needed, required to satisfy the request based on the computed pathway, and if approved, adds the suggested permission to any permissions granted to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Blanca Florentino, Tarik Hadzic, Menouer Boubekeur, Ankit Tiwari, John Marchioli, Alberto Speranzon
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Publication number: 20190354700Abstract: A method comprises: maintaining a database (120, 130) of access control events; dividing a portion (138) of the database into shares (140A, 140B, 140C); passing the respective shares to respective third party servers (44A, 44B, 44C); processing the shares in the respective third party servers; passing output of the processing to a further server (40) in common; and processing the output on the further server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Carrier CorporationInventors: Shaunak D. Bopardikar, Alberto Speranzon, Marina V. Blanton
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Publication number: 20180356514Abstract: A method and apparatus for a locating building occupants is provided, the system including at least one fixed beacon device to transmit a fixed beacon signal, at least one mobile device including at least one beacon enabled mobile device, wherein the at least one beacon enabled mobile device transmits a mobile beacon signal and the at least one mobile device transmits a response signal in response to at least one of the fixed beacon signal and the mobile beacon signal, and a processor to determine a location of the at least one mobile device by analyzing the response signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju, Alberto Speranzon
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Publication number: 20150330645Abstract: A method for providing comfort estimation for a space includes receiving sensor data identifying an environmental condition for the space; receiving comfort data from occupants of the space combining the sensor data and comfort data to provide combined data; generating a comfort relation network in response to the combined data; and performing network analysis on the comfort relation network to identify communities within the comfort relation network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Alberto Speranzon, Tuhin Sahai, Andrzej Banaszuk