Patents by Inventor Allessandra Costanzo

Allessandra Costanzo 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).

  • Publication number: 20100201378
    Abstract: A low-cost and non-invasive method for remote monitoring deformations of a structure (2), which method envisages to couple at least two RFID tags (3) to the structure (2) in its respective points (10a, 10b, 10a-10c), to interrogate at radio frequency the RFID tags (3) so that a resultant electromagnetic field is produced at a certain distance (DINF) from the structure (2), the resultant electromagnetic field ensuing from a combination of the electromagnetic fields produced individually by each RFID tags (3) in response to the interrogation, to measure the resultant electromagnetic field at such a distance (DINF) from the structure (2) for obtaining measurements of the resultant electromagnetic field, and to determine the deformations of the structure (2) as a function of the measurements of the resultant electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM- UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Allessandra Costanzo, Andrea Benedetti, Vittorio Rizzoli