Patents by Inventor Antonio Antonellis Rufo

Antonio Antonellis Rufo 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: 20240147036
    Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a camera and a cover assembly including a housing having inner and outer housing portions. The inner housing portion accommodates a transparent cover. The camera views through the cover and an outer surface of the cover is exposed exterior of the vehicle. The inner housing portion and the cover are rotatable relative to the camera. A perimeter region of the cover is recessed into the inner housing portion. A plurality of drainage channels extend radially along an outer surface of the inner housing portion and are coplanar with or recessed from the perimeter region of the outer surface of the cover. A motor operates to rotate the cover relative to the outer housing portion and the camera, which sheds moisture at the outer surface of the cover so that the moisture flows from the outer surface of the cover along the drainage channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Guang Wen Sun, Antonio Antonellis Rufo
  • Patent number: 11892560
    Abstract: A calibration system for multi-sensor extrinsic calibration in a vehicle includes one or more calibration targets provided around an external environment within a threshold distance of the vehicle. Each of the one or more calibration targets includes a combination of sensor targets configured to be measured by and used for calibrating a pair of sensors selected from the group consisting of a first sensor, a second sensor or a third sensor. The system also includes a vehicle placement section configured to accommodate the vehicle on the vehicle placement section for detection of the one or more calibration targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIO Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiu Hong Yu, Zhenxiang Jian, Tong Lin, Xu Chen, Zhongkui Wang, Antonio Antonellis Rufo, Waylon Chen
  • Publication number: 20210239793
    Abstract: A calibration system for multi-sensor extrinsic calibration in a vehicle includes one or more calibration targets provided around an external environment within a threshold distance of the vehicle. Each of the one or more calibration targets includes a combination of sensor targets configured to be measured by and used for calibrating a pair of sensors selected from the group consisting of a first sensor, a second sensor or a third sensor. The system also includes a vehicle placement section configured to accommodate the vehicle on the vehicle placement section for detection of the one or more calibration targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hiu Hong Yu, Zhenxiang Jian, Tong Lin, Xu Chen, Zhongkui Wang, Antonio Antonellis Rufo, Waylon Chen
  • Publication number: 20200398646
    Abstract: A laminate glass structure comprising a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet bonded together is provided. The first glass sheet of the laminate glass structure may include tuned light imaging detection and ranging sensor optical transmission characteristics and the second glass sheet may include a void area disposed in a portion thereof. The laminate glass structure can correspond to a laminate vehicle windshield that separates an interior cabin of the vehicle from an exterior of the vehicle. The laminate glass structure allows a light detection and ranging sensor to be mounted inside the interior cabin of the vehicle behind the void area providing a field of view of the sensor that is unobstructed by the second glass sheet. Light emitted and received by the sensor may only pass through the first glass sheet and not the second glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Nermin Mujcinovic, Antonio Antonellis Rufo