Patents by Inventor Arcangelo Distante

Arcangelo Distante 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: 8543525
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the problem of the automatic detection of events in sport field, in particular Goal/NoGoal events by signalling to the mach management, which can autonomously take the final decision upon the event. The system is not invasive for the field structures, neither it requires to interrupt the game or to modify the rules thereof, but it only aims at detecting objectively the event occurrence and at providing support in the referees' decisions by means of specific signalling of the detected events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Richerche (CNR)
    Inventors: Arcangelo Distante, Ettore Stella, Massimiliano Nitti, Liborio Capozzo, Tiziana Rita D'Orazio, Massimo Ianigro, Nicola Mosca, Marco Leo, Paolo Spagnolo, Pier Luigi Mazzeo
  • Publication number: 20130170709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a visual inspection system and method for the maintenance of infrastructures, in particular railway infrastructures. It is a system able to operate in real time, wholly automatically, for the automatic detection of the presence/absence of characterizing members of the infrastructure itself, for example the coupling locks fastening the rails to the sleepers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    Inventors: Arcangelo DISTANTE, Francescomaria MARINO, Pier Luigi MAZZEO, Nassimiliano NITTI, Ettore STELLA
  • Patent number: 8300935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for detecting and classifying events during motion actions, in particular “offside” event in the football game. The system allows determining such event in a real-time and semi-automatic context, by taking into account the variability of the environmental conditions and of the dynamics of the events which can be traced back to the offside. The present invention proposes itself with a not-invasive technique, compatible with the usual course of the match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Arcangelo Distante, Massimiliano Nitti, Tiziana Rita D'Orazio, Marco Leo, Ettore Stella, Nicola Mosca, Paolo Spagnolo
  • Publication number: 20090196486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a visual inspection system and method for the maintenance of infrastructures, in particular railway infrastructures. It is a system able to operate in real time, wholly automatically, for the automatic detection of the presence/absence of characterizing members of the infrastructure itself, for example the coupling locks fastening the rails to the sleepers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    Inventors: Arcangelo Distante, Francescomaria Marino, Pier Luigi Mazzeo, Massimiliano Nitti, Ettore Stella
  • Publication number: 20090074246
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the problem of the automatic detection of events in sport field, in particular Goal/NoGoal events by signalling to the mach management, which can autonomously take the final decision upon the event. The system is not invasive for the field structures, neither it requires to interrupt the game or to modify the rules thereof, but it only aims at detecting objectively the event occurrence and at providing support in the referees' decisions by means of specific signalling of the detected events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Arcangelo Distante, Ettore Stella, Massimiliano Nitti, Liborio Capozzo, Tiziana Rita D'Orazio, Massimo Ianigro, Nicola Mosca, Marco Leo, Paolo Spagnolo, Pier Luigi Mazzeo
  • Publication number: 20090060352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for detecting and classifying events during motion actions, in particular “offside” event in the football game. The system allows determining such event in a real-time and semi-automatic context, by taking into account the variability of the environmental conditions and of the dynamics of the events which can be traced back to the offside. The present invention proposes itself with a not-invasive technique, compatible with the usual course of the match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Arcangelo Distante, Massimiliano Nitti, Tiziana Rita D'Orazio, Marco Leo, Ettore Stella, Nicola Mosca, Paolo Spagnolo
  • Patent number: 7457463
    Abstract: A method and a system for measurement of the relative position of an object with respect to a point of reference which includes acquiring a plurality of images, each of said images being adapted to display the point of reference, processing each image of the plurality of acquired images, the step of processing each image further including the step of recognizing the object inside each of the images performed by a classifier and training with examples adapted to the construction of the classifier, and computing the relative position of the object with respect to the point of reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Nicola Ancona, Giovanni Attolico, Antonella Branca, Grazia Cicirelli, Arcangelo Distante, Marco Malavasi, Ettore Stella
  • Publication number: 20050074161
    Abstract: System for the measurement of the relative position of an object with respect to a point of reference, comprising one or more image acquisition subsystems and a processing unit of said acquired images apt to analyze such images according to recognition and localization techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Nicola Ancona, Giovanni Attolico, Antonella Branca, Grazia Cicirelli, Arcangelo Distante, Marco Malavasi, Ettore Stella