Patents by Inventor Bartolomeo Montrucchio

Bartolomeo Montrucchio 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: 20220265139
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for vision rehabilitation are provided, wherein the apparatus includes a communication component, a visualization component and a processing component configured to receive, through the communication component, a plurality of data that define a visual field of at least one eye of a patient, generate a therapeutic image on the basis of the plurality of data, and visualized, through the visualization component, the therapeutic image, wherein the therapeutic image has geometric and/or chromatic features which, if perceived by the patient, stimulate a regeneration of tissues comprised in the visual apparatus of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Umberto Lucia, Giulio Grisolia, Marco Actis Grande, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Maria Rosa Astori, Emilio Paolucci, Antonio Ponzetto
  • Patent number: 10697857
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for checking tyres in a tyre production line. The method includes alternately illuminating, with a first and second grazing light radiation, a surface portion of the tyre and respectively acquiring a first and second two-dimensional digital image of the illuminated surface portion. For each point of the surface portion, the respective overall light power of the first and second light radiation incident at the point respectively comes from two half-spaces that are opposite with respect to an optical plane passing through the perpendicular to the surface at the point; and comparing the first and second image to obtain information on an altimetric profile of the surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Valeriano Ballardini, Giuseppe Casadio Tozzi, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Patent number: 10663374
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for checking tyres in a tyre production line. The apparatus includes a support frame for mounting the tyre, a flange for attaching the support frame to a movement member, and an acquisition system for acquiring digital images of a surface of the tyre. The acquisition system includes a linear camera and an illumination system for illuminating an objective line of the camera. The illumination system includes a light source and an optical lens system having a second optical axis. The optical lens system includes first and second converging lenses arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens so that the light source, the first lens and the second lens are coaxial with the second optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Held, Vincenzo Boffa, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Publication number: 20180321114
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for checking tyres in a tyre production line. The apparatus includes a support frame for mounting the tyre, a flange for attaching the support frame to a movement member, and an acquisition system for acquiring digital images of a surface of the tyre. The acquisition system includes a linear camera and an illumination system for illuminating an objective line of the camera. The illumination system includes a light source and an optical lens system having a second optical axis. The optical lens system includes first and second converging lenses arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens so that the light source, the first lens and the second lens are coaxial with the second optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Alessandro HELD, Vincenzo BOFFA, Bartolomeo MONTRUCCHIO
  • Patent number: 9862159
    Abstract: A method for controlling the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles includes: extracting a cured tire from a curing station, in which the cured tire has accumulated heat during a curing process; and verifying the presence of possible defects or imperfections in that cured tire. The verification includes detecting first electromagnetic radiations representative of a heat emission from different portions of the cured tire while the cured tire frees the accumulated heat; providing at least one output signal representative of the first electromagnetic radiations detected to allow an analysis of the cured tire and to verify the presence of the possible defects or imperfections. A plant for the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Marco Gallo, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Publication number: 20170350793
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for checking tyres in a tyre production line. The method includes alternately illuminating, with a first and second grazing light radiation, a surface portion of the tyre and respectively acquiring a first and second two-dimensional digital image of the illuminated surface portion. For each point of the surface portion, the respective overall light power of the first and second light radiation incident at the point respectively comes from two half-spaces that are opposite with respect to an optical plane passing through the perpendicular to the surface at the point; and comparing the first and second image to obtain information on an altimetric profile of the surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Vincenzo BOFFA, Valeriano BALLARDINI, Giuseppe CASADIO TOZZI, Bartolomeo MONTRUCCHIO
  • Patent number: 9835524
    Abstract: A method for segmenting the surface of a tire including at least one groove, includes: irradiating a portion of the surface of the tire by means of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the visible spectrum; acquiring an image of the irradiated portion of the surface; and processing the image so as to segment it into regions corresponding to regions of the tire which do or do not belong to the at least one groove. Additionally, processing the image so as to segment it includes: calculating a statistical quantity associated with the irradiation by electromagnetic radiation for each region of the image; and determining whether the region of the image does or does not belong to the at least one groove according to the value of the statistical quantity. Equipment for segmenting a surface of a tire including at least one groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Marco Gallo, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Publication number: 20160325514
    Abstract: A method for controlling the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles includes: extracting a cured tire from a curing station, in which the cured tire has accumulated heat during a curing process; and verifying the presence of possible defects or imperfections in that cured tire. The verification includes detecting first electromagnetic radiations representative of a heat emission from different portions of the cured tire while the cured tire frees the accumulated heat; providing at least one output signal representative of the first electromagnetic radiations detected to allow an analysis of the cured tire and to verify the presence of the possible defects or imperfections. A plant for the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo BOFFA, Marco GALLO, Bartolomeo MONTRUCCHIO
  • Patent number: 9395275
    Abstract: A method for controlling the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles includes: extracting a cured tire from a curing station, in which the cured tire has accumulated heat during a curing process; and verifying the presence of possible defects or imperfections in that cured tire. The verification includes detecting first electromagnetic radiations representative of a heat emission from different portions of the cured tire while the cured tire frees the accumulated heat; providing at least one output signal representative of the first electromagnetic radiations detected to allow an analysis of the cured tire and to verify the presence of the possible defects or imperfections. A plant for the manufacturing of tires for wheels of vehicles is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Marco Gallo, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Patent number: 9289956
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the deposition of elementary semifinished products in a process for building tires for vehicle wheels includes: driving in rotation, around a rotation axis, at a rotation speed between about ?/8 rad/s and about 6? rad/s, a tire being processed which tire has a radially external surface including one or more elementary semifinished products; sending a first electromagnetic radiation to the radially external surface, the latter generating a corresponding first reflected radiation; detecting, through a first detecting device, at least one first image representative of the first reflected radiation; controlling the first detecting device in such a manner that a first exposure time for detecting the at least one first image is included between about 0.1 s and about 10 s; carrying out a first comparison between the at least one first image and one or more reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A., Politecnico Di Torino
    Inventors: Michele Ballabio, Gaetano Lo Presti, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Vincenzo Orlando
  • Patent number: 9188975
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of building members of a tyre in a process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels includes: providing a first device of a first electromagnetic radiation on a first tyre building member; detecting, during a movement of the first building member, a first image in which the first electromagnetic radiation defines a trajectory followed, in the movement, by the first emitter device; carrying out a first comparison between the first image and one or more first reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A., Politecnico Di Torino
    Inventors: Michele Ballabio, Gaetano Lo Presti, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Vincenzo Orlando, Gianni Mancini
  • Publication number: 20150241311
    Abstract: A method for controlling the manufacturing of tyres for wheels of vehicles includes: extracting a cured tyre from a curing station, in which the cured tyre has accumulated heat during a curing process; and verifying the presence of possible defects or imperfections in that cured tyre. The verification includes detecting first electromagnetic radiations representative of a heat emission from different portions of the cured tyre while the cured tyre frees the accumulated heat; providing at least one output signal representative of the first electromagnetic radiations detected to allow an analysis of the cured tyre and to verify the presence of the possible defects or imperfections. A plant for the manufacturing of tyres for wheels of vehicles is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Marco Gallo, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Publication number: 20150226644
    Abstract: A method for segmenting the surface of a tyre including at least one groove, includes: irradiating a portion of the surface of the tyre by means of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the visible spectrum; acquiring an image of the irradiated portion of the surface; and processing the image so as to segment it into regions corresponding to regions of the tyre which do or do not belong to the at least one groove. Additionally, processing the image so as to segment it includes: calculating a statistical quantity associated with the irradiation by electromagnetic radiation for each region of the image; and determining whether the region of the image does or does not belong to the at least one groove according to the value of the statistical quantity. Equipment for segmenting a surface of a tyre including at least one groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A., POLITECNICO DI TORINO
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Marco Gallo, Bartolomeo Montrucchio
  • Publication number: 20140341460
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the deposition of elementary semifinished products in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes: driving in rotation, around a rotation axis, at a rotation speed between about ?/8 raft and about 6 ? rad/s, a tyre being processed which tyre has a radially external surface including one or more elementary semifinished products; sending a first electromagnetic radiation to the radially external surface, the latter generating a corresponding first reflected radiation; detecting, through a first detecting device, at least one first image representative of the first reflected radiation; controlling the first detecting device in such a manner that a first exposure time for detecting the at least one first image is included between about 0.1 s and about 10 s; carrying out a first comparison between the at least one first image and one or more reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michele Ballabio, Gaetano Lo Presti, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Vincenzo Orlando
  • Publication number: 20140288689
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of building members of a tyre in a process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels includes: providing a first device of a first electromagnetic radiation on a first tyre building member; detecting, during a movement of the first building member, a first image in which the first electromagnetic radiation defines a trajectory followed, in the movement, by the first emitter device; carrying out a first comparison between the first image and one or more first reference data; and generating a first notification signal as a function of the first comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Michele Ballabio, Gaetano Lo Presti, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Vincenzo Orlando, Gianni Mancini