Patents by Inventor Carlo Ratti

Carlo Ratti 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: 10823427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven (101) comprising a heated cavity (102) for cooking a food (201), which comprises a three-dimensional scanning system (106) configured for acquiring information about the volume and/or shape of a food (201) positioned in the heated cavity (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Filippo Matarazzi, Carlo Ratti, Marco Pedrazzo
  • Publication number: 20200277021
    Abstract: Methods for wirelessly communicating with vehicle adapted to be at least partially powered by a human are disclosed. An example method may include transmitting data from a device remote from the vehicle and configured to communicate with the vehicle, receiving the data at the vehicle, and configuring a parameter of the vehicle based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20180187899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven (101) comprising a heated cavity (102) for cooking a food (201), which comprises a three-dimensional scanning system (106) configured for acquiring information about the volume and/or shape of a food (201) positioned in the heated cavity (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Filippo Matarazzi, Carlo Ratti, Marco Pedrazzo
  • Patent number: 9944349
    Abstract: Embodiments of wheel spoking systems and methods of manufacturing and installing. An electrically motorized wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub wherein first and second ends of each of the plurality of wheel spokes are connected to the wheel rim and a curved portion of each of the plurality of wheel spokes interface with curved spoke pockets of the wheel hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20160355233
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20160304158
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20160307376
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Patent number: 9143769
    Abstract: Luminous pixel array. Each pixel in the array is formed by a luminous flying vehicle. A plurality of luminous flying vehicles are controlled to move in three-dimensional space so as to crate two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes that can move in space. In one embodiment images are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Carlo Ratti
  • Publication number: 20150210350
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Patent number: 9027681
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20130002855
    Abstract: A luminous pixel array includes a plurality of luminous flying vehicles configured to move in 3-dimensional space. A first luminous flying vehicle of the plurality of luminous flying vehicles corresponds to at least one pixel of the luminous pixel array. The first luminous flying vehicle is configured to radiate a first color and intensity of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Carlo Ratti
  • Patent number: 8151375
    Abstract: Device for assembly and disassembly of protective helmet visors, such visor being of the type presenting a hinge inwards the inner visor face, one on each visor extreme. The device includes a base component developed to be robustly linked to the protective helmet and a first recess developed to consent the insertion of the visor hinge into such recess. It also includes blocking components interacting with the hinge. At the same time the lever, inserted into the base, has a relative movement with respect to the base between the visor blocking position and visor opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mat Global Solutions, S.L.
    Inventors: Emiliano Taccioli, Filippo Carlo Ratti
  • Patent number: 8072676
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method to affect natural lighting profiles in a programmable window made from a single transparent membrane, wherein the method comprises: forming a matrix comprising of pixel elements within the single transparent membrane, setting (in a programmable controller) a degree of shading in at least one pixel in the matrix, receiving control command(s) from the programmable controller and, in response to the control command(s), independently driving the pixel(s) within the single transparent membrane to set its/their opacity according to the degree of shading. The degree of shading in each pixel within the single transparent membrane is controlled by controlling percentage of light transmitted according to the control command(s) issued by the programmable controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carlo Ratti, Assaf Biderman, Martin Ramos
  • Publication number: 20110133542
    Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid sensor-enabled and autonomous electric wheels can include a plurality of systems and devices integrated into a single compact hub unit that can be retrofitted into numerous types of two-wheeled bicycles. In one embodiment, an electrically motorized bicycle wheel can include a wheel rim, a wheel hub having an electric motor, a battery pack and a control unit configured to control a drive torque of the electric motor, and a plurality of wheel spokes connecting the wheel rim to the wheel hub. The electric motor, the battery pack and the control unit can be positioned within the wheel hub of the electrically motorized bicycle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Carlo Ratti, Assaf Biderman, Christine Louise Outram
  • Publication number: 20100328757
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method to affect natural lighting profiles in a programmable window made from a single transparent membrane, wherein the method comprises: forming a matrix comprising of pixel elements within the single transparent membrane, setting (in a programmable controller) a degree of shading in at least one pixel in the matrix, receiving control command(s) from the programmable controller and, in response to the control command(s), independently driving the pixel(s) within the single transparent membrane to set its/their opacity according to the degree of shading. The degree of shading in each pixel within the single transparent membrane is controlled by controlling percentage of light transmitted according to the control command(s) issued by the programmable controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Carlo Ratti, Assaf Biderman, Martin Ramos
  • Patent number: D791023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Superpedestrian, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Paul Roy, Marco Maria Pedrazzo, Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti
  • Patent number: D801249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Patent number: D810650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Superpedestrian, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Maria Pedrazzo, Robert Paul Roy, Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti
  • Patent number: D813777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram
  • Patent number: D813779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti, Christine Louise Outram