Patents by Inventor Domenico Di Terlizzi

Domenico Di Terlizzi 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).

  • Radio frequency positioning system for vehicles
    Patent number: 8643536
    Abstract: A positioning system for radio frequency devices includes a two-way radio antenna, for vehicles, having a transmitting and a receiving element. Reference antennas have retro-directive arrays which can shape the signal beams in elevation; polarize transmission and reception signals according to a circular or a linear polarization, the polarized transmission retro-directively reflecting signals having the same polarization as the incident ones in the case of circular polarization, or retro-directively reflecting signals having orthogonal polarization in the case of linear polarization. An encoder is included for transmitting an identification code of the reference antenna. A controller processes the spatial and temporal data resulting from communication through the radio waves transmitted and received by the vehicle antennas and reflected by the reference antennas. The controller calculates the distance of the vehicle from the reference antennas that have reflected the signal transmitted by the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Elettric 80 S.p.A.
    Inventors: Vittorio Cavirani, Francesco Trotta, Luca Marcaccioli, Roberto Vincenti Gatti, Franco Manzini, Domenico Di Terlizzi
  • RADIO FREQUENCY POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20110285593
    Abstract: A positioning system for radio frequency devices includes a two-way radio antenna, for vehicles, having a transmitting and a receiving element. Reference antennas have retro-directive arrays which can shape the signal beams in elevation; polarize transmission and reception signals according to a circular or a linear polarization, the polarized transmission retro-directively reflecting signals having the same polarization as the incident ones in the case of circular polarisation, or retro-directively reflecting signals having orthogonal polarisation in the case of linear polarisation. An encoder is included for transmitting an identification code of the reference antenna. A controller processes the spatial and temporal data resulting from communication through the radio waves transmitted and received by the vehicle antennas and reflected by the reference antennas. The controller calculates the distance of the vehicle from the reference antennas that have reflected the signal transmitted by the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Vittorio Cavirani, Francesco Trotta, Luca Marcaccioli, Roberto Vincenti Gatti, Franco Manzini, Domenico Di Terlizzi