Patents by Inventor Eliana De Marchi

Eliana De Marchi 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: 9188270
    Abstract: Monitoring and analysis method of the conditions of a pipeline, comprising: providing an inspection device (1) in expanded polymeric or elastomeric material comprising at least one measurement instrument (2, 3), said measurement instrument including at least one casing and at least one sensor; introducing said inspection device into the pipeline (5); recovering said inspection device; wherein said casing is made of polymeric or elastomeric material, having a density, measured according to the regulation ASTM D3574, higher than or equal to 30 kg/m3, preferably ranging from 700 to 2,000 kg/m3. Said method allows the continuous registration and storage of useful parameters for revealing defects and/or anomalies inside the pipeline (5) that transports gas and/or liquids, as well as possible variations in the internal diameter of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Giulio Di Lullo, Alessia Poggio, Eliana De Marchi
  • Patent number: 8644592
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a fluid discharge in an underwater environment, the method including: collecting data relating to an underwater area through at least two acoustic sensors; filtering and processing the data collected to identify the presence of the discharged fluid and the underwater area involved; forming a single stereoscopic image by combining the plurality of single three-dimensional images; and estimating the position of the fluid discharge on the basis of the stereoscopic image thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Eliana De Marchi, Paolo Ferrara, Roberto Ferrario, Roberto Finotello
  • Publication number: 20130291635
    Abstract: Monitoring and analysis method of the conditions of a pipeline, comprising: providing an inspection device (1) in expanded polymeric or elastomeric material comprising at least one measurement instrument (2, 3), said measurement instrument including at least one casing and at least one sensor; introducing said inspection device into the pipeline (5); recovering said inspection device; wherein said casing is made of polymeric or elastomeric material, having a density, measured according to the regulation ASTM D3574, higher than or equal to 30 kg/m3, preferably ranging from 700 to 2,000 kg/m3. Said method allows the continuous registration and storage of useful parameters for revealing defects and/or anomalies inside the pipeline (5) that transports gas and/or liquids, as well as possible variations in the internal diameter of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Giulio Di Lullo, Alessia Poggio, Eliana De Marchi
  • Publication number: 20110110582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of a fluid discharge in an underwater environment comprising the phases which consist in collecting (110) data relating to an underwater area through at least two acoustic sensors (11); filtering and processing (120) the data collected to identify the presence of the discharged fluid and the underwater area involved; forming (130) a single stereoscopic image through joining the plurality of single three-dimensional images; estimating (140) the position of the fluid discharge on the basis of the stereoscopic image thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Eliana De Marchi, Paolo Ferrara, Roberto Ferrario, Roberto Finotello