Patents by Inventor Elisabetta Comini

Elisabetta Comini 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).

  • Methods of recognizing types of coffee
    Patent number: 11517139
    Abstract: A method of recognizing a type of coffee from reference types of coffee, wherein each of the reference types of coffee is associated with a respective reference signal and wherein each type of coffee is associated to a characteristic combination of volatile organic compounds released from the type of coffee, may include: sensing, by one or more sensors, presence and concentration of one or more volatile organic compounds in a mixture of volatile organic compounds released from the type of coffee; generating a signal representative of the type of coffee according to the sensed one or more volatile organic compounds and the respective concentrations of the sensed one or more volatile organic compounds; comparing the generated signal with the reference signal associated with each of the reference types of coffee; and generating a recognition signal in response to the comparing of the generated signal with the reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GRUPPO CIMBALI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Abbatangelo, Giorgio Duina, Elisabetta Comini, Giorgio Sberveglieri, Veronica Sberveglieri, Alberto Galimberti, Claudio Volonté
  • METHODS OF RECOGNIZING TYPES OF COFFEE
    Publication number: 20200359830
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recognizing a type of coffee from a plurality of reference types of coffee, each reference type of coffee being associated with a respective reference signal, said method comprising the steps of sensing, by one or more sensors, the presence and concentration of one or more volatile organic compounds in a mixture of volatile organic compounds released from the coffee; generating a signal representative of the coffee according to the volatile organic compounds that have been sensed and their respective concentrations; comparing the generated signal with the reference signals associated with each reference type of coffee; generating a recognition signal in response to the comparison of the generated signal with the reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Marco ABBATANGELO, Giorgio DUINA, Elisabetta COMINI, Giorgio SBERVEGLIERI, Veronica SBERVEGLIERI, Alberto GALIMBERTI, Claudio VOLONTÉ
  • Thin semiconductor film gas sensor device
    Patent number: 7441440
    Abstract: The gas sensor device of the semiconductor film type comprises, on a single face of it, at least one gas sensor, a resistive heating film and pads for electrical contact of the sensors and of the resistive heating film; the heating element, the gas sensor film and the contact pads are made entirely by sputter deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Soc. Coop. a.r.l.
    Inventors: Giorgio Sberveglieri, Elisabetta Comini, Guido Faglia, Camilla Baratto, Matteo Falasconi
  • Thin semiconductor film gas sensor device
    Publication number: 20040211667
    Abstract: The gas sensor device of the semiconductor film type comprises, on a single face of it, at least one gas sensor, a resistive heating film and pads for electrical contact of the sensors and of the resistive heating film; the heating element, the gas sensor film and the contact pads are made entirely by sputter deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA Soc. Coop. ar.l.
    Inventors: Giorgio Sberveglieri, Elisabetta Comini, Guido Faglia, Camilla Baratto, Matteo Falasconi