Patents by Inventor Enzo ROMANO

Enzo ROMANO 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: 20240036190
    Abstract: A method for localizing an RFID tag in a monitored zone comprises: emitting a reference signal from a reference RFID tag at a predefined reference position within the monitored zone, the reference signal including reference information; at a plurality of receivers, receiving the reference signal as a plurality of received reference signals; calculating a position of the reference RFID tag as a function of the received reference signals; comparing the calculated position of the reference RFID tag with the predetermined reference position for obtaining a test result; emitting an operation signal from the RFID tag, the operation signal including operation information associated with the RFID tag; at the plurality of receivers, receiving the operation signal as a plurality of received operation signals, comparing the received operation information with predetermined validation information associated with the RFID tag for obtaining a validation result; as a function of the test result and/or validation result, cal
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Enzo ROMANO, Gianmarco GRANGE, Paolo VIVIANI, Maurizio CAMBURSANO
  • Patent number: 11248744
    Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring a boundary section of a safety zone for detecting an object at least partially entering or leaving the safety zone through the boundary section is provided. The monitoring device comprises: a light curtain device for detecting an object touching the boundary section; at least one radar device for detecting a movement direction of the object relative to the boundary section and/or a material property of the object; and an evaluation device for emitting an evaluation result based on a radar device signal from the radar device and optionally based on a light curtain device signal from the light curtain device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Enzo Romano, Paolo Viviani, Gianmarco Grange
  • Publication number: 20200400275
    Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring a boundary section of a safety zone for detecting an object at least partially entering or leaving the safety zone through the boundary section is provided. The monitoring device comprises: a light curtain device for detecting an object touching the boundary section; at least one radar device for detecting a movement direction of the object relative to the boundary section and/or a material property of the object; and an evaluation device for emitting an evaluation result based on a radar device signal from the radar device and optionally based on a light curtain device signal from the light curtain device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Enzo ROMANO, Paolo VIVIANI, Gianmarco GRANGE
  • Patent number: 10634812
    Abstract: A method for operating a light curtain arrangement for monitoring a safety area is provided. The light curtain arrangement includes a plurality of first light emitter elements placed at an emitter side of the safety area, and a plurality of second light receiver elements placed at a receiver side of the safety area. The method includes the steps of: assigning a plurality of dedicated light emitter elements to a respective one light receiver element, wherein the assigned light emitter elements form an array; and activating the dedicated light emitter elements of a respective array to contemporaneously emit light, and at the same time, receiving the emitted light from the activated light emitter elements by the respective light receiver element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Enzo Romano, Paolo Viviani, Maurizio Cambursano, Pasqualino Brunetti, Gianmarco Grange, Keisaku Kikuchi, Satoru Shimokawa, Kazuhiro Kudo, Kazunori Osako
  • Publication number: 20190101668
    Abstract: A method for operating a light curtain arrangement for monitoring a safety area is provided. The light curtain arrangement includes a plurality of first light emitter elements placed at an emitter side of the safety area, and a plurality of second light receiver elements placed at a receiver side of the safety area. The method includes the steps of: assigning a plurality of dedicated light emitter elements to a respective one light receiver element, wherein the assigned light emitter elements form an array; and activating the dedicated light emitter elements of a respective array to contemporaneously emit light, and at the same time, receiving the emitted light from the activated light emitter elements by the respective light receiver element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Enzo ROMANO, Paolo VIVIANI, Maurizio CAMBURSANO, Pasqualino BRUNETTI, Gianmarco GRANGE, Keisaku KIKUCHI, Satoru SHIMOKAWA, Kazuhiro KUDO, Kazunori OSAKO
  • Patent number: 9709695
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes multiple pairs that each include a light emitting element and a light receiving element configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting element, and, in response to optical axes formed in a region between the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements entering a blocked state, senses a sensing target moving in the region. In an initial state, sensing is performed using a sensing optical axis composed of a portion of the optical axes, and when an optical axis of the sensing optical axis used in sensing in the initial state is blocked, the number of optical axes included in the sensing optical axis is increased so as to expand the sensing optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Keisaku Kikuchi, Kazunori Osako, Motohiro Yamanishi, Paolo Viviani, Enzo Romano
  • Publication number: 20160097878
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes multiple pairs that each include a light emitting element and a light receiving element configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting element, and, in response to optical axes formed in a region between the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements entering a blocked state, senses a sensing target moving in the region. In an initial state, sensing is performed using a sensing optical axis composed of a portion of the optical axes, and when an optical axis of the sensing optical axis used in sensing in the initial state is blocked, the number of optical axes included in the sensing optical axis is increased so as to expand the sensing optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Keisaku KIKUCHI, Kazunori OSAKO, Motohiro YAMANISHI, Paolo VIVIANI, Enzo ROMANO