Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Picariello

Fabrizio Picariello 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).

  • Control of operation of automotive direction indicators
    Patent number: 9731648
    Abstract: An automotive electronic control unit (4) configured to control operation of automotive direction indicators (2) based on motor vehicle-related data and by receiving current steering wheel angle (?) and motor vehicle speed (v), determining an initial steering wheel angle (?0) when a direction indicator (2) is activated, determining minimum and maximum steering wheel angles (?min, ?max) reached during the period that the direction indicator is active, computing a steering wheel release angle (?r) based on the current motor vehicle speed (v), the steering wheel release angle (?r) representing the steering wheel angle (?) beyond which the motor vehicle's steering wheel is to be turned in the direction indicated by the active direction indicator to cause, when the steering wheel is turned in the opposite direction at the end of steering manoeuvre, the automatic deactivation of the active direction indicator (2), and determining if and when to deactivate the active direction indicator (2) based on the current stee
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa' Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Luca Liotti, Fabrizio Picariello, Antonella Toffetti
  • CONTROL OF OPERATION OF AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTION INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20160129831
    Abstract: An automotive electronic control unit (4) configured to control operation of automotive direction indicators (2) based on motor vehicle-related data and by receiving current steering wheel angle (?) and motor vehicle speed (v), determining an initial steering wheel angle (?0) when a direction indicator (2) is activated, determining minimum and maximum steering wheel angles (?min, ?max) reached during the period that the direction indicator is active, computing a steering wheel release angle (?r) based on the current motor vehicle speed (v), the steering wheel release angle (?r) representing the steering wheel angle (?) beyond which the motor vehicle's steering wheel is to be turned in the direction indicated by the active direction indicator to cause, when the steering wheel is turned in the opposite direction at the end of steering manoeuvre, the automatic deactivation of the active direction indicator (2), and determining if and when to deactivate the active direction indicator (2) based on the current stee
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: C.R.F. Societa' Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Luca Liotti, Fabrizio Picariello, Antonella Toffetti