Patents by Inventor Francesco Maria DI LENA

Francesco Maria DI LENA 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: 11567308
    Abstract: A system for acquiring microscopic plenoptic images with attenuation of turbulence by a microscope includes, in combination: a sample, the image of which should be obtained, which is able to be treated as a source of chaotic light, whose emission has an intensity profile F(?s), with ?s planar coordinate on the sample plane; a beam separator; two sensors or detectors, configured to perform the spatial/directional and directional/spatial detection, respectively, in which the planar coordinate on the detector planes is respectively indicated with ?a and ?b; an objective lens, having focal length fO and pupil function PO(?O), with ?O planar coordinate on the plane of the lens; a second lens, having focal length fT and pupil function PT(?T), with ?T planar coordinate on the plane of the lens; wherein the second lens is arranged in the optical path (a/b) of the beam transmitted/reflected by the beam separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE
    Inventors: Milena D'Angelo, Francesco Vincenzo Pepe, Alessio Scagliola, Francesco Maria Di Lena, Augusto Garuccio
  • Patent number: 11523097
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for the plenoptic capture of photographic or cinematographic images of an object or a 3D scene (10) of interest are based on a correlated light emitting source and correlation measurement, along the line of “Correlation Plenoptic Imaging” (CPI). A first image sensor (Da) and a second image sensor (Db) detect images along a path of a first light beam (a) and a second light beam (b), respectively. A processing unit (100) of the intensities detected by the synchronized image sensors (Da, Db) is configured to retrieve the propagation direction of light by measuring spatio-temporal correlations between light intensities detected in the image planes of at least two arbitrary planes (P?, P?; D?b, D?a) chosen in the vicinity of the object or within the 3D scene (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BARI ALDO MORO
    Inventors: Milena D'Angelo, Augusto Garuccio, Francesco Vincenzo Pepe, Francesco Maria Di Lena
  • Publication number: 20210368154
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus are described for the plenoptic capture of photographic or cinematographic images of an object or a 3D scene (10) of interest, both based on correlated light emitting source and correlation measurement, along the line of “Correlation Plenoptic Imaging” (CPI). A first image sensor (Da) and a second image sensor (Db) detect images along a path of a first light beam (a) and a second light beam (b), respectively. A processing unit (100) of the intensities detected by the synchronized image sensors (Da, Db) is configured to retrieve the propagation direction of light by measuring spatio-temporal correlations between light intensities detected in the image planes of at least two arbitrary planes (P?, P?; D?b, D?a) chosen in the vicinity of the object or within the 3D scene (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Milena D'ANGELO, Augusto GARUCCIO, Francesco Vincenzo PEPE, Francesco Maria DI LENA
  • Publication number: 20210318532
    Abstract: A system for acquiring microscopic plenoptic images with attenuation of turbulence by a microscope includes, in combination: a sample, the image of which should be obtained, which is able to be treated as a source of chaotic light, whose emission has an intensity profile F(?s), with ?s planar coordinate on the sample plane; a beam separator; two sensors or detectors, configured to perform the spatial/directional and directional/spatial detection, respectively, in which the planar coordinate on the detector planes is respectively indicated with ?a and ?b; an objective lens, having focal length fO and pupil function PO(?O), with ?O planar coordinate on the plane of the lens; a second lens, having focal length fT and pupil function PT(?T), with ?T planar coordinate on the plane of the lens; wherein the second lens is arranged in the optical path (a/b) of the beam transmitted/reflected by the beam separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Milena D'ANGELO, Francesco Vincenzo PEPE, Alessio SCAGLIOLA, Francesco Maria DI LENA, Augusto GARUCCIO