Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Codutti

Giancarlo Codutti 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: 10623210
    Abstract: A transmission system of at least one electrical signal to be transmitted by a transmitting electronic device to at least a receiving electronic device, comprising: at least one signal line which connects the transmitting electronic device to the at least one receiving electronic device and which is suitable to transmit the respective electrical signal to be transmitted; a signal generation unit, that generates the electrical signal to be transmitted on each signal line; at least one noise compensation line; a noise compensation circuit that generates on each noise compensation line a noise compensation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Brisotto, Giancarlo Codutti, Andrea Englaro, Matteo Iellina
  • Publication number: 20190182078
    Abstract: A transmission system of at least one electrical signal to be transmitted by a transmitting electronic device to at least a receiving electronic device, comprising: at least one signal line which connects the transmitting electronic device to the at least one receiving electronic device and which is suitable to transmit the respective electrical signal to be transmitted; a signal generation unit, that generates the electrical signal to be transmitted on each signal line; at least one noise compensation line; a noise compensation circuit that generates on each noise compensation line a noise compensation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Alessandro Brisotto, Giancarlo Codutti, Andrea Englaro, Matteo Iellina
  • Patent number: 9433048
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor-vehicle lighting device is provided that uses LEDs supplied with PWM signals temporally spaced apart from one another by a first time phase t1 and a second time phase t2. An interval of interest is defined in which an electromagnetic disturbance must not exceed a maximum threshold value ?max; driving signals are supplied on the basis of first phases t1 and t2 computed; and the measured or simulated waveform of the electromagnetic disturbance deriving from the phases t1 and t2 is compared with the maximum threshold value within the interval of interest defined. Where the waveform of the disturbance exceeds the threshold, two phases t1 and t2, once again different from one another, are recalculated; otherwise, the last phases t1 and t2 calculated are selected and used in the PWM control. An advantageous motor-vehicle lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto, Jasmin Kreso
  • Publication number: 20160119989
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor-vehicle lighting device is provided that uses LEDs supplied with PWM signals temporally spaced apart from one another by a first time phase t1 and a second time phase t2. An interval of interest is defined in which an electromagnetic disturbance must not exceed a maximum threshold value ?max; driving signals are supplied on the basis of first phases t1 and t2 computed; and the measured or simulated waveform of the electromagnetic disturbance deriving from the phases t1 and t2 is compared with the maximum threshold value within the interval of interest defined. Where the waveform of the disturbance exceeds the threshold, two phases t1 and t2, once again different from one another, are recalculated; otherwise, the last phases t1 and t2 calculated are selected and used in the PWM control. An advantageous motor-vehicle lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Davide Baccarin, Alberto Guiotto, Jasmin Kreso
  • Patent number: 9085260
    Abstract: Light for motor vehicles and the like provided with a lighting device comprising a pair of power supply lines flowed through by a primary supplying current, two or more lighting branches each comprising one or more light sources adapted for being flowed through by a secondary supplying current; and an electronic control circuit configured to determine the secondary current flowing through each lighting branch; limit the primary supplying current to a predetermined minimum value when the secondary current flowing through at least one of said lighting branches is lesser than a predetermined threshold current; control the simultaneous transition of the light sources from a pre-lighting state to a complete-lighting state, when each of the secondary currents flowing through the lighting branches is greater than or equal to the predetermined current threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Stefano Marchesin, Franco Marcori
  • Publication number: 20130175924
    Abstract: Light for motor vehicles and the like provided with a lighting device comprising a pair of power supply lines flowed through by a primary supplying current, two or more lighting branches each comprising one or more light sources adapted for being flowed through by a secondary supplying current; and an electronic control circuit configured to determine the secondary current flowing through each lighting branch; limit the primary supplying current to a predetermined minimum value when the secondary current flowing through at least one of said lighting branches is lesser than a predetermined threshold current; control the simultaneous transition of the light sources from a pre-lighting state to a complete-lighting state, when each of the secondary currents flowing through the lighting branches is greater than or equal to the predetermined current threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Giancarlo Codutti, Stefano Marchesin, Franco Marcori