Patents by Inventor Giovanni Bellusci

Giovanni Bellusci 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: 11892465
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first MEMS sensor associated with a first spatial plane and a second MEMS sensor is associated with a spatial second plane not co-planar with the first spatial plane, wherein the first MEMS sensor is configured to provide a first interrupt and a first data in response to a physical perturbation, wherein the second MEMS sensor is configured to provide a second interrupt and second data in response to the physical perturbation, and a controller configured to receive the first interrupt at a first time and the second interrupt at a second time different from the first time, wherein the controller is configured to determine a latency between the first time and the second time, and wherein the controller is configured to determine motion data in response to the first data, to the second data, and to the latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Movella Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Bhandari, Giovanni Bellusci
  • Publication number: 20220229084
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first MEMS sensor associated with a first spatial plane and a second MEMS sensor is associated with a spatial second plane not co-planar with the first spatial plane, wherein the first MEMS sensor is configured to provide a first interrupt and a first data in response to a physical perturbation, wherein the second MEMS sensor is configured to provide a second interrupt and second data in response to the physical perturbation, and a controller configured to receive the first interrupt at a first time and the second interrupt at a second time different from the first time, wherein the controller is configured to determine a latency between the first time and the second time, and wherein the controller is configured to determine motion data in response to the first data, to the second data, and to the latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sanjay BHANDARI, Giovanni BELLUSCI
  • Patent number: 11255871
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first MEMS sensor associated with a first spatial plane and a second MEMS sensor is associated with a spatial second plane not co-planar with the first spatial plane, wherein the first MEMS sensor is configured to provide a first interrupt and a first data in response to a physical perturbation, wherein the second MEMS sensor is configured to provide a second interrupt and second data in response to the physical perturbation, and a controller configured to receive the first interrupt at a first time and the second interrupt at a second time different from the first time, wherein the controller is configured to determine a latency between the first time and the second time, and wherein the controller is configured to determine motion data in response to the first data, to the second data, and to the latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: mCube, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Bhandari, Giovanni Bellusci
  • Patent number: 10508920
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method and system are provided for determining a pedestrian position via dead reckoning on a portable device carried by the pedestrian (or “user”). The device has at least a processor, a 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope. The 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope are sampled to calculate device orientation, and then 3D accelerometer samples are gathered during a sensor time frame and an average step frequency is calculated. The user's speed and direction of movement are estimated and a device velocity is calculated relative to a prior device velocity via dead-reckoning. The estimated device velocity is corrected for drift and the pedestrian position is calculated based on the corrected estimated current device velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Jeroen D. Hol, Per Johan Slycke
  • Publication number: 20190331493
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosed principles, a strap down integration (SDI) system includes a gyroscope that provides gyroscope data samples and an accelerometer that provides accelerometer data samples. A timing capture module associates a timestamp in a common time-base to data samples, and an SDI module linked to the timing capture module processes the timestamped data samples to produce orientation and velocity increments. In an embodiment, the SDI system also includes a priority buffer for storing the data stream produced by the timing capture module prior to provision of the data stream to the SDI module. The SDI module may output SDI motion increments at a time specified in an output request via an output request sample placed in the incoming data stream and having a timestamp in the common time-base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Sanjay Bhandari, Raymond Zandbergen, Matteo Giuberti, Laurens Slot
  • Patent number: 10415975
    Abstract: A method of tracking the motion of a moving object having a plurality of linked segments is provided. The method uses a limited set of sensing units that are coupled to one or more of the segments to receive one or more sensor signals from the sensing units. Based on the sensor signals, the method estimates a 3D orientation and predicts a 3D position of the segments at a tracking module. The method further communicates the 3D orientation and the 3D position of the segments to a database module, and associates a pose of the object to the 3D orientation and the 3D position of the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Hendrick J. Luinge, Jeroen D. Hol
  • Patent number: 10222450
    Abstract: An integrated inertial motion capture system includes external position aiding such as optical tracking. The integrated system addresses and corrects misalignment between the inertial (relative) and positioning reference (external) frames. This is especially beneficial when it is not feasible to rely on magnetometers to reference the heading of the inertial system. This alignment allows effective tracking of yaw in a common reference frame for all inertial sensing units, even those with no associated positional measurements. The disclosed systems and methods also enable an association to be formed between the inertial sensing units and positional measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Jeroen Hol, Per Slycke
  • Publication number: 20170103541
    Abstract: An integrated inertial motion capture system includes external position aiding such as optical tracking. The integrated system addresses and corrects misalignment between the inertial (relative) and positioning reference (external) frames. This is especially beneficial when it is not feasible to rely on magnetometers to reference the heading of the inertial system. This alignment allows effective tracking of yaw in a common reference frame for all inertial sensing units, even those with no associated positional measurements. The disclosed systems and methods also enable an association to be formed between the inertial sensing units and positional measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Jeroen Hol, Per Slycke
  • Patent number: 9523576
    Abstract: A technique for calculating magnetic field information from a magnetic sensor employs a sensing unit containing the magnetic sensor and another sensor capable of providing a measure of change in orientation. The method includes sampling a magnetic field at points in time and sampling the other sensor at each point in time. The method then entails rotating to a common time instant the magnetic field samples using the orientation of the sensing unit estimated by means of the other sensing modality in order to eliminate variations between magnetic samples due to changes in orientation of the sensor unit within such time interval. The magnetic samples, corrected for the sensor rotation in such interval, are used to calculate magnetic field related information specific to the given time interval and the magnetic field related information is communicated to a receiver at a rate lower than the sample rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Pieter Laurens Slot, Hendrik Johannes Luinge
  • Patent number: 9526028
    Abstract: A system and method of communicating efficiently and reliably between a sensor unit and a master unit, especially in a wireless system, is provided. The disclosed techniques require only minimal processing by the sensor unit for communications purposes and as such, the described system and method can be implemented in systems with tight constraints on the sensor unit side in terms of required memory, power consumption, and cost, such as in wearable sensor systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Raymond Zandbergen, Per Johan Slycke
  • Publication number: 20160258779
    Abstract: A system and method for accurately estimating orientations between inertial sensing units and the body segments of a multi-segment subject to which they are affixed, and for accurately estimating position vectors from sensing units to joint centers of the corresponding body segments. By using the disclosed system and method magnetometers are not required and SDI (strap down integration) increments may be used as input to estimate the position and orientation of the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen D. Hol, Giovanni Bellusci
  • Publication number: 20160123738
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method and system are provided for determining a pedestrian position via dead reckoning on a portable device carried by the pedestrian (or “user”). The device has at least a processor, a 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope. The 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope are sampled to calculate device orientation, and then 3D accelerometer samples are gathered during a sensor time frame and an average step frequency is calculated. The user's speed and direction of movement are estimated and a device velocity is calculated relative to a prior device velocity via dead-reckoning. The estimated device velocity is corrected for drift and the pedestrian position is calculated based on the corrected estimated current device velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Jeroen D. Hol, Per Johan Slycke
  • Publication number: 20160091292
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the dimensions of a cuboid package or other package having edges, faces and corners via a portable inertial motion-sensing device entails placing the inertial motion-sensing device sequentially on a plurality of points of interest on the package while collecting inertial data. The positions of the plurality of points of interest relative to one another are then calculated based on the collected inertial data, and the dimensions of the package are determined based on the calculated positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Jeroen D. Hol, Giovanni Bellusci
  • Publication number: 20150365842
    Abstract: A system and method of communicating efficiently and reliably between a sensor unit and a master unit, especially in a wireless system, is provided. The disclosed techniques require only minimal processing by the sensor unit for communications purposes and as such, the described system and method can be implemented in systems with tight constraints on the sensor unit side in terms of required memory, power consumption, and cost, such as in wearable sensor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Raymond Zandbergen, Per Johan Slycke
  • Publication number: 20150192413
    Abstract: A method of tracking the motion of a moving object having a plurality of linked segments is provided. The method uses a limited set of sensing units that are coupled to one or more of the segments to receive one or more sensor signals from the sensing units. Based on the sensor signals, the method estimates a 3D orientation and predicts a 3D position of the segments at a tracking module. The method further communicates the 3D orientation and the 3D position of the segments to a database module, and associates a pose of the object to the 3D orientation and the 3D position of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Hendrick J. Luinge, Jeroen D. Hol
  • Patent number: 8981904
    Abstract: A method, controller and system in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure facilitate reduced energy consumption in a motion sensing device having an inertial measurement unit (IMU), with a strap down integration unit, and an application processing unit (AP). The system and method include rounding velocity increments and orientation increments at the inertial measurement unit, thereby producing a remainder values. The remainder values are added to subsequent velocity increments and orientation increments prior to rounding of those values, and so on. In this way, while motion granularity is slightly decreased, there is no drift of integration errors over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Xsens Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Johannes Luinge, Giovanni Bellusci, Freerk Dijkstra
  • Patent number: 8952785
    Abstract: A method, controller and system in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure facilitate reduced energy consumption in a motion sensing device having an inertial measurement unit (IMU), with a strap down integration unit, and an application processing unit (AP). The system and method include sensing acceleration values and rotational values at the IMU and converting the sensed acceleration and rotational values into velocity and orientation increments by strap down integration. The velocity and orientation increments are stored in a first buffer at the IMU between updates to the AP. When an update request is received at the IMU from the AP over an interrupt link, the buffer contents are transmitted over a serial link from the IMU to the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Xsens Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Freerk Dijkstra, Hendrik Johannes Luinge, Giovanni Bellusci, Per Johan Slycke
  • Publication number: 20140081592
    Abstract: A technique for calculating magnetic field information from a magnetic sensor employs a sensing unit containing the magnetic sensor and another sensor capable of providing a measure of change in orientation. The method includes sampling a magnetic field at points in time and sampling the other sensor at each point in time. The method then entails rotating to a common time instant the magnetic field samples using the orientation of the sensing unit estimated by means of the other sensing modality in order to eliminate variations between magnetic samples due to changes in orientation of the sensor unit within such time interval. The magnetic samples, corrected for the sensor rotation in such interval, are used to calculate magnetic field related information specific to the given time interval and the magnetic field related information is communicated to a receiver at a rate lower than the sample rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bellusci, Pieter Laurens Slot, Hedrik Johannes Luinge
  • Publication number: 20120223846
    Abstract: A method, controller and system in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure facilitate reduced energy consumption in a motion sensing device having an inertial measurement unit (IMU), with a strap down integration unit, and an application processing unit (AP). The system and method include rounding velocity increments and orientation increments at the inertial measurement unit, thereby producing a remainder values. The remainder values are added to subsequent velocity increments and orientation increments prior to rounding of those values, and so on. In this way, while motion granularity is slightly decreased, there is no drift of integration errors over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Johannes Luinge, Giovanni Bellusci, Freerk Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20120226468
    Abstract: A method, controller and system in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure facilitate reduced energy consumption in a motion sensing device having an inertial measurement unit (IMU), with a strap down integration unit, and an application processing unit (AP). The system and method include sensing acceleration values and rotational values at the IMU and converting the sensed acceleration and rotational values into velocity and orientation increments by strap down integration. The velocity and orientation increments are stored in a first buffer at the IMU between updates to the AP. When an update request is received at the IMU from the AP over an interrupt link, the buffer contents are transmitted over a serial link from the IMU to the AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: XSENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Freerk Dijkstra, Hendrik Johannes Luinge, Giovanni Bellusci, Per Johan Slycke