Patents by Inventor Giovanni Pierattini

Giovanni Pierattini 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: 20090073521
    Abstract: The invention concerns a holographic method with numerical reconstruction for obtaining an image of a three-dimensional object, said method employing a digitalised hologram of an object, and comprising a step A. wherein, starting from the digitalised hologram, extracting a phase image of said object corresponding to a bidimensional matrix MD of distance values; a step B. wherein a mono-dimensional subassembly SD of the distance value assembly present in matrix MD of the method step A is selected, subassembly SD containing distance values dk; a step C. wherein for each distance value dk, extracting from matrix MD a iso-level assembly IQdk corresponding to a mono-dimensional assembly of bidimensional coordinates of said object, a step D. wherein for each distance value dk, reconstructing, starting from the digitalised hologram, a bidimensional matrix IMdk of intensity values relevant to said object; a step E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICHERCHE
    Inventors: Giuseppe Coppola, Sergio De Nicola, Pietro Ferraro, Andrea Finizio, Simonetta Grilli, Bahram Javidi, Giovanni Pierattini
  • Publication number: 20080309944
    Abstract: The invention concerns a quantitative phase-contrast digital holography method for the numerical reconstruction of images, comprising the following steps: A. acquiring a digital hologram of an investigated object; B. reconstructing the digital hologram in a reconstruction plane; C. reconstructing the complex field for the digital hologram; D. obtaining the phase map starting from the complex field; the method being characterised in that it further comprises the following steps: E. applying to the digital matrix of any step A, B, C a shear sx and/or sy respectively along directions x and/or y; F. subtracting the matrix obtained in step E from the starting matrix of step E, or vice versa; G. integrating the obtained matrix along directions x and/or y; H. calculating at least a defocus aberration term; I. subtracting said at least a term calculated in step H from the matrix obtained in step G, the steps G to I being subsequent to step D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Pietro Ferraro, Domenico Alfieri, Sergio De Nicola, Andrea Finizio, Giovanni Pierattini
  • Publication number: 20070177158
    Abstract: A method for measuring and two-dimensional mapping of electro-optical properties of materials using a Reflective Grating Interferometer (RGI) includes projecting a substantially coherent and monochromatic electromagnetic beam subjected to a homogeneous electrical field so the beam is enlarged to have a two-dimensional cross section comparable with dimensions of the material, dividing the electromagnetic beam into one part that crosses the material and another part that travels undisturbed, recomposing the two beams on a recombination element of the RGI, detecting the recombined beam by a device suited to two-dimensional detection of such beam. The method also includes: E. obtaining phase variation ?ΓΈ(x,y) between the divided beams; F. varying the applied electrical field value and repeating the detection steps; G.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Marella De Angelis, Pietro Ferraro, Andrea Finizio, Simonetta Grilli, Paolo De Natale, Sergio De Nicola, Giovanni Pierattini
  • Patent number: 7221490
    Abstract: A holographic method with numerical reconstruction for obtaining an image of a three-dimensional object, employs a digitalized hologram of an object or of a portion thereof, and includes starting from the digitalized hologram, extracting a phase image of the object corresponding to a matrix MD of distance values, selecting a subassembly SD of the distance value assembly present in matrix MD, subassembly SD containing distance values dk, extracting from matrix MD an iso-level assembly IQdk of corresponding bidimensional coordinate of the object; reconstructing, for each distance value dk, a bidimensional matrix IMdk of intensity values relevant to the object; extracting, from each bidimensional matrix IMdk, a bidimensional IFdk of intensity values; and starting from the intensity values, reconstructing the three-dimensional intensity image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Giuseppe Coppola, Sergio De Nicola, Pietro Ferraro, Andrea Finizio, Simonetta Grilli, Bahram Javidi, Giovanni Pierattini
  • Publication number: 20060209370
    Abstract: A holographic method with numerical reconstruction for obtaining an image of a three-dimensional object, employs a digitalized hologram of an object or of a portion thereof, and includes starting from the digitalized hologram, extracting a phase image of the object corresponding to a matrix MD of distance values, selecting a subassembly SD of the distance value assembly present in matrix MD, subassembly SD containing distance values dk, extracting from matrix MD an iso-level assembly IQdk of corresponding bidimensional coordinate of the object; reconstructing, for each distance value dk, a bidimensional matrix IMdk of intensity values relevant to the object; extracting, from each bidimensional matrix IMdk, a bidimensional IFdk of intensity values; and starting from the intensity values, reconstructing the three-dimensional intensity image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    Inventors: Giuseppe Coppola, Sergio De Nicola, Pietro Ferraro, Andrea Finizio, Simonetta Grilli, Bahram Javidi, Giovanni Pierattini
  • Publication number: 20060164703
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method Method for the reconstruction of holographic images, the holographic image being detected by an image detection device (9), the holographic image being transformed in a digitized hologram (10), the digitized hologram (10) being comprised of a number Vr of elementary pixels, the size of which being equal to the holographic image sampling intervals, and of the Vr values (51) respectively associated to the elementary pixels, the method comprising a first step (11,12) of processing the digitized hologram array, and a second step (13,15,16,17,18) of hologram reconstruction in the observation plane starting from the digitized hologram processed in the first step, the method being characterised in that the second step is carried out through discrete Fresnel Transform applied on an array of Ve values corresponding to pixels having size equal to that of said elementary pixels, wherein said array of Ve values (50, 51) includes said array of Vr values and an integer number p=Ve?Vr>0 of
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Giuseppe Coppola, Sergio De Nicola, Pietro Ferraro, Andrea Finizio, Giovanni Pierattini