Patents by Inventor Ivan R. Lavazza

Ivan R. Lavazza 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: 20230234291
    Abstract: A method for generating a material for a partial replacement includes receiving an image of a sample of an original material needing to be replaced, generating a representative data set for the original material based on the image received, accessing a reference database comprised of a plurality of different materials and including reference texture data or reference characteristic data for each of the plurality of different materials, comparing the representative data set to the reference data in the reference database, identifying at least one of the plurality of different materials correlated to the representative data set, determining the identified correlated material is not available, sending a request to generate a replacement material, and generating the replacement material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ivan R. Lavazza, Edward P. Matesevac, John H. Hunt
  • Patent number: 11628625
    Abstract: A method for generating a material for a partial replacement includes receiving an image of a sample of an original material needing to be replaced, generating a representative data set for the original material based on the image received, accessing a reference database comprised of a plurality of different materials and including reference texture data or reference characteristic data for each of the plurality of different materials, comparing the representative data set to the reference data in the reference database, identifying at least one of the plurality of different materials correlated to the representative data set, determining the identified correlated material is not available, sending a request to generate a replacement material, and generating the replacement material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Ivan R. Lavazza, Edward P. Matesevac, John H. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20220234297
    Abstract: A method for generating a material for a partial replacement includes receiving an image of a sample of an original material needing to be replaced, generating a representative data set for the original material based on the image received, accessing a reference database comprised of a plurality of different materials and including reference texture data or reference characteristic data for each of the plurality of different materials, comparing the representative data set to the reference data in the reference database, identifying at least one of the plurality of different materials correlated to the representative data set, determining the identified correlated material is not available, sending a request to generate a replacement material, and generating the replacement material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ivan R. Lavazza, Edward P. Matesevac, John H. Hunt