Patents by Inventor Luca Guglielmetto

Luca Guglielmetto 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).

  • Optical device for motor vehicles, for detecting the condition of the road surface
    Patent number: 8350910
    Abstract: An optical device for motor vehicles, designed to detect the condition of the road surface, comprises a unit for the emission of electromagnetic radiation in the direction of the road surface to be detected, a receiving unit coupled to an optical element for focusing the radiation back-diffused by the road surface and an electronic control and processing unit for receiving signals at output from said receiving unit and for processing them in order to determine the condition of the road surface, on the basis of a reference map. Appearing in said map are the values of the intensity of radiation Iref back-reflected at a reference wavelength and at least one second wavelength. The map is divided into subareas identified beforehand as corresponding to the different conditions of the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Davide Capello, Nereo Pallaro, Luca Liotti, Luca Guglielmetto
  • OPTICAL DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, FOR DETECTING THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD SURFACE
    Publication number: 20100141765
    Abstract: An optical device for motor vehicles, designed to detect the condition of the road surface, comprises a unit for the emission of electromagnetic radiation in the direction of the road surface to be detected, a receiving unit coupled to an optical element for focusing the radiation back-diffused by the road surface and an electronic control and processing unit for receiving signals at output from said receiving unit and for processing them in order to determine the condition of the road surface, on the basis of a reference map. Appearing in said map are the values of the intensity of radiation Iref back-reflected at a reference wavelength and at least one second wavelength. The map is divided into subareas identified beforehand as corresponding to the different conditions of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Davide Capello, Nereo Pallaro, Luca Liotti, Luca Guglielmetto