Patents by Inventor Marco Caligari

Marco Caligari 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: 20110078611
    Abstract: The method and the apparatus of the present invention is related to a system to access to communication and/or to writing using means as personal computer, and it is targeted particularly to disabled people suffering heavy restriction of their organisation and execution of movements. A heavy motor disability means the impossibility to use the traditional devices as computer peripheral command devices, and, being impossible to perform direct selection of items on the screen in order to give commands, it is necessary to use a scanning technique. This technique provides the possibility to use one or more external sensors to select the command on a matrix of letters or symbols that are displayed in succession. The process of interaction between disabled user and machine has been made easier using a visual feedback that provides the user to foresee the path of scanning. In this way the scanning method is determined in advance and the cognitive effort carried out by the user is considerably reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Marco Caligari, Paolo Invernizzi, Franco Martegani