Patents by Inventor Marco Franchi

Marco Franchi 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: 11942144
    Abstract: A circuit includes a memory array with memory cells arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, where each row includes a word line connected to the memory cells of the row, and each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells of the column. Computational weights for an in-memory compute operation (IMCO) are stored in the memory cells. A word line control circuit simultaneously actuates word lines in response to input signals providing coefficient data for the IMCO by applying word line signal pulses. A column processing circuit connected to the bit lines processes analog signals developed on the bit lines in response to the simultaneous actuation of the word lines to generate multiply and accumulate output signals for the IMCO. Pulse widths of the signal pulses are modulated to compensate for cell drift. The IMCO further handles positive/negative calculation for the coefficient data and computational weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum—Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco Pasotti, Marcella Carissimi, Antonio Gnudi, Eleonora Franchi Scarselli, Alessio Antolini, Andrea Lico
  • Patent number: 5870196
    Abstract: An optical three-dimensional profilometry method in which are recorded SPECKLE images formed by the interference, due to different optical paths, of the rays reflected/diffused by a rough object and the rays generated by a beam source. The method presents a number of processing steps including the steps of digitizing a first SPECKLE image, modifying the optical path difference, and digitizing a second SPECKLE image recorded after modifying the optical path difference. The difference in the modulus of the corresponding pixels of the first and second digitized images is determined to generate a difference image which is subsequently analyzed. A first arbitrary value is assigned to all the difference image pixels exceeding a given threshold value, and a second arbitrary value is assigned to all the difference image pixels of a value below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: European Community
    Inventors: Alfredo Lulli, Alfredo Carlo Lucia, Marco Franchi
  • Patent number: 5235442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the photographic recording and the visual restitution of a tridimensional scene by means of a coherent light source (1). According to the invention, in view of the photographic recording, a coherent light beam is projected onto said scene such that it illuminates only a small portion of the surface of the scene (3) and a photosensitive recording plate (4) is disposed in such a way that it receives diffuse light coming from said scene; in view of the visual restitution, a first face of said plate is illuminated by a coherent light beam while the second face of said plate is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: European Economic Community
    Inventors: Jean Claude Grossetie, Marco Franchi