Patents by Inventor Mario Cappitelli

Mario Cappitelli 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: 11250377
    Abstract: A device and a method for supplying spare parts of an aircraft to a maintenance and/or repair center, such as a hangar. From data of previous transactions with the spare parts and from technical data relating to the spare parts, probabilities are calculated that certain spare parts are needed together, enabling them to be supplied together. According to a further aspect, different vending machines at the maintenance and/or repair center are proposed, with which the spare parts for a maintenance or repair task can be supplied together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Oliver Tormählen
  • Publication number: 20200042930
    Abstract: A device and a method for supplying spare parts of an aircraft to a maintenance and/or repair center, such as a hangar. From data of previous transactions with the spare parts and from technical data relating to the spare parts, probabilities are calculated that certain spare parts are needed together, enabling them to be supplied together. According to a further aspect, different vending machines at the maintenance and/or repair center are proposed, with which the spare parts for a maintenance or repair task can be supplied together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mario CAPPITELLI, Oliver TORMÄHLEN
  • Patent number: 9980327
    Abstract: A lighting device that includes a lighting unit, index unit, drive unit, sensor, and control unit. The lighting unit includes a plurality of light sources, with each light source having different color spectra. The index unit is to calculate a color rendering index based on stored data on spectra of the light sources and individual first drive data for the light sources. The drive unit is to individually energize the light sources according to the first drive data. The sensor is to measure a spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit. The control unit is to receive the spectral power distribution, predetermined spectral power distribution, and color rendering index associated with weighted sensor values calculable from the individual first drive data, maximize the color rendering index, and stop maximization when an error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution falls below a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Patent number: 9565723
    Abstract: A lighting device and method with a lighting unit which includes several light sources having different color spectra, with a sensor for determining the spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit, with a control unit which, as a function of a predetermined spectral power distribution as well as of the spectral power distribution measured by the sensor, acts on a drive unit which individually energizes the light sources of the lighting unit, so that the emitted light has predetermined spectral power distribution, wherein the lighting unit includes at least four light sources, and the control unit uses an optimization algorithm which, as an optimization goal, maximizes a coefficient of weighted sensor values, the coefficient being calculable from individual drive data of the light sources. A secondary condition is met when error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution is smaller than a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Publication number: 20170034890
    Abstract: A lighting device that includes a lighting unit, index unit, drive unit, sensor, and control unit. The lighting unit includes a plurality of light sources, with each light source having different color spectra. The index unit is to calculate a color rendering index based on stored data on spectra of the light sources and individual first drive data for the light sources. The drive unit is to individually energize the light sources according to the first drive data. The sensor is to measure a spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit. The control unit is to receive the spectral power distribution, predetermined spectral power distribution, and color rendering index associated with weighted sensor values calculable from the individual first drive data, maximize the color rendering index, and stop maximization when an error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution falls below a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Publication number: 20140055038
    Abstract: A lighting device and method with a lighting unit which includes several light sources having different color spectra, with a sensor for determining the spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit, with a control unit which, as a function of a predetermined spectral power distribution as well as of the spectral power distribution measured by the sensor, acts on a drive unit which individually energizes the light sources of the lighting unit, so that the emitted light has predetermined spectral power distribution, wherein the lighting unit includes at least four light sources, and the control unit uses an optimization algorithm which, as an optimization goal, maximizes a coefficient of weighted sensor values, the coefficient being calculable from individual drive data of the light sources. A secondary condition is met when error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution is smaller than a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert