Patents by Inventor Massimo Vergassola

Massimo Vergassola 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).

  • Method and systems for locating a source of particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule using their reception rate
    Patent number: 7885768
    Abstract: A method and systems for locating a source of particles, molecules, or fragments of molecules using particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule reception rate is disclosed. According to the invention, the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecules diffusion parameters in the search space are determined and a lattice is designed on the search space. After having determined whether or not at least one particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule is detected by a sensor, a probability is computed for each node of said search space lattice. The probability associated to each node of the search space lattice corresponds to the probability that the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule source is located on the node. Then, the move of the sensor is evaluated according to the entropy of the computed probabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Massimo Vergassola, Boris Shraiman, Emmanuel Villermaux
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING A SOURCE OF PARTICLE, MOLECULE, OR FRAGMENT OF MOLECULE
    Publication number: 20090271125
    Abstract: A method and systems for locating a source of particles, molecules, or fragments of molecules using particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule reception rate is disclosed. According to the invention, the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecules diffusion parameters in the search space are determined and a lattice is designed on the search space. After having determined whether or not at least one particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule is detected by a sensor, a probability is computed for each node of said search space lattice. The probability associated to each node of the search space lattice corresponds to the probability that the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule source is located on the node. Then, the move of the sensor is evaluated according to the entropy of the computed probabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Massimo Vergassola, Boris Shraiman, Emmanuel Villermaux
  • Method and systems for locating a source of particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule using their reception rate
    Publication number: 20080010023
    Abstract: A method and systems for locating a source of particles, molecules, or fragments of molecules using particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule reception rate is disclosed. According to the invention, the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecules diffusion parameters in the search space are determined and a lattice is designed on the search space. After having determined whether or not at least one particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule is detected by a sensor, a probability is computed for each node of said search space lattice. The probability associated to each node of the search space lattice corresponds to the probability that the particle, molecule, or fragment of molecule source is located on the node. Then, the move of the sensor is evaluated according to the entropy of the computed probabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Massimo Vergassola, Boris Shraiman, Emmanuel Villermaux