Patents by Inventor Paolo PICCININI

Paolo PICCININI 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).

  • Feature-based segmentation method, for segmenting a plurality of loosely-arranged duplicate articles and a group for actuating the method for supplying a packaging machine
    Patent number: 8467597
    Abstract: A segmentation method for segmenting a plurality of duplicate articles (3) involves acquiring an image (M) of a sample article (30); calculating keypoint-descriptors of the image (M); defining an identifying figure (Z); acquiring a first image (I1) of a plurality of duplicate articles; matching keypoint-descriptor pairs; acquiring a position and an orientation of the identifying figure (Z) with respect to a first keypoint-descriptor pair having a match with a second keypoint-descriptor pair; defining an identifying figure; applying the two preceding stages to a plurality of keypoint-descriptor pairs; collecting together identifying figures of projection having a predetermined degree of superposing; defining a representative figure formed by a minimum predetermined number of identifying figures of projection, which has a same shape and dimension as an identifying figure of projection, and is selected to estimate a position of a corresponding article illustrated in the first image of a plurality of duplicate ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Marchesini Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Monti, Andrea Prati, Rita Cucchiara, Paolo Piccinini
  • FEATURE-BASED SEGMENTATION METHOD, FOR SEGMENTING A PLURALITY OF LOOSELY-ARRANGED DUPLICATE ARTICLES AND A GROUP FOR ACTUATING THE METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A PACKAGING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20100284608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a segmentation method based on the characteristics for segmenting a plurality of duplicate articles (3) arranged loosely, which comprises stages of: acquiring an image (M) of a sample article (30); calculating keypoint-descriptors of the image (M); defining an identifying figure (Z) on the image (M); acquiring a first image (I1) of a plurality of duplicate articles; performing a matching of the thus-defined keypoint-descriptor pairs; acquiring a position and an orientation of the identifying figure (Z) with respect to a first keypoint-descriptor pair of the image (M) having a match with a second keypoint-descriptor pair of the first image (I1); defining, in the first image (I1), an identifying figure of projection as a Euclidean transformation of the identifying figure (Z), with reference to the first and second pairs; applying the two preceding stages to a plurality of keypoint-descriptor pairs of the image (M) having a match with a keypoint-descriptor pair of the first image (I1); c
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MARCHESINI GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe MONTI, Andrea PRATI, Rita CUCCHIARA, Paolo PICCININI