Patents by Inventor Roberta Manzueto

Roberta Manzueto 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 system for detecting a moving vehicle within a predetermined area
    Patent number: 8618956
    Abstract: The system allows a reliable and automatic detection of moving vehicles and advantageously also identification of the moving vehicles. A WPAN node device (advantageously a ZigBee node device) is installed on a vehicle to be detected when the vehicle is moving. Three WPAN node devices (advantageously three ZigBee node devices) are installed on the ground. One of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as an “exciter” of the vehicle WPAN node device. Another one of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as the “parent” of the vehicle WPAN node device. A further one of the three WPAN node devices has a narrow radio coverage area and acts as a “detector” of the vehicle WPAN node device. The three radio coverage areas are sized and located so that a moving vehicle to be detected enters the area of the “exciter” before entering the area of the “parent” and before entering the area of the “detector”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Bragagnini, Elisa Alessio, Maura Santina Turolla, Roberta Manzueto
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A MOVING VEHICLE WITHIN A PREDETERMINED AREA
    Publication number: 20100203834
    Abstract: The system allows a reliable and automatic detection of moving vehicles and advantageously also identification of the moving vehicles. A WPAN node device (advantageously a ZigBee node device) is installed on a vehicle to be detected when the vehicle is moving. Three WPAN node devices (advantageously three ZigBee node devices) are installed on the ground. One of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as an “exciter” of the vehicle WPAN node device. Another one of the three WPAN node devices has a wide radio coverage area and acts as the “parent” of the vehicle WPAN node device. A further one of the three WPAN node devices has a narrow radio coverage area and acts as a “detector” of the vehicle WPAN node device. The three radio coverage areas are sized and located so that a moving vehicle to be detected enters the area of the “exciter” before entering the area of the “parent” and before entering the area of the “detector”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Bragagnini, Elisa Alessio, Maura Santina Turolla, Roberta Manzueto