Patents by Inventor Roberto Ferrario

Roberto Ferrario 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 determining the position of a fluid discharge in an underwater environment
    Patent number: 8644592
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a fluid discharge in an underwater environment, the method including: collecting data relating to an underwater area through at least two acoustic sensors; filtering and processing the data collected to identify the presence of the discharged fluid and the underwater area involved; forming a single stereoscopic image by combining the plurality of single three-dimensional images; and estimating the position of the fluid discharge on the basis of the stereoscopic image thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Eliana De Marchi, Paolo Ferrara, Roberto Ferrario, Roberto Finotello
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A FLUID DISCHARGE IN AN UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20110110582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of a fluid discharge in an underwater environment comprising the phases which consist in collecting (110) data relating to an underwater area through at least two acoustic sensors (11); filtering and processing (120) the data collected to identify the presence of the discharged fluid and the underwater area involved; forming (130) a single stereoscopic image through joining the plurality of single three-dimensional images; estimating (140) the position of the fluid discharge on the basis of the stereoscopic image thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Eliana De Marchi, Paolo Ferrara, Roberto Ferrario, Roberto Finotello