Patents by Inventor Sergio Damiani

Sergio Damiani 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: 11900134
    Abstract: Informational system for a mobility vehicle, comprising an automotive user interface configured to allow a driver and other occupants of the mobility vehicle to interact with the informational system; and automotive storage and processing resources designed to cooperate with the automotive user interface to implement an informational functionality designed to provide the driver of the mobility vehicle with notifications aimed at promoting learning of features of the mobility vehicle. The automotive storage and processing resources are further designed to monitor exploitation of features of the mobility vehicle, and to suggest to the driver exploitation of those features of the mobility vehicle that are seldom exploited or completely unexploited by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: C.R.F. SOCIETA' CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Cristina Zoldan, Giovanni Rosso, Alessio De Stephanis
  • Patent number: 7491150
    Abstract: A robotized gear change for motor vehicles, and in particular motor vehicles for disabled persons, configured for implementing a plurality of operating modes that can be selected by the driver via a manually operable hand or foot selection device, in which first operating modes associated with the automatic gear-change mode can be selected when the vehicle is stationary and a brake pedal is depressed, and in second operating modes corresponding to the level of performance of the engine, and hence the vehicle, can be selected by the driver when the vehicle is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Gianfranco Burzio, Silvia Quattrocolo
  • Publication number: 20070032338
    Abstract: A robotized gear change for motor vehicles, and in particular motor vehicles for disabled persons, configured for implementing a plurality of operating modes that can be selected by the driver via a manually operable hand or foot selection device, in which first operating modes associated with the automatic gear-change mode can be selected when the vehicle is stationary and a brake pedal is depressed, and in second operating modes corresponding to the level of performance of the engine, and hence the vehicle, can be selected by the driver when the vehicle is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Gianfranco Burzio, Silvia Quattrocolo
  • Patent number: 6667726
    Abstract: The display device has a pair of liquid crystal, colour display units fitted to the dashboard of the vehicle to display information; a memory; a “track-ball” data selection unit adjacent to the gear lever; and a processing unit cooperating with the memory and the data selection unit, and controlling the display units. In particular, by means of the “track-ball” data selection unit, the driver of the vehicle may change and freely adapt to his own requirements information display parameters such as type, size, colour and style of representation, by selecting from a number of items in a menu shown on the display units and memorized in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Norberto Dosio
  • Patent number: 6636156
    Abstract: The user interface has a display unit for displaying user-activatable functions, and a selecting and activating device for selecting and activating the functions and operating according to a selection scheme having four selection directions arranged in the form of a cross. The display unit has four display sectors for displaying respective functions, and which are selected by operating the selecting and activating device in the aforementioned selection directions, and are also arranged in the form of a cross corresponding with that of the selection directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Roberto Montanari
  • Publication number: 20020080043
    Abstract: The user interface has a display unit for displaying user-activatable functions, and a selecting and activating device for selecting and activating the functions and operating according to a selection scheme having four selection directions arranged in the form of a cross. The display unit has four display sectors for displaying respective functions, and which are selected by operating the selecting and activating device in the aforementioned selection directions, and are also arranged in the form of a cross corresponding with that of the selection directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Roberto Montanari
  • Patent number: 6369717
    Abstract: The user interface has a display unit for displaying user-activatable functions, and a selecting and activating device for selecting and activating the functions and operating according to a selection scheme having four selection directions arranged in the form of a cross. The display unit has four display sectors for displaying respective functions, and which are selected by operating the selecting and activating device in the aforementioned selection directions, and are also arranged in the form of a cross corresponding with that of the selection directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Sergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Roberto Montanari
  • Patent number: D568336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa′ Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Maurizio Miglietta, Andrea Saroldi, Ermanno Ansaldi, Roberto Montanari, Sergio Damiani