Patents by Inventor Silvio Merli

Silvio Merli 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 occupation state of a parking space
    Patent number: 9013326
    Abstract: A method for determining the occupation state of a parking space, including the steps of: providing a first detection unit equipped with a frequency modulated continuous wave radar; preparing a decision unit and a second detection unit; transmitting via the radar a communication signal modulated on the basis of a first code, alternatively indicating the parking space or a vehicle; receiving the communication signal with the second detection unit; demodulating the first code with the second detection unit; transmitting the first code to the decision unit via the second detection unit; and determining, with the decision unit, the occupation state on the basis of the first code and the second code, alternatively indicating either a vehicle or the parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Selex Elsag S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfonso Desiderio, Silvio Merli
  • Proximity sensor for a parking area
    Patent number: 8164508
    Abstract: A proximity sensor for a parking area designed to detect the presence of an obstacle constituted by a parked vehicle, comprises a transmitting radar, designed to send electromagnetic pulses towards the obstacle, a receiving radar, designed to receive the pulses reflected by the obstacle, and a processing circuit, designed to compare samples detected in a certain condition of absence of an obstacle in a calibration step with those detected in a condition of detection of an obstacle to determine the presence/absence of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Elsag Datamat SpA
    Inventors: Silvio Merli, Alfonso Desiderio
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE OCCUPATION STATE OF A PARKING SPACE
    Publication number: 20120062393
    Abstract: A method for determining the occupation state of a parking space, including the steps of: providing a first detection unit equipped with a frequency modulated continuous wave radar; preparing a decision unit and a second detection unit; transmitting via the radar a communication signal modulated on the basis of a first code, alternatively indicating the parking space or a vehicle; receiving the communication signal with the second detection unit; demodulating the first code with the second detection unit; transmitting the first code to the decision unit via the second detection unit; and determining, with the decision unit, the occupation state on the basis of the first code and the second code, alternatively indicating either a vehicle or the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Selex Elsag S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alfonso DESIDERIO, Silvio MERLI
  • SENSOR FOR PARKING AREA
    Publication number: 20100265118
    Abstract: A proximity sensor for a parking area designed to detect the presence of an obstacle constituted by a parked vehicle, comprises a transmitting radar, designed to send electromagnetic pulses towards the obstacle, a receiving radar, designed to receive the pulses reflected by the obstacle, and a processing circuit, designed to compare samples detected in a certain condition of absence of an obstacle in a calibration step with those detected in a condition of detection of an obstacle to determine the presence/absence of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Silvio MERLI, Alfonso Desiderio