Patents by Inventor Stefano Carpin

Stefano Carpin 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).

  • Low cost precision irrigation system with passive valves and portable adjusting device
    Patent number: 10631475
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the invention, an adjusting device for adjusting a passive drip irrigation valve to enable precision irrigation includes a device body configured to be at least one of hand-held or attachable to a robot, the device body having a manipulator end, and a manipulator assembly contained within and extending from the manipulator end of the device body. The manipulator assembly includes a coarse alignment adjustment assembly constructed and arranged to align the adjusting device with the passive drip irrigation valve. The manipulator assembly also includes a fine actuator configured to rotate the passive drip irrigation valve by a specified angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ken Goldberg, Stefano Carpin, Stephen McKinley, Stavros Vougioukas, David Gealy
  • LOW COST PRECISION IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE VALVES AND PORTABLE ADJUSTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190008103
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the invention, an adjusting device for adjusting a passive drip irrigation valve to enable precision irrigation includes a device body configured to be at least one of hand-held or attachable to a robot, the device body having a manipulator end, and a manipulator assembly contained within and extending from the manipulator end of the device body. The manipulator assembly includes a coarse alignment adjustment assembly constructed and arranged to align the adjusting device with the passive drip irrigation valve. The manipulator assembly also includes a fine actuator configured to rotate the passive drip irrigation valve by a specified angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ken Goldberg, Stefano Carpin, Stephen McKinley, Stavros Vougioukas, David Gealy