Patents by Inventor Vincenzo Murdocco

Vincenzo Murdocco 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: 9440534
    Abstract: An automotive accelerator device includes an accelerator member movable in response to driver operation, a position sensor associated with the accelerator member to output a position signal indicating an operation degree of the accelerator member, and signal processing means configured to receive the position signal generated by the position sensor and to generate a command for a motor vehicle engine based on the position signal and a characteristic curve of the accelerator device that defines the command for the motor vehicle engine as a function of the position signal; the signal processing means are further configured to: receive signals indicating a current motor vehicle speed and a target motor vehicle speed, and to dynamically adapt the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed with respect to the target motor vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa' Consortile Per Azioni
    Inventors: Silvano Marenco, Maurizio Miglietta, Massimo Gaido, Vincenzo Murdocco
  • Publication number: 20150322868
    Abstract: An automotive accelerator device comprising an accelerator member movable in response to driver operation, a position sensor associated with the accelerator member to output a position signal indicating an operation degree of the accelerator member, and signal processing means configured to receive the position signal generated by the position sensor and to generate a command for a motor vehicle engine based on the position signal and a characteristic curve of the accelerator device that defines the command for the motor vehicle engine as a function of the position signal; the signal processing means are further configured to: receive signals indicating a current motor vehicle speed and a target motor vehicle speed, and to dynamically adapt the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed with respect to the target motor vehicle speed; wherein dynamically adapting the accelerator device characteristic curve comprises determining lower, intermediate and upper motor vehicle s
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: SILVANO MARENCO, MAURIZIO MIGLIETTA, MASSIMO GAIDO, VINCENZO MURDOCCO
  • Patent number: 6873286
    Abstract: The system comprises: detector devices (1) operable to provide electrical signals indicative of the relative distance and relative speed of the motor vehicle (V) with respect to a fixed or moving obstacle (O) ahead, and a processing and control unit (ECU) connected to such detector devices (1) as well as to brake actuators (2-4) and arranged to cause activation of the brake actuators (2-4) to effect automatic emergency braking of the motor vehicle (V) when the relative distance between the motor vehicle (V) and an obstacle (O) ahead lies between a first predetermined limit value (dF) equal to the minimum value at which it is still possible to avoid collision by braking and a preselected intermediate value (dE) comprised between said first limit value (dF) and a second limit value (dEcrit) which is less than the said first limit value (df) and is equal to the minimum relative distance value at which it is still possible to follow a path which avoids the obstacle (O), or when the relative distance (dR) becomes
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Domenico Albero, Pier Claudio Antonello, Sebastiano Campo, Angela Chinu, Renzo Cicilloni, Silvia Citelli, Maurizio Miglietta, Vincenzo Murdocco, Valter Quenda, Andrea Saroldi
  • Publication number: 20040155811
    Abstract: The system comprises: detector devices (1) operable to provide electrical signals indicative of the relative distance and relative speed of the motor vehicle (V) with respect to a fixed or moving obstacle (O) ahead, and a processing and control unit (ECU) connected to such detector devices (1) as well as to brake actuators (2-4) and arranged to cause activation of the brake actuators (2-4) to effect automatic emergency braking of the motor vehicle (V) when the relative distance between the motor vehicle (V) and an obstacle (O) ahead lies between a first predetermined limit value (dF) equal to the minimum value at which it is still possible to avoid collision by braking and a preselected intermediate value (dE) comprised between said first limit value (dF) and a second limit value (dEcrit) which is less than the said first limit value (dF) and is equal to the minimum relative distance value at which it is still possible to follow a path which avoids the obstacle (O), or when the relative distance (dR) becomes
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Domenico Albero, Pier Claudio Antonello, Sebastiano Campo, Angela Chinu, Renzo Cicilloni, Silvia Citelli, Maurizio Miglietta, Vincenzo Murdocco, Valter Quenda, Andrea Saroldi