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Alberto Messina, Torino IT
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20150154456 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF DESCRIPTORS FROM VIDEO CONTENT, PREFERABLY FOR SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL PURPOSE - A method for extraction of descriptors from video content, includes the following steps: a Key Frame Extracting step, applying a local descriptors-based approach to select pictures of the incoming video as key frames that are representative of a temporal region of the video which is visually homogeneous; a Content Analysis step, analysing the content of the key frames and classifying image patches of the key frames as interesting or not for the extraction of descriptors; a Descriptors Extracting step, extracting compact descriptors from the selected key frames, and defining a set of surrounding images also on the basis of input received from the Content Analysis step; a Temporal Coding step, multiplexing information about the time points at which said key frames have been extracted in the Key Frame Extracting step with the compact descriptors extracted in the Descriptors Extracting step, obtaining the descriptors. | 06-04-2015 |
20150278351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS THROUGH A MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM - A method for recommending multimedia contents through a multimedia platform ( | 10-01-2015 |
Alessandro Messina, Torino IT
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20130277898 | SAFETY DEVICE DESIGNED TO WITHHOLD THE ELASTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATED TO THE TOP END OF THE STEM OF A SHOCK ABSORBER IN THE CORRESPONDING SEAT OF THE BODY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A safety device withholds an elastic support associated to the top end of the stem of a motor vehicle shock absorber. The device includes a safety member configured for engaging a metal reinforcement of the elastic support. The safety member includes a metal structure provided with a coating of elastomeric material, so as to close completely and in a fluid-tight way the cavity in which the stem of the shock absorber is received, thus also reducing noise. | 10-24-2013 |
Aurora Messina, Eltham North AU
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20120209403 | VASCULARIZED TISSUE GRAFT - The present invention relates to improved methods for tissue engineering including tissue transplantation, augmentation and regeneration, and more particularly, a method for the generation of donor vascularized tissue suitable for use in tissue transplantation, augmentation and/or repair. The present invention enables the use of a support matrix in the generation of an anatomical construct comprising the donor vascular tissue. The support matrix may be devised such that it has dimensions of a size and shape adapted to simulate those of tissue to be transplanted, augmented and/or repaired. The methods and support matrix of the present invention may also find application as a means for delivering a desirable gene product to a subject. The method and support matrix of the present invention is conveniently made available in the form of a kit, for use in the field of tissue engineering. | 08-16-2012 |
Carmelo Messina, Baar CH
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20140007427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PLUG - The invention relates to a method for fabricating a plug ( | 01-09-2014 |
20140304986 | SHAPING OF LINE ENDS - Aligning machines for individual line ends ( | 10-16-2014 |
20150128399 | FACILITY FOR THE PROCESSING OF A MULTI-CORE CABLE - A facility ( | 05-14-2015 |
Damiano A. Messina, Taylors Lakes AU
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20100031487 | Secondary positioning device for workpiece machining - A large machining apparatus for working a substantially planar workpiece such as a metal plate in relation to which a set of work actions, such as machining grooves and holes, is required at one of a number of work zones on or in the workpiece, the apparatus including: a working assembly such as a drop down drill movably mounted on a beam for reciprocal linear movement along a first horizontal axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece; and an assembly rail movably mounted on the beam at right angles to the beam to carry the working assembly. The apparatus further includes: an immobilizing base mounted on the rail for reciprocal linear movement along the assembly rail in the direction of a second axis and a clamping base mounted on the immobilizing base and adapted to be clamped onto the workpiece to locate the working assembly at a predetermined one of said work zones; and a movable base mounted on the assembly rail for limited reciprocal linear displacement along the assembly rail in the direction of the second axis relative to the immobilizing base. The working assembly is mounted on the movable base to enable limited linear displacement of the working assembly in the second axis direction in the predetermined work zone. | 02-11-2010 |
Davide Messina, Rome IT
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20160042327 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - A method for processing business-to-business payments includes: storing a plurality of payment rules, each rule including data related to a payment scheme including an institution identifier and payment amount; receiving, from a first financial institution, a notification of payment to be made by a buyer to a seller, the notification including a first institution identifier associated with the first financial institution, a second institution identifier associated with the seller and/or a second financial institution associated with the seller, and a transaction amount; forwarding, to the second financial institution, a payment notification, the notification including the transaction amount and indicates at least one of: the first financial institution, the buyer, and the seller; identifying a specific payment rule where the institution identifier corresponds to the first institution identifier; and processing a payment to the first financial institution based on the payment amount included in the specific payment rule. | 02-11-2016 |
Elisa Messina, Rome IT
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20120020935 | CARDIAC STEM CELLS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATION OF SAME - Method for the isolation, expansion and preservation of cardiac stem cells from human or animal tissue biopsy samples to be employed in cell transplantation and functional repair of the myocardium or other organs. Cells may also be used in gene therapy for treating cardiomyopathies, for treating ischemic heart diseases and for setting in vitro models to study drugs. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021019 | CARDIAC STEM CELL POPULATIONS FOR REPAIR OF CARDIAC TISSUE - Method for the isolation, expansion and preservation of cardiac stem cells from human or animal tissue biopsy samples to be employed in cell transplantation and functional repair of the myocardium or other organs. Cells may also be used in gene therapy for treating cardiomyopathies, for treating ischemic heart diseases and for setting in vitro models to study drugs. | 01-26-2012 |
20120045421 | METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF CARDIAC STEM CELLS - Method for the isolation, expansion and preservation of cardiac stem cells from human or animal tissue biopsy samples to be employed in cell transplantation and functional repair of the myocardium or other organs. Cells may also be used in gene therapy for treating cardiomyopathies, for treating ischemic heart diseases and for setting in vitro models to study drugs. | 02-23-2012 |
20120093879 | CARDIAC STEM CELLS AND USES OF SAME IN CARDIAC REPAIR - Method for the isolation, expansion and preservation of cardiac stem cells from human or animal tissue biopsy samples to be employed in cell transplantation and functional repair of the myocardium or other organs. Cells may also be used in gene therapy for treating cardiomyopathies, for treating ischemic heart diseases and for setting in vitro models to study drugs. | 04-19-2012 |
Ettore Messina, Palermo IT
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20090046766 | Method and system for resolving the acquisition ambiguity and the problem of false lock in tracking BOC(m,n) modulated signals, particularly for satellite positioning/navigation systems - A method and a system for the acquisition and tracking of BOC(m,n) modulated codes, m/n equal to an integer, in which a correlation function is calculated of the BOC(m,n) modulated code received from a remote transmitter with a code w | 02-19-2009 |
Fabrizio Messina, Senago Mi IT
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20150301978 | ELECTRICAL NODE FOR DAISY-CHAIN BUSES WITH SERIAL DATA TRANSMISSION AND CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY - Electrical node ( | 10-22-2015 |
Francesco Messina, Kraichtal DE
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20110082395 | MEDICAL THERAPY DEVICE - The medical therapy device includes at least one picture-providing locating device, a treatment device, a patient rest, means for the motorized positioning of at least the treatment device relative to the patient rest, means for control of the therapy device, and a display and operating device. The treatment center of the treatment device may be represented on the display in at least one picture of the locating device on the display, and operating elements are provided, with which the positioning in coordinates of the locating device may be controlled. | 04-07-2011 |
20160038166 | THERAPY SYSTEM - A therapy system includes a therapy source ( | 02-11-2016 |
Gabriele Messina, Siena IT
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20140217307 | DEVICE FOR THE HYGIENISATION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a device for the hygienisation of medical instruments, in particular stethoscopes. | 08-07-2014 |
Giuseppe Messina, Catania IT
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20110158511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING RED AND/OR GOLDEN EYE ARTIFACTS - Processing method of a digital image to filter red and/or golden eye artifacts, the digital image comprising a plurality of pixel each comprising at least one digital value represented on a plurality of bits, the method comprising: a step of selecting at least one patch of pixels of the digital image comprising pixels potentially representative of a red and/or golden eye artifact; a step of classifying the at least one patch of pixels as “eye” or “non-eye”; a step of filtering said potentially representative pixels if said patch of pixels is classified as “eye”; wherein the classifying step comprises the operations of: converting the digital values of said patch of pixels into a Gray Code representation, overall obtaining a plurality of bit maps from said patch of pixels, each bit map being associated with a respective bit of said Gray Code; an operation of individually comparing said bit maps with corresponding bit map models belonging to a patch classifier produced by a statistical analysis of bit maps obtained by converting patches of pixels of digital images containing or not red and/or golden eye artifacts into said Gray Code representation. | 06-30-2011 |
20130229540 | COMPOUND CAMERA SENSOR AND RELATED METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES - In one embodiment, a light sensor includes four cell arrays, one for each color of the Bayer pattern, and four lenses each focusing the light coming from the scene to be captured on a respective cell array. The lenses are oriented such that at least a second green image, commonly provided by the fourth cell array, is both horizontally and vertically shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from a first (reference) green image. In a second embodiment, the four lenses are oriented such that the red and blue images are respectively shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from the first or reference green image, one horizontally and the other vertically, and the second green image is shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from the reference green image both horizontally and vertically. | 09-05-2013 |
Giuseppe Messina, Giardini Naxos IT
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20090010539 | Method and relative device of color interpolation of an image acquired by a digital color sensor - A method calculates statistical parameters in function of stochastic momentums of the pixel intensities of a same primary color or complementary hue of a first working window (2k+1)×(2k+1), and of at least a second working window of smaller size, both centered on the pixel to be filtered and in choosing, as a function of the values of these statistical parameters, for each pixel of the color image to be filtered, the most appropriate filtering algorithm for enhancing as much as possible the contour sharpness and reducing noise and artifacts. | 01-08-2009 |
20100097491 | Compound camera sensor and related method of processing digital images - In one embodiment, a light sensor includes four cell arrays, one for each color of the Bayer pattern, and four lenses each focusing the light coming from the scene to be captured on a respective cell array. The lenses are oriented such that at least a second green image, commonly provided by the fourth cell array, is both horizontally and vertically shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from a first (reference) green image. In a second embodiment, the four lenses are oriented such that the red and blue images are respectively shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from the first or reference green image, one horizontally and the other vertically, and the second green image is shifted (spaced) apart by half a pixel pitch from the reference green image both horizontally and vertically. | 04-22-2010 |
Luciano Messina, Abano Terme Pd IT
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20120070441 | EXTRACELLULAR YALURONIDASE FROM STREPTOMYCES KOGANEIENSIS - The invention relates to | 03-22-2012 |
20120219554 | EXTRACELLULAR YALURONIDASE FROM STREPTOMYCES KOGANEIENSIS - The invention relates to | 08-30-2012 |
20130189740 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYALURONIC ACID IN ESCHERICHIA COLI OR BACILLUS SUBTILIS - The present invention relates to a method for the production of hyaluronic acid (HA) in | 07-25-2013 |
Marco Messina, Augusta IT
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20100138915 | Password Protected Built-In Test Mode For Memories - In accordance with some embodiments, a semiconductor memory may be provided with a built-in test mode that is accessible through a password protection scheme. This enables access to a built-in test mode after manufacturing, if desired. At the same time, the password protection prevents use of the built-in test mode to bypass security features of the memory. | 06-03-2010 |
20140325176 | SECURITY MEMORY ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS - Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods to allow access to a memory device by an external device. A method includes receiving, at the memory device, a request from the external device to access a storage area of the memory device and performing an unlock procedure of the storage area. The unlock procedure includes sending a first code from the memory device to the external device, and receiving a second code at the memory device from the external device. The second code is to be generated by a first encryption process performed on the first code to obtain the second code. The storage area is temporarily unlocked to allow the external device to access the storage area based on a determination that the received second code has a predetermined relationship to the first code. Additional apparatuses and methods are described. | 10-30-2014 |
Marco Messina, Augusta (sr) IT
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20130014215 | SECURITY MEMORY ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS - Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods to allow access to a memory device by an external device. A method includes receiving, at the memory device, a request from the external device to access a storage area of the memory device and performing an unlock procedure of the storage area. The unlock procedure includes sending a first code from the memory device to the external device, and receiving a second code at the memory device from the external device. The second code is to be generated by a first encryption process performed on the first code to obtain the second code. The storage area is temporarily unlocked to allow the external device to access the storage area based on a determination that the received second code has a predetermined relationship to the first code. Additional apparatuses and methods are described. | 01-10-2013 |
Mark Anthony Messina, Eindhoven NL
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20150342562 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL AND DISPLAY LIFT - The control panel ( | 12-03-2015 |
Massimo Messina, Eggenstein DE
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20100237609 | ATTACHMENT CONNECTION, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING A THIN-WALLED HOSE LINE TO A CARBON-CONTAINING ATTACHMENT PART - An attachment connection ( | 09-23-2010 |
Nathalie Messina, Nice FR
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20080278873 | IN PACKAGE ESD PROTECTIONS OF IC USING A THIN FILM POLYMER - A packaged semiconductor device ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090020313 | CIRCUIT LOGIC EMBEDDED WITHIN IC PROTECTIVE LAYER - A system comprising a first layer comprising one or more metal sub-layers and a protective overcoat (PO) layer adjacent to the first layer. The PO layer is adapted to protect the first layer, and a circuit logic is at least partially embedded within the PO layer. The circuit logic couples to one of the metal sub-layers. | 01-22-2009 |
20110075306 | LOCAL INTEGRATION OF NON-LINEAR SHEET I INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES FOR ESD/EOS PROTECTION - A packaged semiconductor device ( | 03-31-2011 |
Nicasio Messina, Zerbolo IT
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20140083550 | PROCESS FOR LINING METAL PIPELINES - The present invention pertains to a process for lining a metal pipeline, said process comprising the following steps: (i) processing a thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition to yield a pipe liner having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of said metal pipeline, said thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition comprising: (A) from 10% to 60% by weight, on the total weight of polymer (A) and polymer (B) of at least one vinylidene fluoride (VDF) homopolymer [polymer (A)], (B) from 40% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (A) and polymer (B) of at least one VDF copolymer comprising from 2% to 15% by moles of recurring units derived from at least one other fluorinated comonomer (F) [polymer (B)], and (ii) deforming said pipe liner, (iii) introducing the deformed pipe liner in said metal pipeline; and (iv) expanding the deformed pipe liner to fit with the inner diameter of said metal pipeline. The present invention also relates to a pipeline system. | 03-27-2014 |
20150041145 | FLUOROPOLYMER PIPE - The present invention pertains to a pipe comprising at least one layer at least comprising, preferably consisting essentially of (or being made of), a tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer comprising from 0.8% to 2.5% by weight of recurring units derived from at least one perfluorinated alkyl vinyl ether having formula (I) here below: CF | 02-12-2015 |
Nicasio Edoardo Messina, Zerbolo (pv) IT
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20160069503 | Process for lining metal pipelines - The present invention pertains to a process for lining a metal pipeline, said process comprising the following steps: (i) processing a thermoplastic polymer composition thereby providing a pipe liner having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of said metal pipeline, said thermoplastic polymer composition comprising, preferably consisting of:—at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) polymer [(PAEK) polymer],—at least one poly(phenylene sulfone) polymer [(PPSU) polymer],—optionally, at least one poly(arylene sulfide) [(PAS) polymer], and—optionally, at least one plasticizer; (ii) deforming said pipe liner thereby providing a deformed pipe liner having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of said metal pipeline; (iii) inserting the deformed pipe liner in said metal pipeline; and (iv) expanding the deformed pipe liner to fit with the inner diameter of said metal pipeline. The present invention also relates to a pipeline system comprising at least two coaxial pipes, an outer metal pipeline and inner pipe comprising at least one layer comprising, preferably made of said thermoplastic polymer composition. | 03-10-2016 |
Paolo Messina, Toulouse FR
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20120196080 | STIFFENED STRUCTURE INTEGRATING AN OPENING - A stiffened structure includes stiffeners ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120245862 | METHOD FOR THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PANELS CONSISTING OF AN ISOTROPIC MATERIAL AND STIFFENED BY TRIANGULAR POCKETS - The invention relates to a method for dimensioning, by an analytical method, of an essentially plane panel consisting of a homogenous and isotropic material, said panel consisting of a skin reinforced by a set of three parallel bundles of stiffeners built into the panel. The pockets determined on the skin by said groups of stiffeners are triangular, the stiffeners are blade shaped and the stiffened panel must comply with specifications for mechanical resistance to predetermined external loads, the angles between bundles of stiffeners being such that the triangular pockets have any kind of isosceles form. | 09-27-2012 |
20150073730 | MECHANICAL STRAIN GAUGE SIMULATION - A method for the computerized simulation of mechanical deformation is provided. The method makes it possible to define a strain gauge in a model of a mechanical structure in order to calculate the deformation at said gauge. The method makes it possible to simulate at will the measurement result of a strain gauge in a mechanical structure model. | 03-12-2015 |
Paolo Messina, Palermo IT
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20100089160 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A SONIC IMPRINT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT & RELATED APPARATUS - Non invasive method used to detect a “sonic imprint” of three-dimensional objects, particularly suitable for the identification and monitoring of artworks, consisting in acquiring the vibrations caused by a source of elastic waves and using a set of detectors fixed in various predetermined points of the external surface of the object. An apparatus, cheap and simple to utilize, suitable to execute this method, is also described. | 04-15-2010 |
Pierluca Messina, Milano IT
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20140162869 | CATALYSTS FREE FROM NOBLE METALS SUITABLE FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF OXYGEN - The invention concerns new catalysts for the reduction of oxygen suitable for PEM fuel cells, the process for their preparation and their use in other electrolytic processes. | 06-12-2014 |
Rosario Messina, Capena IT
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20110176026 | MODULAR APPARATUS FOR DIRECTION - The present invention refers to a modular apparatus for a mobile control room, realised in a flexible manner and such that to be advantageously assembled, continuously modified and provided according to needs and requirements of for example, a client. An important improvement for rendering the directing apparatus modular consists in that several modules are provided and there are inserted inside thereof almost the whole of the apparatuses which are needed for the control of the videocameras (or other functions in the case of different kind of modules); Therefore, the most of the investment is flexible since is moved and incorporated to the same modules. | 07-21-2011 |
Solange Messina, Levallois-Perret FR
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20140352062 | HOUSEHOLD LINEN FOR A DOUBLE BED - The invention relates to a household linen for a double bed with two elongated panels ( | 12-04-2014 |
Sonia Messina, Messina IT
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20100190733 | Methods of Treating Muscular Dystrophies - The invention relates to methods of treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with flavonoids. The methods may include (a) providing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of flavonoid, and (b) administering the composition to a human patient, wherein the flavonoid comprises an isoflav-4-one with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, or 6′ modified by an alcohol group. Alternatively, the flavonoid may comprise (1) a flavan-3-ol with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, or 6′ modified by an alcohol group, or (2) a Free-B-Ring flavone with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by an alcohol group and with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by a glycoside group. | 07-29-2010 |
20130210753 | METHODS OF TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES - The invention relates to methods of treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with flavonoids. The methods may include (a) providing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of flavonoid, and (b) administering the composition to a human patient, wherein the flavonoid comprises an isoflav-4-one with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, or 6′ modified by an alcohol group. Alternatively, the flavonoid may comprise (1) a flavan-3-ol with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, or 6′ modified by an alcohol group, or (2) a Free-B-Ring flavone with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by an alcohol group and with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by a glycoside group. | 08-15-2013 |