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Davide Cipolla, Cantu IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100230371METHOD TO MAKE AN ARM FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONCRETE, AND ARM THUS MADE - A method to make an arm for the distribution of concrete, or other material similar to concrete, used on heavy work vehicles, wherein the arm comprises a plurality of segments selectively folding and extendible one with respect to the other. Each segment comprises a main girder and auxiliary elements for connection to adjacent segments or for attachment of movement and/or supporting devices for the pipe that carries the concrete. The method comprises a first step in which each main girder is formed, with a predefined length, by depositing a plurality of layers of pre-impregnated composite material in a female type mold. The method comprises a second step in which the composite material, deposited in layers in the mold in a variable number of layers, is subjected to polymerization. The method comprises a third step in which each main girder is removed from the mold and a fourth step in which the auxiliary elements are associated with each girder so as to form a relative segment. The method comprises a fifth step in which the extendible arm is assembled, connecting the various segments at the respective ends. The cross section of each of the main girders of the segments is substantially constant over the whole length thereof. The female mold consists of one or more elementary molds of equal section, connected in sequence with each other according to the overall length of the main girder to be made.09-16-2010

Giovanni Cipolla, Cremona IT

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20100090139Intercepting Valve - The present invention has as its object an intercepting valve of a fluid comprising an obturator which can be turned clockwise or anti-clockwise. By turning clockwise, the fluid in transit is given a first characterisation, while by turning anti-clockwise it is given a second characterisation. In addition, the present invention has as its object, a method of fabrication of a valve fitted with obturator as described above.04-15-2010
20100258204Device for Detecting Leaks of Fluids - A device for detecting leaks of fluids includes means for metering flow of a fluid towards a premises, shut-off means for the fluid, operable between a delivery configuration of the fluid and a closed configuration to allow/prevent its transit towards the premises, and a management and control unit, able to act in conjunction with the metering means of the flow and to send a signal to the shut-off means to switch from the delivery to the closed configuration. The management and control unit comprises enabling means, able to allow or prevent the signal to be sent to the shut-off means. The device comprises, in addition, means for detecting the presence of a user in the premises, operatively connected to the enabling means in such a way that these allow the signal to be sent to the switch if the presence detector means detect the absence of the user in the premises.10-14-2010

Roberto Cipolla, Cambridge GB

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20090073259IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An imaging system for imaging a moving three dimensional object, the system comprising: 03-19-2009
20100128926ITERATIVE MOTION SEGMENTATION - An image processing device which simultaneously secures and extracts a background image, at least two object images, a shape of each object image and motion of each object image, from among plural images, the image processing device including an image input unit (05-27-2010
20100239123METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING OF VIDEO DATA09-23-2010
20110013840IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - To provide an image processing apparatus which robustly performs segmentation on an image including an object such as a moving person with its deformation. The image processing apparatus includes: an image inputting unit (01-20-2011

Patent applications by Roberto Cipolla, Cambridge GB

Roberto Cipolla, Cambridgeshire GB

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20090169096IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUS - We describe methods of characterising a set of images to determine their respective illumination, for example for recovering the 3D shape of an illuminated object. The method comprises: inputting a first set of images of the object captured from different positions; determining frontier point data from the images, this defining a plurality of frontier points on the object and for each said frontier point a direction of a normal to the surface of the object at the frontier point, and determining data defining the image capture positions; inputting a second set of images of said object, having substantially the same viewpoint and different illumination conditions; and characterising the second set of images said frontier point data to determine data comprising object reflectance parameter data (β) and, for each image of said second set, illumination data (L) comprising data defining an illumination direction and illumination intensity for the image.07-02-2009