Ferrari S.p.a.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Fei Comapny

Antonio Calvosa

Amedeo Visconti

Erik Petrus Antonius Maria Bakkers

Louis Felix Feiner

Martino Cavanna

Raza Ali Malik

Paolo Gatto

Niels De Jonge

Gaurav Gupta

Roland Khayat

A method of controlling a driver-operated vehicle; the method including the steps of: recording the values of a number of psychophysical parameters of the driver over a first measuring interval; making a first evaluation of the driver's psychophysical condition on the basis of the driver's psychophysical parameter values over the first measuring interval; recording the values of the driver's psychophysical parameters over a second measuring interval following the first measuring interval; making a second evaluation of the driver's psychophysical condition on the basis of the driver's psychophysical parameter values over the second measuring interval; comparing the first and second evaluation of the driver's psychophysical condition to determine a change in the driver's psychophysical condition; and modifying the dynamic performance of the vehicle as a function of the driver's psychophysical condition, to adapt dynamic performance of the vehicle to the change in the driver's psychophysical condition.

Vehicle control method for adapting dynamic vehicle performance to the psychophysical condition of the driver

An embodiment of a feedback control method and unit of a servo controlled system which acts on the environment surrounding a user for adjusting at least one feature of the environment which affects the psychophysical state of the user; the control unit has: a memory device in which there is stored a desired optimal value or a range of desired optimal values of a psychophysical feedback parameter of the user correlated with the perception that the user has of the feature of the environment adjusted by the servo controlled system; an estimation device for cyclically estimating a real value of the psychophysical feedback parameter of the user by means of at least one measurement performed directly on the user; and a driving device for cyclically driving the servo controlled system for seeking the optimal desired value of the psychophysical feedback parameter.

Feedback control method and unit of a servo controlled system which affects the psychophysical state of a user

An embodiment of a control method for a vehicle which is provided with a number of wheels, each of which comprises a tire and at least a disc brake of a braking system; the control method includes the step of sensing the current temperature of at least one component of a respective wheel by means of at least one sensor; determining, in a step of engineering and setting up, at least one first predetermined threshold value indicating the minimum temperature from which the component of wheel shows its maximum efficiency; comparing the current temperature of the component of wheel with the first predetermined threshold value; and signaling to the driver when the current temperature of the component of wheel is lower than the first predetermined threshold value.

Control method and device for a vehicle for signaling when the optimal working temperature of tires and brakes is reached

An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restraint incorporates at least one shape-memory member, which changes shape when subjected to physical external stress. And the actuating device subjects each shape-memory member to physical external stress to change the shape of the shape-memory member.

Sports vehicle seat with adaptive lateral restraints

The invention provides an electron source suitable for use in a charged-particle apparatus, in which source a beam of electrons can be extracted from an electrode that is subjected to at least one of an electric potential, thermal excitation and photonic excitation, whereby at least part of the electrode comprises semiconductor material having a conduction band that is quantized into discrete energy levels. Such a source enjoys a relatively low energy spread, typically much smaller than that of a Cold Field Emission Gun (CFEG). The semiconductor material may, for example, comprise a semiconductor nanowire including InAs and GaInAs.

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Antonio Calvosa