Patents by Inventor Christian Decker
Christian Decker 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).
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Patent number: 10926774Abstract: A method for evaluating and/or influencing the driving behavior of a driver of a motor vehicle, involving a motor vehicle, in particular in local public transport or in inner-city traffic, preferably for use in vehicle fleets, is designed in such a manner that at least one parameter which describes the driving mode is determined, wherein the position of the gas pedal over time is determined as parameter, and wherein the state of the driving behavior, based on the determined position of the gas pedal, is visually displayed to the vehicle driver by means of a display system in the motor vehicle. Also disclosed is a corresponding device.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: INIT INNOVATIVE INFORMATIKANWENDUNGEN IN TRANSPORT-, VERKEHRS- UND LEITSYSTEMEN GMBHInventors: Christian Decker, Simon Anderer
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Patent number: 10863924Abstract: The invention relates to a system for customized manufacture of a wearable and/or medical product, said system comprising a scan unit for storing and transferring a digital representation of a body or part thereof of one or more users, a manufacturing unit of one or more providers configured to manufacture said wearable and/or medical product in accordance with geometric characteristics of said digital representation and a customized product selection platform comprising a user database, a product database and a matching and/or configurator engine. In some embodiments the invention relates to corresponding systems and methods for customized selection and production of personalized items from multiple providers using centralized user profiles based on 3D digital representations of a user's body or parts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbHInventor: Christian Decker
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Publication number: 20200297078Abstract: An example physical last includes a body having a bottom region. The physical last also includes a fitting attachable to the bottom region to define a component of a shoe. The fitting is manufactured based on three dimensional (3D) scan data of a foot of a customer and pressure data associated with the foot of the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Matthew G. LOPEZ, Edward PONOMAREV, Stephen G. MILLER, David Bradley SHORT, Steven H. SMITH, Friso HAGMAN, Jempi WILSSENS, Christian DECKER
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Publication number: 20190175070Abstract: The invention relates to a system for customized manufacture of a wearable and/or medical product, said system comprising a scan unit for storing and transferring a digital representation of a body or part thereof of one or more users, a manufacturing unit of one or more providers configured to manufacture said wearable and/or medical product in accordance with geometric characteristics of said digital representation and a customized product selection platform comprising a user database, a product database and a matching and/or configurator engine. In some embodiments the invention relates to corresponding systems and methods for customized selection and production of personalized items from multiple providers using centralized user profiles based on 3D digital representations of a user's body or parts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: DESMA SCHUHMACHINEN GMBHInventor: Christian Decker
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Publication number: 20180290662Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the driving behavior of a driver of a vehicle, in particular in urban transport or in inner-city traffic, preferably for use in vehicle fleets, in which at least one parameter describing the driving behavior is determined. Said method is characterized in that the position of the accelerator pedal is determined as a parameter over time. A device for carrying out the method further comprises a sensor system (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Christian Decker, Simon Anderer
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Publication number: 20180186380Abstract: A method for evaluating and/or influencing the driving behavior of a driver of a motor vehicle, involving a motor vehicle, in particular in local public transport or in inner-city traffic, preferably for use in vehicle fleets, is designed in such a manner that at least one parameter which describes the driving mode is determined, wherein the position of the gas pedal over time is determined as parameter, and wherein the state of the driving behavior, based on the determined position of the gas pedal, is visually displayed to the vehicle driver by means of a display system in the motor vehicle. Also disclosed is a corresponding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Christian DECKER, Simon ANDERER
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Publication number: 20180170393Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating the driving behaviour of a vehicle operator with a motor vehicle, in particular in local public transport or in inner-city traffic, preferably for use in vehicle fleets, wherein parameters for describing the driving behaviour are determined, wherein fuel consumption over time is determined as a parameter, wherein the position of the gas pedal over time is determined as another parameter, wherein vehicle operator-specific characteristic values for a drive of the vehicle operator are derived or calculated from the determined parameters, wherein the vehicle operator-specific characteristic values are compared with predefined threshold values, and wherein conclusions about the driving behaviour of the vehicle operator for the drive are drawn from the comparison of the vehicle operator-specific characteristic values with the threshold values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Christian Decker, Simon Anderer
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Patent number: 7774242Abstract: A method and apparatus for proximity sensing is described and illustrated. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a processor. The apparatus also includes a memory coupled to the processor. The apparatus further includes a radio frequency interface coupled to the processor. The apparatus also includes an antenna coupled to the radio frequency interface. The memory embodies an identifier of an associated item along with specific information related to the associated item. The memory also embodies instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to exchange the identifier with similar apparatuses through the radio frequency interface and antenna and cause the processor to compare the specific information with information received from the similar apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Uwe Kubach, Christian Decker
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Publication number: 20090231135Abstract: Enhanced item tracking using selecting querying, in which a scan envelope of a mobile reader is defined, items expected within the defined scan envelope are determined, and a low-level query including a tuning parameter that selectively includes or excludes the determined items is generated. The approach also includes transmitting the low-level query via the mobile reader, and outputting an indicia of items that respond to the low-level query.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Leonardo Weiss F. Chaves, Martin Berchtold, Christian Decker, Till Riedel
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Patent number: 7522046Abstract: Techniques are provided for document management, which may occur at a physical document, at a remote location, or at a combination thereof. Document management at a physical document may include sensing a state of a document, generating a signal representing the document state, determining the document state based on the signal, and generating a wireless message representing the document state. Document management at a remote location may include storing non-physical versions of documents, receiving state data for physical versions of the documents, associating the state data with the appropriate non-physical versions, and managing access to the non-physical versions and the state data.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christian Decker, Adam M. Eames, Uwe Kubach
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Publication number: 20080160320Abstract: The present invention relates to free-radically curable coating compositions, to methods of curing such coating compositions, and to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Basf AktiengesellschaftInventors: Erich Beck, Reinhold Schwalm, Katia Studer, Phuong Nguyen Tri, Christian Decker
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Patent number: 7356495Abstract: A system to monitor item placement and item movement on surfaces includes an identification system embedded in one or more surfaces and a computer. The identification system periodically scans the surfaces to generate data related to items placed on the surfaces. The data includes item type, item location on each surface, and number of items placed on each surface. The computer receives and processes the data to monitor item placement and item movement on the surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Beigl, Christian Decker, Uwe Kubach
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Publication number: 20070172668Abstract: Use of cerium compounds as initiators for dual-cure curing, and coating compositions comprising cerium compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Nick Gruber, Reinhold Schwalm, Erich Beck, Yvonne Heischkel, Christian Decker, Katia Studer
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Patent number: 7015811Abstract: Techniques are provided for object management. In certain implementations, object management includes determining whether a signal representing the presence of at least one object to be monitored has been received and determining whether a signal representing the state of at least one object to be monitored has been received. If a signal representing the presence of at least one object to be monitored has been received, a determination is made as to whether a predetermined quantity of objects is present. If a signal representing the state of at least one object to be monitored has been received, a determination is made as to whether at least one object has a predetermined state.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christian Decker, Albert Krohn, Philip Robinson, Uwe Kubach, Michael Beigl
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Publication number: 20060052882Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products implementing techniques for real-time monitoring using sensor networks. A system implementing the techniques comprises a business application, a sensor network, and a communication link between the sensor network and the business application. The sensor network includes a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node being an electronic device that includes a sensor, a processor, memory, and inter-node communication logic that allows the sensor node to communicate bi-directionally with other sensor nodes in the plurality of sensor nodes, and the sensor network is configured to receive business logic from the business application through the communication link, and to execute the business logic on the sensor nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Uwe Kubach, Christian Decker
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Publication number: 20050285740Abstract: A method and apparatus for proximity sensing is described and illustrated. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a processor. The apparatus also includes a memory coupled to the processor. The apparatus further includes a radio frequency interface coupled to the processor. The apparatus also includes an antenna coupled to the radio frequency interface. The memory embodies an identifier of an associated item along with specific information related to the associated item. The memory also embodies instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to exchange the identifier with similar apparatuses through the radio frequency interface and antenna and cause the processor to compare the specific information with information received from the similar apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2004Publication date: December 29, 2005Inventors: Uwe Kubach, Christian Decker
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Publication number: 20050209812Abstract: Techniques are provided for document management, which may occur at a physical document, at a remote location, or at a combination thereof. Document management at a physical document may include sensing a state of a document, generating a signal representing the document state, determining the document state based on the signal, and generating a wireless message representing the document state. Document management at a remote location may include storing non-physical versions of documents, receiving state data for physical versions of the documents, associating the state data with the appropriate non-physical versions, and managing access to the non-physical versions and the state data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Christian Decker, Adam Eames, Uwe Kubach
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Publication number: 20050206520Abstract: Techniques are provided for object management. In certain implementations, object management includes determining whether a signal representing the presence of at least one object to be monitored has been received and determining whether a signal representing the state of at least one object to be monitored has been received. If a signal representing the presence of at least one object to be monitored has been received, a determination is made as to whether a predetermined quantity of objects is present. If a signal representing the state of at least one object to be monitored has been received, a determination is made as to whether at least one object has a predetermined state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Christian Decker, Albert Krohn, Philip Robinson, Uwe Kubach, Michael Beigl
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Publication number: 20030222762Abstract: A system to monitor item placement and item movement on surfaces includes an identification system embedded in one or more surfaces and a computer. The identification system periodically scans the surfaces to generate data related to items placed on the surfaces. The data includes item type, item location on each surface, and number of items placed on each surface. The computer receives and processes the data to monitor item placement and item movement on the surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Michael Beigl, Christian Decker, Uwe Kubach
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Patent number: 6651559Abstract: The invention concerns a printing blanket for a cylinder of a printing machine, specifically of offset type, including a ground or polished or even molded lithographic layer, at least one reinforcing layer and at least one compressible layer. According to the invention, at least one surface property of the invention, namely the overall surface energy of the blanket, the surface energy with a polar character of the blanket or the average roughness of the blanket varies on the outer surface of the blanket crosswise. The invention is applicable for any indirect printing process, especially offset printing as function.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: MacDermid Graphic Arts SAInventors: Sophie Haraux, Chouaib Boukaftane, Jerzy Kuczynski, Khalid Zahouily, Christian Decker