Patents by Inventor Daniela Karthaus
Daniela Karthaus 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: 11802674Abstract: A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle. The lighting device comprises at least one imaging component with at least one active surface, on which imaging elements for the generation of pixels of a light distribution are arranged matrix-like. The lighting device further comprises a light-guiding optics having at least one entry surface and one exit surface. During operation of the lighting device, the light emanating from the at least one active surface enters the light-guiding optics through the at least one entry surface and exits the light-guiding optics through the exit surface. The exit surface has a different shape and/or a different size than the at least one active surface, and/or a plurality of active surfaces and only one exit surface or a plurality of adjacent exit surfaces are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Markus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
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Publication number: 20220283364Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle is provided. The display device includes at least one display with a display surface for displaying content via a plurality of pixels. The display device comprises a light-guiding lens with at least one entry surface and an exit surface. During operation of the display device the light emitted from the display surface enters the light-guiding lens through the at least one entry surface and is emitted by an exit surface, such that the content is shown on the exit surface. In one embodiment, the exit surface features a different shape. In another embodiment, the exit surface is a different size than the at least one display surface. In another embodiment, the display device comprises several displays with display surfaces at distances to each other, and the light-guiding lens features merely one exit surface or several exit surfaces directly adjoining each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Markus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
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Publication number: 20220260223Abstract: A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle. The lighting device comprises at least one imaging component with at least one active surface, on which imaging elements for the generation of pixels of a light distribution are arranged matrix-like. The lighting device further comprises a light-guiding optics having at least one entry surface and one exit surface. During operation of the lighting device, the light emanating from the at least one active surface enters the light-guiding optics through the at least one entry surface and exits the light-guiding optics through the exit surface. The exit surface has a different shape and/or a different size than the at least one active surface, and/or a plurality of active surfaces and only one exit surface or a plurality of adjacent exit surfaces are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Marcus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
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Publication number: 20220043392Abstract: A device for manufacturing a replica hologram, comprising a holder for a light-sensitive recording material, into which the replica hologram is to be imprinted, a holder for a master hologram, as well as a lighting device for generating light for exposing the master hologram, the color of the light generated by the lighting device being variable, and the lighting device comprising optics for exposing the master hologram with the aid of the light generated by the lighting device, the device being designed in such a way that the light emanating from the master hologram impinges on the recording material to manufacture the replica hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Markus GIEHL, Daniela KARTHAUS, Martin MUEGGE
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Publication number: 20220035312Abstract: A process is provided for producing a hologram that can be applied in particular to a curved carrier, characterized by the process steps of bending a flat, photosensitive recording material and projecting the hologram into the curved recording material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Markus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Martin Mügge
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Publication number: 20210382217Abstract: An illumination device, in particular an illumination device for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source for generating light which has components in a blue, green, and red wavelength range, and a holographic optic which the light emitted by the light source strikes, wherein the light striking the holographic optics is used at least partially for reconstructing a hologram, wherein the light emerges from the illumination device after interaction with the holographic optic, and wherein the light source is designed so that the spectral distribution of the light emitted by the light source is adapted to the spectral diffraction efficiency of the holographic optics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marcus GIEHL, Daniela KARTHAUS, Martin MUEGGE, Mathias NIEDLING
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Publication number: 20210239292Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles for illuminating a roadway region in front of the vehicle, the device comprising a housing which is closed by a transparent cover panel and in which a light source unit is arranged for generating a light beam and in which an optical unit is arranged for shaping the light beam according to a specified light distribution to be generated outside the housing, wherein the optical unit has a divergence corrector for the light beam, wherein the divergence corrector on a side facing away from the light source has a structural surface having a plurality of structural elements in the micro and/or nano and/or atomic length range, and the structural surface is arranged directly on or near to a light-emitting surface of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Markus GIEHL, Daniela KARTHAUS, Franziska KLEY
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Patent number: 11009203Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles, and in particular headlamps, having a light source unit, and having a holographic unit for the generation of a given light distribution. The holographic unit has a hologram on the basis of a photo-sensitive material, onto which the holographic information is applied by means of an exposure process. The hologram is formed by a multitude of hologram segments. The hologram segments are each assigned a separate light source of the light source unit. The hologram segments serve to generate the given light distribution. Herein, holographic information is applied to the hologram segments depending on different wavelengths and different angles of the light source assigned to the hologram segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventor: Daniela Karthaus
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Patent number: 10955104Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a housing sealed by a transparent covering panel, containing a light source unit and an optical unit for producing a predetermined light function, wherein the optical unit has a hologram element and/or diffractive element in which diffraction information for producing the light function is contained, wherein optics are disposed downstream of the hologram element and/or the diffractive element in the light beam path, so that light of different orders of diffraction emerging from the hologram element and/or the diffractive element produce different light functions.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Edwin N. Kamau, Daniela Karthaus, Alfons Michaelis, Martin Muegge
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Publication number: 20200224845Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a housing sealed by a transparent covering panel, containing a light source unit and an optical unit for producing a predetermined light function, wherein the optical unit has a hologram element and/or diffractive element in which diffraction information for producing the light function is contained, wherein optics are disposed downstream of the hologram element and/or the diffractive element in the light beam path, so that light of different orders of diffraction emerging from the hologram element and/or the diffractive element produce different light functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Edwin N. KAMAU, Daniela KARTHAUS, Alfons MICHAELIS, Martin MUEGGE
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Publication number: 20190129360Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles, and in particular headlamps, having a light source unit, and having a holographic unit for the generation of a given light distribution. The holographic unit has a hologram on the basis of a photo-sensitive material, onto which the holographic information is applied by means of an exposure process. The hologram is formed by a multitude of hologram segments. The hologram segments are each assigned a separate light source of the light source unit. The hologram segments serve to generate the given light distribution. Herein, holographic information is applied to the hologram segments depending on different wavelengths and different angles of the light source assigned to the hologram segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventor: Daniela Karthaus