Patents by Inventor Dirk Sossenheimer

Dirk Sossenheimer 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).

  • Patent number: 9952322
    Abstract: A method of operating an optoelectronic proximity sensor including a radiation-emitting component, a radiation-detecting component and a control unit includes: operating the radiation-emitting component with a pulsed current, wherein the pulsed current of the radiation-emitting component has an on time and an off time during a measurement period, and causing the control unit to evaluate a detector signal of the radiation-detecting component during the on time and ending the on time if the detector signal exceeds a threshold value, wherein the ratio of the on time to the measurement period is less than 1/10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Sossenheimer, Christian Müller
  • Publication number: 20180103857
    Abstract: A sensor that senses a biometric function includes at least one transmitter configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation in an emission direction, including at least one receiver configured to receive electromagnetic radiation in a receiving direction, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are configured such that the emission direction of the transmitter is inclined away from the receiving direction of the receiver by a defined angle, wherein the angle is 1° to 60°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Hirmer, Claus Jaeger, Maria Liebl, Stefan Strüwing, Dirk Sossenheimer
  • Patent number: 9664557
    Abstract: Fluctuation frequency (F) of an ambient light (S) is identified by: A) specifying first frequency (F1) and second frequency (F2), higher than said first frequency; B) measuring an optical power of the ambient light with a signal receiver (2) over a measuring time interval (Ti) during a total measuring time (T), which is shorter than or equal to a first cycle duration (P1) belonging to the first frequency; C) detecting the optical power of the ambient light in a time series over the total measuring time; D) determining at least one detection feature for identifying the fluctuation frequency by evaluating the time series; and E) identifying the fluctuation frequency of the ambient light as the first frequency or as the second frequency using the at least one detection feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Sossenheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 9310538
    Abstract: Composition for producing a filter material for radiation includes a silicone and at least one dye dispersed in the silicone, wherein the composition has a relative transmission of less than 20% for radiation of the wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm, and has a relative transmission of greater than 50% for radiation of the wavelength of 850 nm to 1025 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Hohn, Michael Schumann, Dirk Sossenheimer
  • Publication number: 20150211920
    Abstract: Fluctuation frequency (F) of an ambient light (S) is identified by: A) specifying first frequency (F1) and second frequency (F2), higher than said first frequency; B) measuring an optical power of the ambient light with a signal receiver (2) over a measuring time interval (Ti) during a total measuring time (T), which is shorter than or equal to a first cycle duration (P1) belonging to the first frequency; C) detecting the optical power of the ambient light in a time series over the total measuring time; D) determining at least one detection feature for identifying the fluctuation frequency by evaluating the time series; and E) identifying the fluctuation frequency of the ambient light as the first frequency or as the second frequency by means of the at least one detection feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk Sossenheimer, Hubert Halbritter
  • Publication number: 20150022474
    Abstract: A method of operating an optoelectronic proximity sensor including a radiation-emitting component, a radiation-detecting component and a control unit includes: operating the radiation-emitting component with a pulsed current, wherein the pulsed current of the radiation-emitting component has an on time and an off time during a measurement period, and causing the control unit to evaluate a detector signal of the radiation-detecting component during the on time and ending the on time if the detector signal exceeds a threshold value, wherein the ratio of the on time to the measurement period is less than 1/10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk Sossenheimer, Christian Müller
  • Publication number: 20120104291
    Abstract: Composition for producing a filter material for radiation includes a silicone and at least one dye dispersed in the silicone, wherein the composition has a relative transmission of less than 20% for radiation of the wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm, and has a relative transmission of greater than 50% for radiation of the wavelength of 850 nm to 1025 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Höhn, Michael Schumann, Dirk Sossenheimer