Patents by Inventor Klaus Zimmermann

Klaus Zimmermann 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: 11933266
    Abstract: Thus there is provided a method of installing rotor blades of a wind turbine to a rotor hub of the wind turbine. The wind turbine has a tower having a tower longitudinal axis. The rotor hub has a first, a second and a third rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated until the first rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The first rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated so that the second rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The second rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the second rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is further rotated until the third rotor blade connection is at an angle of 60° or 300° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The third rotor blade is lifted at an angle of ?=30° with respect to a horizontal and fixed to the third rotor blade connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Rubner, Klaas Schumann, Felix Fettback, Wolfgang Meyer-Stöver, Frank Knoop, Klaus Bünting, Frank Zimmermann, Martin Hüller, Thomas Rehberger
  • Patent number: 11914144
    Abstract: A projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD), includes a composite pane, including an outer and an inner pane connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, with an HUD region; an electrically conductive coating on the surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing or within the intermediate layer; and a projector directed toward the HUD region. The radiation of the projector is p-polarised. The composite pane has reflectance of at least 10% relative to p-polarised radiation in the spectral range from 450 nm to 650 nm. The electrically conductive coating includes at least four electrically conductive layers, which are each arranged between two dielectric layers or layer sequences. The sum of the thicknesses of all electrically conductive layers is at most 30 nm and at least one of the electrically conductive layers has a thickness of at most 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Klaus Fischer, Dagmar Schaefer, Roberto Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11733561
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11659223
    Abstract: It is disclosed a system comprising a display characteristics evaluation unit configured to evaluate display characteristics of a display of an electronic device, a media access unit configured to receive a source media file from a media storage, and a display-dependent processing unit configured to perform, based on the display characteristics, a display-dependent processing of the source media file to obtain a display-dependent media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Sartor, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20230126615
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11594568
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image sensor, including: a first photosensitive layer (2) for sensing blue light; a second photosensitive layer (3) for sensing green light; a third photosensitive layer (4) for sensing red light; and a fourth photosensitive layer (5) for sensing infrared light, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photosensitive layer are stacked on each other and each comprise a Perovskite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11585382
    Abstract: A pre-tensioned bearing assembly, including: a first rolling bearing including a first outer ring, first inner ring including a first cylindrical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the first inner and outer rings; a second rolling bearing including a second outer ring, a second inner ring including a second cylindrical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the second inner and outer rings; a shaft including a shoulder in contact with the second rolling bearing; a first conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface, and including a conical inner surface; a second conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the conical inner surface; and a shaft nut including an internal thread in cooperation with the shaft, and fixing the first inner ring and the second inner ring axially onto the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Huimin Han, Klaus Zimmermann, Thomas Dittrich
  • Patent number: 11550182
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220306155
    Abstract: An information processing circuitry for controlling a content provided to a user inside a cabin of an autonomous vehicle, wherein the information processing circuitry is configured to: obtain environment data; acquire abstract content data, representing abstract content, being associated with the obtained environment data; measure initial user body data of the user and determine, based on the measured initial user body data, an initial emotional state of the user; determine and provide a first content, being associated with the abstract content, to the user; measure, in response to providing the first content to the user, first user body data of the user and determine, based on the measured first user body data, a first emotional state of the user; and if the initial emotional state and the first emotional state of the user are different: acquire user content data from a database, representing user content associated with a past user experience, being associated with the environment data, wherein the user
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20220146711
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a transparent optical portion comprising a plurality of protrusion for providing a metalens function on a surface of an optical device, wherein a direction of growth of the plurality of protrusion is based on a crystal structure of a first substrate, and wherein the protrusions differ in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20220137259
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to a metalens portion comprising a plurality of holes in a first substrate, wherein at least two holes of the plurality of holes differ in size, and wherein a refractive index of the metalens portion is defined by at least one of shape of the holes and an arrangement pattern of the holes, thereby providing a metalens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20210372468
    Abstract: A pre-tensioned bearing assembly, including: a first rolling bearing including a first outer ring, first inner ring including a first conical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the first inner and outer rings; a second rolling bearing including a second outer ring, a second inner ring including a second conical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the second inner and outer rings; a shaft including a shoulder in contact with the second rolling bearing; a first conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the first conical surface and the second conical surface, and including a cylindrical inner surface; a second conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the cylindrical inner surface; and a shaft nut including an internal thread in cooperation with the shaft, and fixing the first inner ring and the second inner ring axially onto the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Huimin Han, Klaus Zimmermann, Thomas Dittrich
  • Patent number: 11093963
    Abstract: A system for managing an account includes a tag element representing a value, a mobile device adapted to determine the value when being located in proximity of the tag element, and adapted to access a network, and a server adapted to communicate with the mobile device via the network and adapted to access to a database, the database being adapted to store the account, the account being related to the mobile device (102) and to the tag element; wherein the mobile device is further adapted to communicate the determined value to the server, and wherein the server is further adapted to add the communicated value to the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Zimmermann, Aurel Bordewieck
  • Patent number: 11093255
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically pre-configuring a hardware portion of a device before the device is set into a full operation mode has a processor. The processor performs: obtaining a set of parameters for pre-configuring the hardware portion of the device, the set of parameters defining a status of the device; and providing the set of parameters to the device for automatically pre-configuring the hardware portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Zimmermann, Aurel Bordewieck
  • Publication number: 20210219007
    Abstract: It is disclosed a system comprising a display characteristics evaluation unit configured to evaluate display characteristics of a display of an electronic device, a media access unit configured to receive a source media file from a media storage, and a display-dependent processing unit configured to perform, based on the display characteristics, a display-dependent processing of the source media file to obtain a display-dependent media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Piergiorgio SARTOR, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 10965974
    Abstract: It is disclosed a system comprising a display characteristics evaluation unit configured to evaluate display characteristics of a display of an electronic device, a media access unit configured to receive a source media file from a media storage, and a display-dependent processing unit configured to perform, based on the display characteristics, a display-dependent processing of the source media file to obtain a display-dependent media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Sartor, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20210063809
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20210066384
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image sensor, including: a first photosensitive layer (2) for sensing blue light; a second photosensitive layer (3) for sensing green light; a third photosensitive layer (4) for sensing red light; and a fourth photosensitive layer (5) for sensing infrared light, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photosensitive layer are stacked on each other and each comprise a Perovskite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 10929908
    Abstract: A method for determining product price information, includes capturing a data signal including image data, voice data, and/or keypad input data, the captured data signal including information related to a price of a product, to a point of retail of the product and to a type of the product; determining metadata including a geographic position of the capturing and a time of the capturing; determining a piece of product price information including the type of the product, the price of the product, and the point of retail by analyzing the captured data signal; determining credibility data of the piece of product price information; and including the piece of product price information, the metadata and the respective credibility data into a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Zimmermann, Aurel Bordewieck
  • Patent number: 10795136
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a wafer level lens stack, which has a substrate, a first, a second lens and an actuator. The substrate has a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite to the first side. The first lens is on the first side of the substrate. The second lens is on the second side of the substrate and the second lens can change its refraction characteristic. The actuator can change the refraction characteristic of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Zimmermann, Alexander Gatto