Patents by Inventor Mario Brotz

Mario Brotz 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: 10375387
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a head-up display for the output of position-accurate additional AR information by means of a test vehicle and a test system is disclosed. The input data of the head-up display output from the vehicle bus for generating the additional AR information and video data, which include a view of the road (vehicle environment) as perceived by the driver, are recorded separately but temporally synchronized in the test vehicle. Information is generated that indicates a position where the output of the head-up display, thus, the additional AR information, is arranged in the driver's field of view. The recorded data is used for a corresponding reproduction in the test environment. This allows the head-up display software to be further developed without having to carry out test drives with the test vehicle every time the software is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE & INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Jan Skudlarek, Mario Brotz, Jun Imamura, Mohamed Badran
  • Publication number: 20190068963
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a head-up display for the output of position-accurate additional AR information by means of a test vehicle and a test system is disclosed. The input data of the head-up display output from the vehicle bus for generating the additional AR information and video data, which include a view of the road (vehicle environment) as perceived by the driver, are recorded separately but temporally synchronized in the test vehicle. Information is generated that indicates a position where the output of the head-up display, thus, the additional AR information, is arranged in the driver's field of view. The recorded data is used for a corresponding reproduction in the test environment. This allows the head-up display software to be further developed without having to carry out test drives with the test vehicle every time the software is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Jan Skudlarek, Mario Brotz, Jun Imamura, Mohamed Badran
  • Patent number: 8645599
    Abstract: A consumer media player is configured to be electronically coupled to various different types of media source devices, extract media files from those media source devices, and play the extracted media files to a consumer. The consumer media player is also configured to physically hold all or part of one or more media source devices in a manner that facilitates electronic coupling of the media source device to the consumer media player and that provides an aesthetically pleasing appearance to the consumer. In particular, the consumer media player includes a cavity that can hold at least a portion of the media source device. In one of the embodiments described herein, at least some types of media source devices can be entirely physically stored within the cavity in the consumer media player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregor Said Jackson, Mario Brotz, Sathyanarayanan Nagarajan Iyer, Thomas R. Goligoski
  • Publication number: 20100306428
    Abstract: A consumer media player is configured to be electronically coupled to various different types of media source devices, extract media files from those media source devices, and play the extracted media files to a consumer. The consumer media player is also configured to physically hold all or part of one or more media source devices in a manner that facilitates electronic coupling of the media source device to the consumer media player and that provides an aesthetically pleasing appearance to the consumer. In particular, the consumer media player includes a cavity that can hold at least a portion of the media source device. In one of the embodiments described herein, at least some types of media source devices can be entirely physically stored within the cavity in the consumer media player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Gregor Said Jackson, Mario Brotz, Sathyanarayanan Nagarajan Iyer, Tom R. Goligoski
  • Publication number: 20060161961
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of storing digital content in a digital electronic system. In one embodiment, datacast information decoded from a digital media signal is monitored to identify newly-received digital content. The monitoring includes configuring a decoder to receive and decode the datacast information, identifying newly-received digital content from the datacast information, and updating an intelligent filter based upon the newly-received digital content, wherein the intelligent filter records the newly-received digital content. Additionally, the monitoring may include repeating the configuring, identifying, and updating. Thereafter, any of the newly-received digital content that is recorded in the intelligent filter may be stored into a cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Mario Brotz, David Wang
  • Patent number: 6373526
    Abstract: A closed caption decoder includes circuitry for processing closed caption according to the Electronic Industries Association EIA-708 and EIA-608 standards. The EIA-708 memory buffers (48) store caption data both for the EIA-708 and the EIA-608 standards. Therefore, the decoder memory requirements are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Kessler, Mario Brotz