Patents by Inventor Markus Unger
Markus Unger 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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Publication number: 20240099516Abstract: A coffee machine, a coffee bean container, and a system including a coffee machine and a coffee bean container are described. The coffee bean container has an identification element that is read by the coffee machine when the coffee bean container is placed on the coffee machine. Based on the information read from the identification element, a parameter set is applied to the coffee machine and the coffee machine is individually adjusted for the coffee bean container placed on it.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NEXT LEVEL COFFEE GMBHInventors: Marius KÜTEMEYER, Dominik MAIER, Markus UNGER
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Publication number: 20240102832Abstract: A method and a system for determining a condition of an optical fiber cable of an electrosurgical instrument with regard to its transfer characteristic for light are described. The system can comprise an evaluation unit having a light source and a light analysis unit that can be optically coupled with the optical fiber cable. The emission light emitted from the light source is coupled in the optical fiber cable, reflected at its distal end and transmitted back to the light analysis unit and is received as receipt light. The receipt light is correlated with the emission light and therefrom a transfer characteristic can be determined. If this is carried out prior to the first use of the electrosurgical instrument and subsequently at least once, changes in the transfer characteristic can be determined and the condition of the optical fiber cable can be concluded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Markus REITERER, Nikolaus DRAGOSTINOFF, Alexander UNGER
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Patent number: 11870435Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a data input/output is provided. The control circuit comprises a plurality of control level circuits that include a first control level circuit and a last control level circuit. Each control level circuit has a control element, with a number of control elements of the last control level circuit being greater than a number of control elements of the first control level circuit. Each control element is configured to receive a first control signal and a second control signal, and controls a current for the data input/output depending on the first and second control signals. The control circuit is configured to provide the first control signal to the control elements in a sequence starting at the first control level circuit and ending at the last control level circuit, and then to provide the second control signal to the last control level circuit in reverse order.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Markus Unger, Johannes Pummerer
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Publication number: 20230134947Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a data input/output is provided. The control circuit comprises a plurality of control level circuits that include a first control level circuit and a last control level circuit. Each control level circuit has a control element, with a number of control elements of the last control level circuit being greater than a number of control elements of the first control level circuit. Each control element is configured to receive a first control signal and a second control signal, and controls a current for the data input/output depending on the first and second control signals. The control circuit is configured to provide the first control signal to the control elements in a sequence starting at the first control level circuit and ending at the last control level circuit, and then to provide the second control signal to the last control level circuit in reverse order.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Markus Unger, Johannes Pummerer
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Patent number: 10951819Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
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Publication number: 20180220072Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Blaise Aguera y ARCAS, Markus UNGER, Donald A. BARNETT, David Maxwell GEDYE, Sudipta Narayan SINHA, Eric Joel STOLLNITZ, Johannes KOPF
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Patent number: 9973697Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
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Patent number: 9865077Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 9818219Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 9773339Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20170257565Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Blaise Aguera y ARCAS, Markus UNGER, Donald A. BARNETT, David Maxwell GEDYE, Sudipta Narayan SINHA, Eric Joel STOLLNITZ, Johannes KOPF
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Patent number: 9712746Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
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Patent number: 9305371Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining transition zones for navigating a visualization. The visualization may be constructed from geometry of a scene and one or more texture images depicted the scene from various viewpoints. A transition zone may correspond to portions of the visualization that do not have a one-to-one correspondence with a single texture image, but are generated from textured geometry (e.g., a projection of texture imagery onto the geometry). Because a translated view may have visual error (e.g., a portion of the translated view is not correctly represented by the textured geometry), one or more transition zones, specifying translated view experiences (e.g., unrestricted view navigation, restricted view navigation, etc.), may be defined. For example, a snapback force may be applied when a current view corresponds to a transition zone having a relatively higher error.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Peter Kopf, Timo Pekka Pylvaenaeinen, Christopher Stephen Messer
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Publication number: 20160071306Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 9214138Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20150339843Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Karner, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 9135742Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a view direction for a texture image used to texture a geometry. That is, a geometry may represent a multi-dimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images depicting the scene from various view directions. Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing portions of the geometry, a view direction for a texture image may be selectively defined based upon a coverage metric associated with an amount of non-textured geometry pixels that are textured by the texture image along the view direction. In an example, a texture image may be defined according to a customized configuration, such as a spherical configuration, a cylindrical configuration, etc. In this way, redundant texturing of the geometry may be mitigated based upon the selectively identified view direction(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus Unger, Konrad Kamer, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20140267600Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a synth packet and/or for providing an interactive view experience of a scene utilizing the synth packet. In particular, the synth packet comprises a set of input images depicting a scene from various viewpoints, a local graph comprising navigational relationships between input images, a coarse geometry comprising a multi-dimensional representation of a surface of the scene, and/or a camera pose manifold specifying view perspectives of the scene. An interactive view experience of the scene may be provided using the synth packet, such that a user may seamlessly navigate the scene in multi-dimensional space based upon navigational relationship information specified within the local graph.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Matthew T. Uyttendaele, Richard Stephen Szeliski
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Publication number: 20140267343Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining transition zones for navigating a visualization. The visualization may be constructed from geometry of a scene and one or more texture images depicted the scene from various viewpoints. A transition zone may correspond to portions of the visualization that do not have a one-to-one correspondence with a single texture image, but are generated from textured geometry (e.g., a projection of texture imagery onto the geometry). Because a translated view may have visual error (e.g., a portion of the translated view is not correctly represented by the textured geometry), one or more transition zones, specifying translated view experiences (e.g., unrestricted view navigation, restricted view navigation, etc.), may be defined. For example, a snapback force may be applied when a current view corresponds to a transition zone having a relatively higher error.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Peter Kopf, Timo Pekka Pylvaenaeinen, Christopher Stephen Messer
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Publication number: 20140267588Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf