Patents by Inventor Michael Hentschel
Michael Hentschel 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: 11919616Abstract: A cabin module for an aircraft comprises a section which has an upward-facing surface in an installed state of the cabin module, wherein the upward-facing surface of the section comprises an integrated drainage channel. An aircraft furthermore comprises at least one such cabin module.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Paolo Cavarero, Michael Mosler, Martin Hentschel
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Publication number: 20240011149Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for transporting substrates. A transport device may include a plurality of rotational bodies, where each rotational body is rotatably attached for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece. The transport device may include a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when it is supported on one of the plurality of rotational bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Christoph KAISER, Carsten DEUS, Markus BERENDT, Matthias SMOLKE, Knut BARTHEL, Michael HENTSCHEL
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Publication number: 20230252183Abstract: An information processing apparatus performing processing for protecting privacy and security on an image uploaded to an SNS site is provided. The information processing apparatus includes: a region estimating unit configured to estimate candidate regions of object detection from an image; a topic estimating unit configured to estimate a topic of the image on the basis of text information accompanying the image; a region evaluating unit configured to evaluate the candidate regions estimated by the region estimating unit on the basis of relationships with the topic estimated by the topic estimating unit; and an image generating unit configured to generate an image on the basis of evaluation results acquired by the region evaluating unit. The topic estimating unit described above estimates the topic on the basis of words to which tags are added.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: CHIE YAMADA, NORIKO TOTSUKA, HIROAKI OGAWA, YASUHARU ASANO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, CHIKA MYOGA, MASANOBU NAKAMURA, KANA NISHIKAWA, MASAHIRO YAMAMOTO, MICHAEL HENTSCHEL
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Publication number: 20230147985Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that performs processing of presenting an explanation for a reason why a control-target apparatus has performed an automatic operation. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit that determines processing in a control-target apparatus corresponding to sensor information, a generation unit that generates an explanation for a reason for the processing, and an estimation unit that performs an estimation with respect to a reaction from a user. The generation unit controls presentation of the explanation on the basis of a result of the estimation with respect to the reaction from the user. The generation unit controls, on the basis of the result of the estimation, contents of the explanation or a method of presenting the explanation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: NORIKO TOTSUKA, MICHAEL HENTSCHEL, HIROAKI OGAWA, YASUHARU ASANO, AKIRA TAKAHASHI, CHIKA MYOGA, MASANOBU NAKAMURA, KANA NISHIKAWA, CHIE YAMADA, MASAHIRO YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210049324Abstract: Disclosed is a model adaptation technology of a language model with higher adaptability. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus includes a first neural network unit that transforms an input symbol and outputs an intermediate state; and a second neural network unit that transforms input auxiliary information and the intermediate state and predicts a symbol following the input symbol, wherein the second neural network unit includes a plurality of hidden layers receiving, as input, the intermediate state and auxiliary information, and pieces of the auxiliary information input to each hidden layer are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Marc DELCROIX, Atsunori OGAWA, Tomohiro NAKATANI, Michael HENTSCHEL
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Patent number: 9802763Abstract: In various embodiments, a transporting device for transporting a substrate in a process chamber is provided. The transporting device includes a guiding rail arrangement having two guiding rails for mounting a multiplicity of bars between the two guiding rails. The two guiding rails form a closed path of movement along which the multiplicity of bars are guided. The transporting device further includes the multiplicity of bars that are mounted in the guiding rail arrangement, and a drive device for pushing at least one bar of the multiplicity of bars in such a way that, in a transporting region of the guiding rail arrangement, in each case multiple bars of the multiplicity of bars are pushed against one another and the bars that have been pushed against one another move along the path of movement in the transporting region.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: VON ARDENNE GmbHInventors: Michael Hentschel, Hubertus von der Waydbrink, Daniel Stange, Christoph Dubau, Reinhard Jaeger
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Patent number: 9452456Abstract: A substrate treatment plant includes a process chamber delimited by chamber walls and in the process chamber a substrate conveying unit for the horizontal conveyance of slab-shaped substrates in one conveying plane and in one conveying direction. The substrate conveying unit includes an arrangement of rotatably mounted, cylindrical conveying rollers transversely arranged to the conveying direction, the topmost generatrices of the conveying rollers defining the conveying plane, and at least one substrate treatment unit, which is located above the conveying plane, and at least one gas inlet. In the region of the substrate treatment unit at least one additional heating unit is located below the conveying plane and a condensation unit is located under the substrate conveying unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: VON ARDENNE GMBHInventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Steffen Grosser, Michael Hentschel, Daniel Stange, Thomas Meyer
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Publication number: 20160273102Abstract: A tape-substrate coating line has a vacuum chamber formed by chamber walls and a device, disposed in the vacuum chamber, for surface treatment of a tape substrate. The device includes a process temperature-control roller having a cylindrical lateral face. At least one part-circumference of the lateral face is enclosed by a processing space which has an arrangement of compartments delimited by separation wall elements. At least one coating installation is disposed in at least one compartment, and includes a conveying installation for conveying the tape substrate over the lateral face. The size, number and arrangement of the compartments are variable in that each separation wall element is attachable to one of a plurality of predefined positions within the processing space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Holger PROEHL, Michael HENTSCHEL, Andreas DASSLER, Christoph KAISER, Andreas MUELLER
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Publication number: 20150368793Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for processing a substrate is provided. The method includes placing the substrate on at least one substrate carrier. The substrate carrier includes at least one carrier layer and a thermal insulating layer arranged over the carrier layer. The thermal insulating layer is arranged between the carrier layer and the substrate placed on. The thermal insulating layer includes at least one of a lower density or a lower thermal conductivity than the carrier layer. The method further includes coating the substrate with a coating material while the substrate is lying on the at least one substrate carrier, and removing coating material that adheres to the substrate carrier during the coating of the substrate from the at least one substrate carrier, the removal of the coating material from the at least one substrate carrier taking place by irradiating the at least one substrate carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Hubertus von der Waydbrink, Roland Wanke, Christoph Dubau, Daniel Stange, Michael Hentschel
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Publication number: 20150368045Abstract: In various embodiments, a transporting device for transporting a substrate in a process chamber is provided. The transporting device includes a guiding rail arrangement having two guiding rails for mounting a multiplicity of bars between the two guiding rails. The two guiding rails form a closed path of movement along which the multiplicity of bars are guided. The transporting device further includes the multiplicity of bars that are mounted in the guiding rail arrangement, and a drive device for pushing at least one bar of the multiplicity of bars in such a way that, in a transporting region of the guiding rail arrangement, in each case multiple bars of the multiplicity of bars are pushed against one another and the bars that have been pushed against one another move along the path of movement in the transporting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Michael Hentschel, Hubertus von der Waydbrink, Daniel Stange, Christoph Dubau, Reinhard Jaeger
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Patent number: 8911231Abstract: A substrate-treatment installation includes a vacuum chamber, a substrate treatment device within the vacuum chamber, a substrate transport device within the vacuum chamber for guiding a substrate along a longitudinal direction in a substrate transport plane past the substrate treatment device, and a device for controlling substrate temperature. The substrate temperature controlling device includes a heat-absorbing cooler on one side of the substrate transport plane and an insulation member selectively displaceable between at least two different positions to vary extent of thermal shielding of the heat-absorbing cooler relative to the substrate transport plane by the insulation member.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbHInventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Thomas Meyer, Michael Hentschel, Reinhardt Bauer, Andrej Wolf, Hans-Christian Hecht
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Patent number: 8718456Abstract: A surface heating device for a substrate treatment device with increased power density and improved homogeneity of heat radiation includes a jacket tube heater with straight tube sections and bent tube sections in which straight tube sections are arranged parallel to each other in a main plane and straight tube sections are connected to each other by bent tube sections, so that at least part of the bent tube sections are aligned sloped relative to the main plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Hentschel, Thomas Meyer, Hubertus Von Der Waybrink, Marco Kenne, Daniel Stange, Hans-Christian Hecht
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Publication number: 20140076362Abstract: A substrate treatment plant includes a process chamber delimited by chamber walls and in the process chamber a substrate conveying unit for the horizontal conveyance of slab-shaped substrates in one conveying plane and in one conveying direction. The substrate conveying unit includes an arrangement of rotatably mounted, cylindrical conveying rollers transversely arranged to the conveying direction, the topmost generatrices of the conveying rollers defining the conveying plane, and at least one substrate treatment unit, which is located above the conveying plane, and at least one gas inlet. In the region of the substrate treatment unit at least one additional heating unit is located below the conveying plane and a condensation unit is located under the substrate conveying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Hubertus VON DER WAYDBRINK, Steffen GROSSER, Michael HENTSCHEL, Daniel STANGE, Thomas MEYER
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Patent number: 8605292Abstract: A method and device are provided for cleaning of an optical position measurement system in a coating installation. The optical position measurement system includes a cantilever, and a sensor head having a radiation inlet and/or outlet for the reception and/or emission of an optical signal, at a free end of the cantilever. For tempering of the sensor head, a local thermoregulation is applied using a heater and/or cooling device for heating and/or cooling of the sensor head depending on thermal conductivity of material of at least the sensor head and depending on secondary heat in the coating installation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbHInventors: Damir Muchamedjarow, Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Michael Hentschel, Marco Kenne, Reinhardt Bauer, Steffen Leβmann, Thomas Bock, Reinhard Jaeger
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Patent number: 8485349Abstract: A system and method for coating substrates includes transporting rolls and a collecting container for collecting coating material.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: First Solar, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hentschel, Steffen Lessmann, Michael Huhn, Reinhard Jaeger, Ricky C. Powell
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Patent number: 8470094Abstract: Apparatus for continuous coating has a chamber wall which forms a processing chamber, thermal insulation which forms a processing area within the chamber, a transportation device for substrates located in the processing area with a substrate transportation direction of the substrates lying in the lengthwise extension of the apparatus for continuous coating, and heating equipment which heats the substrates, is designed to minimize unwanted coating, in particular of parts of the apparatus, in order to minimize the expense of maintaining and servicing the apparatus A condensation element is positioned in the processing chamber, which extends into the processing area and binds the arising vapor through condensation.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmBHInventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Siegfried Scheibe, Jens Meyer, Andrej Wolf, Uwe Traeber, Michael Hentschel
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Publication number: 20120301619Abstract: A system and method for coating substrates includes transporting rolls and a collecting container for collecting coating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Michael Hentschel, Steffen Lessmann, Michael Huhn, Reinhard Jaeger, Ricky C. Powell
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Publication number: 20120281975Abstract: A surface heating device for a substrate treatment device with increased power density and improved homogeneity of heat radiation includes a jacket tube heater with straight tube sections and bent tube sections in which straight tube sections are arranged parallel to each other in a main plane and straight tube sections are connected to each other by bent tube sections, so that at least part of the bent tube sections are aligned sloped relative to the main plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Michael Hentschel, Thomas Meyer, Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Marco Kenne, Daniel Stange, Hans-Christian Hecht
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Patent number: 8240462Abstract: The transport device especially for transporting flat substrates through a coating installation comprises a plurality of transporting rolls, which are arranged transversely in relation to the transporting direction, and supporting rolls are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignees: First Solar, Inc., Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Hentschel, Steffen Lessmann, Michael Huhn, Reinhard Jaeger, Ricky C. Powell
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Publication number: 20120118541Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of substrates in a substrate-treatment system, in which a substrate can be guided in the longitudinal extension of the substrate-treatment system in a substrate transport plane within a vacuum chamber past a treatment device, solves the problem of dynamically shaping a dynamic change of the thermal insulation to control the heat transfer in the substrate and thereby, reduce, in particular, thermal inertias by providing a heat-absorbing cooler side of the substrate transport plane. The heat-absorbing cooler can be shielded, at least partially from the substrate transport plane, using an insulation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Thomas Meyer, Michael Hentschel, Reinhardt Bauer, Andrej Wolf, Hans-Christian Hecht