Patents by Inventor Robert Stark
Robert Stark 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: 20240143489Abstract: A method for the automated performance of software tests for a program to be tested in an embedded system. The method includes: ascertaining, using an emulation-based fuzzer, a program behavior of the program to be tested, wherein at least one emulation-based result is derived on this basis; ascertaining, using a hardware-based fuzzer, the program behavior of the program to be tested, wherein at least one hardware-based result is derived on this basis; providing, using a monitoring component, the derived results, wherein the emulation-based result is provided to the hardware-based fuzzer, and/or the hardware-based result is provided to the emulation-based fuzzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Max Camillo Eisele, Robert Stark
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Patent number: 11946025Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mark Robert Sivik, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael A Valenti, Laurent D. Kieken, Xiayong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick J. Valenti, Patrick D. Moore, Leonard J. Starks
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Patent number: 11857978Abstract: A fragmentation system for electrodynamic fragmentation of material contains a feed and an outlet for transporting material along a transport path in a transport direction. At least one high-voltage pulse source is provided, each of the high-voltage pulse sources contains at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode for generating a high-voltage discharge in a discharge chamber. The transport path has a fractionation section, and the fractionation section extends through the discharge chamber. A selection device for selectively extracting the material on the transport path is provided in order to channel material and/or fragments of the material having a diameter smaller than a minimum diameter past at least one portion of one of the fractionation sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Robert Stark, Volker Thome, Severin Seifert, Sebastian Dittrich, Christian Bickes, Juergen Urban
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Patent number: 11859951Abstract: An electronic irritation device includes a plurality of electronic irritation signal modules. Each of the modules has at least one emitter for emitting optical or acoustic irritation signals, and additionally a connection device for coupling the plurality of irritation signal modules to one another and an unlocking device for automatically unlocking the connection device in order to decouple the plurality of irritation signal modules from one another and thereby distribute them spatially. Distributing a plurality of irritation signal modules makes it possible to increase the probability of an irritation effect upon deployment of a single irritation device.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Diehl Stiftung & Co. KGInventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Robert Stark, Oliver Klettke, Mathias Glasmacher, Wolfgang Cabanski
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Patent number: 11647275Abstract: A card-marking system is provided for personalizing plastic cards such as chip cards or identity cards by laser marking. A corresponding method for automated detection of an optimized setting includes a vision sub-system setting process for setting a vision sub-system of the card marking system and a subsequent marking sub-system setting process for setting a marking sub-system of the card-marking system. The card-marking system is designed to carry out the above method fully or semi-automatedly and to this end can include a corresponding computer program controlling the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Mühlbauer GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Benedikt Irlbacher, Tu Nguyen, Robert Stark
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Patent number: 11385030Abstract: An electronic dazzling element has at least one optical emitter for emitting light pulses, which contains an electronic light-emitting device for generating light pulses, and a control device for controlling the light-emitting device of the optical emitter. In order to reduce the brightness reduction of the light pulses as a distance from the dazzling element increases, the optical emitter is configured to emit a collimated light beam. In order to simultaneously achieve the dazzling effect in as large a spatial region as possible, a beam direction of the collimated light beam may be changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Diehl Stiftung & Co. KGInventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Robert Stark, Oliver Klettke, Mathias Glasmacher, Wolfgang Cabanski
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Publication number: 20220146236Abstract: A horn antenna for emitting an electromagnetic HPEM microwave pulse along a central axis contains a microwave generator for the pulse having a waveguide along the central axis with a generator opening for the pulse, and a horn structure for shaping the pulse with an input opening and an emission opening for the pulse. The generator contains at least one HPEM source for the pulse. Each HPEM source contains at least two antennas for pulse components, disposed in succession in parallel with the central axis. The pulse is formed as a sum of the pulse components. A method for reconstructing a horn antenna to form the horn antenna with increased power, includes constructively increasing a number of antennas toward a respective HPEM source and orienting remaining antennas in a row relative to the first antenna, increasing the waveguide length, and keeping other dimensions of the horn antenna unchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Robert Stark, Martin Hertel
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Patent number: 11290515Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing real-time, low-latency packetization protocols for live compressed video data are disclosed. A wireless transmitter includes at least a codec and a media access control (MAC) layer unit. In order for the codec to communicate with the MAC layer unit, the codec encodes the compression ratio in a header embedded inside the encoded video stream. The MAC layer unit extracts the compression ratio from the header and determines a modulation coding scheme (MCS) for transferring the video stream based on the compression ratio. The MAC layer unit and the codec also implement a feedback loop such that the MAC layer unit can command the codec to adjust the compression ratio. Since the changes to the video might not be implemented immediately, the MAC layer unit relies on the header to determine when the video data is coming in with the requested compression ratio.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Ngoc Vinh Vu, Darren Rae Di Cera, Adam William Lynch, Shane Bentley, Douglas Mammoser, David Robert Stark, Jr.
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Patent number: 11230265Abstract: A window wiping assembly for removing moisture and debris from a side window of a vehicle includes a positioning element that is mountable to an exterior surface of a vehicle door having a window opening positioned therein. The positioning element extends substantially between opposed endpoints of a lower edge of the window opening. A wiper blade is engaged to and extends from an inner face of the positioning element so that an outer edge of the wiper blade contacts an exterior face of a window that is positioned in the window opening. The wiper blade extends substantially between opposed ends of the positioning element. The wiper blade removes moisture and debris from the exterior face of the window as the window is raised and lowered within the window opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventor: Robert Starks
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Patent number: 11221396Abstract: In a method for generating a transillumination signal of a section of the subsurface, an HPEM radiation source radiates an electromagnetic pulse into the section for the purpose of exciting electromagnetically reactive structures to emit an electromagnetic response signal. For the pulse, a pulse duration of at most 500 ns, a center frequency in the range between 10 MHz and 10 GHz, and a bandwidth in the range from 10% to 150% of the center frequency is set. The transillumination signal is formed as the sum of response signals received at a measuring location. In a method for detecting a cavity in the subsurface, the above method is carried out, and the structures are detected from the transillumination signal with the aid of a detection method, and the cavity is detected if the structures satisfy a detection criterion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Robert Stark, Frank Sonnemann, Helmut Hofmann
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Patent number: 11209247Abstract: A radiation source for emitting an electromagnetic HPEM microwave pulse contains a microwave generator for generating the pulse. The generator has a generator opening for outputting the pulse. A horn structure is provided for shaping the pulse. The horn structure has an input opening, which is connected to the generator opening and is intended to radiate in the pulse, and an emission opening for emitting the shaped pulse. The generator contains at least two pulse sources for respectively generating a pulse component. The pulse is the sum of the pulse components. A radiation device contains such a radiation source and a control device for triggering the pulse sources in a temporally synchronized manner for the purpose of respectively emitting a pulse component.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventors: Robert Stark, Martin Hertel
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Patent number: 11194015Abstract: A high-power electromagnetic source for HPEM pulses in a desired radiation direction includes at least three antennas fixed in relation to one another for pulse components, wherein at least two groups of antennas with a respective main direction are present, and a control unit for the activation and phase position of the pulse components for the superimposition for the HPEM pulse, wherein the current radiation direction of said pulse is selectable in an angle range around the main direction. A vehicle with an HPEM source has the antennas mounted in a fixed position or a support for the antennas is pivotably mounted on the vehicle. In a method for emitting the HPEM pulse, all antennas are controlled in order to select the radiation direction in the angle range of less than 360°.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Robert Stark, Martin Hertel
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Patent number: 11140368Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for scheduling beamforming training during vertical blanking intervals (VBIs) are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter sending a video stream over a wireless link to a receiver. The wireless link between the transmitter and the receiver has capacity characteristics that fluctuate with variations in the environment. To combat the fluctuating capacity characteristics of the link, the transmitter and the receiver perform periodic beamforming training procedures to determine whether to adjust the beamforming characteristics of their respective antennas. To avoid interfering with the video data being sent, the system waits until a VBI to perform a beamforming training procedure. If the beamforming training procedure cannot be completed in a single VBI, then multiple VBIs can be used for performing separate portions of the beamforming training procedure. In one embodiment, the system can perform a beamforming training procedure every N VBIs, where N is a positive integer.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Ngoc Vinh Vu, David Robert Stark, Jr., Carson Ryley Reece Green
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Publication number: 20210270577Abstract: In an electronic dazzling element having at least one optical emitter with at least one electronic light-emitter for emitting light pulses, the light-emitter of the at least one optical emitter is controlled in such a way that a light pulse sequence emitted by the light-emitter is adapted to the physiology of the human eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Wolfgang Cabanski, Oliver Klettke, Robert Stark, Mathias Glasmacher
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Publication number: 20210266454Abstract: A card-marking system is provided for personalizing plastic cards such as chip cards or identity cards by laser marking. A corresponding method for automated detection of an optimized setting includes a vision sub-system setting process for setting a vision sub-system of the card marking system and a subsequent marking sub-system setting process for setting a marking sub-system of the card-marking system. The card-marking system is designed to carry out the above method fully or semi-automatedly and to this end can include a corresponding computer program controlling the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Benedikt Irlbacher, Tu Nguyen, Robert Stark
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Publication number: 20210254937Abstract: An electronic irritation device includes a plurality of electronic irritation signal modules. Each of the modules has at least one emitter for emitting optical or acoustic irritation signals, and additionally a connection device for coupling the plurality of irritation signal modules to one another and an unlocking device for automatically unlocking the connection device in order to decouple the plurality of irritation signal modules from one another and thereby distribute them spatially. Distributing a plurality of irritation signal modules makes it possible to increase the probability of an irritation effect upon deployment of a single irritation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Robert Stark, Oliver Klettke, Mathias Glasmacher, Wolfgang Cabanski
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Publication number: 20210254936Abstract: An electronic dazzling element has at least one optical emitter for emitting light pulses, which contains an electronic light-emitting device for generating light pulses, and a control device for controlling the light-emitting device of the optical emitter. In order to reduce the brightness reduction of the light pulses as a distance from the dazzling element increases, the optical emitter is configured to emit a collimated light beam. In order to simultaneously achieve the dazzling effect in as large a spatial region as possible, a beam direction of the collimated light beam may be changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Johannes Hoelzl, Robert Stark, Oliver Klettke, Mathias Glasmacher, Wolfgang Cabanski
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Publication number: 20210213912Abstract: A window wiping assembly for removing moisture and debris from a side window of a vehicle includes a positioning element that is mountable to an exterior surface of a vehicle door having a window opening positioned therein. The positioning element extends substantially between opposed endpoints of a lower edge of the window opening. A wiper blade is engaged to and extends from an inner face of the positioning element so that an outer edge of the wiper blade contacts an exterior face of a window that is positioned in the window opening. The wiper blade extends substantially between opposed ends of the positioning element. The wiper blade removes moisture and debris from the exterior face of the window as the window is raised and lowered within the window opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventor: Robert Starks
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Patent number: 10959111Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing enhanced beamforming training procedures are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter communicating over a wireless link with a receiver. To maintain a high quality of transmission over the wireless link, the transmitter and receiver perform periodic beamforming training procedures to test the various sectors of the transmit and receive antennas. In a wide sector sweep procedure, the transmitter and receiver test wide sectors to find the best wide transmit and receive sectors for transferring data. Then in a narrow sector sweep procedure, narrow sectors within and/or adjacent to the best wide sectors are tested, to find the best narrow sectors. This reduces the amount of sectors that are tested during the enhanced beamforming training procedure by skipping those narrow sectors that are far away from the best wide sectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: David Robert Stark, Jr., John Zhong-Chen Li, Carson Ryley Reece Green, Victor Selvaraj
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Publication number: 20210069724Abstract: A fragmentation system for electrodynamic fragmentation of material contains a feed and an outlet for transporting material along a transport path in a transport direction. At least one high-voltage pulse source is provided, each of the high-voltage pulse sources contains at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode for generating a high-voltage discharge in a discharge chamber. The transport path has a fractionation section, and the fractionation section extends through the discharge chamber. A selection device for selectively extracting the material on the transport path is provided in order to channel material and/or fragments of the material having a diameter smaller than a minimum diameter past at least one portion of one of the fractionation sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Robert Stark, Volker Thome, Severin Seifert, Sebastian Dittrich, Christian Bickes, Juergen Urban