Patents by Inventor Schroer

Schroer 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).

  • Modular enclosure system
    Patent number: 11253060
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: American Woodmark Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Creighton Adler, Christopher Douglas Craig, Steven Cary Dunston, Tabish Shamim Khan, Michael Joseph Kraemer, Jeremiah Gene Smith, Joshua David Ferry, John Michael Schroer, Kevin Morrison
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING AN ABSORBENT CORE CONFIGURED TO DEFINE A CONTAINMENT ZONE
    Publication number: 20220047432
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having an absorbent core that can comprise a laminate longitudinally folded such that the absorbent core includes a lower laminate layer and, within each of first and second longitudinally-extending edge regions, one or more folded laminate layers. A center region of the lower layer can be bonded to a chassis and can span a lateral distance smaller than the width of the absorbent core such that at least a portion of the absorbent core in each of the edge regions is configured to lift away from the chassis. The present absorbent cores can thus define a containment zone to reduce liquid and/or feces leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Harry CHMIELEWSKI, Charles F. SCHROER
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING ABSORBENT LEG CUFFS
    Publication number: 20220023110
    Abstract: This disclosure includes absorbent articles comprising first and second absorbent cuffs to prevent leaks. The present articles can comprise a chassis having opposing front and rear portions and a crotch portion extending longitudinally between the front and rear portions. An absorbent core can extend longitudinally along the crotch portion, and the first and second absorbent cuffs can extend longitudinally along the crotch portion as well. The absorbent cuffs can be positioned such that at least a portion of the absorbent core is positioned between the absorbent cuffs, and each can comprise a liftable portion and one or more elastics configured to urge the liftable portion away from the chassis and toward a wearer when the absorbent article is worn. Absorbent or hydrophobic end caps can extend across the ends of the absorbent cuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles F. SCHROER, Jr., Harry CHMIELEWSKI
  • DEINTERLACING VIA DEEP LEARNING
    Publication number: 20220014708
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing deinterlacing. The technique includes separating a first interlaced video frame into a first sequence of fields ordered by time, the first sequence of fields including a first field. The technique also includes generating, by applying a deinterlacing network to a first field in the first sequence, a second field that is missing from the first sequence of fields and is complementary to the first field. The technique further includes constructing a progressive video frame based on the first field and the second field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Bernasconi, Daniel Dorda, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Sally Hattori, Christopher SCHROERS
  • Three-dimensional geometry-based models for changing facial identities in video frames and images
    Patent number: 11222466
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for changing the identities of faces in video frames and images. In embodiments, three-dimensional (3D) geometry of a face is used to inform the facial identity change produced by an image-to-image translation model, such as a comb network model. In some embodiments, the model can take a two-dimensional (2D) texture map and/or a 3D displacement map associated with one facial identity as inputs and output another 2D texture map and/or 3D displacement map associated with a different facial identity. The other 2D texture map and/or 3D displacement map can then be used to render an image that includes the different facial identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
    Inventors: Jacek Krzysztof Naruniec, Derek Edward Bradley, Thomas Etterlin, Paulo Fabiano Urnau Gotardo, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Romann Matthew Weber
  • Image Enhancement Using Normalizing Flows
    Publication number: 20220005161
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image enhancement system includes a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code configured to provide a normalizing flow based generative model trained using an objective function. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive an input image, transform the input image to a latent space representation of the input image using the normalizing flow based generative model, and perform an optimization of the latent space representation of the input image to identify an enhanced latent space representation of the input image. The software code then uses the normalizing flow based generative model to reverse transform the enhanced latent space representation of the input image to an enhanced image corresponding to the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Michael Bernasconi, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Method and system for localizing a movable object
    Patent number: 11217103
    Abstract: A system and method for localizing a movable object that includes a first transmitter and a second transmitter which are arranged at a geometric distance relative to one another, wherein the first transmitter and the second transmitter each transmit a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first and second signal are in temporal synchrony relative to one another and furthermore a receiver is provided, which receives the first signal via receiving device and determines a first direction, from which the first signal is received, and receives the second signal and determines a second direction, from which the second signal is received, and a runtime difference between the first signal and the second signal, and where the position of the movable object is determined from the runtime difference, the distance, the first direction and the second direction by an evaluator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hladik, Martin Schiefer, Guido Schröer
  • Automated pixel error detection using an inpainting neural network
    Patent number: 11210774
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a pixel error detection system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to receive an input image, to mask, using an inpainting neural network (NN), one or more patch(es) of the input image, and to inpaint, using the inpainting NN, the masked patch(es) based an input image pixels neighboring each of the masked patch(es). The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to generate, using the inpainting NN, a residual image based on differences between the inpainted masked patch(es) and the patch(es) in the input image and to identify one or more anomalous pixel(s) in the input image using the residual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH)
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Sutao Wang, Erika Varis Doggett
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTION WITH NO FORCE SHUNT
    Publication number: 20210371146
    Abstract: A connection device for connecting an outlet opening of a downpipe to an upward-facing inlet opening of a container, comprising a body with a continuous opening from an upper side to an underside of the body, wherein the body is designed in such a way that it is suitable to before being connected by its upper side to the outlet opening of the downpipe via a flexible connection element, in particular via a compensator, in such a way that a connection is created between the outlet opening of the downpipe and the opening of the body. The connection device also comprises a coupling device which is attached to the underside of the body and which is suitable for creating a sealed connection between the opening of the body and the inlet opening of the container when the body rests on an upper side of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thorsten Schroer, Sebastian Lietz, Hendrik Jäger
  • DOOR MODULE
    Publication number: 20210363814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to door modules comprising at least one single-layer, continuous fiber-reinforced semifinished fiber matrix product which is obtained by impregnating semifinished fiber products with at least one thermoplastic, and to the use thereof in vehicles or in buildings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Schroer, Detlev Joachimi, Martin Wanders, Dirk Bonefeld
  • Bulk metallic glass pressure vessels
    Patent number: 11181234
    Abstract: A pressure vessel containing a main body with at least one opening. The pressure vessel is made from a BMG material. The pressure vessel may contain an additional part such as a neck, a liner, a rib, a lattice, a fin, and a diaphragm. The pressure vessel may be free of a welded joint in entirety. The pressure vessel may contain multiple parts in the main body, each of which is free of a welded joint. The pressure vessel may be made through thermoplastic forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUPERCOOL METALS LLC
    Inventors: John Chay, Jan Schroers, Jason Sagaci, Jittisa Ketkaew, Evgenia Pekarskaya
  • Method for Preparing Ammonium Metatungstate
    Publication number: 20210340023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ammonium metatungstate using a reverse osmosis cell, and to a device for performing the process according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Julia MEESE-MARKTSCHEFFEL, Armin OLBRICH, Anja WEILAND, Frank van der PÜTTEN, Tino SÄUBERLICH, Tobias SCHRÖER, Jürgen MÜLLER
  • METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN OUTPUT IMAGE AND/OR A SEQUENCE OF OUTPUT IMAGES FROM RAW IMAGE DATA, IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM, AND OVERALL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210344835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reconstructing an output image and/or a sequence of output images from raw image data, wherein, in at least one reconstruction chain between a recording of raw image data by means of an image recording device and a display of the output image and/or the sequence of output images on a display unit, at least one reconstruction step for reconstructing the output image and/or the sequence of output images is carried out, and wherein the result of the at least one reconstruction step is discarded when the result is recognized as invalid with respect to the fulfillment of a verification criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBH
    Inventors: STEFAN SCHRÖER, MATTHIAS KÜHN, ALEXANDER KÖHLER, DANIEL HÄRTER, JOACHIM JAUSS
  • Flexible endoscope based upon an investment composition
    Publication number: 20210330175
    Abstract: In the case of an endoscope, it is proposed that an investment composition consisting of a flexible, controllable section be anchored in a counter bearing, which forms a support surface for the respective flexible section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kühn, Stefan Schröer, Michael Schwärzle, Johannes Bourbon, Lutz Labusch, Erwin Streck, Holger Reinecke
  • FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE WITH SKELETON STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210330178
    Abstract: It is proposed that, in the case of an endoscope, a skeleton be formed in a flexible, controllable section with guide elements that are movable relative to one another, each of which guides at least one tension cord laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBH
    Inventors: MATTHIAS KÜHN, STEFAN SCHRÖER, MICHAEL SCHWÄRZLE, JOHANNES BOURBON, LUTZ LABUSCH, ERWIN STRECK, HOLGER REINECKE
  • Predicting T cell epitopes useful for vaccination
    Patent number: 11156617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes useful for vaccination. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic and, in particular, useful for vaccination, or for predicting which of such modifications are most immunogenic and, in particular, most useful for vaccination. The methods of the invention may be used, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GbmH, TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedzin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gGmbH
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Martin Löwer, Arbel D. Tadmor, Sebastian Boegel, Barbara Schrörs, Mathias Vormehr, Sebastian Kreiter
  • TUNABLE MODELS FOR CHANGING FACES IN IMAGES
    Publication number: 20210327038
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for changing the identities of faces in images. In embodiments, a tunable model for changing facial identities in images includes an encoder, a decoder, and dense layers that generate either adaptive instance normalization (AdaIN) coefficients that control the operation of convolution layers in the decoder or the values of weights within such convolution layers, allowing the model to change the identity of a face in an image based on a user selection. A separate set of dense layers may be trained to generate AdaIN coefficients for each of a number of facial identities, and the AdaIN coefficients output by different sets of dense layers can be combined to interpolate between facial identities. Alternatively, a single set of dense layers may be trained to take as input an identity vector and output AdaIN coefficients or values of weighs within convolution layers of the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Leonard Markus HELMINGER, Jacek Krzysztof NARUNIEC, Romann Matthew WEBER, Christopher Richard SCHROERS
  • Automated Annotation Of Heterogeneous Content
    Publication number: 20210326720
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor, and a system memory storing a software code and a content labeling predictive model. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to scan a database to identify content assets stored in the database, parse metadata stored in the database to identify labels associated with the content assets, and generate a graph by creating multiple first links linking each of the content assets to its corresponding label or labels. The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to train, using the graph, the content labeling predictive model, to identify, using the trained content labeling predictive model, multiple second links among the content assets and the labels, and to annotate the content assets based on the second links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Automated Pixel Error Detection Using an Inpainting Neural Network
    Publication number: 20210304387
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a pixel error detection system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to receive an input image, to mask, using an inpainting neural network (NN), one or more patch(es) of the input image, and to inpaint, using the inpainting NN, the masked patch(es) based an input image pixels neighboring each of the masked patch(es). The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to generate, using the inpainting NN, a residual image based on differences between the inpainted masked patch(es) and the patch(es) in the input image and to identify one or more anomalous pixel(s) in the input image using the residual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Sutao Wang, Erika Varis Doggett
  • METHOD FOR A SIMULATION AND EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
    Publication number: 20210295741
    Abstract: The present invention lies in the field of simulation systems for medical treatments, in particular for treatments carried out on dialysis machines. To do so, a method with which medical treatments can be performed and evaluated without the involvement of real human patients is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Holger BLUEMLER, Alexander SCHROERS, Yannick FROESE