Patents by Inventor Stefan Mangold
Stefan Mangold 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: 20240107873Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a triplet emitter X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of less than or equal to 0.4 eV [?(ES1(X)) ?(ET1(X))?0.4 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the triplet emitter X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the triplet emitter X(ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y(ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas Holcombe
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Patent number: 10015818Abstract: A method of accessing a medium on a transmission system having at least two channels, in which a multi-channel device groups at least two channels for the purpose of increasing the bandwidth. The method enables multi-channel devices and single-channel devices to coexist by sending out a preamble and header on each individual channel before the channels are grouped, a single-channel device that may be scanning the channel thus detecting that the message that follows is not intended for itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Joerg Habetha, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9542579Abstract: Gesture-based association of multiple devices may be facilitated, which may effectuate presentation of content related to associated devices. Gesture detection may reduce or completely eliminate any ambiguity of whether the association is wanted or not. Some implementations may be employed in a theme park in which park guests wear an RFID wristband. During a park visit, when merchandise goods with embedded RFIDs are purchased (e.g., toys and/or other merchandise), the merchandise may be associated with the wristband and, therefore, the park guest wearing the wristband. Such association may give the theme park environment and/or the toy itself a mechanism to adapt their behavior depending on which toy the park guest is carrying. This may contribute to richer storytelling and personalized experiences, which may be realized by using location information, knowledge about the park guest's preferences or previous park visits, favorite attractions, age, language-specific information, and/or other information.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Giorgio Corbellini, Vladimir Vukadinovic, Joshua D. Griffin, Matthew Trotter
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Patent number: 9538320Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for managing location services in wireless networks. One aspect provides a method of receiving in a mobile device an identifier broadcast from a terrestrial wireless device located at a particular position; and using the identifier broadcast from the terrestrial wireless device to determine a physical location of the mobile device even in absence of a logical connection existing between the mobile device and the terrestrial wireless device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Roberto Aiello, Maria Gorlatova
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Patent number: 9516210Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program code are disclosed for prioritizing data transmission in wireless broadcasting systems and include capturing, by one or more sensors, data at an event site. Scene description data (SDD) is extracted from the data, and the SDD is transmitted in SDD packets, over a wireless communication network, to a processing system. The SDD packets are transmitted over the wireless communication network having a transmission priority based on information in at least one of the SDD packets. The sensors may include a video camera that provides video data also transmitted in video packets over the wireless communications network.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Vladimir Vukadinovic
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Publication number: 20160277664Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program code are disclosed for prioritizing data transmission in wireless broadcasting systems and include capturing, by one or more sensors, data at an event site. Scene description data (SDD) is extracted from the data, and the SDD is transmitted in SDD packets, over a wireless communication network, to a processing system. The SDD packets are transmitted over the wireless communication network having a transmission priority based on information in at least one of the SDD packets. The sensors may include a video camera that provides video data also transmitted in video packets over the wireless communications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Vladimir Vukadinovic
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Patent number: 9401597Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (100) and a device for discharging an intermediate circuit (9) of a power supply network (10), in particular a high-voltage network, wherein a consumer (7) can be connected to the power supply network (10). A first (11) and a second (12) discharge circuit for discharging the intermediate circuit (9) are provided. In a first step, the intermediate circuit (9) is discharged at least partially by means of the first discharge circuit (11) and, in a subsequent second step (104), the intermediate circuit (9) is further discharged (104) by means of the second discharge circuit (12).Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Tobias Werner, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9380321Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, methods and computer program code are disclosed for operating automated video broadcasting systems and include capturing, by a video camera, video data at an event site. Scene description data is extracted from the video data, and the scene description data is transmitted, over a wireless communication network, to a video processing system. The video data is transmitted separately from the scene description data from the video camera to the video processing system over the wireless communication network.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Vladimir Vukadinovic
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Patent number: 9370714Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating information between user devices and physical objects which are separate from the user devices. The physical objects may store information related to one or more online games associated with the physical objects. The user devices may obtain the information stored by the physical objects via light communication. The user devices may use the obtained information in order to effectuate presentation of a virtual character and/or virtual object in an online game corresponding to the information.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Giorgio Corbellini, Kenneth Mitchell
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Patent number: 9361448Abstract: Shaking patterns and/or environmental information associated with real-world handheld devices may form a basis for enabling authentication and/or effectuating events in a virtual environment. The handheld devices may include toys and/or other object that can be used to play. The handheld devices may be associated with the virtual environment in that individual handheld devices may share an appearance and/or theme with an avatar, a virtual object, and/or other element within the virtual environment. Shaking a pair of handheld devices together may facilitate authentication of the handheld devices with respect to the virtual environment and/or effectuate one or more events within the virtual environment. Shake patterns may be used in conjunction with geo-location and/or environmental information to improve pairing between handheld devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Roman Frigg, Thomas R. Gross
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Patent number: 9332522Abstract: An audio-based navigation system for determining a present location or position of a mobile device such as a smartphone within a venue. The system includes a sound system with a first speaker playing first audio content and a second speaker playing second audio content. The first speaker is positioned in a first space in a venue, and the second speaker is positioned in a second space of the venue. The navigation system also includes a mobile device with memory storing a database of fingerprints of a plurality of differing audio content. The mobile device includes a microphone for receiving an audio signal associated with the first audio content or with the second audio content. The mobile device includes a processor(s) selectively running software to determine the mobile device location in the first or second space using either fingerprinting or watermarking module by processing the received audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Giorgio Corbellini, Stefan Mangold, Vladimir Vukadinovic
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Patent number: 9318116Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for acoustic data reception. Playback of modified audio content is acoustically detected by a first receiving entity and a second receiving entity operatively connected to the first receiving entity via a network. The modified audio content is generated by encoding specified data into specified audio content such that the modified audio content satisfies a predefined signal constraint characterizing imperceptibility of any differences between playback of the specified audio content and playback of the modified audio content. The specified data is collaboratively decoded based on the acoustically detected playback of the modified audio content and by the first receiving entity and the second receiving entity using the network and according to a predefined diversity scheme.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Stefan Mangold
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Publication number: 20160088654Abstract: A method of accessing a medium on a transmission system having at least two channels, in which a multi-channel device groups at least two channels for the purpose of increasing the bandwidth. The method enables multi-channel devices and single-channel devices to coexist by sending out a preamble and header on each individual channel before the channels are grouped, a single-channel device that may be scanning the channel thus detecting that the message that follows is not intended for itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Joerg HABETHA, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9264138Abstract: LEDs that transmit or receive data in a VLC channel may create a flickering effect which is caused by the human eye being able to perceive the fluctuations of the light intensity in a LED. To prevent flickering such that the LED is perceived as being illuminated at a constant intensity, the LEDs may emit light based on a pattern of dark and energy slots. During the dark slots, the LEDs may be reversed bias to determine how much light is received. Based on comparing the light received, each VLC system may synchronize respective clocks such that the dark slots align. The VLC systems may then transmit a data frame preamble instructing the other VLC systems to cease synchronization and use the dark slots to receive the data from the data frame. While transmitting the data frame, the VLC systems may continue to use the energy slots to prevent flicker.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich)Inventors: Stefan Matthias Schmid, Giorgio Corbellini, Thomas R. Gross, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9210719Abstract: Method of accessing a medium on a transmission system having at least two channels, in which a multi-channel device groups at least two channels for the purpose of increasing the bandwidth. The method enables multi-channel devices and single-channel devices to coexist by sending out a preamble and header on each individual channel before the channels are grouped, a single-channel device that may be scanning the channel thus detecting that the message that follows is not intended for itself.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Jörg Habetha, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9209716Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a control unit, which makes it possible to reliably detect in an electric vehicle whether or not an electric machine is in a blocked state. For this purpose, a current rotational speed of the electric machine (1) is monitored using a control unit (7). If a non-rotating state is detected, the electric machine (1) is actuated specifically for increasing a torque. The current rotational speed is further monitored, in particular for an increase of the current rotational speed of the electric machine, at least a short-term one, for tensioning a drive train (3) against a wheel (5) blocked due to external influences, for example. If this is not the case, it is assumed that the electric machine (1) is blocked, and a corresponding blocking signal is generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joerg Spranger, Johannes Heusser, Julian Doerreich, Stefan Mangold, Martin Wirth
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Publication number: 20150341890Abstract: An audio-based navigation system for determining a present location or position of a mobile device such as a smartphone within a venue. The system includes a sound system with a first speaker playing first audio content and a second speaker playing second audio content. The first speaker is positioned in a first space in a venue, and the second speaker is positioned in a second space of the venue. The navigation system also includes a mobile device with memory storing a database of fingerprints of a plurality of differing audio content. The mobile device includes a microphone for receiving an audio signal associated with the first audio content or with the second audio content. The mobile device includes a processor(s) selectively running software to determine the mobile device location in the first or second space using either fingerprinting or watermarking module by processing the received audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Giorgio Corbellini, Stefan Mangold, Vladimir Vukadinovic
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Patent number: 9191894Abstract: There is provided a system and method for transmitting a data packet from a transmitting device to a destination device using an intermediary device. The transmitting device configured to determine an identity of the destination device, generate an announcement message that includes the identity of the destination device, transmit the announcement message to an intermediary device, receive an acknowledgement message from the intermediary device in response to transmitting the announcement message to the intermediary device, and transmit the data packet to the intermediary device for delivery to the destination device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Vukadinovic, Ioannis Glaropoulos, Stefan Mangold
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Patent number: 9057771Abstract: Wireless local area networks (WLANs) provide wireless communication between various wireless devices. Frames are acknowledged (ACKed) after a short and predefined MAC idle time. The MAC idle time varies with 1) the physical distance between wireless devices, caused by the delay of wireless signal propagation, and 2) the time to detect the ACK at the local wireless device, which varies with the signal strength of the incoming ACK. Embodiments present CAESAR (CArriEr Sense-bAsed Ranging), which combines time of flight (TOF) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measurements to calculate the distance between two wireless devices. CAESAR measures the distance by estimating the MAC idle time in a data/ACK communication at a particular clock resolution and the ACK detection time on a per-frame basis. Performance measurements confirm the accuracy of the solution and show the capability to track the distance to WLAN smart phones at pedestrian speeds.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Domenico Giustiniano, Stefan Mangold
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Publication number: 20150050994Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating information between user devices and physical objects which are separate from the user devices. The physical objects may store information related to one or more online games associated with the physical objects. The user devices may obtain the information stored by the physical objects via light communication. The user devices may use the obtained information in order to effectuate presentation of a virtual character and/or virtual object in an online game corresponding to the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Mangold, Giorgio Corbellini, Kenneth Mitchell