Patents by Inventor Thomas Emde

Thomas Emde 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).

  • Publication number: 20200275060
    Abstract: A device for audio/visual recording and reproduction of images/films comprising at least two cameras and at least two spatially separate display surfaces assigned to each one of these cameras for the reproduction of the images/films recorded by respectively one of these cameras in which the display surfaces are in each case windows of a room, wherein the windows are located in boundary surfaces of this room at an angle with respect to one another and wherein the images/films have been recorded by different cameras directed in different directions in each case. Alternatively to this, it is optionally possible to record with only one 360° camera and then different image sections can be created from this recording, which correspond to specific viewing directions and which are then projected onto respectively one window serving as display surface, which is aligned in the room according to the recording direction of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Emde
  • Patent number: 10054295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp comprising at least one OLED lighting means lying flat on an at least partially light-transmissive carrier plate (13) and formed as an OLED panel (14, 15, 16), in which at least two contact shoes respectively assigned to an OLED panel are attached on the rear side of the carrier plate that is facing away from the light-emitting side and respectively comprise means for contacting one pole each of the OLED panel. The solution according to the invention provides a lamp that ensures effective coupling out of the light emitted by the OLEDs and uniform distribution of the light over the light-radiating area of the carrier plate and at the same time is of a comparatively simple construction and an attractive design. The lamp according to the invention may for example be a pendant lamp, a suspended lamp, a surface-mounted ceiling lamp, a recessed ceiling lamp, a standard lamp or a table lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Emdedesign GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Christoph Petersen, Jonathan Meier
  • Patent number: 10054298
    Abstract: A lamp or display is comprised of at least one light panel (10) on a carrier plate (13) comprising at least one light panel (10) in the form of an OLED illuminant, lying on or against an at least partially light-permeable carrier plate (13) of the lamp in a planar manner. A liquid or viscous medium (11) is arranged between the adjacent surfaces of the light panel (10) and of the light-permeable carrier plate (13), and the connection between the light panel (10) and the carrier plate is an adhesive connection, which can be easily undone without destroying or adversely affecting the carrier plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Emdedesign GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Christoph Petersen, Jonathan Meier, Günther Irlbacher, Alexander Stoppa
  • Publication number: 20160369981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp comprising at least one OLED lighting means lying flat on an at least partially light-transmissive carrier plate (13) and formed as an OLED panel (14, 15, 16), in which at least two contact shoes respectively assigned to an OLED panel are attached on the rear side of the carrier plate that is facing away from the light-emitting side and respectively comprise means for contacting one pole each of the OLED panel. The solution according to the invention provides a lamp that ensures effective coupling out of the light emitted by the OLEDs and uniform distribution of the light over the light-radiating area of the carrier plate and at the same time is of a comparatively simple construction and an attractive design. The lamp according to the invention may for example be a pendant lamp, a suspended lamp, a surface-mounted ceiling lamp, a recessed ceiling lamp, a standard lamp or a table lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Christoph Petersen, Jonathan Meier
  • Publication number: 20160320033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp or a display, comprising at least one light panel (10), in particular an OLED panel, lying on or against an at least partially light-permeable carrier plate (13) in a planar manner, wherein according to the invention a liquid or viscous adhesive medium (11) is arranged between the adjacent surfaces of the light panel (10) and of the light-permeable carrier plate (13). In this way, lamps or displays in which one or more light panels (10) lie on an at least partially light-permeable carrier plate (13) can be created, wherein a full-area connection between the light panel (10) and the carrier plate (13) having minimized light losses is achieved and at the same time the connection between the light panel (10) and the carrier plate (13) can be undone. For example, a clear, oil-like liquid having an index of refraction deviating from glass only slightly can be used as the adhesive medium (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Christoph Petersen, Jonathan Meier, Günther Irlbacher, Alexander Stoppa
  • Patent number: 8330355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to illumination means (10) based on organic light diodes (OLED), having a layer arrangement (15) with at least one organic light-emitting diode layer (OLED layer), and at least one anode layer and one cathode layer on a carrier, and contact means (22) for the electrical contact of the electrode layers. According to the invention, the OLED layer and at least one electrode layer are attached to the inner side of a dimensionally stable rotation surgace serving as the carrier. According to the invention, the inner surface of a substantially or entirely closed hollow body (11) made of glass, plastic, or another light-transmissice material can serve as a carrier. The invention creates a novel illumination means (10) based on organic light diodes, having a shape that is compatible with a conventional light bulb or fluorescent lamp, and consequently can be exchanged for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: EMDEOLED GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Emde
  • Publication number: 20120019128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to illumination means (10) based on organic light diodes (OLED), having a layer arrangement (15) with at least one organic light-emitting diode layer (OLDE layer), and at least one anode layer and one cathode layer on a carrier, and contact means (22) for the electrical contact of the electrode layers. According to the invention, the OLED layer and at least one electrode layer are attached to the inner side of a dimensionally stable rotation surgace serving as the carrier. According to the invention, the inner surface of a substantially or entirely closed hollow body (11) made of glass, plastic, or another light-transmissice material can serve as a carrier. The invention creates a novel illumination means (10) based on organic light diodes, having a shape that is compatible with a conventional light bulb or fluorescent lamp, and consequently can be exchanged for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: EMDE PROJECTS GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Emde
  • Patent number: 7347608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a window element (10), comprising at least one at least periodically transparent sheet-like element (11) and at least one surface (display) for replay of images, whereby the sheet-like element comprises at least one display (12) which is part of the sheet-like element. In a first state with an operating display a replay of image elements occurs on the sheet-like element and in a second state with a switched-off display a view through the sheet-like element is at least partly possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Emde
  • Publication number: 20050105303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a window element (10), comprising at least one at least periodically transparent sheet-like element (11) and at least one surface (display) for replay of images, whereby the sheet-like element comprises at least one display (12) which is part of the sheet-like element In a first state with an operating display a replay of image elements occurs on the sheet-like element and in a second state with a switched-off display a view through the sheet-like element is at least partly possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Emde
  • Publication number: 20040040228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sandwich-like panel element (100) comprising at least two panels (102, 103) and a lighting device with at least one lighting means (106), said light irradiating in the front part of at least one panel (102, 103), wherein said light is at least partly deflected approximately perpendicular to said direction of irradiation and is projected over the surface of at least one of said panels, which has a transparent configuration, due to the fact that said panel acts as a light diffuser. To this end, said panel is printed, sand-radiated, etched, coated, engraved or stuck at least on one side or has a malstructure inside the panel, wherein the sandwich-like panel element (100) additionally comprises solar cell elements (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Heinrich Robert Pohl
  • Publication number: 20040031234
    Abstract: Window element comprising a frame structure (110) that encloses at least two glass panels (100, 101) spaced from one another, wherein an intermediate space (103) is defined by the distance between the two glass panels, wherein a lighting device with at least one lighting means (102) is provided, said lighting device being arranged in the area of the frame structure and irradiating light essentially from the front surface, this light being at least partly deflected approximately perpendicular to this direction of irradiation, so that said light falls inwards and/or outwards through one of the glass panels of the window element, whereby at least one of the glass panels acts as a light diffuser and for that purpose said glass panel is printed, sand-blasted, etched, coated, engraved or stuck at least on one side or has a malstructure inside, whereby the lighting means is arranged at least partly in front of the front surface of one of the glass panels and irradiates light into the front surface of at least this g
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas Emde