Patents by Inventor Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich

Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich 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).

  • Patent number: 11756479
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels-arranged in an array with rows and columns, column lines, each connected to the pixels of one of the columns, row lines, each connected to the pixels of one of the rows, and a control unit connected to the column lines and the row lines. The control unit is configured to generate a column pulse for a selected one of the column lines and generate a data signal for a selected row line from the row lines. The data signal includes a set pulse which, when the pixel is set to a radiating state, is applied at least in part to the pixel connected to the selected column and row line when the column pulse is applied to the pixel, and drives the pixel such that a light emission of the pixel depends on the time offset between the column pulse and the set pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Hubert Halbritter
  • Publication number: 20220238064
    Abstract: Display device with of a plurality of pixels (P, P0101, P0102, P0103, P01Y, P0201, P0301, PX01) arranged in an array with rows and columns, a plurality of column lines (C1 . . . CY), each connected to the pixels of one of the columns, a plurality of row lines (L1 . . . LX), each connected to the pixels of one of the rows, a control unit (2) connected to the plurality of column lines and configured to generate a column pulse (CS1 . . . CSY) for a selected one of the plurality of column lines, and connected to the plurality of row lines and configured to generate a data signal (LP1 . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank BAUMHEINRICH, Hubert HALBRITTER
  • Patent number: 11257424
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points, each image point comprising at least one active region configured to generate first radiation, a carrier including a drive circuit for the plurality of image points and a detector assigned to at least some image points, the detector configured to receive second radiation, wherein at least some image points are configured to act either as an emitter or as a detector during operation of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 11251081
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor chips (100) comprises a step A) of providing a semiconductor substrate (1) having a plurality of integrated electronic circuits (2) on a top side (10) thereof. In a step B), a sacrificial layer (3) is applied on one side of the semiconductor substrate. In a step C), holes (30) are introduced in the sacrificial layer so that at least one hole is formed above each electronic circuit. In a step D), the semiconductor substrate is adhered to a carrier (5) with the sacrificial layer at the front, an adhesive layer (4) being used between the sacrificial layer and the carrier, and the adhesive layer filling the holes so that holding elements (40) from the adhesive layer are formed in the holes. In a step E) the semiconductor substrate is thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Lutz Höppel, Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Jens Richter
  • Patent number: 11056045
    Abstract: An arrangement for operating radiation emitting devices includes a plurality of radiation emitting devices each having a first capacitance, a driver circuit that supplies the devices with electrical energy, and a compensation structure having a variable second capacitance corresponding to each device and means for adjusting the respective second capacitance, the compensation structure being connected to the device such that a total capacitance assigned to a device and dependent on the first capacitance can be adjusted by the second capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich
  • Patent number: 10939050
    Abstract: A method of operating a camera system having an image sensor including a plurality of activatable image elements, wherein an active image element converts incoming radiation into readable image information, a radiation source including a plurality of activatable radiation elements, each active radiation element emitting electromagnetic radiation, and an integrated circuit coupled to the radiation source, the method including capturing at least one image, wherein during capturing of each single image different subsets of the image elements are successively each once activated and deactivated again after a predetermined exposure time, different subsets of the radiation elements are successively activated by the integrated circuit and deactivated again after a predetermined emission time, and each subset of the image elements is assigned a subset of the radiation elements activated with temporal overlap so that the active radiation elements emit radiation while the associated active image elements receive image
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Publication number: 20200350207
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor chips (100) comprises a step A) of providing a semiconductor substrate (1) having a plurality of integrated electronic circuits (2) on a top side (10) thereof. In a step B), a sacrificial layer (3) is applied on one side of the semiconductor substrate. In a step C), holes (30) are introduced in the sacrificial layer so that at least one hole is formed above each electronic circuit. In a step D), the semiconductor substrate is adhered to a carrier (5) with the sacrificial layer at the front, an adhesive layer (4) being used between the sacrificial layer and the carrier, and the adhesive layer filling the holes so that holding elements (40) from the adhesive layer are formed in the holes. In a step E) the semiconductor substrate is thinned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Lutz Höppel, Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Jens Richter
  • Publication number: 20200219436
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a semiconductor chip with a first and second electrode. The arrangement also includes a control unit for adjusting a current for operating the semiconductor chip, a first LED voltage input coupled to the first electrode, and a reference voltage input coupled to the second electrode. The arrangement further includes an LED data input coupled to the control unit, by which a data parameter representative of a current for operating the semiconductor chip is provided. The arrangement additionally includes a cycle input coupled to the control unit, by which a reference cycle signal is provided which is representative of an operating phase of the arrangement. The control unit includes a memory arranged to record the data parameter as a memory value depending on the reference cycle signal. The control unit is configured to adjust the current depending on the memory value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Frank SINGER, Thomas SCHWARZ, Thorsten Frank BAUMHEINRICH, Hubert HALBRITTER
  • Publication number: 20200066204
    Abstract: An arrangement for operating radiation emitting devices includes a plurality of radiation emitting devices each having a first capacitance, a driver circuit that supplies the devices with electrical energy, and a compensation structure having a variable second capacitance corresponding to each device and means for adjusting the respective second capacitance, the compensation structure being connected to the device such that a total capacitance assigned to a device and dependent on the first capacitance can be adjusted by the second capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich
  • Publication number: 20190373158
    Abstract: A method of operating a camera system having an image sensor including a plurality of activatable image elements, wherein an active image element converts incoming radiation into readable image information, a radiation source including a plurality of activatable radiation elements, each active radiation element emitting electromagnetic radiation, and an integrated circuit coupled to the radiation source, the method including capturing at least one image, wherein during capturing of each single image different subsets of the image elements are successively each once activated and deactivated again after a predetermined exposure time, different subsets of the radiation elements are successively activated by the integrated circuit and deactivated again after a predetermined emission time, and each subset of the image elements is assigned a subset of the radiation elements activated with temporal overlap so that the active radiation elements emit radiation while the associated active image elements receive image
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Publication number: 20190259326
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points, each image point comprising at least one active region configured to generate first radiation, a carrier including a drive circuit for the plurality of image points and a detector assigned to at least some image points, the detector configured to receive second radiation, wherein at least some image points are configured to act either as an emitter or as a detector during operation of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 8239150
    Abstract: A lightning detection and damage estimation system for a structure is disclosed herein. The system includes a lightning receptor coupled to a lightning conductor configured to receive multiple lightning strikes and induce lightning current in a pick-up coil coupled to the lightning conductor. An integrated circuit coupled to the lightning conductor via the pick-up coil includes a non-volatile memory for successively storing one or more samples of the lightning induced current for the multiple lightning strikes. A damage estimation unit is configured to estimate a condition of the structure based on analyzing a history of stored samples of the lightning induced current of the multiple lightning strikes from the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Marko Klaus Baller, Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20120029853
    Abstract: A lightning detection and damage estimation system for a structure is disclosed herein. The system includes a lightning receptor coupled to a lightning conductor configured to receive multiple lightning strikes and induce lightning current in a pick-up coil coupled to the lightning conductor. An integrated circuit coupled to the lightning conductor via the pick-up coil includes a non-volatile memory for successively storing one or more samples of the lightning induced current for the multiple lightning strikes. A damage estimation unit is configured to estimate a condition of the structure based on analyzing a history of stored samples of the lightning induced current of the multiple lightning strikes from the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich, Marko Klaus Baller, Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez