Patents Assigned to Fraunhofer
  • Publication number: 20240268412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein preparation produced from almond seeds and a cost-effective method for the preparation thereof. The protein preparation has a protein content of more than 50% by mass, an oil content of less than 6% by mass, a sucrose content of less than 8% by mass and a brightness L* of greater than 70. The taste of the protein preparation is neutral, it has a light colour and is of high quality, so that it is suitable for food applications, such as emulsions and baked good, that are demanding in terms of colour and taste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Dominic WIMMER, Klaus SCHREIBER, Isabel MURANYI, Peter EISNER, Andreas STÄBLER, Stephanie MITTERMAIER
  • Patent number: 12061966
    Abstract: The task of relevance score assignment to a set of items onto which an artificial neural network is applied is obtained by redistributing an initial relevance score derived from the network output, onto the set of items by reversely propagating the initial relevance score through the artificial neural network so as to obtain a relevance score for each item. In particular, this reverse propagation is applicable to a broader set of artificial neural networks and/or at lower computational efforts by performing same in a manner so that for each neuron, preliminarily redistributed relevance scores of a set of downstream neighbor neurons of the respective neuron are distributed on a set of upstream neighbor neurons of the respective neuron according to a distribution function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Technische Universitaet Beriin
    Inventors: Sebastian Lapuschkin, Wojciech Samek, Klaus-Robert Mueller, Alexander Binder, Grégoire Montavon
  • Patent number: 12061151
    Abstract: A method for detecting Raman scattered light using at least one interference filter and a detection unit, the Raman scattered light to be detected including an incoming scattered light signal, wherein the method includes the following steps: * a first filtered scattered light signal is generated by the application of a first transmission function to the incoming scattered light signal, the first transmission function being assigned to a first optical path length L1 through a first interference filter, and the first transmission function defining a first spectral band ??1; * a second filtered scattered light signal is generated by the application of a second transmission function to the incoming scattered light signal, the second transmission function being assigned to a second optical path length L2?L1 through the first interference filter or through a second interference filter, and second transmission function defining a second spectral band ??2; and * the first and the second filtered scattered light signa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Ines Frese, Michael Maskos
  • Publication number: 20240262104
    Abstract: A device (1) for parallel dispensing a print medium (10) onto a substrate, in particular for producing one or more conductor tracks on a semiconductor substrate, having a printing unit (6), which includes a plurality of dispenser nozzles for simultaneous discharge of the print medium (10), and having a drive (5), which is configured to generate a relative movement between the printing unit (6) and the substrate (4) in a movement direction (7). At least first usnd second dispenser nozzles are arranged spaced apart from one another transversely in relation to the movement direction (7). The first dispenser nozzle and a third dispenser nozzle are arranged spaced apart from one another along a common first longitudinal axis at a first nozzle spacing, and the first longitudinal axis runs parallel to the movement direction (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Maximilian POSPISCHIL, Martin KUCHLER, Martin BREITENBÜCHER, Tim RIEBE, Sebastian TEPNER, Florian CLEMENT, Maximilian WEIL, Katharina GENSOWKI, Ana JIMENEZ CARDOZO
  • Patent number: 12057903
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node and a network node. The method comprises setting a higher-layer parameter usage in at least one sounding reference signal, SRS, resource set configuration to nonCodebook or Codebook, wherein each configured SRS resource set comprises one or more SRS resources, and scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission via a downlink control information (DCI) wherein at least two SRS resources are indicated via a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field of the DCI, wherein each SRS resource is associated with a different SRS resource set; and receiving from the user equipment a physical uplink shared channel that is transmitted using the ports associated with the indicated SRS resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Sutharshun Varatharaajan, Marcus Grossmann, Markus Landmann
  • Patent number: 12054574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a functionalized polymer to which at least one Diels-Alder adduct is covalently bonded, said Diels-Alder adduct containing a furan and a maleimide component and the furan or the maleimide component having a functional organyl group the molar mass of which is less than 800 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Steven Eschig, Stefan Friebel, Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12054384
    Abstract: A MEMS includes a substrate with a substrate extension that rises above a substrate plane. The MEMS includes a movable structural element, a first spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension, and a second spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension. The first spring element and the second spring element form a parallelogram guide of the movable structural element in relation to the substrate extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Peter Duerr, Andreas Neudert
  • Patent number: 12057133
    Abstract: A channel encoder for encoding a frame includes a multi-mode redundancy encoder for redundancy encoding the frame in accordance with a certain coding mode from a set of different coding modes, wherein the coding modes are different from each other with respect to an amount of redundancy added to the frame, wherein the multi-mode redundancy encoder is configured to output a coded frame including at least one code word; and a colorator for applying a coloration sequence to the at least one code word; wherein the coloration sequence is such that at least one bit of the code word is changed by the application of the at least one of coloration sequence, wherein the specific coloration sequence is selected in accordance with the certain coding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jan Buethe, Conrad Benndorf, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Schnell, Maximilian Schlegel
  • Patent number: 12058704
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of user devices, UEs, configured for a sidelink communication using resources from a set of sidelink resources of the wireless communication system. The plurality of UEs includes at least one transmitting UE and at least one receiving UE, the transmitting UE and the receiving UE configured to use at least a subset of the sidelink resources of the wireless communication system for the sidelink communication. The wireless communication system is configured to allow a data duplication on the sidelink, wherein the data duplication on the sidelink is activated or triggered dependent on one or more of a sidelink quality of the sidelink between the transmitting UE and the receiving UE, and/or an occupancy of the sidelink resources, and/or data received by a network element/network function, and/or the application service running on one of the UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Fehrenbach, Roya Ebrahim Rezagah, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Robin Thomas, Baris Göktepe, Eiko Seidel
  • Patent number: 12055607
    Abstract: A cable mantle for shield current suppression in a shielded cable includes a through hole for hosting the shielded cable; and a plurality of resonant elements; wherein each of the resonant elements includes an inner tube-shaped conductive structure; an outer tube-shaped conductive structure; a first transversal conductive structure; a second transversal conductive structure; and at least one capacitor bridging a gap between a first longitudinal portion of the outer tube-shaped conductive structure and a second longitudinal portion of the outer tube-shaped conductive structure, so that an electrical behavior of the inner tube-shaped conductive structure, the first longitudinal portion of the outer tube-shaped conductive structure, the second longitudinal portion of the outer tube-shaped conductive structure, the first transversal conductive structure, the second transversal conductive structure and the at least one capacitor is equivalent to a parallel resonant circuit defining a resonance frequency of the res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Bertuch, Diego Betancourt, Jürgen Jenne, Matthias Guenther
  • Publication number: 20240258171
    Abstract: The subject-matter of this disclosure is a method for singulating microchips. The method includes providing a single-layer or multi-layer substrate. The method further includes laser-based creating microcracks in the substrate using a laser beam that penetrates the substrate, wherein the laser beam is guided laterally around the microchips so as to generate singulating scribe lines in the substrate along which the microchips are to be singulated. The laser beam is guided laterally across the substrate in multiple passes, wherein the focal point of the laser beam is set to different penetration depths in different passes each so that the microcracks generated in the focal point are generated in the substrate in a step-wise manner. According to the disclosure, at least one recess is generated in the substrate, wherein the recess extends at least partially in a lateral direction along one of the singulating scribe lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sergiu LANGA, Thomas LUDEWIG, Andreas MROSK, Andreas GANG
  • Patent number: 12051432
    Abstract: The invention provides a concept for combined dynamic range compression and guided clipping prevention for audio devices. An audio decoder for decoding an audio bitstream and a metadata bitstream related to the audio bitstream according to the concept includes an audio processing chain including a plurality of adjustment stages including a dynamic range control stage for adjusting a dynamic range of the audio output signal and a guided clipping prevention stage for preventing clipping of the audio output signal; and a metadata decoder configured to receive the metadata bitstream and to extract dynamic range control gain sequences and guided clipping prevention gain sequences from the metadata bitstream, at least a part of the dynamic range control gain sequences being supplied to the dynamic range control stage, and at least a part of the guided clipping prevention gain sequences being supplied to the guided clipping prevention stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Fabian Kuech, Christian Uhle, Michael Kratschmer, Bernhard Neugebauer, Michael Meier, Arne Borsum
  • Publication number: 20240247918
    Abstract: An arrangement has an opto-pyrotechnic initiator, at least one laser, and an optical fibre, via which the laser radiation of the laser is guided to the opto-pyrotechnic initiator. Also disclosed is a method for improving the safety of such an opto-pyrotechnic initiator. At least one optical filter element having power-dependent or intensity-dependent transmission or reflection is arranged in the beam path of the laser radiation between the laser and the initiating impingement location of the laser radiation in the initiator. The filter element and the beam guidance for the laser radiation are selected such that for a laser power of the laser, that is intended to effect an initiation, the filter element has a higher transmission or reflection or can be switched to a higher transmission or reflection than for a lower laser power by application of an optical or electronic signal that is independent of the laser radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Inventors: Marc EICHHORN, Christelle KIELECK
  • Publication number: 20240250196
    Abstract: A solar cell module, having module segments, each with photovoltaic solar cells interconnected in series. The cells of the module segments are arranged on or in a curved planar carrier element. Each cell has a solar cell normal vector, and the module has a module normal vector, corresponding to the vectorial mean value of the cell normal vectors. Each cell has a tilt angle, corresponding to the angle between the cell normal vector and the module normal vector. Each module segment is assigned a tilt angle range having limits defined by minimum and maximum tilt angles of the cells of the module segment. The tilt angle ranges of at least two module segments are disjoint. The module segments are interconnected in parallel, each module segment has the same number of cells, and each cell of a module segment is arranged directly adjacent to a further cell of that module segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sebastian NEVEN-DU MONT, Martin HEINRICH
  • Patent number: 12046822
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a wireless communication system, wherein the participant includes a transmission and/or reception unit and an antenna array connected to the transmission and/or reception means, wherein the antenna array includes a magnetic antenna with a loop discontinued once or multiple times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Gerald Ulbricht, Albert Heuberger, Gerd Kilian, Ralph Oppelt
  • Patent number: 12041581
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations, and a plurality of user devices, UEs. The plurality of UEs includes a plurality of first UEs operating in a first mode and a plurality of second UEs operating in a second mode. The first UEs and the second UEs are configured for a sidelink communication. A sidelink transmission includes a sidelink frame having a control region and a data region. The control region includes a first control region and a second control region, the first control region for transmitting control data of a first UE, the second control region for transmitting control data of a second UE, and the first and second control regions including a plurality of a common resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Robin Rajan Thomas, Baris Göktepe
  • Patent number: 12039985
    Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding segments of coefficients, the segments of coefficients representing different time or frequency resolutions of a sampled audio signal, the audio encoder including a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently encoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously encoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previously encoded coefficient representing a different time or frequency resolution than the currently encoded coefficient. The audio encoder further includes an entropy encoder for entropy encoding the current coefficient based on the coding context to obtain an encoded audio stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Multrus, Bernhard Grill, Guillaume Fuchs, Stefan Geyersberger, Nikolaus Rettelbach, Virgilio Bacigalupo
  • Patent number: 12036218
    Abstract: The invention is based on the finding that Airway Basal Cells (ABCs) play a key role in the pathobiology of various lung diseases. The invention therefore provides approaches for the treatment and prevention of lung diseases such as fibrotic disorders, pre stages of fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (COPD) or other lung disorders. Diseases treatable with the means and methods of the invention are characterized by a cellular remodelling in the alveolar compartment of the lung. Furthermore, the invention provides screening approaches to identify compounds suitable for the treatment of lung diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Antje Prasse, Jonas Schupp
  • Patent number: 12041219
    Abstract: An apparatus for presenting immersive media content is described. The apparatus obtains from a sender video data representing immersive content for a certain viewing direction and/or for a certain viewpoint, and displays the video data representing the immersive content for the certain viewing direction and/or for the certain viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Serhan Gül, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: RE50054
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus for generating audio subband values in audio subband channels includes an analysis windower for windowing a frame of time-domain audio input samples being in a time sequence extending from an early sample to a later sample using an analysis window function including a sequence of window coefficients to obtain windowed samples. The analysis window function includes a first number of window coefficients derived from a larger window function including a sequence of a larger second number of window coefficients, wherein the window coefficients of the window function are derived by an interpolation of window coefficients of the larger window function. The apparatus further includes a calculator for calculating the audio subband values using the windowed samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Schnell, Manfred Lutzky, Markus Lohwasser, Markus Schmidt, Marc Gayer, Michael Mellar, Bernd Edler, Markus Multrus, Gerald Schuller, Ralf Geiger, Bernhard Grill