Patents by Inventor Alexander Herrmann

Alexander Herrmann 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: 11933624
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11822717
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a state of an eye for a laser device. The method includes reading in an eye parameter using the laser device, which represents a movement of the eye. The eye parameter is compared with a first and/or with a second reference parameter in order to obtain a comparison result. A type of movement of the eye is determined using the comparison result, which represents a saccadic eye movement when the eye parameter has a greater value than the first reference parameter. The type of movement represents a smooth eye movement when the eye parameter has a value which corresponds to the second reference parameter and at most to the first reference parameter. A viewing direction is ascertained as a function of the determined type of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Herrmann, Johannes Meyer, Matthias Falk
  • Publication number: 20230040956
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a state of an eye for a laser device. The method includes reading in an eye parameter using the laser device, which represents a movement of the eye. The eye parameter is compared with a first and/or with a second reference parameter in order to obtain a comparison result. A type of movement of the eye is determined using the comparison result, which represents a saccadic eye movement when the eye parameter has a greater value than the first reference parameter. The type of movement represents a smooth eye movement when the eye parameter has a value which corresponds to the second reference parameter and at most to the first reference parameter. A viewing direction is ascertained as a function of the determined type of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Herrmann, Johannes Meyer, Matthias Falk
  • Publication number: 20220333948
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11187550
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11067409
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Dipti Karmarkar
  • Patent number: 11067408
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Dipti Karmarkar
  • Publication number: 20210176254
    Abstract: One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and determine driving trips based on the received data. The driving trips may be used along with the movement data to authenticate drivers based on a determined driver profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Herrmann, Connor Walsh, Pratheek M. Harish
  • Patent number: 11015946
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Olivia Mahler-Haug, Dipti Karmarkar
  • Patent number: 10991223
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fire sensor device and a corresponding fire detection method. The optical fire sensor device is equipped with an optical particle detection unit (10), which is configured to ascertain measured values of a particle number in a measurement volume range (FA) as a function of a particle size in a predetermined particle size range and/or as a function of a particle speed in a predetermined particle speed range, a fire detection unit (20), which is configured to ascertain respective distributions of the measured values and to compare at least one parameter of the ascertained distributions to at least one predetermined criterion. The fire detection unit (20) is configured to detect a fire (B) in consideration of the comparison. An alarm unit (30, 40) is used to output an alarm signal in response to the detection of the fire (B) by the fire detection unit (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Thomas Hanses, Christopher Haug, Susanne Weidenfeld, Jens-Alrik Adrian
  • Patent number: 10976173
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Dipti Karmarkar, Jeremy David Ber, Samantha Mait
  • Patent number: 10938825
    Abstract: One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and determine driving trips based on the received data. The driving trips may be used along with the movement data to authenticate drivers based on a determined driver profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Alexander Herrmann, Connor Walsh, Pratheek M. Harish
  • Patent number: 10895467
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Connor Walsh
  • Patent number: 10876947
    Abstract: An optical particle sensor apparatus is equipped with a housing (MD) having an optical exit region (OF); an optical emitter device (LD) in the housing that is set up to emit an optical measurement beam (OB) for capturing particles; a focusing lens device (LE) in the housing for directing the optical measurement beam through the optical exit region to outside the housing in a focus region (FA), within which particle capturing is performable; an optical detector device (DD) arranged in the housing and set up to capture the measurement beam (OB?) scattered by particles (P) and to output information produced using an algorithm relating to the presence of the particles; and a controllable adaptation device (C, E), which is set up to adapt at least one optical property of the lens device and/or of the optical emitter device and/or of the optical detector device based on an input signal (ES; ES?) that provides information relating to a presence and to optical properties of an external optical window (EF) arranged be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Sören Sofke
  • Patent number: 10782221
    Abstract: A system for determining a particle contamination and a method for determining a particle contamination in a measurement environment is provided in which individual particles in the measurement environment are detected (S1), wherein a) an estimate of the number of particles per volume in the measurement environment is ascertained (S2), b) an estimate of the number of particles per volume and characterization information describing the particle source in the measurement information are taken as a basis for ascertaining an output value for the particle contamination in the measurement environment (S3), and c) context-related data are made available and the characterization information is estimated on the basis of the available context-related data (S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Alexander Van Der Lee, Wolfram Johannes Martin Lyda, Balazs Jatekos, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian, Matthias Falk, Dominik Moser
  • Patent number: 10768008
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Venu Madhav Tammali, Samantha Mait
  • Patent number: 10663314
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Pratheek M. Harish, Benjamin Robertson Yeomans, Alexander Herrmann, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Dipti Karmarkar
  • Publication number: 20200132582
    Abstract: A system for determining a particle contamination and a method for determining a particle contamination in a measurement environment, is provided in which individual particles in the measurement environment are detected (S1), wherein a) an estimate of the number of particles per volume in the measurement environment is ascertained (S2), b) an estimate of the number of particles per volume and characterization information describing the particle source in the measurement information are taken as a basis for ascertaining an output value for the particle contamination in the measurement environment (S3), and c) context-related data are made available and the characterization information is estimated on the basis of the available context-related data (S4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Alexander Van Der Lee, Wolfram Johannes Martin Lyda, Balazs Jatekos, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian, Matthias Falk, Dominik Moser
  • Publication number: 20200105114
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fire sensor device and a corresponding fire detection method. The optical fire sensor device is equipped with an optical particle detection unit (10), which is configured to ascertain measured values of a particle number in a measurement volume range (FA) as a function of a particle size in a predetermined particle size range and/or as a function of a particle speed in a predetermined particle speed range, a fire detection unit (20), which is configured to ascertain respective distributions of the measured values and to compare at least one parameter of the ascertained distributions to at least one predetermined criterion. The fire detection unit (20) is configured to detect a fire (B) in consideration of the comparison. An alarm unit (30, 40) is used to output an alarm signal in response to the detection of the fire (B) by the fire detection unit (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Thomas Hanses, Christopher Haug, Susanne Weidenfeld, Jens-Alrik Adrian
  • Publication number: 20200072723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable optical particle sensor apparatus and a corresponding particle measurement method. The portable optical particle sensor apparatus is equipped with an optical particle concentration capture device (10) which is set up to determine measured values of an instantaneous particle concentration of predetermined particles in an event-controlled measurement mode, and an event capture device (50; 50?; 50?) for capturing at least one predetermined local event relating to the environment of the optical particle sensor apparatus (10) and for activating the event-controlled measurement mode in response to the capture of the at least one predetermined local event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Matthias Michelsburg