Patents by Inventor Andre Giere

Andre Giere 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: 20210332835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding an electromagnetic wave within a cylinder head of a cylinder system, wherein the device comprises analysis electronics arranged in or on the cylinder head and a probe located in the cylinder head, as well as a connecting structure guiding the electromagnetic wave and arranged between the analysis electronics and the probe for versatile positioning of the analysis electronics, the connecting structure having a first signal connection (101, 201, 301, 401, 501a, 501b, 601, 701) for connection to the probe and a second signal connection (314, 514a, 514b, 714) for connection to the analysis electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Sebastian Lüttich, Sebastian Mann, Manuel Wolf
  • Patent number: 10877145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining a position of an object, in particular a moving object, in a three-dimensional space, characterized in that the device comprises at least two sensor units, each sensor unit having a field of view (FoV) and all sensor units are coupled by a central signal processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Manuel Wolf
  • Patent number: 10852407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting objects within a sweep range, comprising at least two switchable transmitting antennas (10), a plurality of receiving antennas (20), the transmitting antennas (10) and receiving antennas (20) respectively extending longitudinally, parallel to one another, in a first direction (y), and the receiving antennas (10) being arranged in a row and the row extending in a second direction (x), the receiving antennas (20) and the transmitting antennas (10) being arranged such that they produce a synthetic receiving antenna array for the beam sweep by means of the sequential activation of the transmitting antennas and the positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas, the resulting distance corresponding to the positions of the receiving antennas in the synthetic receiving antenna array in the second direction d, the adjacent receiving antennas in the device being spaced apart by a distance of d2 or greater and d2 being twice as great as distance d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ASTYX GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Koerber, Andre Giere
  • Publication number: 20200217944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the position of objects in two-dimensional space having a first dimension and a second dimension, the direction vector of which is orthogonal to the direction vector of the first dimension, containing at least one transmitter (I) having at least one transmitting antenna (3) and an imaging receiver circuit (2) having at least one receiving antenna array (Rx Array) with rows (6) of receiving antennas for scanning the first dimension by means of digital beam shaping, wherein the receiving antenna array has a linear array, a sparse array or an array with an enlarged aperture, and wherein the rows (6) of receiving antennas in the receiving antenna array of the receiver circuit (2) are linearly arranged in the first dimension according to a curve function or according to the contour of a two-dimensional geometric object and are spread out in the second dimension, and to a method using the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Johanna Guetlein-Holzer, Sebastian Mann
  • Publication number: 20200033466
    Abstract: The invention relates to a distance-measuring device for determining a distance between a reflection body in a conducting structure and a coupling region for electromagnetic waves, which region is provided on an end section of the conducting structure, said measuring device comprising a transmitting and receiving device, and a conduction junction (1) provided on the coupling region, for coupling the transmitting and receiving device to the conducting structure containing a medium, in order to couple an electromagnetic wave into the conducting structure, and to decouple the electromagnetic wave, reflected on the reflection body, from the conducting structure. Said measuring device also comprises an evaluation device for determining the distance between the coupling region and the reflection body from the complex reflection coefficient between the coupled electromagnetic wave and the decoupled electromagnetic wave. The invention also relates to the corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Sebastian Lüttich
  • Patent number: 10436889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a distance-measuring device for determining a distance between a reflection body in a conducting structure and a coupling region for electromagnetic waves, which region is provided on an end section of the conducting structure, said measuring device comprising a transmitting and receiving device, and a conduction junction (1) provided on the coupling region, for coupling the transmitting and receiving device to the conducting structure containing a medium, in order to couple an electromagnetic wave into the conducting structure, and to decouple the electromagnetic wave, reflected on the reflection body, from the conducting structure. Said measuring device also comprises an evaluation device for determining the distance between the coupling region and the reflection body from the complex reflection coefficient between the coupled electromagnetic wave and the decoupled electromagnetic wave. The invention also relates to the corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ASTYX GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Sebastian Lüttich
  • Publication number: 20180106895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting objects within a sweep range, comprising at least two switchable transmitting antennas (10), a plurality of receiving antennas (20), the transmitting antennas (10) and receiving antennas (20) respectively extending longitudinally, parallel to one another, in a first direction (y), and the receiving antennas (10) being arranged in a row and the row extending in a second direction (x), the receiving antennas (20) and the transmitting antennas (10) being arranged such that they produce a synthetic receiving antenna array for the beam sweep by means of the sequential activation of the transmitting antennas and the positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas, the resulting distance corresponding to the positions of the receiving antennas in the synthetic receiving antenna array in the second direction d, the adjacent receiving antennas in the device being spaced apart by a distance of d2 or greater and d2 being twice as great as distance d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Koerber, Andre Giere
  • Patent number: 9817110
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting objects within a sweep range, comprising at least two switchable transmitting antennas, a plurality of receiving antennas, the transmitting antennas and receiving antennas respectively extending longitudinally, parallel to one another, in a first direction, and the receiving antennas being arranged in a row and the row extending in a second direction, the receiving antennas and the transmitting antennas being arranged such that they produce a synthetic receiving antenna array for the beam sweep by means of the sequential activation of the transmitting antennas and the positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas, the resulting distance corresponding to the positions of the receiving antennas in the synthetic receiving antenna array in the second direction d, the adjacent receiving antennas in the device being spaced apart by a distance of d2 or greater and d2 being twice as great as distance d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ASTYX GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Koerber, Andre Giere
  • Publication number: 20140340253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting objects within a sweep range, comprising at least two switchable transmitting antennas, a plurality of receiving antennas, the transmitting antennas and receiving antennas respectively extending longitudinally, parallel to one another, in a first direction, and the receiving antennas being arranged in a row and the row extending in a second direction, the receiving antennas and the transmitting antennas being arranged such that they produce a synthetic receiving antenna array for the beam sweep by means of the sequential activation of the transmitting antennas and the positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas, the resulting distance corresponding to the positions of the receiving antennas in the synthetic receiving antenna array in the second direction d, the adjacent receiving antennas in the device being spaced apart by a distance of d2 or greater and d2 being twice as great as distance d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ASTYX GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Koerber, Andre Giere
  • Patent number: 7910510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric ceramics, thin and/or thick layers produced therefrom and a method for the production thereof and the use of the dielectrics and of the thin and/or thick layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Paul, Jürgen Hausselt, Joachim Binder, Hans-Joachim Ritzhaupt-Kleissl, Andre Giere, Patrick Scheele, Rolf Jakoby
  • Publication number: 20090297804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectric ceramics, thin and/or thick layers produced therefrom and a method for the production thereof and the use of the dielectrics and of the thin and/or thick layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Florian Paul, Jürgen Hausselt, Joachim Binder, Hans-Joachim Ritzhaupt-Kleissl, Andre Giere, Patrick Scheele, Rolf Jakoby
  • Patent number: D805232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Humanscale Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Volek, Sergio Andres Gier