Patents by Inventor Andrea Muller

Andrea Muller 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: 11364526
    Abstract: A metal strip is rolled in a roll stand and a control device for the roll stand determines, by means of a working cycle, a number of manipulated variables for flatness actuators of the roll stand and actuates them accordingly. The control device implements an optimizer, which provisionally sets the current correction values, and determines a totality of flatness values. Then, the optimizer minimizes the relationship by varying the current correction variables. When determining the current correction variables (s), the optimizer considers linear ancillary conditions, based at least in part on a vector having the ancillary conditions upheld by the current correction values and a vector having the ancillary conditions upheld by the difference of the current correction values relative to the correction values of the preceding working cycle. The control device determines the manipulated variables for the flatness actuators in consideration of the determined current correction variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Dressler, Andreas Maierhofer, Andreas Müller, Alexander Thekale, Slobodan Veljovic
  • Patent number: 11361493
    Abstract: A semantic texture map system to generate a semantic texture map based on a 3D model that comprises a plurality of vertices that include coordinate that indicate positions of the plurality of vertices, a UV map, and a semantic segmentation image that comprises a set of semantic labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 11335067
    Abstract: An augmented reality system to generate and cause display of a presentation of a space at a first client device, receive one or more selections of points within the presentation of the space at the first client device, and render graphical elements at the one or more points within the presentation of the space at the first client device. The augmented reality system is further configured to receive a display request to display the space at a second client device, and in response, may render a second presentation of the space at the second client device, wherein the second presentation of the space includes the graphical elements at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik
  • Patent number: 11335060
    Abstract: A location-based augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of augmented-reality content that includes three-dimensional typography, based on a perspective, and location of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20220148309
    Abstract: An augmented reality system to perform operations that include: accessing image data at a client device; determining a position of a user of the client device based on the image data; causing display of a projection that extends from the position of the user upon a presentation of the image data at the client device; detecting an intersection of the projection and a surface of an object; generating a request that includes an identification of the portion of the surface of the object at the client device; and presenting the portion of the surface of the object based on the graphical property of the projection at the client device in response to the request that includes the identification of the portion of the surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Rastan Boroujerdi, Kevin Yimeng Hong, Peng Deng, Piers George Cowburn, Jonathan Tang, Junjie Wei
  • Patent number: 11328891
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotating-anode bearing for an X-ray tube comprising a rotor shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a first axial end to a second axial end and supported to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis; wherein the rotor shaft has an anode holder in the area of the first axial end; and the anode holder comprises a flange which has a larger diameter than at least an adjacent section of the rotor shaft. The rotating-anode bearing according to the disclosure wherein the rotor shaft together with the flange is made as an integrally forged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Peter Andreas Muller
  • Publication number: 20220134736
    Abstract: In an example, a machine-readable medium stores instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to determine a difference between a measured printed output and an expected printed output. Based on the difference, a first control instruction for controlling a drop size wherein the drop size is variable, and a second control instruction for controlling a dot density of a variable dot density may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Josep Maria Cuner Utges, Andreas Muller, Mauricio Seras Franzoso
  • Patent number: 11305569
    Abstract: A method for regulating a deposition characteristic of a rendering material in a rendering apparatus includes determining a status of material deposition structure, and adjusting a physical attribute of the material deposition structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mauricio Seras Franzoso, Andreas Muller, Antonio Gracia Verdugo
  • Patent number: 11285733
    Abstract: The method may comprise depositing print agent of a particular color onto a printable substrate to form a patch of print agent. It may comprise directing radiation from a plurality of radiation sources onto the patch of print agent and onto the printable substrate. Also, may comprise detecting, using a sensor, radiation from the plurality of radiation sources which has been reflected from the printable substrate and radiation from the plurality of radiation sources which has been reflected from the patch of print agent. Further, may comprise measuring, for each of the plurality of radiation sources, an intensity of the radiation reflected from the printable substrate and an intensity of the radiation reflected from the patch of print agent. Also, may comprise selecting, based on the measured intensities, a radiation source of the sources to be associated with the print agent of the particular color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Manuel Agudo Acemel, Andreas Muller, Xavier Quintero Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11263459
    Abstract: An augmented reality system to perform operations that include: accessing image data at a client device; determining a position of a user of the client device based on the image data; causing display of a projection that extends from the position of the user upon a presentation of the image data at the client device; detecting an intersection of the projection and a surface of an object; generating a request that includes an identification of the portion of the surface of the object at the client device; and presenting the portion of the surface of the object based on the graphical property of the projection at the client device in response to the request that includes the identification of the portion of the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Rastan Boroujerdi, Kevin Yimeng Hong, Peng Deng, Piers George Cowburn, Jonathan Tang, Junjie Wei
  • Patent number: 11259934
    Abstract: A spine stabilization device having an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra. The device further includes a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device having a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies into a ventral direction. The support portion rests against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and includes an anchor. The anchor has an anchoring material portion that is inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SPINEWELDING AG
    Inventors: Andrea Müller, Milica Berra, Marcel Aeschlimann, Mario Lehmann, Urs Weber, Jörg Mayer, Stephen Hochschuler, Hansen Yuan, Frank M. Phillips, Stephanie Mehl, Elmar Mock, Andreas Wenger, Philipp Seiler, Ulrich Berlemann
  • Publication number: 20220056978
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a vehicle may include an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner tube arranged coaxially. A seal receiving element may be arranged between the inner tube and the middle tube on each side of a middle tube opening facing towards tube ends of the middle tube. A radially encircling sealing element may be arranged in the seal receiving element, and the sealing element may seal the middle tube compensation space relative to the outer tube compensation space at least with respect to damping medium. The seal receiving element may be configured at least partially as a coating element. The coating element may be disposed on the inner tube or the middle tube in a substance-to-substance bonded manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartig, Freddy Woenarta, Moritz Froese, Andreas Müller, Mike Malburg, Jürgen Schneider
  • Patent number: 11241265
    Abstract: A perforated sheath is anchored in a tissue opening with the aid of a tool, wherein the anchorage is achieved with the aid of mechanical vibration and a material which is liquefiable by the vibration. The tool includes a vibrating element and a counter element. Distal portions of both elements are introduced into the sheath to be in contact with each other at an interface. The vibrating element is connected to a vibration source and the vibrating element and the counter element are held against each other for effecting liquefaction of the liquefiable material at the interface. Under the effect of the force applied to the vibrating and counter element for holding them against each other, the liquefied material flows from the interface through the sheath perforation and penetrates the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: WOODWELDING AG
    Inventors: Mario Lehmann, Andrea Muller, Urs Weber, Philipp Seiler
  • Publication number: 20220021163
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a securing element for a connector, comprising a securing element body having a receptacle that is designed to encompass at least one rear segment of a cable connector element connected to at least one cable, and having a base running substantially perpendicular to the connection direction of the cable connector element, said base having an opening through which the at least one cable connected to the cable connector element can be guided, wherein the base is designed to positively enclose a cable-side end face of the cable connector element; and wherein the securing element body has at least two snap hooks that extend in the plug-in direction and which in each case have at their free end a latching element, such as a latching lug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Matthias Grossmann, Judith Raupp
  • Patent number: 11228851
    Abstract: A cerumen protection plug for a hearing device. The cerumen protection plug prevents cerumen from passing along a sound conduit in the hearing device and blocking sound output from a receiver in the hearing device. The cerumen protection plug includes a circular plug containing a cerumen barrier. A positioning handle allows the cerumen barrier to be positioned along the sound conduit, where it prevents cerumen that has entered the sound conduit from traveling along the sound conduit to the receiver or an output port of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Erich Dittli, Christoph Bosshard, Marius Ruefenacht, Joseph Muller, Andre Ochsenbein, George Meier, Andreas Muller, Erdal Karamuk, Markus Muller
  • Publication number: 20210370497
    Abstract: A production cell includes: at least one robot arranged to handle products; at least one buffer area for intermediate storage of products inside the production cell; a vision system with cameras arranged to determine, based on images from the cameras, the identity and the location of objects in the production cell a plurality of production modules, each production module comprising at least one Hardware Module configured to process products; and a plurality of module attachment locations, each module attachment location being configured to connect with an interface section of a production module through at least a physical connection and a power connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alfons Riek, Curt-Michael Stoll, Hans Klingel, Marcel Aeschlimann, Samuel Malzach, Christian Schmid, Christoph Berger, Judith Wimmer, Ivo Aschwanden, Kilian Iannucci, Alexandra Krause, Markus Andreas Müller, Martin Helmer, Peter Barmettler
  • Publication number: 20210362420
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 3D printer 10 having a coater 30 and a coater cleaning device 50. The coater 30 has a container 32 defining an inner cavity 34 for receiving particulate construction material and an output region 36 for outputting the particulate construction material. The coater cleaning device 50 has a cleaning web 52. The coater cleaning device 50 and the coater 30 are configured to move the output region 36 and/or the cleaning web 52 relative to each other for wiping the output region 36 by means of the cleaning web 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Muller, Thomas Leinauer, Andreas Muller
  • Publication number: 20210358215
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining a location of a selection in a space viewable in a camera view on a display of a computing device, detecting movement of the computing device, and generating a path based on the location of the selection and the movement of the computing device. The systems and methods further provide for generating a three-dimensional (3D) mesh along the path, populating the 3D mesh with selected options to generate a 3D paint object, and causing the generated 3D paint object to be displayed. The systems and methods further provide for receiving a request to send a message comprising an image or video overlaid by the 3D paint object, capturing the image or video overlaid by the displayed 3D paint object, generating the message comprising the image or video overlaid by the 3D paint object, and sending the message to another computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, Kyle Goodrich, Samuel Edward Hare, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, David Li, Tony Mathew, Andrew James Mcphee, Daniel Moreno, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Wentao Shang
  • Publication number: 20210343050
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein relate to an augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of interactive augmented reality content at a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Li, Piers George Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20210326635
    Abstract: An occlusion detection system to perform operations that include: capturing image data that depicts an environment at a client device, the environment including a target object at a position within the environment; causing display of a presentation of the environment at the client device, the presentation of the environment including a display of the target object at the position within the environment; detecting a first attribute of the display of the target object at the client device; performing a comparison of the first attribute of the display of the target object and a second attribute associated with the target object; and detecting an occlusion based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan