Patents by Inventor Andreas Müller

Andreas Müller 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: 20250146123
    Abstract: A vapor source for depositing an evaporated material on a substrate is provided. The vapor source includes a vapor distribution pipe with a plurality of nozzles, wherein at least one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles includes a nozzle body with a nozzle channel extending along a nozzle axis for releasing evaporated material through a nozzle orifice; and a shielding portion connected to and in thermal contact with the nozzle body, the shielding portion having an aperture for passage of a low-angle part of the evaporated material toward a substrate. At least one lateral opening is provided between the shielding portion and the nozzle body for passage of a high-angle part of the evaporated material, particularly toward a wall of a material collector. Further described are a nozzle for a vapor source and a method of depositing an evaporated material on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Julian AULBACH, Andreas MÜLLER, Andreas LOPP
  • Patent number: 12286015
    Abstract: Powertrain, including an inverter unit, inverter housing, electric motor, electric motor housing, and a reducing gear. The inverter unit having an inverter configured for converting direct current to alternating current. The inverter housing defining an inverter housing interior volume accommodating the inverter. The reducing gear unit has a reducing gear and a reducing gear cover surrounding the reducing gear. The reducing gear defines an output reducing gear axis that is parallel to the motor axis. The reducing gear cover and the inverter housing are arranged at opposite ends of the electric motor with respect to the motor axis. The inverter housing includes a cut-out that defines a cut-out region fully contained within a convex hull of the inverter housing, wherein the cut-out region is disjoint from the inverter housing interior volume. The output reducing gear axis passes through the cut-out region without passing through the inverter housing interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Brusa Elektronik AG
    Inventors: Axel Krause, Pascal Haltner, Simon Islinger, Nikola Ivancic, Andreas Müller, Martin Breu, Lukas Böhler, Konrad Zegula
  • Publication number: 20250118028
    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: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: David Li, Piers George Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12272516
    Abstract: The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a rotary anode bearing assembly for an X-ray tube comprising at least one bearing outer ring and rolling elements arranged within the at least one bearing outer ring, which rolling elements roll on the at least one bearing outer ring and enclose a radially inner receiving space for receiving a rotor of an X-ray tube; comprising a bearing housing in which the at least one bearing outer ring is mounted, wherein the bearing housing circumferentially surrounds the at least one bearing outer ring. The rotary anode bearing assembly according to the disclosure includes an end face of at least one bearing outer ring or of a caulking ring axially adjoining the bearing outer ring is caulked to an end face of the bearing housing by plastic deformation of material of the bearing housing and/or of the bearing outer ring and/or of the caulking ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Florian Weber, Peter Andreas Muller, Alfred Sipple
  • Publication number: 20250109959
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12266062
    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: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, Qi Pan, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik
  • Publication number: 20250095309
    Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
  • Publication number: 20250095203
    Abstract: Method for creating marker-based shared augmented reality (AR) session starts with initializing a shared AR session by a first device and by a second device. The first device displays on a display a marker. The second device detects the marker using a camera included in the second device and captures an image of the marker using the camera. The second device determines a transformation between the first device and the second device using the image of the marker. A common coordinate frame is then determined using the transformation, the shared AR session is generated using the common coordinate frame, and the shared AR session is caused to be displayed by the first device and by the second device. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 12248873
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a synthetic training data set for training a machine learning computer vision model for performing at least one user defined computer vision task, in which spatially resolved sensor data are processed and evaluated with respect to at least one user defined object of interest, including receiving at least one model of a user defined object of interest; determining at least one render parameter and multiple render parameters; generating a set of training images by rendering the at least one model of the object of interest based on the at least one render parameter; generating annotation data for the set of training images with respect to the at least one object of interest; and providing a training data set including the set of training images and the annotation data for being output to the user and/or for training the computer vision model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Pooja Rangarajan, Nikhil Gupta, Andre Breitenfeld, Andreas Müller, Sebastian Schulz, Sheng Ling, Thomas Kammerlocher, Fabian Baier
  • Publication number: 20250052345
    Abstract: A pipe connector for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end, with a sleeve-like base body which has a first receptacle for inserting a first pipe end and a second receptacle for inserting a second pipe end, with first retaining elements in the area of the first receptacle, which are designed to fixate a first pipe end inserted into the first receptacle in the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed. The second retaining elements in the area of the second receptacle, which are designed to fixate a second pipe end inserted into the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed. One or more bridge retaining elements are provided, wherein a bridge retaining element extends in each case from the area of the first receptacle to the area of the second receptacle and forms at least one of the first retaining elements and at least one of the second retaining elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Klaus Schröder, Nadine Riili, Karsten Bohr, Natascha Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20250052346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe connector for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end, with a sleeve-like base body which has a first receptacle for inserting a first pipe end and a second receptacle for inserting a second pipe end, with first retaining elements in the area of the first receptacle, which are designed to fixate a first pipe end inserted into the first receptacle in the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed, and with second retaining elements in the area of the second receptacle, which are designed to fixate a second pipe end inserted into the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed, wherein the base body is formed from a plurality of base body segments arranged next to one another in the circumferential direction. The invention further relates to a use of the pipe connector and to a method for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Klaus Schröder, Nadine Riili, Karsten Bohr, Natascha Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 12211157
    Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
  • Patent number: 12211148
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Li, Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12203768
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12198376
    Abstract: Method for creating marker-based shared augmented reality (AR) session starts with initializing a shared AR session by a first device and by a second device. The first device displays on a display a marker. The second device detects the marker using a camera included in the second device and captures an image of the marker using the camera. The second device determines a transformation between the first device and the second device using the image of the marker. A common coordinate frame is then determined using the transformation, the shared AR session is generated using the common coordinate frame, and the shared AR session is caused to be displayed by the first device and by the second device. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 12138939
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a printing head includes a step-by-step switching mechanism, an actuator for shifting the step-by-step switching mechanism, and a locking disk supported for rotation. A first shifting tongue is provided for incrementally rotating the locking disk in a first direction of rotation. The first shifting tongue has two elongated holes for guidance purposes, one of which has a lateral recess. It is thus possible to adjust printing heads with a high degree of accuracy while saving time and costs. The device is preferably implemented in industrial inkjet printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Andreas Müller
  • Publication number: 20240362863
    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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Muller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12128509
    Abstract: A method for joining two metallic, tubular joining members to one another, the method including arranging two metallic, tubular joining members with respect to one another in an overlapping or end-face manner, and joining the joining members by material bond along a joining zone of the joining members. In the joining, a chain of joining spots extending in the circumferential direction of the joining members is produced in the joining zone, wherein successive joining spots in the chain overlap, wherein, in the joining, the joining spots are produced by means of TIG pulse welding with an arc time of up to 100 ms, preferably of up to 50 ms, wherein an arc of a welding pulse of the TIG pulse welding is extinguished after the arc time has been reached. A corresponding welding apparatus is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franziska Neubauer, Frank Mänken, Andreas Müller, Guido Buchholz, Matthias Angerhausen, Benjamin Ebert
  • Publication number: 20240331265
    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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20240316965
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a printing head includes a step-by-step switching mechanism, an actuator for shifting the step-by-step switching mechanism, and a locking disk supported for rotation. A first shifting tongue is provided for incrementally rotating the locking disk in a first direction of rotation. The first shifting tongue has two elongated holes for guidance purposes, one of which has a lateral recess. It is thus possible to adjust printing heads with a high degree of accuracy while saving time and costs. The device is preferably implemented in industrial inkjet printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Andreas Müller