Patents by Inventor Andreas Mueller

Andreas Mueller 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: 12039658
    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: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20240227748
    Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle, having a rotational axis, a pedal lever that can be rotated about the rotational axis, and a force generation unit for exerting a counterforce on the pedal lever via at least one coupling element of the force generation unit that is mechanically coupled to the pedal lever. Whereby the counterforce acts in the opposite direction to an actuation force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit is designed such that a curve of the counterforce along a pedal path of the pedal lever is in the form of a non-linear curve in a pedal path-counterforce diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Werner AUSTERMEIER, Kerim Florian HUGE, Andreas MUELLER, Ralf RIDDER, Claus VIETHEN
  • Publication number: 20240231506
    Abstract: Method of creating shared AR session based on a gesture starts with server receiving observed motion data from first device associated with first user. First device generating observed motion data based on an analysis of data stream comprising images of second user performing a gesture. Second user being associated with second device. Server receiving from second device captured motion data that corresponds to the gesture. Captured motion data being recorded by a sensor included in second device. Server determines whether there is a match between observed motion data from first device and captured motion data from second device. In response to determining that there is the match, server generates shared AR session between first device and second device and causes shared AR session to be displayed by first device and second device. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20240198694
    Abstract: A light trap for ultraviolet radiation for curing ink on a printing substrate contains a shaped body with more than two shape elements succeeding one another. The shaped body has a side facing the printing substrate and embodied to have step elements in a stepped arrangement as shape elements. Every step element contains a pair formed of a step surface and a riser, the step surfaces and the risers having different inclinations relative to the direction of transport. The step surfaces have a step length L and the riser has a step height H, and is characterized in that the following applies: L>2H. This provides an improved UV screen by use of the light trap while simultaneously simplifying the process of cleaning the light trap. This is preferably used in the process of printing and curing UV inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Bernard Beier, Silas Falter, Andreas Müller, Klaus-Dieter Scharf
  • Publication number: 20240201094
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a measurand of a medium includes a measuring cell, a measuring cell receptacle for holding the measuring cell, and a measuring apparatus for measuring the measurand, wherein the measuring cell includes a measurement chamber containing the medium and a reference chamber separate from the measurement chamber and containing a reference medium. The measurement chamber and the reference chamber are arranged relative to one another such that the measuring cell can be inserted into the measuring cell receptacle in a measuring position, in which measurements of the measurand of the medium can be performed by means of the measuring apparatus, and can be inserted into the measuring cell receptacle in a reference position, in which reference measurements of a reference variable of the reference medium in the reference chamber can be performed by means of the measuring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Hans Meyer, Matthias Großmann
  • Patent number: 12007558
    Abstract: A cleaning unit for a sensor with a sensor housing and a drive shaft comprises a holding element which extends along an axis and is suitable for being mounted on the drive shaft so that the cleaning unit can be moved by the drive shaft and a wiper element which is fastened to the holding element and has a ring which axially surrounds the holding element, so that the ring is in contact with the sensor housing of the sensor when the holding element is mounted on the drive shaft, wherein the ring has at least one tooth which extends radially to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Alejandro Vaca Torres, Andreas Müller
  • Patent number: 11999337
    Abstract: A pedal emulator for a vehicle is provided comprising a base part for mounting the pedal emulator to a structure of the vehicle. A pedal lever is pivotable around a rotary axis of the base part. A force generation unit exerts a counterforce on the pedal lever by means of at least one coupling element for mechanically coupling the force generation unit with the pedal lever. The counterforce works counter to an actuating force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit and the coupling element are designed and arranged in such a way that a progression of the counterforce along a pedal travel of the pedal lever (6) takes the form of a non-linear progression in a pedal travel-counterforce diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Werner Austermeier, Dennis Mark Burke, Kerim Florian Huge, Andreas Mueller, Ralf Ridder, Claus Viethen
  • Publication number: 20240164581
    Abstract: A brewing assembly with a bean hopper assembly that comprises a housing and a tub at least partially located in the housing. The tub defines a pocket configured to hold beans, and an opening extends through the tub to route beans into a provided grinder. A knob extends through the opening and includes a first locking member that includes a locked position where the tub is fixed to the housing, and an unlocked position where the tub is selectively fixed to the housing. A push button assembly includes a second locking member that is selectively moveable to an actuated position when the first locking member is in the unlocked position to release the tub, and where the tub is fixed to the housing when the second locking member is in the actuated position and the first locking member is in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Andreas Müller, Wolfgang Riessbeck, Fabiana Nunes Bressanin Weber, Saadettin Yesil
  • Publication number: 20240167937
    Abstract: A measuring device includes: a measuring cell, which can be manufactured cost-effectively and is easy to handle, insert and/or replace; a measuring cell receptacle for receiving the measuring cell, which is or can be clamped in the measuring cell receptacle; and a sensor for measuring for measuring at least one measured variable for a medium located in the measurement chamber or flowing through the measurement chamber of the measuring cell. The measuring cell includes a measurement chamber through which the medium can flow or which can be filled with a medium and a spring system with which the measuring cell can be clamped in the measuring cell receptacle in at least one clamping direction relating to a measurement chamber axis of the measurement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Hans Meyer, Matthias Großmann
  • Publication number: 20240159654
    Abstract: A measuring cell for performing optical measurements of a medium disposed in the measuring cell includes: recesses extending through a first outer wall and a second outer wall of the measuring cell; and two window mounts, each with a transparent window therein and each including outward protruding projections configured to be inserted a corresponding recess at a selected installation depth, wherein a wall of the measuring cell that surrounds the recess includes on an inside, for each selectable installation depth, one set of contact surfaces arranged around the recess in a radial direction such that the projections of the window mount seat on the contact surfaces of the corresponding set, which are arranged in an axial direction such that the window mount is arranged in the recess at the selected installation depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Hans Meyer, Matthias Großmann
  • Patent number: 11983307
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20240151331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for connecting rigid pipes and for connecting flexible pipes. The pipes have corresponding outer diameters, with a press jaw having a press contour, with at least one first fitting for press-fitting to a rigid pipe, the at least one first fitting having a first press sleeve with a first outer contour, with at least one second fitting for press-fitting to a flexible pipe, the at least one second fitting having a second press sleeve with a second outer contour, the at least one second fitting having a second press sleeve with a second outer contour has a second press sleeve with a second outer contour, the outer contour of the first press sleeve and the outer contour of the second press sleeve in each case being adapted at least in sections to the press contour of the press jaw of the press jaw and can be pressed by the press jaw and wherein the outer contours of the first press sleeve and of the second press sleeve correspond at least in sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Sudi Sinoplu, Stefan Rocksloh, Fabian Düperthal, Anton Hartmann, Paul Köster, Philipp Dasbach, Mesut Avci, Jörg Rosenthal, Andreas Müller
  • Publication number: 20240141799
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing a rotor (100) of a generator (4) in a turbine plant (1) in which the generator (4) is driven by at least one turbine (7), in particular a gas turbine or steam turbine, in which the turbine (7) is opened and the rotor (39) of the turbine (7) is removed, and only then is the rotor of the generator (4) pulled out of the generator (4) so that it is located in the lower housing half of the turbine (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Lang, Oliver Rottländer, Andreas Müller, Mark Grasso, Torsten Löber
  • Patent number: 11967787
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Matthias Grossmann, Judith Raupp
  • Publication number: 20240123418
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing reaction systems with a liquid phase (13) and a gas phase (15), the apparatus (1) comprising at least two tank reactors (3), a common feed line (5), a common drain line (25) for the liquid phase and a common drain line (21) for the gas phase, each tank reactor (3) being connected to the common feed line (5) by a supply line (7), to the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase by a liquid withdrawal line (27) and to the common drain line (21) for the gas phase by a gas withdrawal line (23), wherein the pressure in each tank reactor (3) is controlled by one of: (a) a pressure control (31) in the common feed line (5); (b) a pressure line (29) which is connected to the gas space of each tank reactor (3); (c) a pressure control (31) in the common drain line (21) for the gas phase and a flow restrictor (33) in the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase or a pressure control (31) in the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase and a flow restrictor (3
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Mueller, Peter Kolb, Michael Dejmek, Max Christoph Schmid
  • Patent number: 11960651
    Abstract: Method of creating shared AR session based on a gesture starts with server receiving observed motion data from first device associated with first user. First device generating observed motion data based on an analysis of data stream comprising images of second user performing a gesture. Second user being associated with second device. Server receiving from second device captured motion data that corresponds to the gesture. Captured motion data being recorded by a sensor included in second device. Server determines whether there is a match between observed motion data from first device and captured motion data from second device. In response to determining that there is the match, server generates shared AR session between first device and second device and causes shared AR session to be displayed by first device and second device. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 11953888
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    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
  • Patent number: 11941767
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving a request from a client device of a first user to engage in a shared augmented reality (AR) shopping experience with a second user; generating, for display on respective client devices of the first and second users, the shared AR shopping experience comprising a plurality of AR items that represent real-world products overlaid on a shared real-world environment of the first and second users; determining that the second user is interacting with a first AR item of the plurality of AR items; and in response to detecting that the second user is depicted in an image captured by the client device of the first user, overlaying the first AR item on the second user in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Itamar Berger, Amar Boghani, Maria Jose Garcia Sopo, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 11906327
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sensor holder for a flow sensor, comprising a substantially cylindrical housing with a housing interior with an opening at a first front face. The opening is designed to receive the flow sensor. The housing at the second front face, which is opposite the first front face, is conical. A first flushing opens to the housing interior, where the opening opens into the end region of the cone, and a second flushing opens to the housing interior. A fastening unit is designed to fasten the flow sensor in the housing, and a first wall holder is designed to be fastened to a wall. The first wall holder comprises a joint in the region of the second front face, with the joint connecting to the housing. The housing can be moved via the joint from a measurement position into a maintenance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Alejandro Vaca Torres, Michael Wiederkehr, Andreas Müller, Ralf Bernhard
  • Patent number: D1026322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Müller, Matthias Sperling