Patents by Inventor Andreas Weimer

Andreas Weimer 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: 20230394815
    Abstract: A method for classifying plants. In the method, the plants or their plant components are detected within an evaluation region at a first evaluation point in time with the aid of an optical and/or infrared detection unit, and the detected image data of the detection unit are evaluated with the aid of an algorithm. Using the evaluation, it is possible to distinguish at least one first plant type from at least one second plant type. The second plant type being treated in particular with a medium, preferably a liquid spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Weimer, Farid Khani
  • Publication number: 20230380404
    Abstract: A method for classifying plants. In the method, the plants or their plant components, in particular plant leaves, are detected in an evaluation region with the aid of an optical and/or infrared detection unit, and the detected image data of the detection unit are evaluated with the aid of an algorithm, via the evaluation a first plant type being distinguished from a second plant type, the second plant type being treated in particular with a medium, preferably a liquid spray, and the first plant type being planted in the form of a plant row in a tubular cultivation row tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Weimer, Farid Khani
  • Publication number: 20230363371
    Abstract: A method for applying a spray agent to an agricultural land using a spray nozzle unit of an agricultural spray device. The method includes detecting first and second field sections of the agricultural land using an optical detection unit to obtain first and second pieces of image information from the first and second field sections, wherein the pieces of image information have a common lateral overlapping area having a depth in the travel direction of the agricultural spray device; classifying plants in the obtained pieces of image information using a control unit; determining first and second plant identification numbers for first and second image evaluation areas in the obtained first and second pieces of image information using the classified plants; and applying the spray agent as a function of the determined plant identification numbers using the spray nozzle unit of the agricultural spray device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Weimer, Carl-Ludwig von Horstig, Christoph Schaefer, Farid Khani, Nicolas Houis
  • Publication number: 20230334700
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a camera. The method includes inputting a raw camera image, the raw camera image having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a gray-scale value out of a plurality of gray-scale values. A first quantity of pixel gray-scale values that are above a maximum gray-scale value limit is compared with a first frequency. A current gain of the camera is adjusted to a new gain if the first quantity exceeds the first frequency. A second quantity of pixel gray-scale values that are above a minimum gray-scale value limit is compared with a second frequency if the first quantity does not exceed the first frequency. The current gain and a current exposure of the camera are retained if the second quantity is not below the second frequency. The current exposure is adjusted to a new exposure if the second quantity is below the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Weimer, Farid Khani
  • Publication number: 20230301228
    Abstract: A method for classifying plants for agricultural purposes. The method includes: detecting a field section having plants using an optical detection unit inclined toward the field section to obtain image information having a rear image edge having an image width and a front image edge having a larger image width; classifying the plants in the image information into first and second plant classes using an algorithm to treat the plants of the second plant class with a liquid spray agent, in accordance with the classification. The step of classifying comprises a step of reclassifying, in which classified plants are reclassified from the second plant class to the first plant class using the algorithm if they extend in a rear image section of the image information defined by a defined image separation line from a lateral image edge of the image information maximally up to a defined reclassification boundary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Weimer, Farid Khani
  • Publication number: 20230047239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery shell, in particular a battery shell of a traction battery, the battery shell being formed from plastics material, the battery shell having a fastening system for fastening a component to the battery shell, the fastening system having a guide rail, an inner profile and a fastening element, the guide rail being integrally or interlockingly connected to the battery shell, the inner profile being guided by the guide rail, the fastening element being designed to establish a connection between the component and the inner profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Lenz, Hartmut Wolf, Andreas Weimer, Georg Enkirch
  • Publication number: 20060289854
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device with a multiple quantum well structure, in which well layers and barrier layers comprising various types of semiconductor layers are alternately layered, in which device well layers (6a) of a first composition based on a nitride semiconductor material with a first electron energy and barrier layers (6b) of a second composition of a nitride semiconductor material with electron energy which is higher in comparison with the first electron energy are provided, followed, seen in the direction of growth, by a radiation-active quantum well layer (6c), for which the essentially non-radiating well layers (6a) and the barrier layers (6b) arranged in front form a superlattice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Berthold Hahn, Hans-Jurgen Lugauer, Helmut Bolay, Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Uwe Strauss, Johannes Volkl, Ulrich Zehnder, Alfred Lell, Andreas Weimer
  • Patent number: 7106090
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device with a multiple quantum well structure, in which well layers and barrier layers comprising various types of semiconductor layers are alternately layered, in which device well layers (6a) of a first composition based on a nitride semiconductor material with a first electron energy and barrier layers (6b) of a second composition of a nitride semiconductor material with electron energy which is higher in comparison with the first electron energy are provided, followed, seen in the direction of growth, by a radiation-active quantum well layer (6c), for which the essentially non-radiating well layers (6a) and the barrier layers (6b) arranged in front form a superlattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Berthold Hahn, Hans-Jurgen Lugauer, Helmut Bolay, Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Uwe Strauss, Johannes Volkl, Ulrich Zehnder, Alfred Lell, Andreas Weimer
  • Publication number: 20050116216
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device with a multiple quantum well structure, in which well layers and barrier layers comprising various types of semiconductor layers are alternately layered, in which device well layers (6a) of a first composition based on a nitride semiconductor material with a first electron energy and barrier layers (6b) of a second composition of a nitride semiconductor material with electron energy which is higher in comparison with the first electron energy are provided, followed, seen in the direction of growth, by a radiation-active quantum well layer (6c), for which the essentially non-radiating well layers (6a) and the barrier layers (6b) arranged in front form a superlattice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Berthold Hahn, Hans-Jurgen Lugauer, Helmut Bolay, Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Uwe Strauss, Johannes Volkl, Ulrich Zehnder, Alfred Lell, Andreas Weimer
  • Patent number: 6849881
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device with a multiple quantum well structure, is set out in which well layers and barrier layers, comprising various types of semiconductor layers, are alternately layered. The device well layers comprise a first composition based on a nitride semiconductor material with a first electron energy. The barrier layers comprise a second composition of a nitride semiconductor material with electron energy which is higher in comparison to the first electron energy. The well and barrier layers are in the direction of growth, by a radiation-active quatum well layer which with the essentially non-radiating well layers (6a) and the barrier layers (6b), arranged in front, form a supperlattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Berthold Hahn, Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Helmut Bolay, Stefan Bader, Dominik Eisert, Uwe Strauss, Johannes Völkl, Ulrich Zehnder, Alfred Lell, Andreas Weimer
  • Publication number: 20040185599
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor component is based on a nitride compound semiconductor. In a first step of the method, provision is made of a semiconductor body containing at least one nitride compound semiconductor. In a second step, a metal layer is applied to the surface of the semiconductor body. Afterward, in a third step, the semiconductor body is patterned, a part of the metal layer and parts of the underlying semiconductor body are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Volker Harle, Alfred Lell, Andreas Weimer