Patents by Inventor Benjamin Komm

Benjamin Komm 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).

  • Technique for adjusting the brightness of LED lamps
    Patent number: 9839086
    Abstract: A method is described for adjusting the brightness of at least one LED according to a changing supply voltage provided to the at least one LED includes acquiring a parameter which indicates the changing supply voltage; and providing, on the basis of the acquired parameter, a control voltage of the at least one LED for adjusting an LED current such that the at least one LED has a predefined relative brightness change over the predefined voltage range. A control unit and an LED lamp which implement the method described here are also discloses. Furthermore, an LED lighting apparatus and a medical diagnostic device having the LED lamp disclosed here are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HEINE OPTOTECHNIK GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Norbert Merkt, Benjamin Komm, Manfred Wittlinger, Oliver Heine, Bernd Kabbeck
  • TECHNIQUE FOR ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF LED LAMPS
    Publication number: 20160353540
    Abstract: A method is described for adjusting the brightness of at least one LED according to a changing supply voltage provided to the at least one LED includes acquiring a parameter which indicates the changing supply voltage; and providing, on the basis of the acquired parameter, a control voltage of the at least one LED for adjusting an LED current such that the at least one LED has a predefined relative brightness change over the predefined voltage range. A control unit and an LED lamp which implement the method described here are also discloses. Furthermore, an LED lighting apparatus and a medical diagnostic device having the LED lamp disclosed here are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Norbert Merkt, Benjamin Komm, Manfred Wittlinger, Oliver Heine, Bernd Kabbeck