Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN SCHMITT
BENJAMIN SCHMITT 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: 11826678Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Aqseptence Group, Inc.Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
-
Publication number: 20210354057Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
-
Publication number: 20210201705Abstract: A sealing device for sealing at least one storage and/or packaging device for durable goods, particularly machine tools, and/or for sealing at least one piece of information includes at least one information carrier unit for receiving the at least one piece of information and/or a security key, particularly durable-goods-specific information and/or a durable-goods-specific security key. The sealing device also includes at least one fastening unit, particularly an adhesive unit for fastening at least the information carrier unit to the storage and/or packaging device or to the durable goods, particularly machine tools. The sealing device further includes at least one sealing unit for an at least substantially irreversible visualisation, for the first time, of the information carrier unit and/or a first-time opening of the storage and/or packaging unit. The sealing unit covers at least the information carrier unit in the at least one sealing state such that it cannot be seen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Benjamin Schmitt, Florian Esenwein
-
Patent number: 10933353Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Aqseptence Group, Inc.Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
-
Patent number: 10156624Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing an MR image of a volume segment within an examination object, MR data within the volume segment are acquired according to a separation method by MR data for a k-space line being acquired respectively in steps while a readout gradient is activated in the same readout direction. An image of a first substance and an image of a second substance are thereby reconstructed. A shift length, by which the image of the first substance and the image of the second substance are displaced relative to one another due to the chemical shift in the readout direction is determined. The image of the first substance and/or the image of the second substance is shifted as a function of the shift length, to compensate for the relative displacement between the images of the first and second substances in the readout direction due to the chemical shift. An MR image is generated by combining the images of the first and second substances.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 9846212Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to improve saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes at least one acquisition cycle, that includes: a preparation pulse set with a number of preparation pulses, a saturation pulse set that is disjoint from the preparation pulse set, with a number of saturation pulses, and a readout block set with a number of readout blocks.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 9823321Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject using an acquisition sequence that includes at least one acquisition cycle, wherein the acquisition cycle includes a readout block set with at least two readout blocks, and a saturation pulse set with at least two saturation pulses, the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set are respectively associated with respective readout blocks of the readout block set, and the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set have respectively varying flip angles.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: John Kirsch, Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 9678181Abstract: A method for shimming a magnetic field in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device includes determining a field of view region for an object under examination. Determining the field of view region includes adapting the field of view region automatically to a region of the object under examination to be examined by the MRT device. Before the MRT device records an image, an adjustment measurement of the magnetic field is performed. A field map of the magnetic field of the field of view region is defined based on the adjustment measurement. A shimming of the magnetic field is implemented based on the field map.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 9632159Abstract: A method includes recording a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum with the aid of a high frequency (HF) coil and a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device. A static magnetic field results in a recording volume of the MRT device. The method also includes an automatic analysis of the MR spectrum by searching for two resonant signals in the form of a fat peak, a water peak, and a minimum between the fat peak and the water peak. Such an automatic analysis is used for an automatic decision as a function of a predeterminable criterion, as to whether a series, including a plurality of acts, or a single act is performed. The homogeneity of the static magnetic field is adjusted with the aid of at least one shim coil of the MRT device, and an HF pulse is calculated for fat saturation as a function of the result of the search.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 9599691Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method for RF excitation with two resonance frequencies to detect the CEST effect, the RF excitation is achieved with the use of a first RF antenna and a second RF antenna of the magnetic resonance apparatus with a first portion of the RF excitation at a first resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies being implemented with the first RF antenna, and a second portion of the RF excitation at a second resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies is implemented with the second RF antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20160084930Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing an MR image of a volume segment within an examination object, MR data within the volume segment are acquired according to a separation method by MR data for a k-space line being acquired respectively in steps while a readout gradient is activated in the same readout direction. An image of a first substance and an image of a second substance are thereby reconstructed. A shift length, by which the image of the first substance and the image of the second substance are displaced relative to one another due to the chemical shift in the readout direction is determined. The image of the first substance and/or the image of the second substance is shifted as a function of the shift length, to compensate for the relative displacement between the images of the first and second substances in the readout direction due to the chemical shift. An MR image is generated by combining the images of the first and second substances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20150268319Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject using an acquisition sequence that includes at least one acquisition cycle, wherein the acquisition cycle includes a readout block set with at least two readout blocks, and a saturation pulse set with at least two saturation pulses, the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set are respectively associated with respective readout blocks of the readout block set, and the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set have respectively varying flip angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: John Kirsch, Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20150198686Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to improve saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes at least one acquisition cycle, that includes: a preparation pulse set with a number of preparation pulses, a saturation pulse set that is disjoint from the preparation pulse set, with a number of saturation pulses, and a readout block set with a number of readout blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Patent number: 8970614Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics. [Method of solution] The present invention performs processing leaving only the calculation results of the necessary column to obtain blur image without full memory of the SAT table. As a result, the present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Digital Media Professionals Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Schmitt, Olney Steven
-
Publication number: 20140333303Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method for RF excitation with two resonance frequencies to detect the CEST effect, the RF excitation is achieved with the use of a first RF antenna and a second RF antenna of the magnetic resonance apparatus with a first portion of the RF excitation at a first resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies being implemented with the first RF antenna, and a second portion of the RF excitation at a second resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies is implemented with the second RF antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20140049258Abstract: A method includes recording a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum with the aid of a high frequency (HF) coil and a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device. A static magnetic field results in a recording volume of the MRT device. The method also includes an automatic analysis of the MR spectrum by searching for two resonant signals in the form of a fat peak, a water peak, and a minimum between the fat peak and the water peak. Such an automatic analysis is used for an automatic decision as a function of a predeterminable criterion, as to whether a series, including a plurality of acts, or a single act is performed. The homogeneity of the static magnetic field is adjusted with the aid of at least one shim coil of the MRT device, and an HF pulse is calculated for fat saturation as a function of the result of the search.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20140027369Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Bilfinger Water Technologies Inc.Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberthardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
-
Publication number: 20130307541Abstract: A method for shimming a magnetic field in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device includes determining a field of view region for an object under examination. Determining the field of view region includes adapting the field of view region automatically to a region of the object under examination to be examined by the MRT device. Before the MRT device records an image, an adjustment measurement of the magnetic field is performed. A field map of the magnetic field of the field of view region is defined based on the adjustment measurement. A shimming of the magnetic field is implemented based on the field map.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
-
Publication number: 20130042069Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics. [Method of solution] The present invention performs processing leaving only the calculation results of the necessary column to obtain blur image without full memory of the SAT table. As a result, the present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Digital Media Professionals Inc,Inventors: Benjamin Schmitt, Olney Steven
-
Publication number: 20090211965Abstract: Panels of a filter screen have a plurality of rods and a plurality of wires. The rods are arranged parallel to one another in a first direction. The wires are arranged parallel to one another and are attached in a perpendicular direction to the rods. The rods have jointed ends with a tab and a bevel along one edge of the panels and have flush ends along an opposite edge of the panels. The panels are connected together edge to edge in an elongated sheet by adjoining the jointed and the flush ends of the rods and then welding a plurality of splice bars alternatingly between adjacent ones of the rods at the joints. The elongated sheet is then rolled into a cylindrical tier that can be used as a portion of a basket, centerpipe or other cylindrical screen for a radial flow process or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.Inventors: TONY PARR, GERRY BERRY, BENJAMIN SCHMITT