Patents by Inventor Bernd Richters

Bernd Richters 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: 11839484
    Abstract: A method for the objective determination of capillary refill behavior on a human body surface in which a spatially and spectrally resolved optical detection is carried out by at least one detector device (1) at a skin surface area (2) having a predefined areal size and outer contour. Subsequently a predefined pressure p constant over the skin surface area (2) is exerted over a predefined time t1; and the pressure effect is ended after expiry of this time t1. The spatially and spectrally resolved optical detection is carried out by the detector device (1) and the respective capillary refill behavior is spatially and temporally determined at a time t2 up to which at least one first threshold value of the measurement values detected simultaneously with spatial resolution has reached the measurement value that had been optically detected before the start of the pressure effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Uwe Vogel, Bernd Richter, Torsten Richter
  • Publication number: 20230376926
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for secure online transaction. The method includes receiving a plurality of transaction data associated with an authenticated registered user from a point of sale (POS) terminal. The plurality of transaction data is processed to identify sensitive information. The sensitive information is substituted with cryptographically generated tokens at a reader head of the POS terminal, wherein the tokens are randomly generated numbers, randomly generated character sequences, pseudorandom numbers, or a combination thereof. The cryptographically generated tokens are encrypted, via an encryption protocol, to generate encrypted tokens at the reader head of the POS terminal. The encrypted tokens are transmitted to one or more processing servers for data aggregation and payment settlement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd RICHTER, Michael BURGESS, Andrew HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20230196308
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data aggregation and efficient routing of the aggregated data for the settlement of payments. The method includes receiving, in real-time, transactions associated with an account of a registered user. The outstanding amount associated with transactions is aggregated based on a first preset time period. The payments for the aggregated outstanding amount are transmitted from a settlement account to an account of a merchant based on the first preset time period and/or a pre-determined total outstanding amount threshold. The transmitted payments are aggregated based on a second preset time period. The amount equivalent to the aggregated transmitted payments is transmitted from the account associated with the registered user to the settlement account based on the second preset time period. A user interface is then generated in devices of the registered user and merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd RICHTER, Michael BURGESS, Andrew HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20230073140
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data aggregation and efficient routing of the aggregated data for the settlement of payments. The method includes receiving, in real-time, transactions associated with an account of a registered user. The outstanding amount associated with transactions is aggregated based on a first preset time period. The payments for the aggregated outstanding amount are transmitted from a settlement account to an account of a merchant based on the first preset time period and/or a pre-determined total outstanding amount threshold. The transmitted payments are aggregated based on a second preset time period. The amount equivalent to the aggregated transmitted payments is transmitted from the account associated with the registered user to the settlement account based on the second preset time period. A user interface is then generated in devices of the registered user and merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd RICHTER, Michael BURGESS, Andrew HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20230070215
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing and settling transactions between bank accounts associated with registered users and merchants. The method includes determining transactions for payment accounts associated with payment vehicles of registered users. The outstanding amount associated with transactions of each payment account is aggregated based on a first preset time period. The payments for the aggregated outstanding amount are transmitted to recipient accounts of merchants based on the first preset time period and/or a pre-determined total outstanding amount threshold. The transmitted payments are aggregated based on a second preset time period, the first preset time period being a subset of the second preset time period. The amount of the aggregated transmitted payments is deducted from the payment account based on the second preset time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd RICHTER, Michael BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20230071023
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing and settling transactions between bank accounts associated with registered users and merchants. The method includes determining transactions for payment accounts associated with payment vehicles of registered users. The outstanding amount associated with transactions of each payment account is aggregated based on a first preset time period. The payments for the aggregated outstanding amount are transmitted to recipient accounts of merchants based on the first preset time period and/or a pre-determined total outstanding amount threshold. The transmitted payments are aggregated based on a second preset time period, the first preset time period being a subset of the second preset time period. The amount of the aggregated transmitted payments is deducted from the payment account based on the second preset time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd RICHTER, Michael BURGESS
  • Patent number: 11498153
    Abstract: A head piece and a welding tool, in particular an FSW tool, equipped therewith, and a welding method. The head piece has a through-opening for a plasticizing welding means, in particular a rotating welding pin. The head piece also has a profiled end face which faces the workpiece during welding and has end face regions of different heights and a sloping shoulder, which conducts the plasticized material of the workpiece and connects the end face regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Stefan Fröhlke, Junhua Gao, Stefan Habersetzer
  • Publication number: 20220278188
    Abstract: Provided is a semi-transparent display and a method for producing a semi-transparent display. An SOI wafer is provided, the surface having at least one pixel region and at least one contact region arranged next to the pixel region, the SOI wafer comprising a silicon substrate on the rear side. At least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer is deposited on the front side of the SOI wafer. At least one transparent cover layer is applied above the at least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer. A wiring carrier is fastened to the assembly comprising the SOI wafer, the electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer and the transparent cover layer. Before fastening of the wiring carrier to the assembly, the silicon substrate is removed from the assembly, producing a residual assembly, and electrically conductive connections are formed between the contact region of the SOI wafer and the wiring carrier from the rear side of the SOI wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Philipp Wartenberg, Stephan Brenner, Volker Kirchhoff, Uwe Vogel
  • Publication number: 20220208871
    Abstract: A display comprising a light emitting OLED stack on top of a silicon-based backplane with individually addressable pixels and control circuitry wherein the control circuitry of the silicon-based backplane comprises at least one driving transistor where a first terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to an external power source VDD, and the second terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the bottom electrode of the OLED stack; wherein the gate of the driving transistor is controlled by a data signal which supplied by a scan transistor controlled by a signal from select line SELECT1; and the control circuitry additionally comprises a protection circuit comprising a bipolar junction transistor. There can be a switch transistor between the scan transistor and the gate of the driving transistor for microdisplay applications. The OLED stack can comprise two or more OLED light-emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: John HAMER, Jeffrey SPINDLER, Marina KONDAKOVA, Bernd RICHTER, Philipp WARTENBERG, Gerd BUNK, Uwe VOGEL
  • Publication number: 20220199931
    Abstract: A microdisplay comprising a light emitting OLED stack on top of a silicon-based backplane with individually addressable pixels and control circuitry wherein the light emitting OLED stack has three or more OLED units between a top electrode and a bottom electrode; and the control circuitry of the silicon-based backplane comprises at least two transistors with their channels connected in series between an external power source VDD, and the bottom electrode of the OLED stack. The light-emitting OLED stack preferably has a Vth of at least 7.5V or more. The control circuit can include a protection circuit comprised of a p-n diode, preferably a bipolar junction transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: John HAMER, Marina KONDAKOVA, Jeffrey SPINDLER, Bernd RICHTER, Philipp WARTENBERG, Gerd BUNK, Uwe VOGEL
  • Patent number: 11362164
    Abstract: Provided is a semi-transparent display and a method for producing a semi-transparent display. An SOI wafer is provided, the surface having at least one pixel region and at least one contact region arranged next to the pixel region, the SOI wafer comprising a silicon substrate on the rear side. At least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer is deposited on the front side of the SOI wafer. At least one transparent cover layer is applied above the at least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer. A wiring carrier is fastened to the assembly comprising the SOI wafer, the electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer and the transparent cover layer. Before fastening of the wiring carrier to the assembly, the silicon substrate is removed from the assembly, producing a residual assembly, and electrically conductive connections are formed between the contact region of the SOI wafer and the wiring carrier from the rear side of the SOI wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Philipp Wartenberg, Stephan Brenner, Volker Kirchhoff, Uwe Vogel
  • Publication number: 20210369186
    Abstract: A method for the objective determination of capillary refill behavior on a human body surface in which a spatially and spectrally resolved optical detection is carried out by at least one detector device (1) at a skin surface area (2) having a predefined areal size and outer contour. Subsequently a predefined pressure p constant over the skin surface area (2) is exerted over a predefined time t1; and the pressure effect is ended after expiry of this time t1. The spatially and spectrally resolved optical detection is carried out by the detector device (1) and the respective capillary refill behavior is spatially and temporally determined at a time t2 up to which at least one first threshold value of the measurement values detected simultaneously with spatial resolution has reached the measurement value that had been optically detected before the start of the pressure effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Uwe VOGEL, Bernd RICHTER, Torsten RICHTER
  • Publication number: 20210170520
    Abstract: A head piece and a welding tool, in particular an FSW tool, equipped therewith, and a welding method. The head piece has a through-opening for a plasticizing welding means, in particular a rotating welding pin. The head piece also has a profiled end face which faces the workpiece during welding and has end face regions of different heights and a sloping shoulder, which conducts the plasticized material of the workpiece and connects the end face regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Stefan Fröhlke, Junhua Gao, Stefan Habersetzer
  • Patent number: 10953489
    Abstract: A set of fittings for an FSW tool (friction-stir-welding tool) includes an adapter that can be inserted into a tool-receiving element and is designed to receive a welding rod, and a shoulder cap that includes a through-opening for the welding rod and the adapter. The shoulder cap includes a welding shoulder region adjacent to the through-opening on the outer surface. The adapter can be rotated in relation to the shoulder cap, about a longitudinal axis extending concentrically to the through-opening. The inner contour of the through-opening and a radial outer contour of the adapter have a conical shape at least on the end facing the welding point. In this way, a conical annular gap is created between the adapter and the shoulder cap, the width of which is adjustable by positioning the adapter along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fröhlke, Stefan Habersetzer, Bernd Richter
  • Patent number: 10797109
    Abstract: A micro-structured organic sensor device which has the following layers oriented in parallel to one another: a substrate layer for supporting the further layers; an organic sensor layer for converting a technical quantity to be detected to an electrical quantity; a first electrode layer for contacting the organic sensor layer on a side of the organic sensor layer facing the substrate layer; a second electrode layer for contacting the organic sensor layer on a side of the organic sensor layer facing away from the substrate layer; and one or several functional layers; wherein the sensor layer is structured such that a plurality of horizontally spaced sensor segments are formed; wherein at least one of the electrode layers is structured such that a plurality of horizontally spaced electrode segments are formed so that at least one of the electrode segments of the respective electrode layer is associated to each of the sensor segments; and wherein the one or several functional layers at least partly fill gaps lo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Philipp Wartenberg, Karsten Fehse, Matthias Jahnel
  • Publication number: 20200303486
    Abstract: Provided is a semi-transparent display and a method for producing a semi-transparent display. An SOI wafer is provided, the surface having at least one pixel region and at least one contact region arranged next to the pixel region, the SOI wafer comprising a silicon substrate on the rear side. At least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer is deposited on the front side of the SOI wafer. At least one transparent cover layer is applied above the at least one electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer. A wiring carrier is fastened to the assembly comprising the SOI wafer, the electromagnetic-radiation-emitting layer and the transparent cover layer. Before fastening of the wiring carrier to the assembly, the silicon substrate is removed from the assembly, producing a residual assembly, and electrically conductive connections are formed between the contact region of the SOI wafer and the wiring carrier from the rear side of the SOI wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Philipp Wartenberg, Stephan Brenner, Volker Kirchhoff, Uwe Vogel
  • Publication number: 20200248110
    Abstract: A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material and at least one fragrance, wherein the carrier material is a water-containing salt (hydrate) whose water vapour partial pressure at a specific temperature in the range from 30 to 100° C. corresponds to the H2O partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own crystal water. The composition is characterized in that it has a distinctly improved water solubility compared to known polyethylene glycol-based compositions. The invention further relates to methods for producing the solid composition, and to a washing or cleaning product including the solid composition. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a washing or cleaning product for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces, and corresponding methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using a washing or cleaning product of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Schmiedel, Danilo Panzica, Bernd Larson, Thomas Holderbaum, Bernd Richter, Dieter Nickel, Regina Stehr, Mireia Subinya
  • Patent number: 10668003
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition for the temporary shaping of hair, containing a combination of two specific anionic acrylate copolymers. The cosmetic composition provides an extremely good moisture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Julia Bibiane Lange, Anna Puls, Cyrielle Martinez, Bernd Richters
  • Patent number: 10660842
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition for the temporary shaping of hair, containing a combination of an anionic acrylate polymer and an amphoteric polymer. The cosmetic composition provides an extremely good moisture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Julia Bibiane Lange, Anna Puls, Cyrielle Martinez, Bernd Richters
  • Patent number: D970780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, David Nelson, James McGrath, Wolfgang Muller, Krzysztof Szymanski, Rafe Bertram, Lorenzo Poli, Bernd Richter, Robert Bridger, Jonathan P. Siegel, Vasco Agnoli, Casey Feeney