Patents by Inventor Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann

Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann 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: 11952123
    Abstract: A table device for a vehicle cabin, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft. The table device includes an active surface which is coated with at least one active material that is photoactive and antimicrobial. The table device furthermore includes an irradiation device, which is configured to irradiate the active surface with light. A passenger seat or a vehicle cabin may incorporate such a table device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20210323678
    Abstract: A table device for a vehicle cabin, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft. The table device includes an active surface which is coated with at least one active material that is photoactive and antimicrobial. The table device furthermore includes an irradiation device, which is configured to irradiate the active surface with light. A passenger seat or a vehicle cabin may incorporate such a table device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Carsten KOHLMEIER-BECKMANN
  • Patent number: 11080515
    Abstract: A virtual window device, particularly for use in an airplane, includes a bezel, or a frame, with a display arranged within the bezel, or within the frame; a distance sensor unit configured to produce at least one first distance signal indicating a first distance to an object; a first camera unit configured to capture a live video of a real scene; and a computing unit configured to select, based at least on the at least one first distance signal, a section of the live video of the real scene captured by the first camera unit; wherein the computing unit is further configured to control the display to display the selected section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Patent number: 10780985
    Abstract: An evacuation slide including a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from the region to be evacuated and being arranged at a lower height than the region to be evacuated. A light signal generating device is adapted to generate a light signal which illuminates the bottom end portion of the sliding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir
  • Publication number: 20200151426
    Abstract: A virtual window device, particularly for use in an airplane, includes a bezel, or a frame, with a display arranged within the bezel, or within the frame; a distance sensor unit configured to produce at least one first distance signal indicating a first distance to an object; a first camera unit configured to capture a live video of a real scene; and a computing unit configured to select, based at least on the at least one first distance signal, a section of the live video of the real scene captured by the first camera unit; wherein the computing unit is further configured to control the display to display the selected section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20200071000
    Abstract: Interior lighting for an aircraft with a light source, a trim component, which has a recess, and a covering, which conceals the recess. The light source is arranged in the recess and emits light in a predetermined operating mode. The covering has the optical characteristics of an outer coating or a material of the trim component, wherein the light source is invisible from any position in the interior of the aircraft when viewing the trim component in the normal operating mode. The trim has a recess, a light source and a covering. Also, an aircraft with interior lighting and a method for the production of interior lighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Carsten KOHLMEIER-BECKMANN
  • Patent number: 10579861
    Abstract: A virtual window device, particularly for use in an airplane, includes a bezel, or a frame, with a display arranged within the bezel, or within the frame; a distance sensor unit configured to produce at least one first distance signal indicating a first distance to an object; a first camera unit configured to capture a live video of a real scene; and a computing unit configured to select, based at least on the at least one first distance signal, a section of the live video of the real scene captured by the first camera unit; wherein the computing unit is further configured to control the display to display the selected section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Publication number: 20180068170
    Abstract: A virtual window device, particularly for use in an airplane, includes a bezel, or a frame, with a display arranged within the bezel, or within the frame; a distance sensor unit configured to produce at least one first distance signal indicating a first distance to an object; a first camera unit configured to capture a live video of a real scene; and a computing unit configured to select, based at least on the at least one first distance signal, a section of the live video of the real scene captured by the first camera unit; wherein the computing unit is further configured to control the display to display the selected section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Patent number: 9701411
    Abstract: An evacuation slide comprises a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from, and at a lower height, than the region. The sliding face, at the top end portion, comprises a flat porch section connected to an inclined section of the sliding face via a transition section. The sliding face has at least one of a first guidance marking placed in the flat porch section and having a shape and orientation adapted indicate a predefined evacuation direction in the inclined section of the sliding face and a second guidance marking placed in the transition section and having a shape and orientation adapted to indicate a separation between the flat porch section and the inclined section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir, Gary Leegate
  • Patent number: 9626846
    Abstract: An evacuation slide comprises a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from the region to be evacuated and being arranged at a lower height than the region to be evacuated. A light signal generating device is adapted to irradiate at least one light beam onto the escape route which extends further in a direction parallel to a center line of the escape route than in a direction perpendicular to the center line of the escape route so as to indicate a predefined evacuation direction along the escape route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir, Gary Leegate, Anja Niemeyer
  • Publication number: 20160167794
    Abstract: An evacuation slide comprises a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from, and at a lower height, than the region. The sliding face, at the top end portion, comprises a flat porch section connected to an inclined section of the sliding face via a transition section. The sliding face has at least one of a first guidance marking placed in the flat porch section and having a shape and orientation adapted indicate a predefined evacuation direction in the inclined section of the sliding face and a second guidance marking placed in the transition section and having a shape and orientation adapted to indicate a separation between the flat porch section and the inclined section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir, Gary Leegate
  • Publication number: 20160171848
    Abstract: An evacuation slide comprises a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from the region to be evacuated and being arranged at a lower height than the region to be evacuated. A light signal generating device is adapted to irradiate at least one light beam onto the escape route which extends further in a direction parallel to a center line of the escape route than in a direction perpendicular to the center line of the escape route so as to indicate a predefined evacuation direction along the escape route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir, Gary Leegate, Anja Niemeyer
  • Publication number: 20160167795
    Abstract: An evacuation slide including a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from the region to be evacuated and being arranged at a lower height than the region to be evacuated. A light signal generating device is adapted to generate a light signal which illuminates the bottom end portion of the sliding face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Fred Raszpir
  • Publication number: 20150151843
    Abstract: A system for evacuating persons from a vehicle includes a light signal generating device, which emits at least one visual light signal that indicates at least one preset escape route for at least one person to be evacuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Carsten KOHLMEIER-BECKMANN, Anja NIEMEYER, Fred RASZPIR
  • Patent number: 9041559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the monitoring of a cabin region of a transport system located outside a field of view, wherein at least one light beam is emitted, passing through the cabin region in the longitudinal direction, and in the event of a disturbance of the at least one light beam path a message is generated. A monitoring device is also provided, with at least one emitter unit for purposes of emitting at least one light beam, with at least one receiver unit for purposes of receiving the emitted light beam, and with at least one messaging unit for purposes of generating a message in the event of a disturbance of the at least one light beam path; also disclosed is an aircraft cabin with at least one such monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
  • Patent number: 8952828
    Abstract: A system for evacuating persons from a vehicle includes a light signal generating device, which is adapted to emit at least one visual light signal that indicates at least one preset escape route for at least one person to be evacuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Anja Niemeyer, Fred Raszpir
  • Publication number: 20140009274
    Abstract: A system for evacuating persons from a vehicle includes a light signal generating device, which is adapted to emit at least one visual light signal that indicates at least one preset escape route for at least one person to be evacuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Carsten KOHLMEIER-BECKMANN, Anja NIEMEYER, Fred RASZPIR
  • Patent number: 8579479
    Abstract: The warning lamp for an aircraft is provided with a housing (10) which possesses a light permeable cover (12) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing is mounted on the aircraft, with a frontal cover area and a rear cover area, a mounting element (44) to fasten the cover to a lower part (14) of the housing (10), wherein one edge (41) of the cover (12) is covered by an edge of the mounting element (44) and protrudes from it, a lamp with at least one LED (42,46,58,60), which is arranged within an area that is covered by the cover (12), and a cooling body (18) for the at least one LED (42,46,58,60), wherein the cooling body (18) possesses a cooling surface (32) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing (10) is mounted on the aircraft. The frontal cover area is formed by a frontal cover element (22) which is made from a light permeable first material. The rear cover area is formed by a rear cover element (28), which is made from a light permeable second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Martin Griesbach, Bernhard Müller, Sonja Ferling, Andre Hessling, Sascha Lüder
  • Patent number: 8348451
    Abstract: Emergency cabin illumination for an aircraft, including: at least one cabin component of an aircraft and at least one emergency lighting device, the at least one emergency lighting device being arranged in the cabin component so that the emergency lighting device in its switched-off state has no contrast to its environment, and in the switched-on state of the emergency lighting device, the light emitted emerges from the cabin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Anja Niemeyer
  • Patent number: 8325023
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for servicing a plurality of service positions which are assigned to a plurality of installation elements, in particular passenger seats in an aircraft, comprising: a plurality of service units, in particular lighting units, wherein the number of service units exceeds the number of service positions to be serviced, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is adapted to receive a respective item of control information including an identification in respect of an installation element and to control a predetermined service unit on the basis of the identification, and a method of servicing a plurality of service positions which are assigned to a plurality of installation elements, in particular passenger seats in an aircraft, and a corresponding computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Jens Kessler