Patents by Inventor Charles Thin

Charles Thin 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: 20240337728
    Abstract: A method for recognizing an object in a surround of a laser scanner by clustering scan points of the laser scanner is disclosed. The method includes using the laser scanner to create a multiplicity of successive scan points and using at least one computing unit to determine, in a manner dependent on the sequence, at least one cluster of scan points containing some of the multiplicity of successive scan points. Each scan point is characterized by an angle of incidence. A sequence of the multiplicity of successive scan points is defined by the angles of incidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Charles Thin, Jean Francois Bariant
  • Patent number: 11852755
    Abstract: A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor (16) for signal transmission to a signal receiver (28) is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor (16) is processed to form the digital sensor signal for signal transmission. Provision is made for the processing to comprise the following steps: (i) determining a signal change (SC) of successive values of the output signal (OS), (ii) scaling this signal change (SC) by means of a variable scaling factor (SF) which is specified by a scaling scheme known to the ultrasonic sensor (16) and the signal receiver (28), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Charles Thin, Jean-Francois Bariant, Anto Michael
  • Publication number: 20210231785
    Abstract: A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor (16) for signal transmission to a signal receiver (28) is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor (16) is processed to form the digital sensor signal for signal transmission. Provision is made for the processing to comprise the following steps: (i) determining a signal change (SC) of successive values of the output signal (OS), (ii) scaling this signal change (SC) by means of a variable scaling factor (SF) which is specified by a scaling scheme known to the ultrasonic sensor (16) and the signal receiver (28), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Charles Thin, Jean-Francois Bariant, Anto Michael