Patents by Inventor Christian Hofmann

Christian Hofmann 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: 12280732
    Abstract: A safety system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) comprises a gas tank (20) in which pressurized gas is stored, a valve (22) associated with the gas tank (20), at least one airbag (24) connected to the valve (22) via a fluid line (30), and a control device (26). In the control device (26) vehicle information (32) is stored and the control device (26) is configured to control the valve (22) in an accident situation of the automotive vehicle (10) on the basis of the vehicle information (32) and to fill the airbag (24) with the gas stored in the gas tank (20). The invention further shows a method of controlling a safety system of an automotive vehicle and a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Hofmann, Christian Jung
  • Patent number: 12269293
    Abstract: A wheel holder for fastening to a wheel comprises at least two arms extending outward from a base plate of the wheel holder radially; each of the arms having at least one movable element that is movable radially; a central rotation element that is arranged in the center of the wheel holder such that it can rotate; and at least two coupling elements each extending between one of the movable elements and the central rotation element such that the movable elements are movable radially by rotation of the rotation element. The rotation element is attached to the base plate of the wheel holder via a freewheeling system. The freewheeling system has at least one operating state in which the rotation element is rotatable in a freewheeling direction and rotation of the rotation element in a blocking direction opposite to the freewheeling direction is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BEISSBARTH AUTOMOTIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Claudia Hofmann, Stefanie Peters, Trendafil Ilchev, Christian Wagmann, Nicolai Ganser
  • Patent number: 12268562
    Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates in one aspect to a computer-implemented method for providing a configuration information for a laser guidance system for a medical intervention, comprising receiving laser projection data regarding a laser projection geometry of the laser guidance system; receiving 3D model data regarding a surface, the surface being located within an effective range of the laser guidance system; calculating shadowing data regarding a shadowing effect of the surface on the laser projection geometry based on the laser projection data and the 3D model data; selecting the configuration information based on the shadowing data, the configuration information being indicative of a configuration of the laser guidance system for visualizing a planned path of an instrument for the medical intervention; and providing the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Baer-Beck, Christian Hofmann, Ferdinand Distler, Volker That
  • Publication number: 20250113283
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include solutions for wireless local area network (WLAN) cellular aggregation (WCA). A user equipment (UE) may be configured to communicate with one or more base stations using both a direct cellular link and a multi-hop WLAN link. The multi-hop WLAN link may utilize a WLAN terminal as a relay. The WLAN terminal may communicate with the UE via a WLAN connection, and communicate with a base station via a cellular connection. The WLAN terminal may utilize endpoint mapping information when forwarding packets from the base station to the UE in downlink (DL), or from the UE to the base station in uplink (UL). The endpoint mapping information may be configured before the WCA transmissions and stored in a memory of the WLAN terminal, or may be indicated dynamically in a packet header of each WCA transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Panagiotis Botsinis, Alperen Gundogan, Amr Abdelrahman Yousef A. Mostafa, Christian Hofmann, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Tarik Tabet, Xipeng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20250113271
    Abstract: One or more processors are configured to execute instructions that cause a UE to perform operations. The operations include offloading a task to a first network node. The operations include determining a computation requirement forecast, wherein the computation requirement forecast indicates a computation requirement of the task at an upcoming time. The operations include transmitting the computation requirement forecast to the first network node. The operations include performing a handover procedure from the first network node to a second network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Alperen Gundogan, Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa, Christian Hofmann, Panagiotis Botsinis, Said Medjkouh, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Seyedamirhossein Hosseini, Tarik Tabet
  • Publication number: 20250113253
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for split-bearer enhancements during dual-connectivity operation, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond (e.g., NextG, 6G, and so forth). A base station may set up a split-bearer for a UE operating in dual-connectivity and connected to the base station and one or more corresponding base stations, including setting up a ratio of a split of data to be delivered to the UE via the base station and the one or more corresponding base stations. The base station may transmit, based on the ratio of the split, a first portion of the data destined for the UE to the UE and a second portion of the data destined for the UE to the one or more corresponding base stations. The base station may adjust, based on one or more split-bearer quality reports received from the UE, the ratio of the split.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Christian Hofmann, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Tarik Tabet, Panagiotis Botsinis, Alperen Gundogan, Amr Abdelrahman Yousef A. Mostafa
  • Publication number: 20250097759
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for employing subnetworks to communicate with cellular networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Hofmann, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan, Dimitrios Alanis, Milan Zivkovic, Nikolai Bijovski Ribakov, Panagiotis Botsinis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Tarik Tabet
  • Publication number: 20250097936
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for employing subnetworks to communicate with cellular networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Hofmann, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan, Dimitrios Alanis, Milan Zivkovic, Nikolai Bijovski Ribakov, Panagiotis Botsinis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Tarik Tabet
  • Publication number: 20250072858
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for reducing an X-ray dose applied on a subject during a respiration-correlated computed tomography scan includes determining a beginning of a data-redundant breathing phase during a beam-on period of the scan; applying a redundancy modulation to the applied X-ray dose such that the X-ray dose is reduced during the data-redundant breathing phase; determining an end of the data-redundant breathing phase; and continuing the scan without a redundancy modulation of the X-ray dose at the end of the data-redundant breathing phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Christian HOFMANN, Marc VORNEHM
  • Patent number: 12238546
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate autonomous user equipment beam failure recovery abort aspects. One example aspect is a baseband processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a memory, perform operations comprising: detecting a beam failure of a downlink (DL) beam; determining that a beam recovery abort condition is satisfied after detecting the beam failure; aborting a random access channel (RACH) transmission when the beam recovery abort condition is satisfied; and maintaining a connection with the DL beam after aborting the RACH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventors: Sameh Eldessoki, Christian Hofmann, Panagiotis Botsinis
  • Patent number: 12214220
    Abstract: Computed tomography (CT) measurement data of the patient is acquired using a CT device having a quantum counting X-ray detector, and the CT measurement data is processed to generate result data, considering a specific information content of the CT measurement data resulting from the use of the quantum counting X-ray detector in acquiring the CT measurement data. The result data is suitable for use in the planning of irradiation of the patient. The result data is provisioned to an interface such that the result data is usable for planning the irradiation of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Christopher Jude Amies, Christian Hofmann, Philipp Hoelzer, Mark-Aleksi Keller-Reichenbecher, Bjoern Kreisler, Andre Ritter, Rene Kartmann
  • Patent number: 12206464
    Abstract: An apparatus to be implemented in a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising hardware circuitry to activate a timer for transmitting a measurement report to a base station; output a filtered signal value from a measured signal using a first parameter; determine a trend in signal quality based on the first filtered signal value and a second filtered signal value based on a second parameter; or some processing of the values either from the first filter or from the received signal; and determine whether to deactivate the timer based on the trend in signal quality. The filtered signal can be generated using a first layer 3 filter using network-configured parameters and a second layer 3 filter using proprietary parameters. Processing of the values can also be done using proprietary parameters and techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sharif Ahsanul Matin, Christian Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20250000464
    Abstract: One or more example embodiments relates to a computer-implemented method for providing adapted 4D C T data, the method comprising receiving initial 4D CT data, the initial 4D CT data corresponding to a first 4D CT scan, the first 4D CT scan relating to an anatomical structure on a first examination date; receiving supplementary 4D CT data, the supplementary 4D CT data corresponding to a partial 4D CT scan, the partial 4D CT scan relating to the anatomical structure on a second examination date; calculating the adapted 4D CT data based on the initial 4D CT data and the supplementary 4D CT data, the adapted 4D CT data corresponding to a second 4D CT scan, the second 4D CT scan relating to the anatomical structure on the second examination date; and providing the adapted 4D CT data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Christian HOFMANN, Matthias BAER-BECK
  • Publication number: 20240414222
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processors are provided for supporting a distributed computing framework. In one example, a wireless communication device is configured to act as a distributed computing control node (ContN), the wireless communication device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to receive respective registration messages from respective wireless communication devices. The registration messages include registration information indicating whether a respective wireless communication device acts as an offload node (OffN) for distributed computing or a compute node (CompN) for distributed computing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Sriram Subramanian, Said Medjkouh, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Shiva Krishna Narra, Tarik Tabet, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Sameh M Eldessoki, Panagiotis Botsinis, Milan Zivkovic, Amr Abdelrahman Yousef A. Mostafa, Christian Hofmann
  • Patent number: 12156758
    Abstract: A method is for actuating a medical imaging device for generating an image data set of a patient's measurement region affected by respiratory movement. In an embodiment, the method includes provisioning a respiratory curve of the patient describing the respiratory movement of the patient over a respiratory cycle; automatically deriving a measurement parameter based upon the respiratory curve, the measurement parameter derived determining a temporal resolution of the at least one slice image data set; and actuating the medical imaging device to generate the image data set based upon the measurement parameter. For a z position, a plurality of projection data sets from various projection angles are acquired with relative rotational movements between a radiation source of the medical device and the patient. The at least one slice image data set of the image data set is generated based upon the plurality of projection data sets acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
    Inventor: Christian Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20240389954
    Abstract: A gantry has an X-ray detecting part and an X-ray generating part with at least one X-ray source. The X-ray generating part and the X-ray detecting part are rotatable around a scan region, wherein the X-ray generating part is configured to generate X-rays via the at least one X-ray source and to send the X-rays into any part of the scan region. The X-ray detecting part is configured to detect X-rays generated by the X-ray generating part, wherein the X-ray generating part is configured to dynamically adjust the generated X-rays such that at multiple rotational positions X-rays are selectively sent into a partial region and/or such that X-rays of different intensity are sent into different partial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Matthias BAER-BECK, Christian HOFMANN
  • Patent number: 12127148
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are configured to perform operations including detecting a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that are transmitted for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), each of the SSBs having a SSB index comprising a set of bit values; detecting, from the plurality of SSBs, a first SSB received at a first time and a second SSB received at a second time that is different from the first time; decoding, for a first SSB of the plurality, first bit values of a first SSB index representing the first SSB and of a second SSB index representing the second SSB; determining, based on the first time and the second time, a receive time gap between the first SSB and the second SSB; and determining, based on the receive time gap and the first bit values of the first SSB index and the second SSB index, at least a second bit value of the first second SSB index representing the first SSB and the second SSB representing the second SSB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Botsinis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Christian Hofmann, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Tarik Tabet
  • Publication number: 20240324972
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing trigger information in medical radiology, comprises: receiving a first portion of breathing signal data; generating movement trigger information regarding a movement of a patient support structure relative to a radiological interaction area based on the first portion of the breathing signal data; providing the movement trigger information; receiving, after providing the movement trigger information, a second portion of the breathing signal data; generating radiation trigger information regarding a release of radiation towards the radiological interaction area based on the second portion of the breathing signal data; and providing the radiation trigger information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventor: Christian HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20240314608
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for coordinated measurement scheme for wireless communication devices in a subnetwork. In one aspect, a management node collects cell strength measurement data from reference devices in the subnetwork and broadcasts the cell strength measurement data to the subnetwork for use by the wireless communication devices within the subnetwork in generating cell strength measurement results. In another aspect, wireless network devices in the subnetwork receive cell strength measurement data generated by reference devices in the subnetwork and use a the received cell strength measurement data to generate a cells strength measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Dimitrios Alanis, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan, Sameh M Eldessoki, Christian Hofmann, Panagiotis Botsinis, Nikolai Bijovski Ribakov, Said Medjkouh, Tarik Tabet
  • Patent number: D1054869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wella Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hofmann, Florian Löchel