Patents by Inventor Christian Lennartz
Christian Lennartz 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).
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Patent number: 11980086Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transition metal-carbene complexes in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), to a light-emitting layer, to a blocking layer for electrons or excitons, or to a blocking layer for holes, each comprising these transition metal-carbene complexes, to OLEDs comprising these transition metal-carbene complexes, to devices which comprise an inventive OLED, and to transition metal-carbene complexes.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Martina Egen, Klaus Kahle, Markus Bold, Thomas Gessner, Christian Lennartz, Simon Nord, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Mukundan Thelakkat, Markus Baete, Christian Neuber, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Christian Schildknecht, Hans-Hermann Johannes
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Publication number: 20240130221Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroleptic complexes comprising a phenylimidazole or phenyltriazole unit bonded via a carbene bond to a central metal atom, and phenylimidazole ligands attached via a nitrogen-metal bond to the central atom, to OLEDs which comprise such heteroleptic complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such heteroleptic complex, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a heteroleptic complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge blocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Evelyn FUCHS, Oliver MOLT, Korinna DORMANN, Thomas GESSNER, Nicolle LANGER, Ingo MUENSTER, JianQiang QU, Christian LENNARTZ, Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Soichi WATANABE, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Guenter SCHMID, Herbert Friedrich BOERNER, Volker van ELSBERGEN
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Publication number: 20240119624Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval±?. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter SCHILLEN, Ingmar BRUDER
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Patent number: 11947013Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
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Publication number: 20240107873Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a triplet emitter X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of less than or equal to 0.4 eV [?(ES1(X)) ?(ET1(X))?0.4 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the triplet emitter X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the triplet emitter X(ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y(ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas Holcombe
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Publication number: 20240094329Abstract: Described herein is an illumination source adapted to generate a regular pattern integrated into a portable device, the illumination source including an array of light emitting diodes or laser light sources and a diffractive optical element. Also described herein is a detector including the illumination source, an array of optical sensors, where each optical sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area, and an evaluation device adapted to evaluate the sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
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Publication number: 20240085518Abstract: Described herein is a mobile device with an optical detector including: at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern for illuminating an object, where the illumination pattern includes a regular and/or constant and/or periodic pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of the light-sensitive area by at least one light beam propagating from the object to the detector; and at least one evaluation device adapted to determine at least one region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
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Patent number: 11922657Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of an object. The detector includes a sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image at a first image position in the reflection image, determine a longitudinal coordinate z of the selected reflection feature by optimizing a blurring function fa, and determine a reference feature in a reference image at a second image position in the reference image corresponding to the reflection feature. The reference image and the reflection image are determined at two different spatial configurations, wherein the spatial configurations differ by a relative spatial constellation, wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine the relative spatial constellation from the longitudinal coordinate z and the first and the second image positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Robert Send, Christian Lennartz, Ingmar Bruder
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Publication number: 20240074302Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transition metal-carbene complexes in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), to a light-emitting layer, to a blocking layer for electrons or excitons, or to a blocking layer for holes, each comprising these transition metal-carbene complexes, to OLEDs comprising these transition metal-carbene complexes, to devices which comprise an inventive OLED, and to transition metal-carbene complexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Martina Egen, Klaus Kahle, Markus Bold, Thomas Gessner, Christian Lennartz, Simon Nord, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Mukundan Thelakkat, Markus Baete, Christian Neuber, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Christian Schildknecht, Hans-Hermann Johannes
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Patent number: 11908156Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval ±?. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Patrick Schindler, Peter Schillen, Ingmar Bruder
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Patent number: 11906421Abstract: A detector (110) for determining at least one material property of at least one object (112) is proposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Ruben Huehnerbein, Christian Lennartz, Jakob Unger
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Publication number: 20240037201Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for face authentication. The method includes the following steps: a) at least one face detection step including determining at least one first image by using at least one camera; b) at least one skin detection step including projecting at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on the scene by using at least one illumination unit, determining at least one second image using the at least one camera, and determining a first beam profile information; c) at least one 3D detection step including determining a second beam profile information of at least four of the reflection features located inside the image region of the second image corresponding to the image region of the first image; and d) at least one authentication step including authenticating the detected face by using at least one authentication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Peter SCHILLEN, Benjamin GUTHIER, Friedrich SCHICK, Manuel GUENTHER, Lars DIESSELBERG, Christian LENNARTZ
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Publication number: 20240020864Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object, the detector including: at least one projector for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors; and at least one evaluation device configured for determining initial distance information of reflection features by analysis of their respective beam profiles, where the evaluation device is configured for performing a calibration method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Friedrich SCHICK, Christian LENNARTZ, Peter SCHILLEN, Jakob UNGER
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Publication number: 20240012092Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes: at least two optical sensors, each optical sensor having a light-sensitive area, where each light-sensitive area has a geometrical center, where the geometrical centers of the optical sensors are spaced apart from an optical axis of the detector by different spatial offsets, where each optical sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the object to the detector; and at least one evaluation device being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object by combining the at least two sensor signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
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Publication number: 20240011891Abstract: A detector (110) for determining at least one material property of at least one object (112) is proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN, Christian LENNARTZ, Jakob UNGER
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Patent number: 11871654Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroleptic complexes comprising a phenylimidazole or phenyltriazole unit bonded via a carbene bond to a central metal atom, and phenylimidazole ligands attached via a nitrogen-metal bond to the central atom, to OLEDs which comprise such heteroleptic complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such heteroleptic complex, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a heteroleptic complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge blocker.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Evelyn Fuchs, Oliver Molt, Korinna Dormann, Thomas Gessner, Nicolle Langer, Ingo Muenster, JianQiang Qu, Christian Lennartz, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Guenter Schmid, Herbert Friedrich Boerner, Volker van Elsbergen
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Publication number: 20240005703Abstract: A method for face authentication is proposed. The method includes at least one face detection step including determining at least one first image by using at least one camera, determining at least one material property from a second image, where the second image is recorded while projecting at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on the scene, and at least one authentication step including authenticating the detected face by using the face detection and the material property.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Peter SCHILLEN, Benjamin GUTHIER, Friedrich SCHICK, Manuel GUENTHER, Lars DIESSELBERG, Christian LENNARTZ
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Patent number: 11860292Abstract: A detector for object authentication includes first and second illumination sources. The first illumination source projects an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features onto a surface of an object. The second illumination source projects an illuminating light beam onto the object. The detector also includes an image capture device for determining a first image including a plurality of reflection features generated by the surface of the object in response to the illumination pattern and for determining a second image including two dimensional information associated with the surface of the object generated in response to the illuminating light beam. The detector also includes an evaluation device for evaluating the first image and the second image, identifying a geometrical feature of the object, determining a material property of the object, and comparing the two dimensional information to data stored in a database for authentication of the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Michael Eberspach, Thomas Ohmer, Robert Send, Christian Lennartz, Christopher Hahne, Stefan Hengen, Sebastian Valouch, Christoph Lungenschmied, Ingmar Bruder, Wilfried Hermes, Celal Mohan Oeguen, Christian Daniel Schildknecht, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Peter Fejes
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Publication number: 20230403906Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including at least one illumination source configured for projecting at least one illumination beam on at least one scene; at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area, where the optical sensor is configured for measuring at least one reflection light beam generated by the scene in response to illumination by the illumination beam; at least one translucent display configured for displaying information, where the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in direction of propagation of the illumination light beam in front of the display, and at least one control unit, where the control unit is configured for turning off the display in an area of the illumination source during illumination and/or in an area of the optical sensor during measuring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Stefan METZ, Christian LENNARTZ, Friedrich SCHICK, Christoph PODES, Nils BERNER
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Patent number: 11839140Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer