Patents by Inventor Christian Voss
Christian Voss 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: 11954786Abstract: In various examples there is a method performed by a Head Mounted Display, HMD, comprising a high field rate display configured to display fields of rendered frames at a field rate. The method comprises receiving a stream of the rendered frames for display on the high field rate display, the stream of rendered frames having a frame rate. The process applies an early stage reprojection to the rendered frames of the stream of rendered frames at a rate which is lower than the field rate. The process applies a late stage reprojection to fields of the rendered frames at the field rate, wherein the early stage reprojection uses more computational resources than the late reprojection.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Dag Birger Frommhold, Christian Voss-Wolff, Ashraf Ayman Michail
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Patent number: 11954248Abstract: A display pose of a client computing device is computed in a hybrid manner using both the client computing device and a server. Using the client computing device, an initial pose of the client computing device at an initial time is computed. A prospective pose at a target time is predicted using the client computing device. The prospective pose is sent along with auxiliary data from the client computing device to the server and a display pose of the client computing device at a display time is computed. The display pose is computed using the prospective pose and the auxiliary data.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Matthias Felix Reeh, Christian Voss-Wolff, Alex Christopher Turner
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Publication number: 20240094761Abstract: A safe digital input circuit with a first input and a second input for reading in a sensor signal with a clock generator to generate a clock signal is shown. The safe digital input circuit includes a first clock output and a second clock output for connecting sensors to safely shut down a plant. A first and a second signal line are connected to a clock generator output of the clock generator to forward the clock signal to the first and second clock output.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Alexander HAHN, Torsten MEYER, Christian VOSS
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Patent number: 11924266Abstract: Sending streamed data packets from a producer to a consumer. A method includes, at a first entity, sending consumable data packets from the first entity to a second entity at a first consumable packet rate. The method further includes receiving a first phase delta from the second entity, wherein the first phase delta is computed from transmission jitter, computed from timing information in the consumable data packets. The method further includes sending from the first entity consumable data packets at a second consumable packet rate, the second consumable packet rate being dependent on the first phase delta.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christian Voss-Wolff, Florian Bagar, Dag Birger Frommhold
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Publication number: 20230377241Abstract: In various examples there is a method performed by a Head Mounted Display, HMD, comprising a high field rate display configured to display fields of rendered frames at a field rate. The method comprises receiving a stream of the rendered frames for display on the high field rate display, the stream of rendered frames having a frame rate. The process applies an early stage reprojection to the rendered frames of the stream of rendered frames at a rate which is lower than the field rate. The process applies a late stage reprojection to fields of the rendered frames at the field rate, wherein the early stage reprojection uses more computational resources than the late reprojection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Dag Birger FROMMHOLD, Christian VOSS-WOLFF, Ashraf Ayman MICHAIL
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Patent number: 11603496Abstract: The invention relates to a process (100) for producing liquefied natural gas using a feedstock mixture that contains at least methane, one or more components boiling at a temperature lower than methane and one or more hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane, wherein the hydrocarbon(s) boiling at a temperature higher than methane comprise one or more hydrocarbons freezing at a higher temperature, with a freezing point higher than ?50° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Linde GmbHInventors: Helmut Fritz, Werner Leitmayr, Tobias Keller, Christian Voss
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Publication number: 20220411237Abstract: The present disclosure relates to displacement measurements using magnetic displacement measurement units. In various embodiments, the disclosed displacement measurement unit is configured to determine a displacement position of a vehicle along a guideway. In various embodiments, the displacement measurement unit includes a set of locator devices that are distributed at fixed displacement positions along the guideway, where a given locator device includes a magnetic element configured to produce a corresponding magnetic field. Further, in various embodiments, the displacement measurement unit includes a position sensor that is attached to the vehicle, where the position sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field produced one or more of the locator devices when the position sensor is brought within a detection range of one or more locator devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Christian Voss, Raphael Penning, Markus Bregulla
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Patent number: 11531048Abstract: A circuit for monitoring an output voltage of a voltage supply is shown. The circuit comprises a microcontroller for controlling a system, a shift register and a diagnostic circuit. The microcontroller has an input for receiving serial output data of the shift register, wherein the input is connected to the serial output of the shift register. The diagnostic circuit is designed to diagnose the voltage supply and has a diagnostic output which is connected to a data input of the shift register for inputting a diagnostic bit.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Christopher Wohlgemuth, Christian Voss
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Publication number: 20220375160Abstract: Techniques for improving remote rendering and reprojection are disclosed herein. A color image is generated, where this color image includes overlapping content regions. A depth buffer is generated for the color image and includes depth values for the pixels in the color image. The depth buffer includes both essential and non-essential depth discontinuities. While preserving the essential depth discontinuities, the non-essential depth discontinuities are eliminated from the depth buffer. New non-essential discontinuities are prevented from being included in the final version of the depth buffer. The color image is encoded into a color image video stream, and the modified depth buffer is encoded into a depth buffer stream. The color image video stream and the depth buffer stream are then transmitted to a remotely located HMD. The HMD then reprojects the color image based on the depth values in the depth buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Christian VOSS-WOLFF
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Patent number: 11430179Abstract: Techniques for improving remote rendering and reprojection are disclosed herein. A color image is generated, where this color image includes overlapping content regions. A depth buffer is generated for the color image and includes depth values for the pixels in the color image. The depth buffer includes both essential and non-essential depth discontinuities. While preserving the essential depth discontinuities, the non-essential depth discontinuities are eliminated from the depth buffer. New non-essential discontinuities are prevented from being included in the final version of the depth buffer. The color image is encoded into a color image video stream, and the modified depth buffer is encoded into a depth buffer stream. The color image video stream and the depth buffer stream are then transmitted to a remotely located HMD. The HMD then reprojects the color image based on the depth values in the depth buffer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Christian Voss-Wolff
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Publication number: 20220259512Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining natural gas components, wherein, using natural gas, a feed mixture containing methane and helium is provided and subjected to a separating sequence so as to obtain a natural gas product which is enriched with methane and depleted of helium in comparison to the feed mixture and a helium product which is depleted of methane and enriched with helium in comparison to the feed mixture, which method comprises one or more membrane separating steps and one or more pressure change adsorption steps. According to the invention, the feed mixture is provided using natural gas containing methane, higher hydrocarbons, helium and carbon dioxide, and the providing of the feed mixture comprises depleting the natural gas used for provision of the feed mixture of carbon dioxide and of the higher hydrocarbons. The present invention also relates to a corresponding system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Tobias KELLER, Christian VOSS, Gabriel SALAZAR DUARTE, Stefan PLEINTINGER, Patrick SCHIFFMANN, Verena KRAMER
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Publication number: 20220232059Abstract: Sending streamed data packets from a producer to a consumer. A method includes, at a first entity, sending consumable data packets from the first entity to a second entity at a first consumable packet rate. The method further includes receiving a first phase delta from the second entity, wherein the first phase delta is computed from transmission jitter, computed from timing information in the consumable data packets. The method further includes sending from the first entity consumable data packets at a second consumable packet rate, the second consumable packet rate being dependent on the first phase delta.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Christian VOSS-WOLFF, Florian BAGAR, Dag Birger FROMMHOLD
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Publication number: 20220176319Abstract: A membrane separation unit wherein the membrane separation unit has a pressure vessel and a membrane provided inside the pressure vessel in a membrane arrangement, and wherein the pressure vessel has an inlet nozzle for a feed gas mixture, an outlet nozzle for a permeate and an outlet nozzle for a retentate. The membrane separation unit has in this case measurement means that are arranged at least partially inside the pressure vessel and/or inside the inlet nozzle for the feed gas mixture and/or inside the outlet nozzle for the permeate and/or inside the outlet nozzle for the retentate and are set up to record one or more parameters relevant to operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Christian VOSS, Rainer HOFFMANN, Patrick SCHIFFMANN, Matthias JOHANNINK
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Patent number: 11353506Abstract: A safety circuit for the multi-channel processing of an input signal. The safety circuit includes an analog-to-digital conversion device having a first analog input and a second analog input and at least one digital output for processing the input signal. Furthermore, the safety circuit has a test device which is set up to apply a test signal at the first and/or second input of the A/D conversion device in such a way that the test signal superposes the input signal such that the test signal dominates the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Alexander Buelow, Christian Voss, Torsten Meyer
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Patent number: 11354261Abstract: A system for controlling a process having a first control device for processing first data, and a first communication interface of a first communication unit designed for receiving the first data, and a second control device for processing second data, and a second communication interface of a second communication unit, designed for receiving the second data. The first communication unit comprises a third communication interface and the second communication unit comprises a fourth communication interface. The third communication interface is connected to the second communication interface and the first processor processes or compares the second data received by the third communication interface with the first data received by the first communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Andreas Patzelt, Christian Voss
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Patent number: 11298648Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering hydrogen (b) from crude gas (a) from a coke oven (110) in which the crude gas (a) produced in the coke oven (110) is initially compressed and in which impurities are subsequently removed from the crude gas (a) by pressure swing adsorption, wherein oxygen is depleted from the crude gas (a) using nonthermal plasma prior to the pressure swing adsorption, and to a plant for recovering hydrogen from crude gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Volker Goke, Christian Voss
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Publication number: 20220037882Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle, having a supply connection for receiving a supply voltage from a supply line needing to be secured against a reaction from the control unit, wherein to protect against the reaction there is provision in a current path of the supply connection for a unidirectional first blocking element, and a diagnostic circuit is configured to check the blocking effect thereof by a predetermined diagnostic routine. An additional, second unidirectional blocking element is connected in series with the blocking element in the current path of the supply connection, wherein the first and the second blocking element each provide for a unidirectional flow of current to the device circuit, and the diagnostic circuit is configured to use the diagnostic routine to also check the blocking effect of the second blocking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Ingo Scheier, Christian Voss, Josef Schnell
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Patent number: 11240285Abstract: Sending streamed data packets from a producer to a consumer. A method includes, at a first entity, sending consumable data packets from the first entity to a second entity at a first consumable packet rate. The method further includes receiving a first phase delta from the second entity, wherein the first phase delta is computed from transmission jitter, computed from timing information in the consumable data packets. The method further includes sending from the first entity consumable data packets at a second consumable packet rate, the second consumable packet rate being dependent on the first phase delta.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGLY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Christian Voss-Wolff, Florian Bagar, Dag Birger Frommhold
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Patent number: 11152856Abstract: A device for limiting a power loss during the sampling of a digital signal is illustrated. The device comprises a circuit disposed in the signal path of the digital signal, the circuit being configured to reduce a current flow along the signal path in response to a control signal which indicates a sampling pause.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Andreas Patzelt, Christian Voss
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Publication number: 20210264661Abstract: Techniques for improving remote rendering and reprojection are disclosed herein. A color image is generated, where this color image includes overlapping content regions. A depth buffer is generated for the color image and includes depth values for the pixels in the color image. The depth buffer includes both essential and non-essential depth discontinuities. While preserving the essential depth discontinuities, the non-essential depth discontinuities are eliminated from the depth buffer. New non-essential discontinuities are prevented from being included in the final version of the depth buffer. The color image is encoded into a color image video stream, and the modified depth buffer is encoded into a depth buffer stream. The color image video stream and the depth buffer stream are then transmitted to a remotely located HMD. The HMD then reprojects the color image based on the depth values in the depth buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventor: Christian Voss-Wolff