Patents by Inventor Christoph Clausen

Christoph Clausen 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: 20250231162
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gas measuring device having a gas sensor, a first display unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a hazardous situation based on a gas measurement value of the gas sensor. The first display unit can be controlled to display information related to the hazardous situation. The gas measuring device is characterized in that a second display unit can be controlled to display status information about an internal device status, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the status information. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for displaying information determined by a gas measuring device, wherein the gas measuring device has a first display unit and a second display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Christoph Clausen, Folke Will
  • Patent number: 11736828
    Abstract: A method for processing image data having noise and information, including: acquiring input raw image data having pixels of an image sensor used to take the image data, processing the input data, and outputting processed image-output data. The step of acquiring input data includes acquiring an input-noise model from the input data, and the step of processing the input raw image data includes a preprocessing operation and determining an output-noise model adapted to reflect noise in the output data, and producing output raw-image data consistent with the output-noise model, and the step of outputting the processed image data includes storing and/or transmitting the output raw image data and the output-noise model, which together form the output data, in a manner linking the output raw image data to the output-noise model, thereby allowing processing of the output data, as input data, such that the processing is adapted for pipeline processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DOTPHOTON AG
    Inventors: Christoph Clausen, Bruno Sanguinetti
  • Publication number: 20230048097
    Abstract: A method for processing image data having noise and information, including: acquiring input raw image data having pixels of an image sensor used to take the image data, processing the input data, and outputting processed image-output data. The step of acquiring input data includes acquiring an input-noise model from the input data, and the step of processing the input raw image data includes a preprocessing operation and determining an output-noise model adapted to reflect noise in the output data, and producing output raw-image data consistent with the output-noise model, and the step of outputting the processed image data includes storing and/or transmitting the output raw image data and the output-noise model, which together form the output data, in a manner linking the output raw image data to the output-noise model, thereby allowing processing of the output data, as input data, such that the processing is adapted for pipeline processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph CLAUSEN, Bruno SANGUINETTI
  • Patent number: 11356579
    Abstract: A method for steganographic processing and compression of image data with negligible information loss, wherein said image data comprises noise and information. The method includes the steps of: acquiring image data to be processed and/or compressed, storing and/or transmitting the image data, and preparing the acquired image data for compression. The preparation step includes determining an input noise model and corresponding parameters adapted to reflect noise created by an image sensor used to capture said image data, and removing, with negligible information loss, noise from the acquired image data by use of the input noise model such as to produce noise-reduced image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DOTPHOTON AG
    Inventors: Bruno Sanguinetti, Christoph Clausen
  • Patent number: 11222443
    Abstract: A system and method to compress image data by first identifying the device and settings with which the image data was generated, and then optimizing the compression accordingly. A catalogue that associates imaging devices and settings to compression parameters is generated, so that when an image needs to be compressed, the system will identify the device and settings and extract compression parameters from the catalogue. These parameters are used during compression to achieve higher compression performance and optionally to normalize the compressed data as to make it more homogenous for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dotphoton AG
    Inventors: Christoph Clausen, Bruno Sanguinetti
  • Publication number: 20210144274
    Abstract: A method for steganographic processing and compression of image data with negligible information loss, wherein said image data comprises noise and information. The method includes the steps of: acquiring image data to be processed and/or compressed, storing and/or transmitting the image data, and preparing the acquired image data for compression. The preparation step includes determining an input noise model and corresponding parameters adapted to reflect noise created by an image sensor used to capture said image data, and removing, with negligible information loss, noise from the acquired image data by use of the input noise model such as to produce noise-reduced image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Bruno SANGUINETTI, Christoph CLAUSEN
  • Publication number: 20200320745
    Abstract: A system and method to compress image data by first identifying the device and settings with which the image data was generated, and then optimizing the compression accordingly. A catalogue that associates imaging devices and settings to compression parameters is generated, so that when an image needs to be compressed, the system will identify the device and settings and extract compression parameters from the catalogue. These parameters are used during compression to achieve higher compression performance and optionally to normalize the compressed data as to make it more homogenous for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph CLAUSEN, Bruno SANGUINETTI
  • Patent number: 6989549
    Abstract: A robust gas sensor can be manufactured in a simple manner and at low cost, and have no movable optical components. A measured gas cell (3) has a wall defining a cylindrical space with a measured gas inlet. The measured gas cell (3) is limited in the longitudinal axial direction by a reflective, flat first cover element (1) and by a reflective, flat second cover element (5) arranged at a spaced location from and in parallel to the first cover element (1). The height of the measured gas cell (3) corresponds approximately to 1 to 3 times the diameter of the cover elements (1, 5). The second cover element (5) accommodates a radiation source (6) and two detector elements (23, 24) with at least one measuring detector and one reference detector. The radiation source (6) is arranged displaced by 30% to 60% of the radius of the second cover element (5) from the center of the second cover element (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Wilfried Diekmann, Christoph Clausen
  • Publication number: 20040007667
    Abstract: A robust gas sensor can be manufactured in a simple manner and at low cost, and have no movable optical components. A measured gas cell (3) has a wall defining a cylindrical space with a measured gas inlet. The measured gas cell (3) is limited in the longitudinal axial direction by a reflective, flat first cover element (1) and by a reflective, flat second cover element (5) arranged at a spaced location from and in parallel to the first cover element (1). The height of the measured gas cell (3) corresponds approximately to 1 to 3 times the diameter of the cover elements (1, 5). The second cover element (5) accommodates a radiation source (6) and two detector elements (23, 24) with at least one measuring detector and one reference detector. The radiation source (6) is arranged displaced by 30% to 60% of the radius of the second cover element (5) from the center of the second cover element (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Wilfried Diekmann, Christoph Clausen
  • Patent number: 6642522
    Abstract: An optical gas sensor has a compact design and without movable optical elements, with at least one radiation source (8), at least one measuring detector (9, 12) and a reference detector (11). The reflecting measuring cuvette is designed as an annular space (1) between a first, inner cylinder section (6) and a second, outer cylinder section (2) that is concentric thereto. The annular space (1) is limited by a cover element (5) and a bottom element (7) arranged at a spaced location therefrom in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The cover element (5) is permeable to the measuring gas. The bottom element (7) accommodates the radiation source (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Drager Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christoph Clausen, Wilfried Diekmann, Günter Wahlbrink
  • Publication number: 20020063216
    Abstract: An optical gas sensor has a compact design and without movable optical elements, with at least one radiation source (8), at least one measuring detector (9, 12) and a reference detector (11). The reflecting measuring cuvette is designed as an annular space (1) between a first, inner cylinder section (6) and a second, outer cylinder section (2) that is concentric thereto. The annular space (1) is limited by a cover element (5) and a bottom element (7) arranged at a spaced location therefrom in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The cover element (5) is permeable to the measuring gas. The bottom element (7) accommodates the radiation source (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Christoph Clausen, Wilfried Diekmann, Gunter Wahlbrink