Patents by Inventor Daniel Betz

Daniel Betz 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: 11964065
    Abstract: An arrangement for irradiating a surface includes a radiation source configured to emit ultraviolet radiation, a reflector for directional radiation of the ultraviolet radiation onto the surface, and a control device. A dose of the ultraviolet radiation required for sterilizing the surface and/or a dose already administered is settable and/or determinable by the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Norbert Spazier, Daniel Betz
  • Patent number: 11833961
    Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system in an interior chamber of a vehicle having controllable light sources that generate at least one reading light with a defined light cone and a light spot is provided. A gesture camera recognizes gestures of a person located in the interior chamber and the lighting system is controlled by the recognized gestures. A light controller is active between a starting point in time and an end point in time. When the light controller is active and in the event of a gripping or pointing gesture of a hand in the region of the light cone or light spot, the light cone or light spot is guided along with the hand carrying out the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventor: Daniel Betz
  • Patent number: 11661002
    Abstract: An illumination unit for an interior chamber of a vehicle includes at least one light source integrated into a surface side of a sun shield facing towards an occupant in a non-usage position of the sun shield. The at least one light source emits light in the activated state which is directed towards the occupant. A covering element is provided for covering a light outlet surface of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bauer, Daniel Betz, Daniel Fuhrmann, Sebastian Schüler
  • Publication number: 20220305985
    Abstract: An illumination unit for an interior chamber of a vehicle includes at least one light source integrated into a surface side of a sun shield facing towards an occupant in a non-usage position of the sun shield. The at least one light source emits light in the activated state which is directed towards the occupant. A covering element is provided for covering a light outlet surface of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan BAUER, Daniel BETZ, Daniel FUHRMANN, Sebastian SCHÜLER
  • Publication number: 20220219603
    Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system in an interior chamber of a vehicle having controllable light sources that generate at least one reading light with a defined light cone and a light spot is provided. A gesture camera recognizes gestures of a person located in the interior chamber and the lighting system is controlled by the recognized gestures. A light controller is active between a starting point in time and an end point in time. When the light controller is active and in the event of a gripping or pointing gesture of a hand in the region of the light cone or light spot, the light cone or light spot is guided along with the hand carrying out the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel BETZ
  • Patent number: 11338731
    Abstract: A device for controlling ambient lighting of a vehicle includes a light element in a vehicle interior, a touch-sensitive display unit, and a control unit. The light element emits light in one of a plurality of colors that can be generated by the light element. The display unit displays a plurality of colors of a predefined color spectrum simultaneously in a color scale, and detects a location of a user input made by touching the display unit. Via the detected location, the user input is assigned to an associated color displayed in the color scale and information about the color assigned to the user input is transmitted to the control unit, which controls the light element for emitting light in the color assigned to the user input. The light element and display unit have the same color space, such that the color associated with the user input, displayed on the display unit are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Sebastian Schüler
  • Patent number: 11332012
    Abstract: A device for controlling an interior lighting system of a vehicle to produce ambient lighting and/or reading lighting involves the interior lighting system having an array of a plurality of light sources. The device includes a control unit, by means of which the light sources of the array can be individually controlled in order to produce the ambient lighting and/or the reading lighting, and an input unit that can be connected to the control unit. The input unit has a touch-sensitive screen for inputting a current set of control information for the control unit. The control unit controls the light sources on the basis of the current set of control information. Furthermore, the input unit, on the basis of the current set of control information, displays associated ambient lighting and/or reading lighting for an illuminable region in the vehicle interior on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Daniel Fuhrmann, Michael Holz, Juergen Ketterer, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 11292385
    Abstract: A method for feedback of a temperature setting of an air-conditioning device involves adjusting a light color of at least one lighting element for the display of a set temperature. The adjusted light color corresponds to a temperature setting of an airflow zone in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Florian Etter, Daniel Fuhrmann, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 11265999
    Abstract: A communication network for networking lighting systems of home and office technology involves an application on a mobile terminal that can control lighting systems in the surroundings of the mobile terminal. The lighting systems in the interior of a vehicle are also networked and the lighting systems are controlled depending on the lighting settings of a screen of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventor: Daniel Betz
  • Publication number: 20210316659
    Abstract: A device for controlling ambient lighting of a vehicle includes a light element in a vehicle interior, a touch-sensitive display unit, and a control unit. The light element emits light in one of a plurality of colors that can be generated by the light element. The display unit displays a plurality of colors of a predefined color spectrum simultaneously in a color scale, and detects a location of a user input made by touching the display unit. Via the detected location, the user input is assigned to an associated color displayed in the color scale and information about the color assigned to the user input is transmitted to the control unit, which controls the light element for emitting light in the color assigned to the user input. The light element and display unit have the same color space, such that the color associated with the user input, displayed on the display unit are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Sebastian SCHÜLER
  • Publication number: 20210187140
    Abstract: An arrangement for irradiating a surface includes a radiation source configured to emit ultraviolet radiation, a reflector for directional radiation of the ultraviolet radiation onto the surface, and a control device. A dose of the ultraviolet radiation required for sterilizing the surface and/or a dose already administered is settable and/or determinable by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Norbert SPAZIER, Daniel BETZ
  • Publication number: 20200375012
    Abstract: A communication network for networking lighting systems of home and office technology involves an application on a mobile terminal that can control lighting systems in the surroundings of the mobile terminal. The lighting systems in the interior of a vehicle are also networked and the lighting systems are controlled depending on the lighting settings of a screen of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel BETZ
  • Patent number: 10696220
    Abstract: An illuminated decorative part includes a flat visible side facing an observer and an illumination region behind the visible side as viewed by the observer, which has multiple discrete light sources. At least partially transparent optical elements that influence the light are arranged between the visible side and the illumination region. The optical elements include at least one flat scattering element. The decorative part includes light guides for guiding the light orthogonally to the surface of the visible side arranged between the scattering element and at least one—but not all—of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Christian Betz, Daniel Betz, Martin Borowski, Kevin Moser
  • Patent number: 10576884
    Abstract: A device for interior illumination for a vehicle includes an array formed by multiple light sources, with which an ambient illumination and a reading illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, an additional lamp unit with which exclusively an ambient illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the light sources and the additional lamp unit in three modes. The control unit is designed and configured in such a way that in the first mode the light sources are controlled in such a way that exclusively a reading illumination is generated inside the vehicle; in the second mode the light sources and the additional lamp unit are controlled in such a way that exclusively an ambient illumination is generated inside the vehicle; and in the third mode the control unit simultaneously activates the first and second modes for simultaneously generating an ambient illumination and a reading illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Betz, Daniel Fuhrmann, Michael Holz, Juergen Ketterer, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 10513222
    Abstract: A motor vehicle trim part with illumination includes a visible panel that is at least partly translucent and has a visible side. At least one illuminating element is arranged on the opposite side of the visible side of the visible panel. At least one light guide is arranged so that the light of the at least one illuminating element can be coupled and which is optically coupled to the visible panel. The at least one light guide defines a first light path, the end face of which is optically coupled to the visible panel, and a second light path is defined, the lateral surface of which is coupled to the visible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Christian Betz, Daniel Betz, Martin Borowski, Kevin Moser
  • Publication number: 20190255992
    Abstract: A motor vehicle trim part with illumination includes a visible panel that is at least partly translucent and has a visible side. At least one illuminating element is arranged on the opposite side of the visible side of the visible panel. At least one light guide is arranged so that the light of the at least one illuminating element can be coupled and which is optically coupled to the visible panel. The at least one light guide defines a first light path, the end face of which is optically coupled to the visible panel, and a second light path is defined, the lateral surface of which is coupled to the visible panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Christian BETZ, Daniel BETZ, Martin BOROWSKI, Kevin MOSER
  • Publication number: 20190176692
    Abstract: An illuminated decorative part includes a flat visible side facing an observer and an illumination region behind the visible side as viewed by the observer, which has multiple discrete light sources. At least partially transparent optical elements that influence the light are arranged between the visible side and the illumination region. The optical elements include at least one flat scattering element. The decorative part includes light guides for guiding the light orthogonally to the surface of the visible side arranged between the scattering element and at least one—but not all—of the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Christian BETZ, Daniel BETZ, Martin BOROWSKI, Kevin MOSER
  • Patent number: 10317574
    Abstract: A system for identification and/or nowcasting of hail events with several measuring stations for detecting signals related to electromagnetic radiation in connection with lightning may comprise at least one time measuring unit for detecting the temporal course of the detected signals, and at least one analysis unit interconnected with the measuring stations and the time measuring unit. The analysis unit may comprise at least a first lightning signal analysis module for generation of a lightning signal analysis based on the detected signals, and a second lightning signal analysis module for identification of at least one lightning jump event based on the temporal course of the detected signals and the lightning signal analysis. The analysis unit may further comprise a nowcasting module for nowcasting concerning a hail event based on a lightning jump event. Furthermore, a method for identification and/or nowcasting of hail events is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: nowcast GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Moehrlein, Silvia Riso, Hans-Dieter Betz, Daniel Betz
  • Publication number: 20190156666
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle uses sensor data, which are provided from monitoring of the environment of the vehicle. The driver assistance system has a processing unit for processing the sensor data and a display device for displaying the processed sensor data. The environment of the vehicle is displayed as a light strip using the display device. Furthermore, an object in the environment of the vehicle is represented by a section on the light strip, wherein the section has a first light characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan BECKMANN, Daniel BETZ, Stefan BÖHLER, Joseph FAGAN, Michele Domenico JAUCH-PAGANETTI, Frederic LATINO, Christian PECHER, Marco PLEWE, Klaus ROGGE, Francesca SANGALLI, Vera SCHMIDT, Daniel Steffen SETZ
  • Publication number: 20190135172
    Abstract: A device for interior illumination for a vehicle includes an array formed by multiple light sources, with which an ambient illumination and a reading illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, an additional lamp unit with which exclusively an ambient illumination can be generated inside the vehicle, and a control unit for controlling the light sources and the additional lamp unit in three modes. The control unit is designed and configured in such a way that in the first mode the light sources are controlled in such a way that exclusively a reading illumination is generated inside the vehicle; in the second mode the light sources and the additional lamp unit are controlled in such a way that exclusively an ambient illumination is generated inside the vehicle; and in the third mode the control unit simultaneously activates the first and second modes for simultaneously generating an ambient illumination and a reading illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Daniel FUHRMANN, Michael HOLZ, Juergen KETTERER, Daniel Steffen SETZ