Patents by Inventor Daniel Steffen Setz

Daniel Steffen Setz 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: 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: 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: 10454050
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting component is specified, comprising a translucent substrate (1), on which a translucent electrode (3) is arranged, comprising on the translucent electrode (3) an organic functional layer stack comprising organic functional layers having at least one organic light-emitting layer (5) and comprising a further electrode (7), wherein the at least one organic light-emitting layer (5) comprises emitter molecules having an anisotropic molecular structure which are oriented anisotropically, and wherein all the organic light-emitting layers (5, 51, 52, 53) of the organic light-emitting component are at a distance of greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm from the further electrode (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Reusch, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190118653
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Daniel FUHRMANN, Michael HOLZ, Juergen KETTERER, Daniel Steffen SETZ
  • Publication number: 20190118614
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel BETZ, Florian ETTER, Daniel FUHRMANN, Daniel Steffen SETZ
  • Patent number: 9945989
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a process for producing a scattering layer for electromagnetic radiation. The process may include applying scattering centers onto a carrier, applying glass onto the scattering centers, and liquefying of the glass so that a part of the liquefied glass flows between the scattering centers toward the surface of the carrier, in such a way that a part of the liquefied glass still remains above the scattering centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Manfred Deisenhofer, Angela Eberhardt, Christina Wille
  • Patent number: 9935295
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, an organic light-emitting component includes a substrate, a first electrode arranged on the substrate, and a second electrode. An organic light-generating layer stack is arranged between the first and second electrodes and includes a first organic OLED functional material. A first organic coupling-out layer is in optical contact with the organic light-generating layer stack and includes an organic material containing a second organic OLED functional material. One of the first and second electrodes is translucent, and the first organic coupling-out layer is arranged on that side of the electrode that faces away from the organic light-generating layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo Reusch, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 9893319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-emitting, organic component comprising a radiation-permeable carrier body (1) having a first surface (1a) on a top side of the carrier body (1), a radiation-permeable, structured layer (2) that is arranged on the first surface (1a) and covers same at least in places, a radiation-permeable first electrode (3) that is arranged on the side of the structured layer (2) facing away from the carrier body (1), a layer stack (10) that is arranged on the side of the first electrode (3) facing away from the structured layer (2) and comprises an organic, active region, and a second electrode (6), wherein the active region (10a) can be electrically contacted via the first electrode (3) and the second electrode (6), the structured layer (2) is different from the radiation-permeable carrier body (1), and the structured layer (2) comprises structures (2a) for refracting and/or scattering electromagnetic radiation generated in the active region (100) during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Dobbertin, Thilo Reusch, Nina Riegel, Daniel Steffen Setz, Thomas Wehlus
  • Patent number: 9761840
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes a carrier substrate, a scattering layer, a first electrode, an organic layer sequence with at least one active layer, and a second electrode wherein all the components are arranged in the stated sequence, the scattering layer has a higher average refractive index than the organic layer sequence, the first electrode has at least n or at least n+1 non-metal layers and n metal layers, n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1 or greater than or equal to 2, and the non-metal layers and the metal layers succeed one another alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Erwin Lang, Marc Philippens
  • Patent number: 9748523
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, on which a transparent electrode and a further electrode are applied. An organic light-emitting layer is arranged between the electrodes. At least one optical scattering layer is arranged on a side of the transparent electrode facing away from the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Thilo Reusch, Nina Riegel
  • Patent number: 9735397
    Abstract: A process of producing a radiation-emitting organic-electronic device having a first and a second electrode layer and an emitter layer includes: A) providing a phosphorescent emitter with an anisotropic molecule structure and a matrix material, B) applying the first electrode layer to a substrate, C) applying the emitter layer under thermodynamic control, with vaporization of the phosphorescent emitter and of the matrix material under reduced pressure and deposition thereof on the first electrode layer such that molecules of the phosphorescent emitter are in anisotropic alignment, and D) applying the second electrode layer on the emitter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: OSRAM OLED GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nina Riegel, Jörg Frischeisen, Wolfgang Brütting, Thomas Dobbertin, Karsten Heuser, Daniel Steffen Setz, Benjamin Claus Krummacher, Michael Flämmich, Norbert Danz
  • Patent number: 9502316
    Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic components may include measuring at least one measurement parameter for a first optoelectronic component and a second optoelectronic component, and processing the first optoelectronic component and the second optoelectronic component taking account of the measured measurement parameter value of the first optoelectronic component and the measured measurement parameter value of the second optoelectronic component, such that the optoelectronic properties of the first optoelectronic component and the optoelectronic properties of the second optoelectronic component are changed in a different way toward at least one common predefined optoelectronic target property. The processing of at least one value of a measurement parameter of the optoelectronic properties of the first optoelectronic component or of the optoelectronic properties of the second optoelectronic component toward the optoelectronic target property is formed by means of a compensation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Schicktanz, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 9490452
    Abstract: A light-emitting organic component is specified, comprising—an organic active region (3), in which light is generated during the operation of the component, and—an uneven light exit surface (6), through which at least part of the light generated in the organic active region (3) emerges from the component, wherein—a multiplicity of optical structures (7) which optically influence the light passing through and/or impinging on them are arranged at the uneven light exit surface (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Schwamb, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 9478761
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component may include a carrier, a protective layer on or above the carrier, a first electrode on or above the protective layer, an organic functional layer structure on or above the first electrode, and a second electrode on or above the organic functional layer structure. The protective layer has a lower transmission than the carrier for electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of less than approximately 400 nm at least in one wavelength range. The protective layer includes a glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Angela Eberhardt, Manfred Deisenhofer, Christina Wille
  • Patent number: 9444074
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method may include increasing a refractive index of a substrate in at least one region at at least one predefined position in the substrate in such a way that the region having an increased refractive index extends as far as a surface of the substrate, and forming an electrode layer on or above the surface of the substrate at least partly above the region having an increased refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Arndt Jaeger, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Patent number: 9431635
    Abstract: A light-emitting component may include: an electrically active region, including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic functional layer structure between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a thermotropic layer, which is arranged outside the electrically active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Karsten Heuser, Daniel Steffen Setz
  • Publication number: 20160226028
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, on which a transparent electrode and a further electrode are applied. An organic light-emitting layer is arranged between the electrodes. At least one optical scattering layer is arranged on a side of the transparent electrode facing away from the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Steffen Setz, Thilo Reusch, Nina Riegel