Patents by Inventor David Andreas
David Andreas 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: 12211157Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
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Patent number: 12211148Abstract: Example embodiments described herein relate to an augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of interactive augmented reality content at a client device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: David Li, Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Publication number: 20250027791Abstract: A system, comprising: a processing circuitry that is configured to: receive a signal S1 and a signal S2, the signal S1 being generated by a first receiving coil in response to a first magnetic field, the signal S2 being generated by a second receiving coil in response to the first magnetic field, receive a signal S3 and a signal S4, the signal S3 being generated by a third receiving coil in response to a second magnetic field, the signal S4 being generated by a fourth receiving coil in response to the second magnetic field; calculate a first electrical angle based on signals S1 and S2; calculate a second electrical angle based on signals S3 and S4; and generate an output signal based on the first and second electrical angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Solène Bastien, Alexander Latham, Emanuele Andrea Casu, Rémy Lassalle-Balier, David Witts, Paul Smith
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Patent number: 12203768Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Publication number: 20250020944Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a customized optical element to adjust an optical property of an optical component, such as goggles, wherein the method comprises the steps of receiving customer data indicative of a visual defect a person and/or a desired visual correction of the optical component; determining, from the customer data, the shape of a first surface of an optical element to be manufactured, such that the optical component, when the optical element is applied to an optical surface of the optical component, compensates at least partially or entirely the visual defect of the person or exhibits the desired visual correction; manufacturing the optical element using a liquid material that when brought in shape, is solidified.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AGInventors: Manuel Aschwanden, David Andreas Niederer
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Patent number: 12189084Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid lens (1) with an adjustable optical power comprising at least the following components: a lens volume (VL) with a first transparent liquid (L1) arranged between a first transparent membrane (21) and a second transparent membrane (22) opposite the first membrane (21), wherein the first membrane (21) has a first side (21-1) facing outwards the lens volume (VL) and a second side (21-2) facing in the opposite direction particularly toward the lens volume (VL), wherein the second membrane (22) has a first side (22-1) facing toward the lens volume (VL) and a second side (22-2) facing in the opposite direction particularly outward the lens volume (VL), a lens shaping element (3) arranged on the first membrane (21), the lens shaping element (3) having a circumferential aperture (3a) defining a lens area (21a) of the first membrane (21) having an adjustable curvature, a rigid transparent window element (5) connected to the second membrane (22) covering a window portion (22a) of theType: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Optotune Consumer AGInventors: Stephan Smolka, Manuel Aschwanden, David Andreas Niederer, Johannes Haase
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Publication number: 20240422094Abstract: As part of managing delivery of a packet flow according to a reliable transport protocol that supports multi-path delivery, a sender splits data into multiple flow packets of a flow and sends at least some of the flow packets to a receiver on multiple paths of a network. The sender receives feedback metadata and updates an out-of-order (“OOO”) tracking window. The sender also determines a metric that quantifies degree of OOO delivery. In general, the metric measures the extent to which flow packets have been successfully delivered OOO after a “missing” flow packet. If a sufficient count or range of flow packets have been acknowledged as received OOO after the missing flow packet, the missing flow packet is likely to have been dropped—not merely delayed. Depending on the metric, the sender selectively resends to the receiver one or more unacknowledged flow packets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Konstantinos PAPAMICHAEL, David Andreas SIDLER, Fei GAO
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Publication number: 20240421937Abstract: As part of managing delivery of a given packet flow according to a reliable transport protocol, a sender sends, to a receiver, a last flow packet among multiple flow packets of a flowlet. After sending the last flow packet but before satisfaction of a timeout condition for the last flow packet, the sender sends one or more end-of-flowlet (“EOF”) packets, which can be flush packets, query packets, or another type of packet. The sender receives, from the receiver, feedback metadata for the EOF packet(s) and updates a tracking window based at least in part on the feedback metadata. The sender selectively resends one or more unacknowledged flow packets according to the updated tracking window. In this way, the sender can quickly address any dropped packets or significantly delayed packets at the end of a flowlet, without waiting for the timeout condition to detect the dropped or delayed packets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mohammad Saifee DOHADWALA, David Andreas SIDLER, Michael Konstantinos PAPAMICHAEL
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Publication number: 20240288688Abstract: The invention relates to a lens having an adjustable optical power comprising a container with a frame structure delimiting a lens volume and a reservoir volume, wherein the lens volume and the reservoir volume are fluidically connected and comprise a liquid, wherein both volumes have at least one opening that are laterally shifted to each other and wherein each opening is covered by two elastically deformable membrane portions, wherein in the space enclosed between the membrane portions for each opening another liquid enclosed in. The invention further teaches a piston structure that is arranged to adjust a pressure in the reservoir volume such as to control a focal strength of the lens volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AGInventors: Stephan SMOLKA, David Andreas NIEDERER, Manuel ASCHWANDEN, Johannes HAASE, Andreas BRÄNDLE
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Patent number: 11994669Abstract: The invention relates to a lens having an adjustable optical power comprising a container with a frame structure delimiting a lens volume and a reservoir volume, wherein the lens volume and the reservoir volume are fluidically connected and comprise a liquid, wherein both volumes have at least one opening that are laterally shifted to each other and wherein each opening is covered by two elastically deformable membrane portions, wherein in the space enclosed between the membrane portions for each opening another liquid enclosed in. The invention further teaches a piston structure that is arranged to adjust a pressure in the reservoir volume such as to control a focal strength of the lens volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: OPTOTUNE AGInventors: Stephan Smolka, David Andreas Niederer, Manuel Aschwanden, Johannes Haase, Andreas Brändle
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Publication number: 20240160027Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device (1) for enhancing the resolution of an image or for reducing speckle noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: OPTOTUNE AGInventors: Manuel ASCHWANDEN, Marcel SUTER, Stephan SMOLKA, Roman PATSCHEIDER, David Andreas NIEDERER
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Publication number: 20240076453Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid for an optical tuneable device, wherein the optical tuneable device comprises a volume and a membrane and wherein the volume is filled with a liquid comprising at least one compound of formula (I), at least one additive, particularly wherein the at least one additive is selected from the group of a protecting agent, a stabiliser, a tracer, a buffer and/or a surface tension adjustment agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AGInventors: David Andreas Niederer, Andreas Brändle, Marta Vidiella del Blanco, Luis Madrigal
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Patent number: 11880044Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device (1) for enhancing the resolution of an image or for reducing speckle noise.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventors: Manuel Aschwanden, Marcel Suter, Stephan Smolka, Roman Patscheider, David Andreas Niederer
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Publication number: 20230375819Abstract: The invention relates to a tunable optical component (100) comprising a liquid chamber (101), a flexible membrane (1), a shaping element (3), and an actuator (2), wherein the liquid chamber (101) is filled with a liquid (102), the membrane (1) delimits the liquid chamber (101), the membrane (1) is attached to the shaping element (3), the shaping element (3) has a ring shape, wherein the shaping element (3) surrounds an optically active area (10) of the membrane (1), the actuator (2) comprises multiple piezo units (20), the piezo unit (20) is coupled to a counterpart (203) in a releasable force-fitting manner, the piezo unit (20) is arranged to move the counterpart (203), and wherein the relative movement of the counterpart (203) and the piezo unit (20) results in a movement of the liquid (102), which causes a change of an optical property of the optically active area (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AGInventors: Roman PATSCHEIDER, Christopher LANING, David Andreas NIEDERER, Manuel ASCHWANDEN
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Publication number: 20230347604Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing at least one optical component (1), comprising the steps of: a) Providing at least one cavity (2), wherein the at least one cavity (2) is delimited on a first side by a surface (3a) of a first membrane portion (3), wherein a shape of the first membrane portion (3) is adjustable; b) Filling a material (4) into the at least one cavity (2) for forming at least one optical component (1), such that the material (4) contacts a surface (3a) of the first membrane portion (3); c) Adjusting the shape of the first membrane portion (3); d) Curing the material (4) filled into the at least one cavity (2) so that the material (4) forms a first interface (e.g. a first optical surface) (1a) of the at least one optical component (1), which first interface (1a) comprises a shape defined by a shape of the surface (3a) of the first membrane portion (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: OPTOTUNE SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Manuel ASCHWANDEN, David Andreas NIEDERER, Roman PATSCHEIDER, Michael ZIHLMANN, Christopher LANING, Marta VIDIELLA DEL BLANCO
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Patent number: 11687440Abstract: Protection of a first software application to be executed on an execution platform by adding at least one check module to the software application, wherein the check module, when being executed, checks at least a part of the code of the protected software application loaded in the memory and carries out a predefined tamper response in case the check module detects that the checked code was changed or ensures that the protected software application continues to function correctly in case the check module detects that the checked code was not changed; selecting a first code region of the first software application, said first code region provides a first functionality when being executed; amending the selected first code region of the first software application such that an amended first code region is generated to provide the protected software application; wherein the amended first code region, when being executed, still provides the first functionality but carries out an access to at least a part of the codeType: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: THALES DIS CPL USA, INC.Inventors: Andreas Weber, David Andreas Lange, Michael Zunke
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Patent number: 11674967Abstract: A new, stable trimeric TNF? structure is disclosed with distorted symmetry which can bind to the TNFR1 receptor to attenuate signalling therefrom, which can be used in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with the soluble TNF?/TNFR1 interaction. Membrane-bound TNF? is not affected in its ability to signal through TNFR2, and thus the new structure of TNF? may be used in therapies which do not significantly raise the risk of infection or malignancy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRLInventors: James Philip O'Connell, John Robert Porter, Alastair Lawson, Boris Kroeplien, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Timothy John Norman, Graham John Warrellow, Tracy Lynn Arakaki, Alex Buntin Burgin, William Ross Pitt, Mark Daniel Calmiano, David Andreas Schubert, Daniel John Lightwood, Rebecca Jayne Munro
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Publication number: 20230134656Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid lens (1) with an adjustable optical power comprising at least the following components: a lens volume (VL) with a first transparent liquid (L1) arranged between a first transparent membrane (21) and a second transparent membrane (22) opposite the first membrane (21), wherein the first membrane (21) has a first side (21-1) facing outwards the lens volume (VL) and a second side (21-2) facing in the opposite direction particularly toward the lens volume (VL), wherein the second membrane (22) has a first side (22-1) facing toward the lens volume (VL) and a second side (22-2) facing in the opposite direction particularly outward the lens volume (VL), a lens shaping element (3) arranged on the first membrane (21), the lens shaping element (3) having a circumferential aperture (3a) defining a lens area (21a) of the first membrane (21) having an adjustable curvature, a rigid transparent window element (5) connected to the second membrane (22) covering a window portion (22a) of theType: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Optotune Consumer AGInventors: Stephan Smolka, Manuel Aschwanden, David Andreas Niederer, Johannes Haase
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Publication number: 20230054707Abstract: Optical element (1) comprising a sealed volume (15), a first window (11), a second window (12) and a membrane (13), wherein the membrane (13) encloses the sealed volume (15) in lateral directions and the membrane (13) encloses the sealed volume (15) in directions perpendicular to lateral directions, or the first window (11) and the second window (12) enclose the sealed volume (15) in directions perpendicular to lateral directions, wherein the sealed volume (15) is deformable by tilting the first window (11) with respect to the second window (12), wherein the first window (11) and the second window (12) being spaced apart by a solid structure (14), and the solid structure (14) is arranged to guide a motion of the first window (11) with respect to the second window (12), so that a pressure in the sealed volume (15) is constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Nextlens Switzerland AGInventors: Johannes Haase, Stephan Smolka, David Andreas Niederer, Frank Bose
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Publication number: 20230026802Abstract: Tunable optical device comprising an actuator, a transmission element, a mount and an optical component, wherein the optical component comprises a window member and a ring member, wherein an optical property of the optical component is adjustable by altering the position of the ring member with respect to the window member. The actuator is arranged to generate an actuation force along an axial direction, the transmission element is arranged to transmit the actuation force from the actuator to the optical component, the transmitted actuation force alters the position of the ring member with respect to the window member. The transmission element comprises a bridge portion and a meander portion, wherein the bridge portion couples the ring member to the actuator and the window member is attached to the mount, or the bridge portion couples the window member to the actuator and the ring member is attached to the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AGInventors: David Andreas Niederer, Christopher Laning, Roman Patscheider