Patents by Inventor Gerhard Metz

Gerhard Metz 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: 20240107873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a triplet emitter X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of less than or equal to 0.4 eV [?(ES1(X)) ?(ET1(X))?0.4 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the triplet emitter X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the triplet emitter X(ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y(ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas Holcombe
  • Patent number: 9903897
    Abstract: A device for identifying a local coil property of a local coil for a magnetic resonance imaging scanner includes at least one label configured to transmit at least one identity number wirelessly. The device also includes at least one reading unit with a reading-unit antenna. The reading unit is configured to receive the at least one identity number. The device includes an identification apparatus configured to identify a local coil property of the local coil based on the at least one received identity number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Patent number: 9726470
    Abstract: A method and a device for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a position of a patient couch are provided. The device includes at least one reading unit that is configured to determine a position of at least one label at the local coil relative to the at least one reading unit. The device also includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the patient couch relative to the magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The device includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the local coil relative to the patient couch based on the determined position of the at least one label and the determined position of the patient couch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Patent number: 9547055
    Abstract: A device for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a position of a patient couch includes at least one label configured to transmit a signal with at least one identity number wirelessly, and at least one reading unit with a reading-unit antenna. The at least one reading unit is configured to receive the signal. The device also includes a position determination apparatus configured to determine the position of the local coil relative to the patient couch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Patent number: 9246547
    Abstract: A method transmits data via an electric conductor of a current network. At least one first node and at least one second node are coupled to the electric conductor by a respective impedance-transparent coupling device. The method involves transmitting a carrier signal by the first node via the electric conductor, rectifying the transmitted carrier signal at the second node in order to supply energy to the second node, and modulating the transmitted carrier signal by the second node using a load modulation in order to transmit response data to the first node. The method is suitable in particular for low-maintenance and inexpensive sensor applications in current networks. An arrangement is used to transmit data via the electric conductor of a current network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joerg Huettner, Fabian Kurz, Gerhard Metz, Andreas Ziroff
  • Publication number: 20150139341
    Abstract: A method transmits data via an electric conductor of a current network. At least one first node and at least one second node are coupled to the electric conductor by a respective impedance-transparent coupling device. The method involves transmitting a carrier signal by the first node via the electric conductor, rectifying the transmitted carrier signal at the second node in order to supply energy to the second node, and modulating the transmitted carrier signal by the second node using a load modulation in order to transmit response data to the first node. The method is suitable in particular for low-maintenance and inexpensive sensor applications in current networks. An arrangement is used to transmit data via the electric conductor of a current network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joerg Huettner, Fabian Kurz, Gerhard Metz, Andreas Ziroff
  • Patent number: 8700980
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a contactless switching system and an embodiment relates to a method for encoding same with at least one sensor and at least one signal generator, where the signal generator sends at least one data sequence and the sensor receives the data sequence. In at least one embodiment, an aim is to specify a technical teaching for encoding a contactless switching system inexpensively and in a versatile fashion. To this end, at least one embodiment of the invention proposes anchoring user-implementable encoding in the checksum of the data sequence or the checksum computation code, so that the checksum which the data sequence contains is used to check the quality of the data transmission and at the same time to implement the encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Hammer, Gerhard Metz, Claus Seisenberger
  • Publication number: 20140055132
    Abstract: A device for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a position of a patient couch includes at least one label configured to transmit a signal with at least one identity number wirelessly, and at least one reading unit with a reading-unit antenna. The at least one reading unit is configured to receive the signal. The device also includes a position determination apparatus configured to determine the position of the local coil relative to the patient couch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Publication number: 20140055148
    Abstract: A device for identifying a local coil property of a local coil for a magnetic resonance imaging scanner includes at least one label configured to transmit at least one identity number wirelessly. The device also includes at least one reading unit with a reading-unit antenna. The reading unit is configured to receive the at least one identity number. The device includes an identification apparatus configured to identify a local coil property of the local coil based on the at least one received identity number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Publication number: 20140055127
    Abstract: A method and a device for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a position of a patient couch are provided. The device includes at least one reading unit that is configured to determine a position of at least one label at the local coil relative to the at least one reading unit. The device also includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the patient couch relative to the magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The device includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the local coil relative to the patient couch based on the determined position of the at least one label and the determined position of the patient couch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Gerhard Metz
  • Patent number: 8169308
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for checking the switching region of a touch-free switching system with at least one sensor and at least one signal emitter, wherein the signal emitter sends data to the sensor. An extremely flexible and practical switching region check is achieved in at least one embodiment by the fact that a change in at least one system parameter of the switching system derives at least one first piece of information on the position of the signal emitter. The method represents an inexpensive possibility for checking a switching region, which has options for the definition and allocation of the switch-on, switch-off, and hysteresis regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Hammer, Gerhard Metz, Richard Roskosch
  • Publication number: 20120050016
    Abstract: A method and a system for determining the distance, speed, and/or direction of movement of a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder, wherein a RFID reading device transmits a power supply carrier signal that is modulated during some phases to interrogate the RFID transponder. A radar module simultaneously transmits a radar signal that is received and reflected by the RFID transponder. The reflected radar signal is re-received by the radar module. The position of the RFID transponder can be determined from the reflected, received radar signal. The radar signal is transmitted especially when no interrogation data is modulated onto the power supply carrier signal, where the power supply carrier signal and the radar signal have different frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Bieber, Daniel Evers, Dieter Horst, Gerhard Metz, Stefan Schwarzer, Claus Seisenberger
  • Publication number: 20100088555
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a contactless switching system and an embodiment relates to a method for encoding same with at least one sensor and at least one signal generator, where the signal generator sends at least one data sequence and the sensor receives the data sequence. In at least one embodiment, an aim is to specify a technical teaching for encoding a contactless switching system inexpensively and in a versatile fashion. To this end, at least one embodiment of the invention proposes anchoring user-implementable encoding in the checksum of the data sequence or the checksum computation code, so that the checksum which the data sequence contains is used to check the quality of the data transmission and at the same time to implement the encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Hammer, Gerhard Metz, Claus Seisenberger
  • Publication number: 20090322469
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for checking the switching region of a touch-free switching system with at least one sensor and at least one signal emitter, wherein the signal emitter sends data to the sensor. An extremely flexible and practical switching region check is achieved in at least one embodiment by the fact that a change in at least one system parameter of the switching system derives at least one first piece of information on the position of the signal emitter. The method represents an inexpensive possibility for checking a switching region, which has options for the definition and allocation of the switch-on, switch-off, and hysteresis regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Christian Hammer, Gerhard Metz, Richard Roskosch