Patents by Inventor Gerhard Müller

Gerhard Müller 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: 20240137531
    Abstract: Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp MERKLE, Christian BARTNIK, Haricharan LAKSHMAN, Detlev MARPE, Karsten MUELLER, Thomas WIEGAND, Gerhard TECH
  • Patent number: 11964646
    Abstract: A foot brake valve (2?) of a pneumatic brake system in a motor vehicle has an installation plate (4?), on which a brake pedal (14) is pivotably mounted and to which a housing (18?) of a control unit (16, 26) is fastened. A spring-loaded plunger piston (36) in actuating contact with the brake pedal (14) is guided axially movably in an annular collar (50) projecting upward out of the installation plate (4?). For fastening the housing (18?) of the control unit (16, 26) to the installation plate (4?), the housing (18?) has an intermediate flange (48) which is screw-connected to the main part of the housing (18?) and has the annular collar (50). The intermediate flange (48) is coaxially rotatably about a vertical central axis (32), and is connectable in non-positively locking fashion to the installation plate (4?) via a releasable clamping connection (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
    Inventors: Peter Beier, Ulrich Couppee, Reiner Hölscher, Gerhard Martini, Karl-Heinz Riediger-Janisch, Olaf Bindseil, Petra Elze, Alexander Fabian, Gerrit Glondajewski, Sven Homann, Jan Hörstmann, Thomas Müller
  • Publication number: 20240106997
    Abstract: Embodiments are described which exploit a finding, according to which a higher compression rate or better rate/distortion ratio may be achieved by adopting or predicting second coding parameters used for encoding a second view of the multi-view signal from first coding parameters used in encoding a first view of the multi-view signal. In other words, the inventors found out that the redundancies between views of a multi-view signal are not restricted to the views themselves, such as the video information thereof, but that the coding parameters in parallelly encoding these views show similarities which may be exploited in order to further improve the coding rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas WIEGAND, Detlev MARPE, Karsten MUELLER, Philipp MERKLE, Gerhard TECH, Hunn RHEE, Heiko SCHWARZ
  • Patent number: 11865983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the start-up time of a driver information system in a vehicle comprising providing a driver information system having an operating mode, a standby mode, and a hibernation mode. The driver information system is operated with operating power in the operating mode, is not supplied with operating power in the hibernation mode, and is operated with reduced operating power in the standby mode. A seat occupancy detection device is provided for detecting seat occupancy of at least one vehicle seat. An activation system is provided for activating and operating the driver information system in the operating mode at least when the activation system is active; and changing the driver information system from the operating mode to the standby mode when the activation system is switched off and when seat occupancy is detected at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Kabatek, Martin Stamm, Gerhard Müller, Axel König, Boris Bach
  • Publication number: 20230347929
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle contains a computing unit having first and second subunits. The first subunit has a first interface for receiving first sensor data, a processor for performing first control functions, and a first connection unit for transmitting the first sensor data to the first processor. The second subunit has a second interface for receiving second sensor data, a second processor for performing second control functions, and a second connection unit for transmitting the second sensor data to the second processor. The first connection unit has a first data exchange block and the second connection unit has a second data exchange block. The first data exchange block transmits the first sensor data to the second data exchange block, and the second data exchange block transmits the first sensor data to the second processor. The second processor performs the second control functions based on the first sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Gerhard MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20230249531
    Abstract: Gearbox apparatus for a drive train of a motor vehicle, having at least two electric machines which are assigned to a common gearbox device, the at least two electric machines being arranged in parallel and being arranged together with an electronics device, designed in particular for the electrical supply of the two electric machines, so as to overlap in the axial direction at least in portions in a common spatial volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Fabian RÜGER, Oliver BAYER, Steffen TREUTLEIN, Gerhard MÜLLER, Michael KOHR, Thomas SCHUPP, Niklas SCHWARZMANN
  • Publication number: 20230191890
    Abstract: A motor vehicle may include a drive train which has at least one electric machine. The electric machine can be connected or is connected to an electric energy store that can be charged with a charging interface from an external charging device, which electric machine is designed to generate a torque and transmit it to an output of the drive train. A decoupling device may be included, which is designed to mechanically decouple the electric machine from the output, when required, in order to carry out a charging operation in a decoupling state. In the decoupling state, a rotational movement of the rotor of the electric machine into a target charging orientation of the rotor is decoupled from the output of the drive train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Peterseim, Felix Prauße, Gerhard Müller
  • Patent number: 11633706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser for viscous materials that includes a static mixer, a first and second receptacle R1 and R2 for a first and second viscous material, connected in fluid communication with the static mixer, a first and second actuator configured for discharge of receptacle R1 and R2, an electrically or manually operable drive and a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission configured to translate drive motion into first and second actuator motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU SILICONES EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Müller, Kin Saito, Makoto Ohara, Dennis Tenhünfeld
  • Publication number: 20230098335
    Abstract: An inverter includes a DC input, a link capacitor including a plurality of input contacts fitted to a capacitor housing, a plurality of half-bridges, each including semiconductor switching elements for converting the DC current into an AC current having a plurality of phase currents, wherein the half-bridges are arranged in a row along a transverse direction to the inverter, a positive DC conductor rail and a negative DC conductor rail for the infeed of DC current to the half-bridges, wherein the positive and/or negative DC conductor rail extends in a transverse direction to the inverter over the row of half-bridges, such that the width of the positive and/or negative DC conductor rail extends to the width of the row of half-bridges, an AC conductor rail assembly for the output of AC current to the electric drive, and a cooler for cooling the half-bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ivonne TRENZ, Michael KOHR, Florian PAHN, Pengshuai WANG, Manuel RAIMANN, Philipp RAU, Jonas ZELLER, Gerhard MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11610566
    Abstract: Harmonica with a blues scale based on the minor pentatonic scale, which is formed from the pentatonic scale in the minor key by adding the diminished fifth, comprising at least 10 combs, which are tuned to an arrangement of notes of the blues scale with a multi-octave range, and the comb assignment of the blow and draw channels is determined by a sound arrangement of the scale-specific notes of the minor blues scale, for which purpose the three adjacent combs of at least one octave are tuned to the blow notes (1), (4), (5) and to the draw notes (3b), (5b), (7b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HOHNER Musikinstrumente GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Müller, Ines Weber
  • Publication number: 20230067929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, cocrystal, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof Formula (I) and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), as well as to the use of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, cocrystal, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, in the treatment of cancer. Further aspects of the present invention include combination therapies in which a compound of formula (I), as well as to the use of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, cocrystal, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, is used in combination with a known anti-cancer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tolremo Therapeutics AG
    Inventors: Stefanie Flückiger-Mangual, Dorothea Gruber, Gerhard Müller, Johan J.N. Veerman, Rutger Folmer
  • Publication number: 20220270573
    Abstract: Harmonica with a blues scale based on the minor pentatonic scale, which is formed from the pentatonic scale in the minor key by adding the diminished fifth, comprising at least 10 combs, which are tuned to an arrangement of notes of the blues scale with a multi-octave range, and the comb assignment of the blow and draw channels is determined by a sound arrangement of the scale-specific notes of the minor blues scale, for which purpose the three adjacent combs of at least one octave are tuned to the blow notes (1), (4), (5) and to the draw notes (3b), (5b), (7b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: HOHNER Musikinstrumente GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard MÜLLER, Ines WEBER
  • Publication number: 20220109376
    Abstract: A half-bridge includes a substrate, semiconductor switches, power connections and signal connections, the power and signal connections are formed in a flat conductor frame, the signal connections are electrically connected to the semiconductor switches such that they can be switched via the signal connections and the power connections are electrically connected to the semiconductor switches such that they allow or interrupt electricity transfer between the power connections, the semiconductor switches, signal connections, and power connections are on a first surface of the substrate in a casting compound, first end sections of the signal connections formed in the conductor frame each extend from a second surface orthogonal to the first surface, exiting the casting compound, second end sections of the signal connections, which are separate from the flat conductor frame, are connected to the first end section outside the casting compound and are perpendicular to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Manuel RAIMANN, Sebastian Besold, Gerhard Müller, Pengshuai Wang
  • Publication number: 20210245119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser for viscous materials that includes a static mixer, a first and second receptacle R1 and R2 for a first and second viscous material, connected in fluid communication with the static mixer, a first and second actuator configured for discharge of receptacle R1 and R2, an electrically or manually operable drive and a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission configured to translate drive motion into first and second actuator motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU SILICONES EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard MÜLLER, Kin SAITO, Makoto OHARA, Dennis TENHÜNFELD
  • Patent number: 10834931
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hanging device, a smoke bar top module as well as a method for extracting a sausage group that hangs on multiple hanging hooks of a hanging device. The hanging hooks have a device for guiding a smoke bar or a smoke bar top module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Florian Osswald, Siegfried Reutter, Gerhard Mueller, Gerhard Schliesser, Jochen Merk
  • Patent number: 10752122
    Abstract: A vehicle with a front wheel and a front wheel of a vehicle is provided. The front wheel is drivable by a first drive arrangement, and a rear wheel of the vehicle is drivable by a second drive arrangement. The first drive arrangement may be integrated into the front wheel, and includes an electric motor for selectively rotatably driving the front wheel, a reduction gear between the electric motor and the front wheel, and an actuable coupling for selectively coupling or decoupling the electric motor to the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst August Werner, Gerhard Mueller, Franz Garnweitner, Werner Weck, Gerhard Reiner
  • Publication number: 20200223467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a push handle unit (20, 20?), comprising at least one first and at least one second end piece (30), and further comprising at least one fastening device for fastening the respective end piece (30) to a transport cart, wherein the first and second end pieces (30) are connected by way of a cross brace (50), wherein the cross brace (50) comprises a middle part (60, 60?), and wherein the middle part (60, 60) comprises a display unit (620), wherein the middle part (60) furthermore includes cut-outs (630) and/or recesses (640) to partially or completely accommodate functional elements (70) and/or objects (80), and wherein the functional elements (70) are inserted into the cut-outs (630) and/or recesses (640) in an exchangeable and/or stationary manner, wherein the cut-outs (630) and/or recesses (640) are furthermore arranged next to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Technibilt, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nina Olbrich, Thomas Gasche, Johann Daminger, Gerhard Müller, Paul Ruf
  • Publication number: 20200164323
    Abstract: A container for two or more viscous materials is provided that contains a reservoir, one or more mixing tube(s) and frame or shield, with one or more apertures arranged within the mixing tube. The container can include a frame and a first and second polymeric film joined to a first and, respectively second surface of the frame by one or more adhesive or seal seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gerhard MÜLLER, Kin SAITO, Makoto OHARA, Dennis TENHÜNDFELD, Andreas SCHELL
  • Patent number: 10658204
    Abstract: A substrate processing system to treat a substrate includes a spin chuck configured to hold and rotate a substrate. A heating assembly is configured to heat an opposite surface of the substrate and includes a main heater assembly and a nozzle stack cap. The main heater assembly includes a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on a first printed circuit board (PCB) in a first plane that is spaced from and parallel to a second plane including the substrate. The nozzle stack cap assembly includes at least one nozzle to dispense liquid onto a center of a first surface of the substrate. A radiant heat source is arranged closer to the substrate than the first plane and is configured to heat the center of the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventors: Bridget Hill, Michael Puggl, Gerhard Mueller, Henry Roger Osner, Karl-Heinz Hohenwarter, Ulrich Tschinderle, Daniel Brien
  • Patent number: D998280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PARAGON PET PRODUCTS EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Felix Johannes Gerhard Müller-Ohl, Sander Hilbert Oldengarm, Gregory George Kean, Janjaap Freije