Patents by Inventor Hans Bernhard

Hans Bernhard 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: 20250076682
    Abstract: A soft contact lens comprises a plurality of light sources coupled to a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of light sources and the plurality of optical elements are embedded in a soft contact lens material. Each of said plurality of optical elements generates an image focused in front of a peripheral retina of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the images is focused at a distance in front of the peripheral retina at a location, and each of the images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The depth of focus can be less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the peripheral retina at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Beat WYSS, Jean-Noel FEHR, Glenn NORONHA, Karim HAROUD, Julien SAUVET, Hans BERNHARD, Christian OGGENFUSS, Amitava GUPTA, Ryo KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 12210225
    Abstract: A soft contact lens comprises a plurality of light sources coupled to a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of light sources and the plurality of optical elements are embedded in a soft contact lens material. Each of said plurality of optical elements generates an image focused in front of a peripheral retina of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the images is focused at a distance in front of the peripheral retina at a location, and each of the images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The depth of focus can be less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the peripheral retina at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Beat Wyss, Jean-Noel Fehr, Glenn Noronha, Karim Haroud, Julien Sauvet, Hans Bernhard, Christian Oggenfuss, Amitava Gupta, Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20240386899
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology provide improved techniques for telephony downlink audio processing. Improved techniques include receiving a downlink audio signal, determining whether a noise reduction should be performed for the downlink audio signal, and in response to a determination that the noise reduction should be performed, producing a noise reduced audio signal, and providing the noise reduced audio signal for output via a local loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Dersheet C. MEHTA, Hans BERNHARD, Hyunjoung Yang, Jemmy CHEN, Phillip J. EASTON
  • Publication number: 20240252835
    Abstract: A device to stimulate the retina comprises one or more light sources coupled to one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements is configured to illuminate the retina with one or more images at a location away from a fovea of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the one or more images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The one or more images can be formed at a distance anterior to the retina, at a distance posterior to the retina or on the retina. In some embodiments, the depth of focus is less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the retina at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo KUBOTA, Karim HAROUD, Beat WYSS, Hans BERNHARD, Jean-Noel FEHR, Patrizia WEBER, Moritz HAEBERLI, Amitava GUPTA
  • Patent number: 12021354
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is fitted with a pre-combustion chamber having first and second electrodes, each electrode extending through a respective electrode aperture located in a thermally conductive body portion of the pre-combustion chamber body which is located within the cylinder head or other engine body component outside the combustion chamber. The second electrode may be a ground electrode and is adjustable along an axis of the respective, second electrode aperture to adjust the spark gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Bernhard Snuis
  • Publication number: 20240177715
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Dersheet C. MEHTA, Dinesh GARG, Sham A. KOLI, Kerry J. KOPP, Hans BERNHARD
  • Patent number: 11986669
    Abstract: A device to stimulate the retina comprises one or more light sources coupled to one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements is configured to illuminate the retina with one or more images at a location away from a fovea of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the one or more images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The one or more images can be formed at a distance anterior to the retina, at a distance posterior to the retina or on the retina. In some embodiments, the depth of focus is less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the retina at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Karim Haroud, Beat Wyss, Hans Bernhard, Jean-Noel Fehr, Patrizia Weber, Moritz Haeberli, Amitava Gupta
  • Patent number: 11922948
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dersheet C. Mehta, Dinesh Garg, Sham Anton Koli, Kerry J. Kopp, Hans Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20240047950
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is fitted with a pre-combustion chamber having first and second electrodes, each electrode extending through a respective electrode aperture located in a thermally conductive body portion of the pre-combustion chamber body which is located within the cylinder head or other engine body component outside the combustion chamber. The second electrode may be a ground electrode and is adjustable along an axis of the respective, second electrode aperture to adjust the spark gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Bernhard SNUIS
  • Patent number: 11777340
    Abstract: A contact lens charging case comprises a container sized and shaped to receive an electronic contact lens (“eCL”) and charging coil to couple to a coil of the eCL. In some embodiments, the charging coil comprises a diameter larger than a diameter of the coil of the eCL, so as to decrease sensitivity of the location and orientation of the eCL in the container and improve coupling between the coils. In some embodiments, the charging coil is dimensioned so as to extend at least partially around the container that receives the eCL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Patrizia Weber, Marco Burgener, Jonas Butscher, Praveenth Sanmugarajah, Hans Bernhard, Amitava Gupta
  • Patent number: 11733545
    Abstract: An opto-electronic module is configured to fit between anterior and posterior surfaces of a contact lens. The opto-electronics module may comprise a plurality of light sources configured to direct a plurality of light beams to a region of the retina away from the fovea and in some embodiments away from the macula. Each of the plurality of light sources may comprises an LED and one or more projection optics. Each of the projection optics can be coupled to an LED with an adhesive prior to placing the opto-electronics module on a layer of contact lens material. The opto-electronics module may comprise a flex PCB with the plurality of light sources, an antenna, a battery, a capacitor and a processor supported on the flex PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Jean-Noël Fehr, Hans Bernhard, Patrizia Weber, Alain Saurer, Amitava Gupta
  • Publication number: 20230260518
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Dersheet C. MEHTA, Dinesh GARG, Sham Anton KOLI, Kerry J. KOPP, Hans BERNHARD
  • Publication number: 20230168521
    Abstract: A soft contact lens comprises a plurality of light sources coupled to a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of light sources and the plurality of optical elements are embedded in a soft contact lens material. Each of said plurality of optical elements generates an image focused in front of a peripheral retina of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the images is focused at a distance in front of the peripheral retina at a location, and each of the images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The depth of focus can be less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the peripheral retina at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Beat WYSS, Jean-Noel FEHR, Glenn NORONHA, Karim HAROUD, Julien SAUVET, Hans BERNHARD, Christian OGGENFUSS, Amitava GUPTA, Ryo KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11664031
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dersheet C. Mehta, Dinesh Garg, Sham Anton Koli, Kerry J. Kopp, Hans Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20230144121
    Abstract: A device to stimulate the retina comprises one or more light sources coupled to one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements is configured to illuminate the retina with one or more images at a location away from a fovea of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the one or more images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The one or more images can be formed at a distance anterior to the retina, at a distance posterior to the retina or on the retina. In some embodiments, the depth of focus is less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the retina at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo KUBOTA, Karim HAROUD, Beat WYSS, Hans BERNHARD, Jean-Noel FEHR, Patrizia WEBER, Moritz HAEBERLI, Amitava GUPTA
  • Patent number: 11619831
    Abstract: A soft contact lens comprises a plurality of light sources coupled to a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of light sources and the plurality of optical elements are embedded in a soft contact lens material. Each of said plurality of optical elements generates an image focused in front of a peripheral retina of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the images is focused at a distance in front of the peripheral retina at a location, and each of the images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The depth of focus can be less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the peripheral retina at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Beat Wyss, Jean-Noël Fehr, Glenn Noronha, Karim Haroud, Julien Sauvet, Hans Bernhard, Christian Oggenfuss, Amitava Gupta, Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230063265
    Abstract: A contact lens charging case comprises a container sized and shaped to receive an electronic contact lens (“eCL”) and charging coil to couple to a coil of the eCL. In some embodiments, the charging coil comprises a diameter larger than a diameter of the coil of the eCL, so as to decrease sensitivity of the location and orientation of the eCL in the container and improve coupling between the coils. In some embodiments, the charging coil is dimensioned so as to extend at least partially around the container that receives the eCL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo KUBOTA, Patrizia WEBER, Marco BURGENER, Jonas BUTSCHER, Praveenth SANMUGARAJAH, Hans BERNHARD, Amitava GUPTA
  • Patent number: 11583440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tip for use with delivery devices, particularly for use in implanting retinal implants into the retinal space of an eye. The tip includes a flexible envelope and an internal sliding member. Further, the invention relates to an inserter attachment and a delivery device including said tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pixium Vision SA
    Inventors: Elodie Bouillet, Martin Deterre, Yves Ruffieux, Hans Bernhard
  • Patent number: 11583696
    Abstract: A device to stimulate the retina comprises one or more light sources coupled to one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements is configured to illuminate the retina with one or more images at a location away from a fovea of a wearer. In some embodiments, each of the one or more images comprises a depth of focus and a spatial resolution. The one or more images can be formed at a distance anterior to the retina, at a distance posterior to the retina or on the retina. In some embodiments, the depth of focus is less than the distance, and the spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the retina at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Karim Haroud, Beat Wyss, Hans Bernhard, Jean-Noël Fehr, Patrizia Weber, Moritz Haeberli, Amitava Gupta
  • Patent number: 11559247
    Abstract: Apparatuses for detecting swallowing disorders and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the apparatuses include a disposable sensor base and a sensor that is received by the disposable sensor base. The sensor base includes a sensor interface having a predetermined cut-away shape and a directionally-keyed mating surface. The sensor includes a handle portion having a shape that corresponds to the predetermined shape of the sensor interface, a support portion configured to be received by the directionally-keyed mating surface when the sensor is inserted into the sensor interface, and electronics configured to collect data sensed by the sensor. The apparatuses of the present disclosure can be attached to a patient's neck to detect and/or diagnose swallowing disorders during a swallowing test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Hans Bernhard, Elise Gortchacow, Michael Jedwab, Adam Burbidge