Patents by Inventor Hans-Josef Gassmann

Hans-Josef Gassmann 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).

  • Device and method for detecting a vital parameter
    Patent number: 9681830
    Abstract: A device for detecting a vital parameter is described, comprising: an optoelectronic sensor arrangement for detecting the vital parameter by means of light remission at a finger, wherein the optoelectronic sensor arrangement has a first light source for generating light in a visible wavelength range, a second light source for generating light in a non-visible wavelength range and a light-sensitive element; and a controller which is implemented to switch on the second light source in temporal intervals, execute an evaluation of the light received from the light-sensitive element in the invisible wavelength range of the second light source with respect to whether a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement and to switch on the first light source as soon as the evaluation indicates that a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Robert Couronne, Fabio Ciancitto, Sergey Ershov, Christian Weigand, Hans-Josef Gassmann, Rainer Haevescher
  • Device for Detecting at Least One Vital Parameter of a Person in a Vehicle and Device for Monitoring at Least One Vital Parameter of a Person in a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20120010485
    Abstract: A device for detecting at least one vital parameter of a person in a vehicle is described, having: an optoelectronic sensor arrangement for detecting the at least one vital parameter by means of light remission, wherein the optoelectronic sensor arrangement has at least one light source and a light-sensitive element, and wherein the first light source and the light-sensitive element are arranged in a finger bed of an operating element of the vehicle, and wherein the finger bed is implemented to integrate a fingertip of the person flush in a sensor area of the finger bed in which the first light source and the light sensitive element are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Couronne, Hans-Joachim Moersdorf, Andreas Tobola, Sergey Ershov, Hans-Josef Gassmann, Rainer Haevescher, Ludger Rake, Joerg Meyer
  • Device and Method for Detecting a Vital Parameter
    Publication number: 20110237912
    Abstract: A device for detecting a vital parameter is described, comprising: an optoelectronic sensor arrangement for detecting the vital parameter by means of light remission at a finger, wherein the optoelectronic sensor arrangement has a first light source for generating light in a visible wavelength range, a second light source for generating light in a non-visible wavelength range and a light-sensitive element; and a controller which is implemented to switch on the second light source in temporal intervals, execute an evaluation of the light received from the light-sensitive element in the invisible wavelength range of the second light source with respect to whether a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement and to switch on the first light source as soon as the evaluation indicates that a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Couronne, Fabio Ciancitto, Sergey Ershov, Christian Weigand, Hans-Josef Gassmann, Rainer Havescher