Patents by Inventor Hans Köhler

Hans Köhler 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: 20250083455
    Abstract: A method for compensation for a failed print nozzle of an inkjet printhead for the printing of a printed image onto a print material conveyed in a transport direction, includes printing the printed image with at least two different print droplet volumes, one of which is a maximum print droplet volume. At least one compensation nozzle, i.e. a neighboring nozzle of the failed nozzle, prints compensation droplets with an elevated compensation droplet volume compared to the maximum print droplet volume. A frequency for the creation of compensation droplets is defined, and the compensation nozzle is actuated such that the defined frequency is observed and the successive compensation droplets printed by the compensation nozzle have a defined minimum separation in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Clarissa Benzin, Annika Kamper, Emilia Göb, Johann Weigert, Hans Köhler
  • Patent number: 11752760
    Abstract: A method of printing improved printed products using defect-free printing machine nozzles and compensated defective nozzles includes printing products and a test chart with test fields onto a transported substrate, the test fields having tonal values, every test field including an unprinted line from a nonactivated, nonprinting nozzle compensated by a neighboring nozzle having a compensation value, pairs of tonal value and compensation value being specified and used for the chart, recording an image of the chart, computer-analyzing the image and determining the compensation value. Every pair of tonal value and compensation value is used multiple times in the chart and a corresponding number of spaced apart test fields is created. A characteristic value representing test field homogeneity and determining compensation value quality is assigned to every measuring field. The best characteristic value regarding a specified criterion and the compensation value is determined for every tonal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Ralf Tita, Hans Köhler
  • Publication number: 20230241885
    Abstract: A method of printing improved printed products using defect-free printing machine nozzles and compensated defective nozzles includes printing products and a test chart with test fields onto a transported substrate, the test fields having tonal values, every test field including an unprinted line from a nonactivated, nonprinting nozzle compensated by a neighboring nozzle having a compensation value, pairs of tonal value and compensation value being specified and used for the chart, recording an image of the chart, computer-analyzing the image and determining the compensation value. Every pair of tonal value and compensation value is used multiple times in the chart and a corresponding number of spaced apart test fields is created. A characteristic value representing test field homogeneity and determining compensation value quality is assigned to every measuring field. The best characteristic value regarding a specified criterion and the compensation value is determined for every tonal value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ralf Tita, Hans Köhler
  • Patent number: 9950111
    Abstract: A device for the transcutaneous, in vivo measurement of the concentration of at least one analyte in a living organism includes a catheter which can be introduced into the organism, and a luminescence indicator, which is immobilized on the catheter and which reacts to a change in the concentration of the at least one analyte to be measured with a change in at least one optical property. The luminescence indicator is transcutaneously connected to a source for providing an excitation radiation and a detector for detecting the measuring radiation. The luminescence indicator is immobilized on the outer circumference of the catheter, which is used to dispense a fluid medium, for example a medication, into the organism or to drain a body fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ
    Inventors: Hans Köhler, Ingo Klimant
  • Publication number: 20120165625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transcutaneous, in vivo measurement of the concentration of at least one analyte in a living organism, comprising a carrier which can be introduced into the organism, and a luminescence indicator which is immobilized on the carrier and which reacts to a change in the concentration of the analyte to be measured with a change in at least one optical property, wherein the luminescence indicator is transcutaneously connected to a source for providing the excitation radiation and a detector for detecting the measuring radiation. According to the invention, the luminescence indicator is immobilized on the outer circumference of a catheter, which is used to dispense a fluid medium, for example a medicament, into the organism or to suck up a body fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT GRAZ, JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Hans Köhler, Ingo Klimant, Michael Babeluk
  • Patent number: 6655903
    Abstract: The invention considerably reduces the danger of deformation for containers made from a thermoplastic material during the transfer to a stacking magazine or into a locally fixed catch plate. This deformation danger results from the fact that the formed stack must be displaced within a short time by the stack distance, either through the transferred containers themselves or by components of a catch plate that is moved forward with each cycle. This is achieved through displacing the stacks in the stacking magazines or the locally fixed catch plate with a displacement device. The displacement device can be combined with the stack removal device or can be a separate displacement device. According to a modification of the invention, the method is intended to improve the cooling of the stacked containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Adolf Illig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Hans Köhler