Patents by Inventor Jan Hermes

Jan Hermes 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).

  • Patent number: 12598287
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display device. The disclosure is further directed towards a method, a computer program code, and an apparatus for providing a correction map for such a display device. The disclosure is further related to a method and a computer program code for operating a display device. The display device comprises a display panel comprising pixels, a cover element, and a decorative element arranged on the cover element. An individual brightness of the pixels of the display panel is adapted to a light transmissivity of the decorative element at the respective pixel positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jürgen Bäthis, Jochen Möller, Jan Hermes, Kai Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20250042252
    Abstract: A display unit, arranged in a vehicle interior with a surface is disclosed. A screen, integrated into the surface, with a controllable screen luminance for setting an original screen luminance, a transparent cover element with a cover element surface, is arranged in the viewing direction in front of the screen, and by which the screen is at least partially covered. The cover element surface simulates the surface at least in the viewing direction, and a control unit at least for controlling the screen luminance, wherein the control unit ascertains a correction term in dependence on a material of the cover element surface and/or on a luminance with respect to the cover element which corresponds to the ambient radiation incident on the cover element, and to set the screen luminance based on the correction term such that the original screen luminance is restored from a point of view of an observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hermes, Ulrich Kabatek, Kai Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20240331327
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for image processing in video conferences in a vehicle, wherein in a first reception step, first image data from a first camera and second image data from a second camera are received. The image data contain at least one image of an occupant of the vehicle. In a first extraction step, a depth information map is extracted using at least one of the two image data. In a second extraction step, features in the first image data are extracted. In a classification step, the features are classified as classified features, and include at least the occupant. In a fusion step, the depth information map and the classified features are fused to form a three-dimensional model. In a synthesis step, the first image data and the three-dimensional model are synthesized to form a synthesized image. In a display step, the synthesized image is displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolff von Spiegel, Martin Gottwald, Daniel Naujack, Jan Hermes
  • Publication number: 20240080434
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display device. The disclosure is further directed towards a method, a computer program code, and an apparatus for providing a correction map for such a display device. The disclosure is further related to a method and a computer program code for operating a display device. The display device comprises a display panel comprising pixels, a cover element, and a decorative element arranged on the cover element. An individual brightness of the pixels of the display panel is adapted to a light transmissivity of the decorative element at the respective pixel positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jürgen Bäthis, Jochen Möller, Jan Hermes, Kai Hohmann