Patents by Inventor Jan Kirchner
Jan Kirchner 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).
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Patent number: 11900507Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for generating a visualization of a stained wood substrate are provided. The method includes receiving an image of the wood substrate to be stained; subdividing the image i-14 into a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image corresponding to the portion of the image having a color falling in a respective one of color bands; for each sub-image, retrieving a reflectance curve representative for the wood substrate for the color corresponding to the sub-image; retrieving absorption and scattering values for the stain; for each sub-image, determining the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood based on the absorption and scattering values for the stain and the reflectance curve for the wood substrate for that sub-image; and for each pixel of each sub-image, determining a color based on the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood, resulting in a generated image of the substrate after applying the stain.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Margot Julia Vlot, Peter Mark Spiers, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner
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Publication number: 20220301238Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for generating a visualization of a stained wood substrate are provided. The method includes receiving an image of the wood substrate to be stained; subdividing the image into a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image corresponding to the portion of the image having a color falling in a respective one of color bands; for each sub-image, retrieving a reflectance curve representative for the wood substrate for the color corresponding to the sub-image; retrieving absorption and scattering values for the stain; for each sub-image, determining the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood based on the absorption and scattering values for the stain and the reflectance curve for the wood substrate for that sub-image; and for each pixel of each sub-image, determining a color based on the reflectance curve representative for the stained wood, resulting in a generated image of the substrate after applying the stain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Margot Julia VLOT, Peter Mark SPIERS, Eric Jacob Jan KIRCHNER
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Patent number: 11434050Abstract: A stopper for a container and an assembly of a stopper and a container wherein the stopper has an insertion section configured for insertion into the container. The insertion section has a sealing section for closing the container in a sealing position of the stopper and a contact section for holding the stopper in a drying position of the stopper. The contact section has at least one passage opening for a gas exchange between an interior of the container and the surroundings of the container. The stopper has a sealing body and a main body connected together, wherein the main body has a higher degree of hardness than the sealing body. Regions of a lateral surface of the insertion section in contact with an inner surface of a container wall are formed by outer surfaces of the sealing body in the region of the contact section.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KISICO KIRCHNER, SIMON & CO. GMBHInventor: Jan Kirchner
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Patent number: 11365029Abstract: A stopper for a container has a jacket portion insertable into the container, wherein the jacket portion has a through-opening formed in an axial direction, wherein the stopper has at least two segments, wherein the respective segment has a free end, wherein a first portion of the free end of the respective segment forms a subregion of the jacket portion, and a second portion of the free end of the respective segment protrudes radially inward in relation to the jacket portion, wherein a third portion of the free end of the respective segment protrudes radially outward in relation to the jacket portion, wherein the second portions form a cover portion that can be pierced through in the axial direction and that closes the through-opening, wherein the third portions form a bearing portion of the stopper for bearing against a container edge of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: KISICO KIRCHNER, SIMON & CO. GMBHInventor: Jan Kirchner
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Publication number: 20210163185Abstract: A stopper for a container has a jacket portion insertable into the container, wherein the jacket portion has a through-opening formed in an axial direction, wherein the stopper has at least two segments, wherein the respective segment has a free end, wherein a first portion of the free end of the respective segment forms a subregion of the jacket portion, and a second portion of the free end of the respective segment protrudes radially inward in relation to the jacket portion, wherein a third portion of the free end of the respective segment protrudes radially outward in relation to the jacket portion, wherein the second portions form a cover portion that can be pierced through in the axial direction and that closes the through-opening, wherein the third portions form a bearing portion of the stopper for bearing against a container edge of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: KISICO Kirchner, Simon & Co. GmbHInventor: Jan Kirchner
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Publication number: 20190389630Abstract: A stopper for a container for use in freeze-drying processes, and an assembly of a stopper and a container are provided. The stopper has an insertion section configured for insertion into the container. The insertion section has a sealing section for closing the container in a fluid-tight manner in a sealing position of the stopper and a contact section which adjoins the sealing section axially from a top surface in the direction of a bottom surface, for holding the stopper in a drying position of the stopper. The contact section has at least one passage opening for a gas exchange between an interior of the container and the surroundings of the container. The stopper has a sealing body and a main body connected together, wherein the main body consists of a material which has a higher degree of hardness than a material which makes up the sealing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: KISICO KIRCHNER, SIMON & CO. GMBHInventor: Jan Kirchner
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Patent number: 10375148Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting the most probable variant of a matching paint candidate color standard for vehicle repair using a mobile device having a color display and an input unit and which is capable of data exchange with a central computer via an at least partly wireless communication line, wherein verbal or symbolic characterizations describing visual differences between a selected candidate color standard and identified variants are displayed on the display of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Swie Lan Njo, Jeroen Hoogink
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Patent number: 9791318Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and color properties on an electronic display device, using measured color data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual color properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos, André Half, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans
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Patent number: 9135886Abstract: Process of color calibrating an electronic display screen comprising the steps of displaying at least one trial color of at least one physical sample having standardized color on an electronic display screen, visually comparing the color of the at least one physical sample and the at least one trial color displayed on the electronic display screen, selecting the trial color having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample, and using the selected trial color on the electronic display screen having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample color to color calibrate the electronic display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans, Swie Lan Njo, André Half, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20150026298Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting the most probable variant of a matching paint candidate colour standard for vehicle repair using a mobile device having a colour display and an input unit and which is capable of data exchange with a central computer via an at least partly wireless communication line, wherein verbal or symbolic characterizations describing visual differences between a selected candidate colour standard and identified variants are displayed on the display of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Swie Lan Njo, Jeroen Hoogink
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Publication number: 20130010009Abstract: Process of colour calibrating an electronic display screen comprising the steps of displaying at least one trial colour of at least one physical sample having standardized colour on an electronic display screen, visually comparing the colour of the at least one physical sample and the at least one trial colour displayed on the electronic display screen, selecting the trial colour having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample, and using the selected trial colour on the electronic display screen having the best visual match with the at least one physical sample colour to colour calibrate the electronic display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans, Swie Lan Njo, André Half, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20120098845Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and colour properties on an electronic display device, using measured colour data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual colour properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos, Andre Half, Ivo Bernardus Nicolaas Van Der Lans
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Patent number: 7804597Abstract: A method for matching colour properties and texture properties of a repair paint to colour properties and texture properties of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired is provided. In the method, the texture of the paint film is imaged with a digital imaging device, the imaged texture is analyzed using image analysis software, texture data is calculated, and the repair paint is formulated on the basis of the concentrations of paint modules, wherein each paint module is associated to specified texture data and colour data.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: AKZO Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Klaas Hendrik De Haas, Swie Lan Njo, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Roelof Johannes Baptist Gottenbos
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Publication number: 20030096893Abstract: A coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying coating binder and a chelate comprising at least one group according to the following formula I: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Ritse Eltjo Boomgaard, Herbert Schier, Eric Jacob Jan Kirchner, Robert Paul Klaasen, Frantisek Hartl, Ronald Petrus Catharina van der Leeuw, Frank Johannes Alfred Dirk Bakkeren
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Patent number: 6354168Abstract: A tripod bearing device featuring a stationary frame and a carrier moveable relative to it, which are connected together via three braces that are adjustable in their lengths. Each brace is coupled to the frame and to the carrier via a joint each with two rotational degrees of freedom. Moreover, a torsion drive is assigned to each brace for twisting the carrier-end joint of the relevant brace relative to the frame-end joint of this brace about its longitudinal axis. Consequently, a constructively simple parallel structure with three machining axes can be realized which, with its high dynamic stiffness, enables an accurate positioning of the carrier. Furthermore, a method for torsion compensation in the braces is given.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten, Forschung e.V.Inventors: Michael Schwaar, Jan Kirchner, Reimund Neugebauer