Patents by Inventor Johannes Kopf

Johannes Kopf 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: 20230400243
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing, at least one hinge mounted on a front of the housing, and a door mounted on the hinge and thus mounted pivotably relative to the housing. The hinge has a bearing bracket fastened to an end face of the front with at least one fastening element. The bearing bracket is constructed symmetrically, so that it can be installed either on a left end face of the front or on a right end face of the front, and in both installation situations the door mounted on the bearing bracket is situated in the same position relative to the housing in the height direction and the width direction of the household appliance when in the closed state. A method for producing a household appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Gerstmayr, Johannes Köpf, Alfred Raab, Christian Schmid
  • Publication number: 20230358083
    Abstract: A hinge element for a large domestic appliance contains a main body as well as a functional body which includes a plastic material. Accordingly, the main body and the functional body are connected to one another non-releasably. Ideally, a large domestic appliance, in particular a large domestic refrigerator, contains a housing in which a receiving space is formed. The domestic appliance has a closure element by which the receiving space can be closed, and the hinge element hingedly attaches the closure element to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Gerstmayr, Johannes Köpf, Christian Schmid, Helmut Steichele
  • Patent number: 11656040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bolt stop for an automatic firearm comprising a bolt stop lever that can be moved between a release position and a catch position, and a locking device that can be moved between a standby position and a locking position, for selectively securing the bolt stop lever in the release position, wherein the locking device is disengaged with the bolt stop lever when in the standby position, and is engaged in with the bolt stop lever when in the locking position, the bolt stop lever deactivated in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Horst, Johannes Kopf, Michael Völkle
  • Publication number: 20230122319
    Abstract: Example methods, systems, and apparatus are described herein. An example gas block is described for an automatic firearm, which has a gas cylinder that can be connected in a fluid-tight manner to a hole in the gun barrel via a gas channel, characterized by a control element that can be switched between at least two positions and is designed to open the gas channel in the first position, in which the fluid-tight connection is obtained, and to close the gas channel in the second position, in which the fluid-tight connection is interrupted. The disclosure also relates to a control element, a gun barrel equipped with the gas block, and an automatic firearm equipped with the gas block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe FLEINER, Stefan DOLL, Johannes KOPF
  • Patent number: 10951819
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
  • Patent number: 10788279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chambering device (1) for chambering rounds in an automatic firearm, which has a breechblock (119, 172) that can move longitudinally in a receiver (3), comprising: a loading lever (13, 13?), comprising a loading lever handle (15) coupled to a loading lever retainer (17), and a loading lever housing (59, 59?), which can move longitudinally in the receiver (3). The chambering device is characterized in that the loading lever handle (15) can be pivoted from a standby position to an actuation position and back in the loading lever retainer (17), and the loading lever retainer (17) can be mounted in or on the left or right side the loading lever housing (59, 59?) and can be removed therefrom without tools. The invention also relates to an automatic firearm equipped with such a chambering device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Fischbach, Johannes Kopf, Uwe Fleiner
  • Publication number: 20200096267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bolt stop for an automatic firearm comprising a bolt stop lever that can be moved between a release position and a catch position, and a locking device that can be moved between a standby position and a locking position, for selectively securing the bolt stop lever in the release position, wherein the locking device is disengaged with the bolt stop lever when in the standby position, and is engaged in with the bolt stop lever when in the locking position, the bolt stop lever deactivated in the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Horst, Johannes Kopf, Michael Völkle
  • Publication number: 20190277589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chambering device (1) for chambering rounds in an automatic firearm, which has a breechblock (119, 172) that can move longitudinally in a receiver (3), comprising: a loading lever (13, 13?), comprising a loading lever handle (15) coupled to a loading lever retainer (17), and a loading lever housing (59, 59?), which can move longitudinally in the receiver (3). The chambering device is characterized in that the loading lever handle (15) can be pivoted from a standby position to an actuation position and back in the loading lever retainer (17), and the loading lever retainer (17) can be mounted in or on the left or right side the loading lever housing (59, 59?) and can be removed therefrom without tools. The invention also relates to an automatic firearm equipped with such a chambering device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Wilhelm FISCHBACH, Johannes KOPF, Uwe FLEINER
  • Patent number: 10109031
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Publication number: 20180220072
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Aguera y ARCAS, Markus UNGER, Donald A. BARNETT, David Maxwell GEDYE, Sudipta Narayan SINHA, Eric Joel STOLLNITZ, Johannes KOPF
  • Patent number: 10038842
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for generating improved planar panorama imagery, which may be used to view street-level, human-scale locations along a desired path, for example. One or more desired objects can be detected in source imagery that may be used to produce the resulting planar panorama imagery. Respective object regions comprising a desired object can be identified in one or more frames of the source imagery. One or more portions of the source imagery that do not comprise the object region for the desired object can be joined with at least some of the one or more frames that do comprise the object region for the desired object. The resulting planar panorama imagery can thus comprise the desired object. Also, the planar panorama imagery can be generated so as to lack one or more non-desired objects and/or adverse effects that may result therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas Williams, Jonathan Paul Rosenberg, Johannes Kopf, Don Dongwoo Kim, Sandeep Kanumuri
  • Patent number: 9973697
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
  • Publication number: 20180101930
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Patent number: 9842377
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Publication number: 20170257565
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Aguera y ARCAS, Markus UNGER, Donald A. BARNETT, David Maxwell GEDYE, Sudipta Narayan SINHA, Eric Joel STOLLNITZ, Johannes KOPF
  • Patent number: 9712746
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for ordering images for panorama stitching and/or for providing a focal point indicator for image capture. For example, one or more images, which may be stitched together to create a panorama of a scene, may be stored within an image stack according to one or more ordering preferences, such as where manually captured images are stored within a first/higher priority region of the image stack as compared to automatically captured images. One or more images within the image stack may be stitched according to a stitching order to create the panorama, such as using images in the first region for a foreground of the panorama. Also, a current position of a camera may be tracked and compared with a focal point of a scene to generate a focal point indicator to assist with capturing a new/current image of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Markus Unger, Donald A. Barnett, David Maxwell Gedye, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Eric Joel Stollnitz, Johannes Kopf
  • Publication number: 20170200254
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Patent number: 9569812
    Abstract: A first user input is received when a client program executed by a client computing device is in a first state. The first user input is sent to a server computing device to render a view of a virtual scene. A state change from the first state in the client program due to a second user input or a program event is identified. One or more gaps in a server-rendered current view due to the state change are determined. A rendering of the one or more gaps is selected from among the server-rendered current view, a server-rendered predicted view and one or more prior-rendered views. A current view is rendered using a simplified model of the virtual scene by rendering the one or more gaps from the selected rendering. The current rendered view is visually presented via a display of the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Kopf, Eduardo Alberto Cuervo Laffaye, David Chiyuan Chu, Bernhard Reinert
  • Publication number: 20150249786
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for generating improved planar panorama imagery, which may be used to view street-level, human-scale locations along a desired path, for example. One or more desired objects can be detected in source imagery that may be used to produce the resulting planar panorama imagery. Respective object regions comprising a desired object can be identified in one or more frames of the source imagery. One or more portions of the source imagery that do not comprise the object region for the desired object can be joined with at least some of the one or more frames that do comprise the object region for the desired object. The resulting planar panorama imagery can thus comprise the desired object. Also, the planar panorama imagery can be generated so as to lack one or more non-desired objects and/or adverse effects that may result therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas Williams, Jonathan Paul Rosenberg, Johannes Kopf, Don Dongwoo Kim, Sandeep Kanumuri
  • Patent number: 9025860
    Abstract: A document that includes a representation of a two-dimensional (2-D) image may be obtained. A selection indicator indicating a selection of at least a portion of the 2-D image may be obtained. A match correspondence may be determined between the selected portion of the 2-D image and a three-dimensional (3-D) image object stored in an object database, the match correspondence based on a web crawler analysis result. A 3-D rendering of the 3-D image object that corresponds to the selected portion of the 2-D image may be initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey G. Zweig, Eric J. Stollnitz, Richard Szeliski, Sudipta Sinha, Johannes Kopf