Patents by Inventor Julien HANSEN

Julien HANSEN 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: 11545809
    Abstract: A laser light source unit for vehicles is provided, having a resonator containing a first end mirror and a second end mirror and an active laser medium in between. The laser light source unit has a pump device for generating a pump radiation into the resonator. The pump radiation is configured such that laser light of the first wavelength, a second wavelength, and/or a third wavelength can be radiated. An intermediate mirror is configured so that the radiation of the second wavelength is reflected, and the radiation of the third wavelength is transmitted. A third end mirror is configured so that the radiation of the second wavelength is reflected. A color control module acts on the radiation of the second wavelength and/or the third wavelength so that an intensity of the stimulated emission of the radiation of the second wavelength is adjusted to the radiation of the third wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hanieh Babaei, Julien Hansen, Lukas Pörtner
  • Patent number: 11359784
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Poertner, Claas Tebruegge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
  • Patent number: 11254256
    Abstract: A method for detecting misadjustments of a headlamp of a vehicle and to a device for this purpose. It is provided that the vehicle is provided with a detector with which at least one light signal of another road user is detected, and wherein the vehicle is equipped with a control unit with which light signal information of the detector is captured and by means of which adjustment information for correcting the misadjustment of the headlamp is output as a function of the captured light signal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias Drueppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Poertner, Claas Tebruegge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
  • Patent number: 11199302
    Abstract: A light of a vehicle with a cover lens, the light having a light source for generating light, the light having a shifter for shifting the wavelength of at least a portion of the light generated by the light source in the visible, short-wave range into radiation in the long-wave range, the shifter being disposed in the light in such a way that the long-wave radiation generated by the shifter is directed towards the cover lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Stefan Groene, Julien Hansen, Philipp Lott, Arne Sebastian Saftig
  • Patent number: 11137124
    Abstract: An anti-glare headlamp for a motor vehicle, including a large number of light units, each of the light units having: a light source element, which is configured to emit light along a first optical axis in the direction of a space; a projection optic, which is disposed behind the light source element in the direction of the emitted light and is configured to project the light emitted by the light source element into the space at a solid angle; and a photodetector, which is situated in front of the projection optic in the direction of the emitted light and is configured to detect the light projected into the space by the projection optic and reflected from an object in the space, along a second optical axis back to the projection optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Christian Haase, Julien Hansen
  • Patent number: 11098871
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles comprising at least one light source for generating at least one light beam, a scanning device for one-dimensionally scanning the at least one light beam bidirectionally in a scanning direction, and an array of optical elements arranged side by side in a direction that corresponds to the scanning direction so that the at least one light beam impinges on the optical elements successively. At least some of the optical elements are designed to expand the at least one light beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction, in which the optical elements are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marcel Bursy, Markus Giehl, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Thomas Rettweiler, Christian Schmidt, Christian Smarslik, Philip Stroop, Carsten Wilks, Benjamin Willeke
  • Publication number: 20210071838
    Abstract: An anti-glare headlamp for a motor vehicle, including a large number of light units, each of the light units having: a light source element, which is configured to emit light along a first optical axis in the direction of a space; a projection optic, which is disposed behind the light source element in the direction of the emitted light and is configured to project the light emitted by the light source element into the space at a solid angle; and a photodetector, which is situated in front of the projection optic in the direction of the emitted light and is configured to detect the light projected into the space by the projection optic and reflected from an object in the space, along a second optical axis back to the projection optic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co KGaA
    Inventors: Christian HAASE, Julien HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20210062991
    Abstract: A light of a vehicle with a cover lens, the light having a light source for generating light, the light having a shifter for shifting the wavelength of at least a portion of the light generated by the light source in the visible, short-wave range into radiation in the long-wave range, the shifter being disposed in the light in such a way that the long-wave radiation generated by the shifter is directed towards the cover lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Stefan GROENE, Julien HANSEN, Philipp LOTT, Arne Sebastian SAFTIG
  • Publication number: 20200393106
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles comprising at least one light source for generating at least one light beam, a scanning device for one-dimensionally scanning the at least one light beam bidirectionally in a scanning direction, and an array of optical elements arranged side by side in a direction that corresponds to the scanning direction so that the at least one light beam impinges on the optical elements successively. At least some of the optical elements are designed to expand the at least one light beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction, in which the optical elements are arranged side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Marcel Bursy, Markus Giehl, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Thomas Rettweiler, Christian Schmidt, Christian Smarslik, Philip Stroop, Carsten Wilks, Benjamin Willeke
  • Publication number: 20200335930
    Abstract: A laser light source unit for vehicles is provided, having a resonator containing a first end mirror and a second end mirror. Between the two, an active laser medium is arranged. The laser light source unit further has a pump device for generating a pump radiation which can be introduced via the first end mirror into the resonator. The pump radiation corresponds to a first wavelength and the active laser medium is configured such that laser light of the first wavelength and/or of a second wavelength and/or of a third wavelength can be radiated. An intermediate mirror and a third end mirror assigned to the same are provided. The intermediate mirror is configured in such a way that the radiation of the second wavelength is reflected, and the radiation of the third wavelength is transmitted, by means of said intermediate mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Hanieh Babaei, Julien Hansen, Lukas Pörtner
  • Publication number: 20200295523
    Abstract: A laser light source unit for vehicles, with a resonator containing a first end mirror and a second end mirror, between which an active laser medium is arranged, and with a pump device for generating pump radiation, which can be introduced into the resonator via the first end mirror, wherein a rotatable birefringent medium is arranged in the resonator such that, according to a rotation of the birefringent medium, preferred radiation of different wavelengths is stimulated in the active laser medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Kai EHLERT, Bernd FISCHER, Julien HANSEN, Marc KAUP, Lukas POERTNER, Claas TEBRUEGGE, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
  • Publication number: 20200263847
    Abstract: Communications system for motor vehicles are provided, that comprise a plurality of transmission devices and a plurality of receiver devices where the transmission devices, individually or together, feature several light sources that are able to emit at least light with a first wavelength spectrum and light with a second wavelength spectrum. The transmission devices feature means of modulation that can effect modulation of the light such that information can be transmitted via the light. Receiver devices can capture the emitted light and extract the information from the captured light. The communications system is designed in such a way that the light with the first wavelength spectrum is used for the transmission of information in a first category and the light with the second wavelength spectrum is used for the transmission of information in a second category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Mathias Drüppel, David Duhme, Kai Ehlert, Bernd Fischer, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Lukas Pörtner, Claas Tebrügge, Benjamin Willeke, Jan-Henning Willrodt
  • Publication number: 20200240605
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Kai EHLERT, Bernd FISCHER, Julien HANSEN, Marc KAUP, Lukas POERTNER, Claas TEBRUEGGE, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT
  • Publication number: 20190184889
    Abstract: A method for detecting misadjustments of a headlamp of a vehicle and to a device for this purpose. It is provided that the vehicle is provided with a detector with which at least one light signal of another road user is detected, and wherein the vehicle is equipped with a control unit with which light signal information of the detector is captured and by means of which adjustment information for correcting the misadjustment of the headlamp is output as a function of the captured light signal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias DRUEPPEL, David DUHME, Kai EHLERT, Bernd FISCHER, Julien HANSEN, Marc KAUP, Lukas POERTNER, Claas TEBRUEGGE, Benjamin WILLEKE, Jan-Henning WILLRODT