Patents by Inventor Lars Koenig
Lars Koenig 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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Publication number: 20240122891Abstract: Suggested is a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition comprising (a) at least one alkanediol ester of carboxylic acids as antimicrobial agent, wherein the carboxylic acids contain 6 to 12 C atoms; (b) at least one emulsifier; (c) water; (d) and at least one antimicrobial agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ravikumar PILLAI, Lars JUNG, Martina KÖNIG
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Publication number: 20220340110Abstract: A method for controlling an anti-lock braking system in a motor vehicle. The control is carried out based on a wheel slip of at least one of the wheels. A wheel circumferential speed and a groundspeed in the longitudinal direction of the wheel being taken into account to compute the wheel slip. The groundspeed being estimated in terms of value and direction based on signals from sensors that describe all six degrees of freedom in space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Bianka Weber, Lars Koenig
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Patent number: 10146747Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Jan Curin, Jan Kleindienst, Martin Labsky, Tomas Macek, Lars Köenig, Holger Quast, Garrett Weinberg
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Patent number: 9969425Abstract: A rear wheel steering system in a vehicle. The system includes a rear wheel steering actuator, a vehicle speed sensor, and an electronic control unit. The rear wheel steering actuator is coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and controls a steering angle of the rear wheel. The electronic control unit is coupled to the rear wheel steering actuator and the vehicle speed sensor and is configured to determine a speed of the vehicle and to limit the steering angle of the rear wheel based on the speed of the vehicle and a fault tolerant time of the rear wheel steering system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jeorg Zeller, Lance Bredthauer, Celeste Cauley, Michael Feldker, Lars Koenig
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Patent number: 9805722Abstract: An interactive speech recognition system includes a database containing a plurality of reference terms, a list memory that receives the reference terms of category “n,” a processing circuit that populates the list memory with the reference terms corresponding to the category “n,” and a recognition circuit that processes the reference terms and terms of a spoken phrase. The recognition circuit determines if a reference term of category “n” matches a term of the spoken phrase.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Lars König, Rainer Saam, Andreas Löw
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Publication number: 20170147536Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Jan Curin, Jan Kleindienst, Martin Labsky, Tomas Macek, Lars Köenig, Holger Quast, Garrett Weinberg
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Patent number: 9575946Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Jan Curin, Jan Kleindienst, Martin Labsky, Tomas Macek, Lars Koenig, Holger Quast, Garrett Weinberg
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Publication number: 20160039455Abstract: A rear wheel steering system in a vehicle. The system includes a rear wheel steering actuator, a vehicle speed sensor, and an electronic control unit. The rear wheel steering actuator is coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and controls a steering angle of the rear wheel. The electronic control unit is coupled to the rear wheel steering actuator and the vehicle speed sensor and is configured to determine a speed of the vehicle and to limit the steering angle of the rear wheel based on the speed of the vehicle and a fault tolerant time of the rear wheel steering system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jeorg Zeller, Lance Bredthauer, Celeste Cauley, Michael Feldker, Lars Koenig
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Patent number: 9236045Abstract: Techniques for presenting data input as a plurality of data chunks including a first data chunk and a second data chunk. The techniques include converting the plurality of data chunks to a textual representation comprising a plurality of text chunks including a first text chunk corresponding to the first data chunk and a second text chunk corresponding to the second data chunk, respectively, and providing a presentation of at least part of the textual representation such that the first text chunk is presented differently than the second text chunk to, when presented, assist a user in proofing the textual representation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Martin Labsky, Jan Kleindienst, Tomas Macek, David Nahamoo, Jan Curin, Lars Koenig, Holger Quast
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Publication number: 20140101543Abstract: An automotive text display arrangement is described which includes a driver text display positioned directly in front of an automobile driver and displaying a limited amount of text to the driver without impairing forward visual attention of the driver. The arrangement may include a boundary insertion mode wherein when the active text position is an active text boundary, new text is inserted between the text items separated by the active text boundary, and when the active text position is an active text item, new text replaces the active text item. In addition or alternatively, there may be a multifunctional text control knob offering multiple different user movements, each performing an associated text processing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Jan Curin, Jan Kleindienst, Martin Labsky, Tomas Macek, Lars Koenig, Holger Quast, Garrett Weinberg
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Patent number: 8666750Abstract: A voice control system allows a user to control a device through voice commands. The voice control system includes a speech recognition unit that receives a control signal from a mobile device and a speech signal from a user. The speech recognition unit configures speech recognition settings in response to the control signal to improve speech recognition.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Markus Buck, Lars König, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt
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Patent number: 8566091Abstract: A speech recognition system is provided for selecting, via a speech input, an item from a list of items. The speech recognition system detects a first speech input, recognizes the first speech input, compares the recognized first speech input with the list of items and generates a first candidate list of best matching items based on the comparison result. The system then informs the speaker of at least one of the best matching items of the first candidate list for a selection of an item by the speaker. If the intended item is not one of the best matching items presented to the speaker, the system then detects a second speech input, recognizes the second speech input, and generates a second candidate list of best matching items taking into account the comparison result obtained with the first speech input.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Löw, Lars König, Christian Hillebrecht
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Publication number: 20130275924Abstract: A system and method to generate a touch-based user interface that allows users to reliably carry out tasks in a low-attention environment. The touch-based user interface relies upon swipe and tap gestures that are easily entered by a user without having to concentrate on a touchscreen or display associated with a touchpad on which the gestures are entered. For gestures that are swipes, only the direction of the swipe is utilized by the system in interpreting the entered command. For tap gestures, only the number of taps in a sequence, as well as the duration of taps, is utilized by the system in interpreting the entered command. By not correlating the location of the entered gestures with what is displayed on the associated display screen, the touch interface disclosed herein is well suited for environments where a user is unable to look at the display screen while performing gestures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Garrett Laws Weinberg, Patrick Lars Langer, Timothy Lynch, Victor Shine Chen, Lars König, Slawek Paul Jarosz, Andrew Knowles
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Patent number: 8380505Abstract: A system is provided for recognizing speech for searching a database. The system receives speech input as a spoken search request and then processes the speech input in a speech recognition step using a vocabulary for recognizing the spoken request. By processing the speech input words recognized in the speech input and included in the vocabulary are obtained to form at least one hypothesis. The hypothesis is then utilized to search a database using the at least one hypothesis as a search query. A search result is then received from the database and provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Lars König, Andreas Löw, Udo Haiber
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Publication number: 20120310643Abstract: Techniques for presenting data input as a plurality of data chunks including a first data chunk and a second data chunk. The techniques include converting the plurality of data chunks to a textual representation comprising a plurality of text chunks including a first text chunk corresponding to the first data chunk and a second text chunk corresponding to the second data chunk, respectively, and providing a presentation of at least part of the textual representation such that the first text chunk is presented differently than the second text chunk to, when presented, assist a user in proofing the textual representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Martin Labsky, Jan Kleindienst, Tomas Macek, David Nahamoo, Jan Curin, Lars Koenig, Holger Quast
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Patent number: 8306815Abstract: A speech dialog system interfaces a user to a computer. The system includes a signal pre-processor that processes a speech input to generate an enhanced signal and an analysis signal. A speech recognition unit may generate a recognition result based on the enhanced signal. A control unit may manage an output unit or an external device based on the information within the analysis signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Lars König, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Andreas Löw
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Patent number: 7761204Abstract: A control system processes commands received from a user. The control system may control one or more devices within a vehicle. A switch allows the control system to choose one of multiple input channels. The method that receives the data selects a channel through a process that minimizes data losses. The switching occurs upon a user request, when the control system does not recognize an input, or when an interference masks a user request.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventor: Lars König
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Patent number: 7457755Abstract: A system is disclosed for controlling at least one electronic device. Each electronic device may have at least one control key. The system for controlling the electronic device may include a speech dialog system that controls the electronic device. The speech dialog system may be activated upon an operation of one or more control keys of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems, GmbHInventor: Lars König