Patents by Inventor Lorenz Tilmann

Lorenz Tilmann 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).

  • Device for regulating the backlighting of an LC display
    Patent number: 7902491
    Abstract: A device for controlling the luminosity of an illuminating device, in particular for LC-display units in household appliances, includes a sensor which is used to detect the presence of a user, and a luminosity sensor. An exchange between two different luminosity values of the illuminating device according to the presence of a user and according to the surrounding luminosity takes place in a continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz Tilmann, Gerhard Mager, Bernhard Siegmar
  • Method for regulating the backlighting of a display
    Publication number: 20090278032
    Abstract: A device for controlling the luminosity of an illuminating device, in particular for LC-display units in household appliances, includes a sensor which is used to detect the presence of a user, and a luminosity sensor. An exchange between two different luminosity values of the illuminating device according to the presence of a user and according to the surrounding luminosity takes place in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Lorenz Tilmann, Gerhard Mager, Bernhard Siegmar