Patents by Inventor Ludwig Plotz

Ludwig Plotz 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: 10924686
    Abstract: An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image includes a pixelated emitter including a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Ludwig Plötz, Désirée Queren, Ulrich Streppel
  • Publication number: 20190104246
    Abstract: An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image includes a pixelated emitter including a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Ludwig Plötz, Désirée Queren, Ulrich Streppel
  • Patent number: 9992504
    Abstract: A coding method for data compression of a power spectra of an optoelectronic component and a decoding method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a coding method includes providing a power spectrum, sampling the power spectrum at particular sampling wavelengths in order to provide a discrete source spectrum, indexing the discrete source spectrum in order to provide a source graph having discrete source values, producing an image graph having discrete image values by transforming the source graph from a source range into an image range with a discrete frequency transform, performing compression of the image graph, and digitizing the compressed image graph in order to produce compressed spectral data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schumann, Ludwig Plötz
  • Publication number: 20160330465
    Abstract: A coding method for data compression of a power spectra of an optoelectronic component and a decoding method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a coding method includes providing a power spectrum, sampling the power spectrum at particular sampling wavelengths in order to provide a discrete source spectrum, indexing the discrete source spectrum in order to provide a source graph having discrete source values, producing an image graph having discrete image values by transforming the source graph from a source range into an image range with a discrete frequency transform, performing compression of the image graph, and digitizing the compressed image graph in order to produce compressed spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Schumann, Ludwig Plötz
  • Patent number: 8593390
    Abstract: An illumination device comprises at least one light module (1) wherein the light module (1) comprises a circuit board (2) to which a plurality of groups (30) of light sources (3a, 3b, 3c) are applied and a carrier (6) on which the light module (1) is fixed. A display apparatus comprising such an illumination device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ludwig Plötz, Markus Zeiler, Michael Sailer, Kurt-Jürgen Lang, Robert Kraus, Harald Stoyan
  • Patent number: 7878681
    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination device comprising a radiation-emitting front side and a multiplicity of light sources (R, G, B), wherein said multiplicity of light sources (R, G, B) is divided into light source groups (LG) and the light source groups (LG) are arranged on the grid points of a first regular grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Blümel, Hubert Ott, Ludwig Plötz, Mario Wanninger, Günter Kirchberger, Peter Wolff, Markus Zeiler
  • Publication number: 20100220046
    Abstract: An illumination device comprises at least one light module (1) wherein the light module (1) comprises a circuit board (2) to which a plurality of groups (30) of light sources (3a, 3b, 3c) are applied and a carrier (6) on which the light module (1) is fixed, is specified. A display apparatus comprising such an illumination device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ludwig Plötz, Markus Zeiler, Michael Sailer, Kurt-Jürgen Lang, Robert Kraus, Harald Stoyan
  • Patent number: 7458709
    Abstract: In a method of assembling a surface illumination system having an electromagnetic radiation emitting front side, at least one primary radiation source suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation when operating is disposed on at least one mounting area of a flexible carrier. The flexible carrier has a front side and a back side opposite said front side, the front side of the flexible carrier defines a reference plane. The mounting area of the flexible carrier on which the primary radiation source is disposed is then bent out of the reference plane such that an optical axis of the primary radiation source extends parallel or obliquely to the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt-Jürgen Lang, Hubert Ott, Ludwig Plotz, Christian Poh, Mario Wanninger
  • Patent number: 7408305
    Abstract: A codable electronic circuit arrangement, in particular an LED circuit arrangement (1), having a lead (3), via which electronic circuit elements (6) of the circuit arrangement, in particular LED components, can be driven by a drive circuit (2; 20; 21; 22). The lead (3) has a plurality of coding conductors (3c, 3d), which carry a code via a combination of electrically interrupted and electrically continuous coding conductors (3c, 3d), wherein the code gives an indication of specific properties of the circuit arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Plötz, Markus Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20080111471
    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination device comprising a radiation-emitting front side and a multiplicity of light sources (R, G, B), wherein said multiplicity of light sources (R, G, B) is divided into light source groups (LG) and the light source groups (LG) are arranged on the grid points of a first regular grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Blumel, Hubert Ott, Ludwig Plotz, Mario Wanninger, Gunter Kirchberger, Peter Wolff, Markus Zeiler
  • Publication number: 20070247869
    Abstract: In a method of assembling a surface illumination system having an electromagnetic radiation emitting front side, at least one primary radiation source suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation when operating is disposed on at least one mounting area of a flexible carrier. The flexible carrier has a front side and a back side opposite said front side, the front side of the flexible carrier defines a reference plane. The mounting area of the flexible carrier on which the primary radiation source is disposed is then bent out of the reference plane such that an optical axis of the primary radiation source extends parallel or obliquely to the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt-Jurgen Lang, Hubert Ott, Ludwig Plotz, Christian Poh, Mario Wanninger
  • Patent number: 7173384
    Abstract: A description is given of an illumination device which emits mixed-color light containing light of at least two different color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1). The illumination device contains at least one primary light source (1) of a first color, the light of which forms a first color channel (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1), and at least one primary light source (1) of a second color, the light of which forms a second color channel (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1), at least one sensor device (3), which is positioned such that it can receive mixed-color light and is suitable for detecting brightness of light of a wavelength range comprising the color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1) and which determines the brightnesses of the different color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1) separately and repeatedly during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Plötz, Alois Biebl, Andre Philipp
  • Publication number: 20060066265
    Abstract: A description is given of an illumination device which emits mixed-color light containing light of at least two different color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1). The illumination device contains at least one primary light source (1) of a first color, the light of which forms a first color channel (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1), and at least one primary light source (1) of a second color, the light of which forms a second color channel (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1), at least one sensor device (3), which is positioned such that it can receive mixed-color light and is suitable for detecting brightness of light of a wavelength range comprising the color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1) and which determines the brightnesses of the different color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1) separately and repeatedly during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Plotz, Alois Biebl, Andre Philipp
  • Publication number: 20040195979
    Abstract: A codable electronic circuit arrangement, in particular an LED circuit arrangement (1), having a lead (3), via which electronic circuit elements (6) of the circuit arrangement, in particular LED components, can be driven by a drive circuit (2; 20; 21; 22). The lead (3) has a plurality of coding conductors (3c, 3d), which carry a code by means of a combination of electrically interrupted and electrically continuous coding conductors (3c, 3d), said code giving an indication of specific properties of the circuit arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Plotz, Markus Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20040056370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a light guide or optical light outcoupling element with a light outcoupling surface which has light outcoupling structures by means of an injection-molding process. The light outcoupling structures are produced by means of laser ablation of the injection mold or of the already injection-molded light guide or light outcoupling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Bernard Bachl, Ludwig Plotz, Michael Sailer, Mario Wanninger