Patents by Inventor Marc Timon Sprzagala

Marc Timon Sprzagala 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: 10874007
    Abstract: A lighting device for interior spaces or rooms is provided. The lighting device has a plurality of lighting units that are individually calibrated. Further, the lighting device has a regulating device, which, based on corrected color and/or intensity values, forms a control value with which light sources of the lighting units are actuated in order to achieve a specified color and/or intensity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Wölfing, Oliver Keiper, Sandra Mattheis, Andreas Schneider, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Andreas Dietrich, Thomas Reichert, Sebastian Biel
  • Patent number: 10261230
    Abstract: LED lighting devices are provided that include two optical waveguides and at least one LED in an intermediate region between end faces of the optical waveguides so that radiation from the LED is coupled into the optical waveguides through the end faces. A de-coupler is on outer circumferential surface regions of each of the two separate optical waveguides. The de-coupler reflects the radiation guided in the optical waveguides so that the radiation passes through the optical waveguides and is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally. The intermediate region has a length that is selected so that a brightness difference, measured perpendicular to an axis of the optical waveguides in the center of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25% based on a maximum value of brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gaydoul, Armin Plichta, Juergen Meinl, Bjoern Bleisinger, Martin Cramer, Thomas Reichert, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Sandra Mattheis
  • Publication number: 20190082516
    Abstract: A lighting device for interior spaces or rooms is provided. The lighting device has a plurality of lighting units that are individually calibrated. Further, the lighting device has a regulating device, which, based on corrected color and/or intensity values, forms a control value with which light sources of the lighting units are actuated in order to achieve a specified color and/or intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd WÖLFING, Oliver KEIPER, Sandra MATTHEIS, Andreas SCHNEIDER, Marc Timon SPRZAGALA, Andreas DIETRICH, Thomas REICHERT, Sebastian BIEL
  • Patent number: 10231309
    Abstract: A light source is provided that includes at least two semiconductor light-emitting elements that emit light of different color, a light guide, an electronic control unit, and a light sensor. The light emitted by the elements is injected, at least partially, into the light guide and exits laterally from the light guide. The brightness of the elements can be adjusted by the electronic control unit. The light sensor is arranged to receive the light injected by the elements and laterally exiting from the light guide. The electronic control unit accumulates sensor signals from the light sensor over an integration time interval and compares the accumulated signals with a target value or range to determine a difference, changes a brightness of the elements in response to the difference, and changes the integration time interval in response to the difference or to a change in the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Wölfing, Thomas Reichert, Andreas Dietrich, Andreas Schneider, Björn Bleisinger, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Martin Cramer, Oliver Keiper, Sandra Mattheis
  • Publication number: 20180242423
    Abstract: A light source is provided that includes at least two semiconductor light-emitting elements that emit light of different color, a light guide, an electronic control unit, and a light sensor. The light emitted by the elements is injected, at least partially, into the light guide and exits laterally from the light guide. The brightness of the elements can be adjusted by the electronic control unit. The light sensor is arranged to receive the light injected by the elements and laterally exiting from the light guide. The electronic control unit accumulates sensor signals from the light sensor over an integration time interval and compares the accumulated signals with a target value or range to determine a difference, changes a brightness of the elements in response to the difference, and changes the integration time interval in response to the difference or to a change in the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd WÖLFING, Thomas REICHERT, Andreas DIETRICH, Andreas SCHNEIDER, Björn BLEISINGER, Marc Timon SPRZAGALA, Martin CRAMER, Oliver KEIPER, Sandra MATTHEIS
  • Patent number: 9992840
    Abstract: A light source is provided that includes at least two semiconductor light-emitting elements that emit light of different color, a light guide, an electronic control unit, and a light sensor. The light emitted by the elements is injected, at least partially, into the light guide and exits laterally from the light guide. The brightness of the elements can be adjusted by the electronic control unit. The light sensor is arranged to receive the light injected by the elements and laterally exiting from the light guide. The electronic control unit accumulates sensor signals from the light sensor over an integration time interval and compares the accumulated signals with a target value or range to determine a difference, changes a brightness of the elements in response to the difference, and changes the integration time interval in response to the difference or to a change in the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Wölfing, Thomas Reichert, Andreas Dietrich, Andreas Schneider, Björn Bleisinger, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Martin Cramer, Oliver Keiper, Sandra Mattheis
  • Patent number: 9618671
    Abstract: LED lighting devices are provided that include two optical waveguides and at least one LED in an intermediate region between end faces of the optical waveguides so that radiation from the LED is coupled into the optical waveguides through the end faces. A de-coupler is on outer circumferential surface regions of each of the two separate optical waveguides. The de-coupler reflects the radiation guided in the optical waveguides so that the radiation passes through the optical waveguides and is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally. The intermediate region has a length that is selected so that a brightness difference, measured perpendicular to an axis of the optical waveguides in the center of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25% based on a maximum value of brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gaydoul, Armin Plichta, Juergen Meinl, Bjoern Bleisinger, Martin Cramer, Thomas Reichert, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Sandra Mattheis
  • Publication number: 20170031077
    Abstract: LED lighting devices are provided that include two optical waveguides and at least one LED in an intermediate region between end faces of the optical waveguides so that radiation from the LED is coupled into the optical waveguides through the end faces. A de-coupler is on outer circumferential surface regions of each of the two separate optical waveguides. The de-coupler reflects the radiation guided in the optical waveguides so that the radiation passes through the optical waveguides and is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally. The intermediate region has a length that is selected so that a brightness difference, measured perpendicular to an axis of the optical waveguides in the center of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25% based on a maximum value of brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gaydoul, Armin Plichta, Juergen Meinl, Bjoern Bleisinger, Martin Cramer, Thomas Reichert, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Sandra Mattheis
  • Publication number: 20160270183
    Abstract: A light source is provided that includes at least two semiconductor light-emitting elements that emit light of different color, a light guide, an electronic control unit, and a light sensor. The light emitted by the elements is injected, at least partially, into the light guide and exits laterally from the light guide. The brightness of the elements can be adjusted by the electronic control unit. The light sensor is arranged to receive the light injected by the elements and laterally exiting from the light guide. The electronic control unit accumulates sensor signals from the light sensor over an integration time interval and compares the accumulated signals with a target value or range to determine a difference, changes a brightness of the elements in response to the difference, and changes the integration time interval in response to the difference or to a change in the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd WÖLFING, Thomas REICHERT, Andreas DIETRICH, Andreas SCHNEIDER, Björn BLEISINGER, Marc Timon SPRZAGALA, Martin CRAMER, Oliver KEIPER, Sandra MATTHEIS
  • Publication number: 20140078772
    Abstract: LED lighting devices are provided that include two optical waveguides and at least one LED in an intermediate region between end faces of the optical waveguides so that radiation from the LED is coupled into the optical waveguides through the end faces. A de-coupler is on outer circumferential surface regions of each of the two separate optical waveguides. The de-coupler reflects the radiation guided in the optical waveguides so that the radiation passes through the optical waveguides and is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally. The intermediate region has a length that is selected so that a brightness difference, measured perpendicular to an axis of the optical waveguides in the center of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25% based on a maximum value of brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gaydoul, Armin Plichta, Juergen Meinl, Bjoern Bleisinger, Martin Cramer, Thomas Reichert, Marc Timon Sprzagala, Sandra Mattheis