Patents by Inventor Marcel KOLLER

Marcel KOLLER 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: 11346827
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a gas sensor sensitive to a target gas and arranged inside a housing of the electronic device or attached thereto, to detect a concentration of the target gas in an environment of the electronic device. A processing unit is provided and configured to determine a concentration of the target gas outgassed from one or more components of the housing or inside the housing dependent on one or more first measurement results supplied by the gas sensor in response to one or more first measurements, and to determine the environmental target gas concentration dependent on the determined outgassed target gas concentration and dependent on a second measurement result (ROM) supplied by the gas sensor in response to a second measurement (OM). Outgassing is understood as the release of chemical substances from the one or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SENSIRION AG
    Inventors: Marcel Koller, Felix Hoehne
  • Publication number: 20210278383
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a gas sensor sensitive to a target gas and arranged inside a housing of the electronic device or attached thereto, to detect a concentration of the target gas in an environment of the electronic device. A processing unit is provided and configured to determine a concentration of the target gas outgassed from one or more components of the housing or inside the housing dependent on one or more first measurement results supplied by the gas sensor in response to one or more first measurements, and to determine the environmental target gas concentration dependent on the determined outgassed target gas concentration and dependent on a second measurement result (ROM) supplied by the gas sensor in response to a second measurement (OM). Outgassing is understood as the release of chemical substances from the one or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SENSIRION AG
    Inventors: Marcel KOLLER, Felix HOEHNE
  • Patent number: 10098382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke-free cigarette with a thermal unit for the autarkical generation of heat and a nicotine reservoir in which nicotine or a nicotine-containing compound is contained, wherein the thermal unit comprises a crystallizable medium which releases heat during its crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Olig AG
    Inventor: Marcel Köller
  • Patent number: 9990172
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device (100) comprises a sensor (1) providing a sensor signal (s1), which sensor (1) is one of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor. A control unit (3) determines, subject to at least the sensor signal (s1), if the wearable electronic device (100) is worn by a user, and provides an output signal (t1) indicative of a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Heiko Komaromi, Marcel Koller
  • Publication number: 20170038880
    Abstract: Electronic device (10) comprising a housing (11) with a fluid-filled cavity (12), the cavity (12) being coupled to the housing (11) such that a pressure in said cavity (12) changes upon application of an external force onto the housing (12). A pressure sensor (13) is arranged for sensing inside said cavity (12) said pressure change and for generating a pressure signal indicative of said pressure change. The device (10) further comprises an evaluation unit (14) for deriving from said pressure signal at least one component of said external force and for generating a force signal that is indicative of said at least one component of said external force and/or for deriving from said pressure signal a deformation of the housing (11) in at least one direction and to generate a force signal that is indicative of said deformation of the housing (11) in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Michel KINZER, Marcel KOLLER, David HASENFRATZ, Andrea SACCHETTI
  • Publication number: 20160162256
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device (100) comprises a sensor (1) providing a sensor signal (s1), which sensor (1) is one of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor. A control unit (3) determines, subject to at least the sensor signal (s1), if the wearable electronic device (100) is worn by a user, and provides an output signal (t1) indicative of a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Heiko KOMAROMI, Marcel KOLLER
  • Publication number: 20150313286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke-free cigarette with a thermal unit for the autarkical generation of heat and a nicotine reservoir in which nicotine or a nicotine-containing compound is contained, wherein the thermal unit comprises a crystallizable medium which releases heat during its crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Marcel Köller
  • Patent number: 9046278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke-free cigarette with a thermal unit for the autarkical generation of heat and a nicotine reservoir in which nicotine or a nicotine-containing compound is contained, wherein the thermal unit comprises a crystallizable medium which releases heat during its crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Olig AG
    Inventor: Marcel Köller
  • Publication number: 20110290266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke-free cigarette with a thermal unit for the autarkical generation of heat and a nicotine reservoir in which nicotine or a nicotine-containing compound is contained, wherein the thermal unit comprises a crystallizable medium which releases heat during its crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Marcel Köller