Patents by Inventor Marco Antretter

Marco Antretter 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: 11543113
    Abstract: An arrangement that illuminates and records a moving scene, including a light source that illuminates the moving scene, a control device that operates the light source, and a camera that records the moving scene, wherein the light source includes a plurality of pixels, each of which is configured to illuminate an area of the moving scene, the control device is configured to operate the pixels, and the light source includes at least one semiconductor component including at least one semiconductor chip containing two or more of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Patent number: 11288502
    Abstract: An illumination dystem, an electronic Device and a method for using an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation, an optical element and a control circuit, wherein the optical element is configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated, wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range, and at least one infrared pixel configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range, wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement, and wherein the pixels of the first type and the at least one infrared pixel are operable via the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Patent number: 11199756
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for operating a lighting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lighting device includes at least one semiconductor component comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to generate light illuminating a field of view and a drive circuit, wherein the field of view is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein each pixel is configured to illuminate a region of the field of view, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first type subpixel and a second type subpixel, and wherein the first type subpixel is configured to emit light of a white color location and the second type subpixel is configured to emit light of a non-white color location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Désirée Queren, Mikko Perälä, Marco Antretter
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10663837
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes illuminating a scene in a first illumination by identically driving the emitters of a light source such that first exposures and/or first colour values of segments are ascertained by an image sensor, determining first illumination parameters for the segments of the scene, wherein the first illumination parameters are determined based on the first exposures and/or the first colour values, illuminating the scene in a second subsequent illumination by differently driving the emitters based on the first illumination parameters of the segments such that second exposures and/or second colour values of the segments are ascertained by the image sensor, determining second illumination parameters for the segments of the scene, wherein the second illumination parameters are determined based on the second exposures and/or the second colour values and illuminating the scene in a third subsequent illumination by differently driving the emitters based on the second illumination parameters
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Mikko Peraelae, Desiree Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20200120246
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for operating a lighting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lighting device includes at least one semiconductor component comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to generate light illuminating a field of view and a drive circuit, wherein the field of view is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein each pixel is configured to illuminate a region of the field of view, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first type subpixel and a second type subpixel, and wherein the first type subpixel is configured to emit light of a white color location and the second type subpixel is configured to emit light of a non-white color location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Désirée Queren, Mikko Perälä, Marco Antretter
  • Publication number: 20200080715
    Abstract: An arrangement that illuminates and records a moving scene, including a light source that illuminates the moving scene, a control device that operates the light source, and a camera that records the moving scene, wherein the light source includes a plurality of pixels, each of which is configured to illuminate an area of the moving scene, the control device is configured to operate the pixels, and the light source includes at least one semiconductor component including at least one semiconductor chip containing two or more of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Antretter, Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren
  • Publication number: 20200042789
    Abstract: An illumination dystem, an electronic Device and a method for using an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes at least one semiconductor component configured to generate radiation, an optical element and a control circuit, wherein the optical element is configured to direct the radiation into a field of view to be illuminated, wherein the semiconductor component has a plurality of pixels of a first type, each pixel configured to illuminate the field of view in regions with radiation in a visible spectral range, and at least one infrared pixel configured to illuminate the field of view at least in regions with radiation in an infrared spectral range, wherein the pixels of the first type are arranged in a first matrix arrangement and the infrared pixels are arranged in a second matrix arrangement, and wherein the pixels of the first type and the at least one infrared pixel are operable via the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mikko Perälä, Désirée Queren, Marco Antretter
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180239220
    Abstract: A method for operating a light source for a camera, a light source and a camera are disclosed. In an embodiment the method for operating a light source for a camera comprises individually illuminating segments of the scene by the emitters, wherein an illumination parameter is determined for a segment of the scene and an emitter is individually driven on a basis of the illumination parameter, and wherein the illumination parameter is determined by a measurement of a physical variable and/or by an input of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mikko Peraelae, Desiree Queren, Marco Antretter
  • Patent number: 9888547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit assembly for operating at least one lighting means, comprising at least one master device; at least one slave device; and a bus system having at least one bus, by means of which bus system the at least one master device and the at least one slave device are coupled; wherein the bus is designed as a two-wire cable, wherein the at least one master device has at least one feeding connection, which is coupled to the bus and is designed to place a control signal on the bus, wherein the at least one master device is coupled to a first voltage supply; wherein the at least one slave device comprises a non-feeding connection, which is coupled to the bus, wherein the slave device comprises a connection for at least one lighting means, a second voltage supply, and a read-out device for reading out the control signal on the bus, wherein the read-out device comprises a potential-isolating device and wherein the connection for the at least one lighting means and the second voltage supply
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM-GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Fischer, Marco Antretter, Helmut Endres
  • Publication number: 20170135184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit assembly for operating at least one lighting means, comprising at least one master device; at least one slave device; and a bus system having at least one bus, by means of which bus system the at least one master device and the at least one slave device are coupled; wherein the bus is designed as a two-wire cable, wherein the at least one master device has at least one feeding connection, which is coupled to the bus and is designed to place a control signal on the bus, wherein the at least one master device is coupled to a first voltage supply; wherein the at least one slave device comprises a non-feeding connection, which is coupled to the bus, wherein the slave device comprises a connection for at least one lighting means, a second voltage supply, and a read-out device for reading out the control signal on the bus, wherein the read-out device comprises a potential-isolating device and wherein the connection for the at least one lighting means and the second voltage supply
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Fischer, Marco Antretter, Helmut Endres