Patents by Inventor Matthias HEINZ

Matthias HEINZ 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: 11925198
    Abstract: A process for the production of fat-encapsulated follistatin. The process includes steps of a) metering fat having a melting point of at least 40° C. into an extruder, b) heating the fat in the extruder during rotation of the at least one screw, c) metering the follistatin into the extruder barrel to produce a flowable mixture, d) cooling the flowable mixture in a downstream adjacent section of the extruder barrel, e) subsequently discharging the mixture through an extruder die, and f) comminuting the mixture after it discharges from the extruder die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e.V.
    Inventors: Volker Lammers, Volker Heinz, Aleksandar Pajic, Matthias Rumker von Hoven, Carolin Bommes
  • Publication number: 20220413155
    Abstract: In order to enable high image acquisition rate with simultaneous low energy consumption of a camera 1, a camera (1), in particular a 3D time-of-flight camera, is provided, comprising an illumination unit (2) which emits light pulses during an illumination phase (Bp), an image sensor (3) which generates images from the light pulses reflected by an object, a switching controller (4) which controls current to the illumination unit (2), the switching controller (4) being operable in a continuous and a discontinuous mode (CCM; DCM), and a control unit (5) which is designed to activate and deactivate the continuous mode (CCM) of the switching controller (4) as a function of the illumination phase (Bp) of the illumination unit (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias HEINZ, Simon BRAUN, Alexander EMPERLE, Thomas DIENG
  • Publication number: 20210157007
    Abstract: A 3D time-of-flight camera for detecting three-dimensional image data from a detection zone is provided, the 3D time-of-flight camera comprising an illumination unit for transmitting transmission light that is modulated with a first modulation frequency; an image sensor having a plurality of reception elements for generating a respective reception signal; a plurality of demodulation units for demodulating the reception signals with the first modulation frequency in order to obtain sampled values; and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to control the illumination unit and/or the demodulation units for a number of measurement repetitions, in each case with a different phase shift between the first modulation frequency for the transmission light and the first modulation frequency for the demodulation, and that is configured to determine a distance value from the sampled values obtained per light reception element by the measurement repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias HEINZ, Thorsten PFISTER, Josef BAAK
  • Patent number: 9473762
    Abstract: A 3D camera (10) in accordance with the stereoscopic principle for detecting depth maps (52) of a monitored zone 12) is set forth which has at least two camera modules (14a-b) each having an image sensor (16a-b) in mutually offset perspectives for taking two-dimensional starting images (42) as well as a stereoscopic unit (28) which is configured for the application of a stereoscopic algorithm for generating a depth map (46, 50) in that mutually associated part regions are recognized in two two-dimensional images taken within a disparity zone from offset perspectives and their distance is calculated with reference to the disparity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Volker Zierke, Matthias Heinz
  • Publication number: 20150085082
    Abstract: A 3D camera (10) in accordance with the stereoscopic principle for detecting depth maps (52) of a monitored zone 12) is set forth which has at least two camera modules (14a-b) each having an image sensor (16a-b) in mutually offset perspectives for taking two-dimensional starting images (42) as well as a stereoscopic unit (28) which is configured for the application of a stereoscopic algorithm for generating a depth map (46, 50) in that mutually associated part regions are recognized in two two-dimensional images taken within a disparity zone from offset perspectives and their distance is calculated with reference to the disparity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Volker ZIERKE, Matthias HEINZ
  • Patent number: 8878856
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for depicting a body of water utilizing a height field and particles. In use, content depicting a body of water is identified. Additionally, a height field is generated for the content. Furthermore, at least a portion of the height field is converted to a plurality of particles based on predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Nuttapong Chentanez, Matthias Heinz Müller-Fischer
  • Patent number: 8666713
    Abstract: A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Heinz Müller-Fischer, Bruno Heinz Heidelberger, Matthias Teschner, Markus Gross
  • Patent number: 8190412
    Abstract: A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Heinz Muller-Fischer, Bruno Heinz Heidelberger, Matthias Teschner, Markus Gross
  • Patent number: 7650266
    Abstract: A method of simulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Heinz Müller-Fischer, Bruno Heinz Heidelberger, Matthias Teschner, Markus Gross
  • Patent number: 7586489
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) surface defined by a boundary of a 3D point cloud. The method comprises generating density and depth maps from the 3D point cloud, constructing a 2D mesh from the depth and density maps, transforming the 2D mesh into a 3D mesh, and rendering 3D polygons defined by the 3D mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Heinz Müller-Fischer, Simon David Schirm, Stefan Felix Duthaler