Patents by Inventor Matthias Huber
Matthias Huber 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).
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Publication number: 20240110825Abstract: A system includes a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to receive sound information and vibrational information from a device in a first environment, generate a training data set utilizing at least the vibrational information and a sound perception score associated with the corresponding sound of the vibrational information, wherein the training data set is fed into an un-trained machine learning model, in response to meeting a convergence threshold of the un-trained machine learning model, outputting a trained machine learning model, receive real-time vibrational information from the device in a second environment, and based on the real-time vibrational information as an input to the trained machine learning model, output a real-time sound perception score indicating characteristics associated with sound emitted from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Ivan BATALOV, Thomas ALBER, Filipe J. CABRITA CONDESSA, Florian LANG, Felix SCHORN, Carine AU, Matthias HUBER, Dmitry NAUMKIN, Michael KUKA, Balázs LIPCSIK, Martin BOSCHERT, Andreas HENKE
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Publication number: 20240110064Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing metal effect pigments based on aluminum platelets which are provided with a metal oxide coating, said method comprising the following steps: (a) providing the aluminum platelets in an organic solvent so as to form a corresponding dispersion and adding at least one metal oxide precursor compound while the metal oxide precursor compound is dissolved, and b) decomposing the metal oxide precursor compound in the organic solvent so as to form the metal oxide coating on the aluminum platelets. The present invention further relates to metal effect pigments that can be obtained by the method according to the invention as well as to the use of the metal effect pigments according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Adalbert HUBER, Matthias STÖTER, Jörg SCHNEIDER, Rudolf HOFFMANN, Thorsten BIES
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Publication number: 20240112019Abstract: A system includes a processor in communication with one or more sensors. The processor is programmed to receiving, from the one or more sensors, vibrational information and sound information associated with the vibrational information from a test device, generating a training data set utilizing at least the vibrational data and the sound information associated with the vibrational data, wherein the training data set is sent to a machine learning model configured to output sound predictions, receiving real-time vibrational data from a run-time device running an actuator or electric dive emitting the real-time vibrational data, and based on the machine learning model and the real-time vibrational data, output a sound prediction indicating a purported sound emitted from the run-time device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Ivan BATALOV, Thomas ALBER, Filipe J. CABRITA CONDESSA, Florian LANG, Felix SCHORN, Carine AU, Matthias HUBER, Dmitry NAUMKIN, Michael KUKA, Balázs LIPCSIK, Martin BOSCHERT, Andreas HENKE
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Publication number: 20240066541Abstract: Push actuated double fluid dispenser (1), comprising a container (2) having a first cavity (4a) and a second cavity (4b) separated from the cap first cavity (4a), and a dispensing pump device (6) in a general form of a cap assembled to the container over the first and second cavities, the dispensing pump device comprising a base part (7) and a cap part (8) including a pump mechanism (16) comprising an elastic flexible pump membrane (18) manually movable from an uncompressed state to a compressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: ALEXANDRE PERRIER, CHRISTIAN HUBER, MATTHIAS MÜLLER
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Publication number: 20220380187Abstract: The present invention relates to a driverless transport device (10) for transporting objects (38), comprising: a support structure (12) having an outer contour (14); an undercarriage (16) which is secured to the support structure (12) and has at least one first wheel (18) and a second wheel (20), wherein the first wheel (18) is mounted in the undercarriage (16) so as to rotate about a first axis of rotation (D1) and the second wheel (20) is mounted in the undercarriage (16) so as to rotate about a second axis of rotation (D2); a drive unit (22) by means of which the first wheel (18) and the second wheel (20) can be driven independently of each other; and a force measuring device (56) by means of which the force acting on the support portion (39) can be determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Benedikt NAGEL, Fabian GRULER, Matthias KOOP, Michael ROSEN, Simon SCHWÖRER, Yannik ABELMANN, Yvonne FÜRDERER, Christof KLAIBER, Matthias HUBER
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Publication number: 20220371424Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated guide vehicle (10) for transporting objects (38) comprising a support structure (12) with an outer contour (14), a chassis (16) fastened to the support structure (12) having at least one first wheel (18) and one second wheel (20), wherein the first wheel (18) and the second wheel (20) are respectively rotatably mounted in the chassis (16) about a first axis of rotation (D1) and a second axis of rotation (D2), a drive unit (22), with which the first wheel (18) and the second wheel (20) can be driven independently from one another, a lifting mechanism (32) cooperating with the support structure (12) for lifting and lowering at least one support portion (39) which cooperates therewith to transport the objects, and a store (70) for electrical energy, which in plan view protrudes in portions beyond the outer contour (14) of the support structure (12), wherein the energy store (70) is movably fastened to the support structure (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Benedikt NAGEL, Carsten BELZ, Egor MELNIKOV, Fabian GRULER, Johannes STÖHR, Matthias HUBER, Michael ROSEN, Robin TEICHMANN, Wolfram HOFSCHULTE, Yannik ABELMANN, Yvonne FÜRDERER, Simon SCHWÖRER
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Publication number: 20220363526Abstract: The present invention relates to a driverless transport device (10) for transporting objects (38), comprising a support structure (12) with an outer contour (14), a chassis (16) fastened to the support structure (12) having at least a first wheel (18) and a second wheel (20), wherein the first wheel (18) is rotatably mounted in the chassis (16) about a first axis of rotation (D1) and the second wheel (20) is rotatably mounted in the chassis (16) about a second axis of rotation (D2), a drive unit (22) with which the first wheel (18) and the second wheel (20) can be driven independently of each other, and an expanding unit (98) with at least one expanding arm (100), wherein expanding arms (100) are adjustable by means of an adjustment unit (106) between a first position, in which the expanding arms (100) are located within the outer contour (14), and a second position, in which the expanding arms (100) project at least partially beyond the outer contour (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Matthias HUBER, Christof KLAIBER, Carsten BELZ, Benedikt NAGEL
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Publication number: 20220044175Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for designing a traffic infrastructure on the basis of height data provided by a height monitoring object comprising: a) evaluating the height data detected by a sensor unit of the height monitoring object and generating an evaluation dataset; b) identifying a component of the traffic infrastructure from the evaluation dataset; c) identifying a user of the traffic infrastructure from the evaluation dataset; and d) determining a utilization of the component by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Huber, Martin Küppers, Nils Namockel
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Patent number: 10537007Abstract: To provide an illuminator, which offers reliable protection against undesirably high levels of emitted light intensity, there is provided on the illuminator according to the invention, in addition to a light source and a control unit, which supplies the light source with an electric current or an electric voltage and is equipped to regulate the intensity of an emitted light via the electric current or the electric voltage, a detector, which captures at least a performance variable of the light source. In addition, a diagnostic unit is provided, which compares the at least one performance variable against at least one specified limit value and triggers an action, which reduces the intensity independently of the control unit, as soon as the at least one performance variable reaches or exceeds the at least one limit value.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Matthias Huber, Andreas Waldl, Franz Kaufleitner
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Patent number: 10489201Abstract: A technique for monitoring a shared hardware resource in a computer system running at least two partitions includes collecting measurement data from the hardware resource. An aggregation of the measurement data over a certain time interval is computed. A noise level value adapted to a workload is calculated using a workload dependent heuristic. Noise data, based on the calculated noise level value, is generated. The computed aggregation of measurement data is mixed with the generated noise data. The mixed aggregation of measurement data is output to an external interface for monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reinhard Buendgen, Ulrich Mayer, Klaus Werner, Matthias Huber
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Patent number: 10459763Abstract: A technique for monitoring a shared hardware resource in a computer system running at least two partitions includes collecting measurement data from the hardware resource. An aggregation of the measurement data over a certain time interval is computed. A noise level value adapted to a workload is calculated using a workload dependent heuristic. Noise data, based on the calculated noise level value, is generated. The computed aggregation of measurement data is mixed with the generated noise data. The mixed aggregation of measurement data is output to an external interface for monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reinhard Buendgen, Ulrich Mayer, Klaus Werner, Matthias Huber
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Patent number: 10428137Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assembling (monomeric or oligomeric) proteins and peptide structures to multimeric protein or peptide structures. The present invention also provides a method for preparing peptide based polymers by crosslinking such multimeric proteins or peptides obtainable according to the inventive method and their use as polymers, for amphiphilic applications, as protein based detergents, for forming artificial organelles, etc. Disclosed are furthermore novel protein or peptide structures, nucleic acids encoding same and cloning and expression vectors suitable for carrying out the inventive method for assembling multimeric proteins or peptides.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAT FREIBURGInventors: Stefan Schiller, Matthias Huber
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Patent number: 10390412Abstract: In order to make flexible, reliable lighting possible for industrial image processing, it is provided that a lighting unit (2), having a lighting device (5) comprising a number of light sources (6), receives a set value of the lighting via a data bus from a lighting control unit (10), that the lighting unit (2) captures a state variable (Z) of the lighting unit (2) and/or the surroundings of the lighting unit (2), and that the lighting unit (2) adjusts the set value in a closed control loop separately and independently from the lighting control unit (10) in that a control variable for at least one light source (6) is calculated in the lighting unit (2) and adjusted at the at least one light source (6).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Matthias Huber
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Publication number: 20190200425Abstract: To provide an illumination means, which offers reliable protection against undesirably high levels of emitted light intensity, there is provided on the illumination means according to the invention, in addition to a light source and a control unit, which supplies the light source with an electric current (i) or an electric voltage and is equipped to regulate the intensity of an emitted light via the electric current or the electric voltage, a detection unit, which captures at least a performance variable of the light source. In addition, a diagnostic unit is provided, which compares the at least one performance variable (G_ist) against at least one specified limit value and triggers an action, which reduces the intensity independently of the control unit, as soon as the at least one performance variable reaches or exceeds the at least one limit value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Matthias HUBER, Andreas WALDL, Franz KAUFLEITNER
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Patent number: 10136491Abstract: To indicate a lighting means for a machine vision application where the resulting irradiance (P?) in an illuminated area (5) at a working distance (d) can be precisely adjusted, an optical covering (2) of the lighting means (1) is provided, which is configured such that a transmitted part (t2) of the incident light (L) passes through (1) the optical covering (2), and a reflected component (r2) of the incident light (L) is reflected in the optical covering (2), wherein a light sensor (3) is provided that detects the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) in the optical covering (2). Furthermore, a method is indicated, according to which the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) is detected and the radiant power (P) of the light source (1) is regulated on the basis of the intensity (Ir2) in order to adjust the irradiance (P?) of the transmitted component (t2).Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Matthias Huber
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Publication number: 20180007765Abstract: In order to make flexible, reliable lighting possible for industrial image processing, it is provided that a lighting unit (2), having a lighting device (5) comprising a number of light sources (6), receives a set value of the lighting via a data bus from a lighting control unit (10), that the lighting unit (2) captures a state variable (Z) of the lighting unit (2) and/or the surroundings of the lighting unit (2), and that the lighting unit (2) adjusts the set value in a closed control loop separately and independently from the lighting control unit (10) in that a control variable for at least one light source (6) is calculated in the lighting unit (2) and adjusted at the at least one light source (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventor: Matthias HUBER
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Publication number: 20170332454Abstract: To indicate a lighting means for a machine vision application where the resulting irradiance (P?) in an illuminated area (5) at a working distance (d) can be precisely adjusted, an optical covering (2) of the lighting means (1) is provided, which is configured such that a transmitted part (t2) of the incident light (L) passes through (1) the optical covering (2), and a reflected component (r2) of the incident light (L) is reflected in the optical covering (2), wherein a light sensor (3) is provided that detects the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) in the optical covering (2). Furthermore, a method is indicated, according to which the intensity (Ir2) of the reflected component (r2) is detected and the radiant power (P) of the light source (1) is regulated on the basis of the intensity (Ir2) in order to adjust the irradiance (P?) of the transmitted component (t2).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventor: Matthias HUBER
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Patent number: 9215963Abstract: A method for filling a hollow space in an autoclavable medical instrument with an adhesive containing a filler has the steps of providing an adhesive with a low viscosity allowing the adhesive to enter into a hollow space in a medical instrument, providing a filler of solid particles within said low viscosity adhesive, density of said solid particles differ from a density of said low viscosity adhesive, filling that hollow space in said medical instrument with that low viscosity adhesive containing said solid particles, allowing said particles a period of time for crowding together into a minimum of space, and curing said adhesive after said period of time.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Huber, Peter Eisenkolb
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Publication number: 20150126452Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assembling (monomeric or oligomeric) proteins and peptide structures to multimeric protein or peptide structures. The present invention also provides a method for preparing peptide based polymers by crosslinking such multimeric proteins or peptides obtainable according to the inventive method and their use as polymers, for amphiphilic applications, as protein based detergents, for forming artificial organelles, etc. Disclosed are furthermore novel protein or peptide structures, nucleic acids encoding same and cloning and expression vectors suitable for carrying out the inventive method for assembling multimeric proteins or peptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Stefan Schiller, Matthias Huber
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Patent number: 7880977Abstract: A rod lens is used for fitting in an endoscopes. The rod lens has a rod-shaped body which is made at least in a section of a flexible, transparent solid piece of plastic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Frank Lederer, Frank Fuerst, Matthias Huber, Juergen Rudischhauser