Patents by Inventor Max Stephan

Max Stephan 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: 11657622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Max Stephan, Kristian Weiss, Sascha Bauer, Mehmet Eylem Kirlangic, Andreas Wege, Robert Konnopka, Lars Krüger, Jesko Klandt, Christian Tendyck
  • Patent number: 11304676
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for preclinical ultrasound imaging of subjects are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus can include a platform on which a subject is positionable and at least one motion stage for controlling a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject. Methods for preclinical ultrasound raster scanning of at least one organ or tissue in a subject are also provided, where the at least one organ or tissue is a heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, SONOVOL, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Dayton, Ryan Christopher Gessner, James Owen Butler, Max Stephan Harlacher, Nicholas Allan Norman
  • Publication number: 20210374441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Stephan, Kristian Weiss, Sascha Bauer, Mehmet Eylem Kirlangic, Andreas Wege, Robert Konnopka, Lars Krüger, Jesko Klandt, Christian Tendyck
  • Patent number: 11120278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Max Stephan, Kristian Weiss, Sascha Bauer, Mehmet Eylem Kirlangic, Andreas Wege, Robert Konnopka, Lars Krüger, Jesko Klandt, Christian Tendyck
  • Publication number: 20190242896
    Abstract: Provided are systems for analyzing cellular distribution in an engineered tissue sample, which optionally is a bioprinted organ or tissue sample. In some embodiments, the systems include an ultrasound imaging system and a processing unit configured with software that permits analysis of images acquired from the engineered tissue sample in order to output desired characteristics thereof. In some embodiments, the systems also include a bioreactor for engineering a tissue sample and a pump configured to regulate flow of fluids and reagents into and out of the bioreactor, wherein at least one surface of the bioreactor includes a window that is acoustically transparent to ultrasound waves. Also provided are systems for analyzing cell distribution in an engineered tissue sample and methods for analyzing distribution of cells in an engineered tissue sample present within a bioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, SonoVol, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gessner, Paul Alexander Dayton, Max Stephan Harlacher, James Owen Butler, Tomasz Joseph Czernuszewicz, Graeme Rainier O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20190205672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting an advanced driver assistance system in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a map, wherein categorized objects are stored in associated positions in the map, capturing environment data using at least one environment sensor system of the advanced driver assistance system, analyzing the captured environment data using an analysis apparatus of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the captured environment data are analyzed for object recognition according to the categorized objects stored in the map. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Stephan, Kristian Weiss, Sascha Bauer, Mehmet Eylem Kirlangic, Andreas Wege, Robert Konnopka, Lars Krüger, Jesko Klandt, Christian Tendyck
  • Publication number: 20180000444
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for preclinical ultrasound imaging of subjects are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus can include a platform on which a subject is positionable and at least one motion stage for controlling a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject. Methods for preclinical ultrasound raster scanning of at least one organ or tissue in a subject are also provided, where the at least one organ or tissue is a heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Dayton, Ryan Christopher Gessner, James Owen Butler, Max Stephan Harlacher, Nicholas Allan Norman
  • Patent number: 5059111
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing unvulcanized rubber utilizing intermeshing grooved rollers. To obtain rubber material having an optimally jagged surface, at least the cutting disks of one of the grooved rollers are additionally provided with teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Mossinger, Siegfried Stein, Max Stephan, Ralf Feierabend