Patents by Inventor Michael Christern

Michael Christern 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).

  • Analysis device, monitoring assembly comprising the analysis device, and method for determining a background image which is privacy-compliant
    Patent number: 11875514
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analysis device (6) for analyzing image data of a camera (5), wherein the image data has a plurality of individual images B, comprising a device (7) for determining a number of persons, said device (7) for determining a number of persons being designed to determine the number of persons P in the individual images B; an image selection device (8), said image selection device (8) being designed to select individual images B on the basis of the number of persons P and provide the selected individual images B and the corresponding number of persons P as analysis data A; a device (10) for identifying persons, said device (10) for identifying persons being designed to mark persons P1, P2, P3 as image sections A1, A2 in the individual images B on the basis of the analysis data A and provide same as mask images M; and an image combination device (10), said image combination device (10) being designed to replace the marked image sections A1, A2 with corresponding image sections A1?, A2? wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Karl Warzelhan, Michael Christern
  • ANALYSIS DEVICE, MONITORING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BACKGROUND IMAGE WHICH IS PRIVACY-COMPLIANT
    Publication number: 20220138958
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analysis device (6) for analyzing image data of a camera (5), wherein the image data has a plurality of individual images B, comprising a device (7) for determining a number of persons, said device (7) for determining a number of persons being designed to determine the number of persons P in the individual images B; an image selection device (8), said image selection device (8) being designed to select individual images B on the basis of the number of persons P and provide the selected individual images B and the corresponding number of persons P as analysis data A; a device (10) for identifying persons, said device (10) for identifying persons being designed to mark persons P1, P2, P3 as image sections A1, A2 in the individual images B on the basis of the analysis data A and provide same as mask images M; and an image combination device (10), said image combination device (10) being designed to replace the marked image sections A1, A2 with corresponding image sections A1?, A2? wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Karl Warzelhan, Michael Christern