Patents by Inventor Michael Gruber
Michael Gruber 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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Patent number: 7859572Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector array (e.g., a CCD array) and a specific set of optical mirrors or optical prisms, arranged in such a way that the secondary optical systems extend the angular angle-of-view of the primary optical system and the resultant digital image in at least two opposing directions, for instance, in the left and right and/or fore and aft directions. The primary image data and the secondary image data may be distinct and/or may include portions that overlap with one another. Further, the primary image data and the secondary image data may be collected at the same or different resolutions. The collected primary image data and secondary image data are utilized to generate a single output image.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franz Leberl, Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli
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Publication number: 20100182396Abstract: A system that facilitates collecting data is described herein. The system includes a digital camera that is configured to capture images in a visible light spectrum and a near-infrared camera that is configured to capture near infrared images, wherein a field of view of the digital camera and the field of view of the near-infrared camera are substantially similar. The system further includes a trigger component that is configured to cause the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to capture images at a substantially similar point in time, and also includes a mounting mechanism that facilitates mounting the digital camera and the near-infrared camera to an automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Kroepfl, Michael Gruber, Martin Josef Ponticelli, Stephen Lawler, Joachim Bauer, Franz W. Leberl, Konrad Karner, Zanin Cosic, Hannes Hegenbarth, Gur Kimchi, John Charles Curlander
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Patent number: 7552059Abstract: A computer program which automates and assist various members of an order and approval chain in preparing purchase documents. A requester using the program enters a part number and other information in the purchase document and forwards the document to a processor. The processor checks the purchase document for accuracy and completeness and forwards the document to the approval chain. When each member of the approval chain electronically signs the purchase document is returned to the processor who fills the purchase order.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Robert Michael Gruber
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Publication number: 20090040323Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector array (e.g., a CCD array) and a specific set of optical mirrors or optical prisms, arranged in such a way that the secondary optical systems extend the angular field-of-view of the primary optical system and the resultant digital image in at least two opposing directions, for instance, in the left and right and/or fore and aft directions. The primary image data and the secondary image data may be distinct and/or may include portions that overlap with one another. Further, the primary image data and the secondary image data may be collected at the same or different resolutions. The collected primary image data and secondary image data are utilized to generate a single output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Franz Leberl, Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli
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Publication number: 20090040322Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector array (e.g., a CCD array) and a specific set of optical mirrors or optical prisms, arranged in such a way that the secondary optical systems extend the angular angle-of-view of the primary optical system and the resultant digital image in at least two opposing directions, for instance, in the left and right and/or fore and aft directions. The primary image data and the secondary image data may be distinct and/or may include portions that overlap with one another. Further, the primary image data and the secondary image data may be collected at the same or different resolutions. The collected primary image data and secondary image data are utilized to generate a single output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Franz Leberl, Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli
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Publication number: 20090041368Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for enhancing a “primary” large format, digital, macro-image with “secondary” image data are provided. The secondary image data is collected utilizing one or more secondary optical systems having at least one electro-optical detector array (e.g., a CCD array) and a specific set of optical mirrors or optical prisms, arranged in such a way that the secondary optical systems extend the angular field-of-view of the primary optical system and the resultant digital image in at least two opposing directions, for instance, in the left and right and/or fore and aft directions. The primary image data and the secondary image data may be distinct and/or may include portions that overlap with one another. Further, the primary image data and the secondary image data may be collected at the same or different resolutions. The collected primary image data and secondary image data are utilized to generate a single output image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Franz Leberl, Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli
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Publication number: 20090010741Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically order-picking or consolidating articles of a wide variety of different formats and varieties, using the following steps: separating the stored articles, storing the articles in a rack bay, retrieving the articles and palletising them. The method is predominantly characterized in that the articles which are to be order-picked for an order are put together in a rack bay already in the sequence which is necessary for palletising. The invention also relates to an installation for implementing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Albert Burgstaller, Michael Gruber, Franz Bauer-Kieslinger
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Patent number: 7339614Abstract: Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262, 272, 282, 322, 324) with one or more single lens systems (156, 166, 176, 186) to acquire sub-images of overlapping sub-areas of large area objects. The sub-images are stitched together to form a large format, digital, macro-image (80, 230?, 236?, 238?, 240?), which can be colored. Dampened camera carrier (400) and accelerometer (404) signals with double-rate digital signal processing (306, 308) are used.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael A. Gruber, Franz W. Leberl, Martin Ponticelli
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Patent number: 7125234Abstract: A set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine has all of the compaction rams and/or die-plates of the set furnished with a code containing at least the following information: (a) a label for the set of compaction rams and die-plates; (b) an individual label for each compaction ram and/or die-plate within the set; (c) data effective to critically dimension the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code; and (d) data containing service life information for the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Detlev Scholz, Jürgen Hinzpeter, Ulrich Zeuschner, Ingo Schmidt, Jan Naeve, Reno Schiebe, Michael Gruber
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Publication number: 20060215038Abstract: Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262, 272, 282, 322, 324) with one or more single lens systems (156, 166, 176, 186) to acquire sub-images of overlapping sub-areas of large area objects. The sub-images are stitched together to form a large format, digital, macro-image (80, 230?, 236?, 238?, 240?), which can be colored. Dampened camera carrier (400) and accelerometer (404) signals with double-rate digital signal processing (306, 308) are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Michael Gruber, Franz Leberl, Martin Ponticelli
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Patent number: 7009638Abstract: Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262, 272, 282, 322, 324) with one or more single lens systems (156, 166, 176, 186) to acquire sub-images of overlapping sub-areas of large area objects. The sub-images are stitched together to form a large format, digital, macro-image (80, 230?, 236?, 238?, 240?), which can be colored. Dampened camera carrier (400) and accelerometer (404) signals with double-rate digital signal processing (306, 308) are used.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Vexcel Imaging GmbHInventors: Michael A. Gruber, Franz W. Leberl, Martin Ponticelli
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Publication number: 20050091994Abstract: A process for cooling liquids wherein a coolant is cooled in a chiller during off-peak electrical demand periods, then directed to a first insulated storage vessel where it is stored until off-peak electrical demand periods have ended. During peak electrical demand periods, the coolant flows from the first insulated storage vessel to a flat plate heat exchanger, where a flow of liquid to be cooled, entering through a second conduit, is cooled. The cooled liquid exiting the heat exchanger is directed to a second insulated storage vessel where little or no further cooling of the liquid will be necessary during peak electrical demand periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Duane Gruber, Michael Gruber
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Patent number: 6743794Abstract: The present invention further relates to a method of inhibiting MRP1 in a mammal which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Rosanne Bonjouklian, Jeffrey Daniel Cohen, Joseph Michael Gruber, Douglas Webb Johnson, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, Julian Stanley Kroin, Peter Ambrose Lander, Ho-Shen Lin, Mark Christopher Lohman, Brian Stephen Muehl, Bryan Hurst Norman, Vinod Francis Patel, Michael Enrico Richett, Kenneth Jeff Thrasher, Sreenivasarao Vepachedu, Wesley Todd White, Yongping Xie, Jeremy Schulenburg York, Brandon Lee Parkhurst, Qiupang Wang
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Patent number: 6739502Abstract: A computer program for managing property using a program designed to assist a user in completing the required forms to manage the property. The program assists the user by providing hints, overlaying text, and trouble shooting suggestions. The user is guided through each segment of a form to minimize the possibility of human error. The program converts human readable text to a barcode. The completed form is downloaded and printed from a printer.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Robert Michael Gruber
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Publication number: 20030143300Abstract: A set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine has all of the compaction rams and/or die-plates of the set furnished with a code containing at least the following information: (a) a label for the set of compaction rams and die-plates; (b) an individual label for each compaction ram and/or die-plate within the set; (c) data effective to critically dimension the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code; and (d) data containing service life information for the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Detlev Scholz, Jurgen Hinzpeter, Ulrich Zeuschner, Ingo Schmidt, Jan Naeve, Reno Schiebe, Michael Gruber
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Publication number: 20030116619Abstract: A computer program for managing property using a program designed to assist a user in completing the required forms to manage the property. The program assists the user by providing hints, overlaying text, and trouble shooting suggestions. The user is guided through each segment of a form to minimize the possibility of human error. The program converts human readable text to a barcode. The completed form is downloaded and printed from a printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventor: Robert Michael Gruber
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Publication number: 20030100576Abstract: The present invention further relates to a method of inhibiting MRP1 in a mammal which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Rosanne Bonjouklian, Jeffrey Daniel Cohen, Joseph Michael Gruber, Douglas Webb Johnson, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, Julian Stanley Kroin, Peter Ambrose Lander, Ho-Shen Lin, Mark Christopher Lohman, Brian Stephen Muehl, Bryan Hurst Norman, Vinod Francis Patel, Michael Enrico Richett, Kenneth Jeff Thrasher, Sreenivasarao Vepachedu, Wesley Todd White, Yongping Xie, Jeremy Schulenburg York, Brandon Lee Parkhurst
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Publication number: 20020163582Abstract: Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262, 272, 282, 322, 324) with one or more single lens systems (156, 166, 176, 186) to acquire sub-images of overlapping sub-areas of large area objects. The sub-images are stitched together to form a large format, digital, macro-image (80, 230″, 236″, 238″, 240″), which can be colored. Dampened camera carrier (400) and accelerometer (404) signals with double-rate digital signal processing (306, 308) are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Michael A. Gruber, Franz W. Leberl, Martin Ponticelli
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Patent number: 6417936Abstract: A system for scanning and digitizing large images using an optional reseau for accuracy without obscuring the image to be scanned. The system uses at least one photoreceptor array which is fixed in a rigid position with respect to any accompany lenses and mirrors. In one embodiment, a first CCD photoreceptor array is used to scan the image while a second CCD photoreceptor array simultaneously scans the reseau. In a second embodiment, a single CCD photoreceptor array is used to first scan the reseau and then to scan the image. One illumination source illuminates the reseau while second illumination source illuminates the image. The arrangement of the lens(es) and the photoreceptor arrays allows the determination of any displacement of the scanner along the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis, as well as the determination of any rotation of the scanner around the X-axis, Y-axis, or Z-axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Inventors: Franz W. Leberl, Christian Jorde, Michael Gruber
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Patent number: 6358971Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) below, which inhibit the growth of picornaviruses, Hepatitus viruses, enteroviruses, cardioviruses, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses of the A and B groups, echo virus and Mengo virus. wherein: A is phenyl, pyridyl, substituted phenyl, substituted pyridyl, or benzyl; R is hydrogen, COR4, or COCF3; X is N—OH, O, or CHR1; R1 is hydrogen, halo, CN, C1-C4 alkyl, —C≡CH, CO(C1-C4 alkyl), CO2(C1-C4 alkyl), or CONR2R3; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; A′ is hydrogen, halo, C1-C6 alkyl, benzyl, naphthyl, thienyl, furyl, pyridyl, pyrollyl, COR4, S(O)nR4, or a group of the formula R4 is C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, or substituted phenyl; n is 0, 1, or 2; R5 is independently at each occurrence hydrogen or halo; m is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and R6 is hydrogen, halo, CF3, OH, CO2H, NH2, NO2, CONHOCH3, C1-C4 alkyl, or CO2(C1-C4 alkyl), C1-C4 alkoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Jesus Ezquerra-Carrera, Joseph Michael Gruber, Chafiq Hamdouchi Hamdouchi, Richard Elmer Holmes, Wayne Alfred Spitzer