Patents by Inventor Michael Kuhn

Michael Kuhn 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: 12644241
    Abstract: A piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste. The piste grooming vehicle has a detection device configured to detect an actual topography of a piste section, positioned in front of the piste grooming vehicle in the forward travel direction thereof, of the piste, a determining device connected to the detection device and configured to determine at least one differential value between coordinates of the actual topography and coordinates of a reference topography of the piste, and a control device connected to the determining device and configured to actuate the at least one piste grooming device in accordance with the at least one determined differential value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KÄSSBOHRER GELÄNDEFAHRZEUG AG
    Inventors: Peter Betz, Olivier Hargoaa, Michael Kuhn, Jens Rottmair, Jonathan Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20260140685
    Abstract: In an example process, an electronic device obtains image data of a physical environment and determines whether the image data includes a representation of a physical appearance of an external device. If the image data includes a representation of the physical appearance of the external device, then a display concurrently presents a view of the physical environment and an affordance corresponding to a function of the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Justin D. STOYLES, Michael KUHN
  • Patent number: 12584098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in-vitro model of the human gut microbiome, the model comprising a culture of the gut microbiome, wherein the model has a cumulative enzymatic coverage of more than 85% of the gut microbiome of a healthy human. The model facilitates metabolic modeling and enables a better understanding of the structure and function of the human gut microbiome as well as of modifications of xenobiotics by intrinsic gut microbiota, such as biotransformation and bioaccumulation. It can further be used to study the effects of variations in nutritional conditions. Importantly, the invention can also be used for diagnosing a disease, such as a gastrointestinal disorder, a proliferative disease, a metabolic disorder, a cardiovascular disease, an immunological disease, and an infectious disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
    Inventors: Melanie Tramontano, Kiran Raosaheb Patil, Martina Klünemann, Mihaela Pruteanu, Lisa Maier, Michael Kuhn, Sergej Andrejev, Yongkyu Kim, Peer Bork, Athanasios Typas, Georg Zeller
  • Patent number: 12535982
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, an electronic device obtains, from an external device, information specifying one or more available functions of the external device, and image data of a physical environment that includes the external device is captured by an image sensor. The electronic device then determines that the image data includes a representation of the external device, and in response, a display concurrently presents a view of the physical environment and a user-activatable virtual object corresponding to a first function of the one or more available functions of the external device, where the user-activatable virtual object is selected from a plurality of candidate user-activatable virtual objects based on the information specifying the one or more available functions of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin D. Stoyles, Michael Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12499636
    Abstract: A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. The method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Michael Kuhn, Frank Angermann
  • Publication number: 20250360851
    Abstract: A seat assembly and method of manufacture. The seat assembly comprises a cushion, a carrier structure, and a trim cover. The cushion comprises a mesh member comprising a set of filaments of polymeric material. At least two members of the set of filaments are looped and bonded to each other. The trim cover is disposed on the cushion and is secured to the carrier structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Kuhn, Lisa Swikoski, Mark Karges, Joshua Hallock, Michelle Brudzynsky, Christopher D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250363795
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a particular object instance in CGR environments. In some implementations, an object type of an object depicted in an image of a physical environment is obtained. Then, a particular instance is determined based on the object type and the image. In some implementations, objects of the particular instance have a set of characteristics that differs from sets of characteristics associated with other instances of the object type. Then, the set of characteristics of the particular instance of the object depicted in the physical environment is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Andreas N. Moeller, Michael Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12450893
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a particular object instance in CGR environments. In some implementations, an object type of an object depicted in an image of a physical environment is identified. Then, a particular instance is determined based on the object type and the image. In some implementations, objects of the particular instance have a set of characteristics that differs from sets of characteristics associated with other instances of the object type. Then, the set of characteristics of the particular instance of the object depicted in the physical environment is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Andreas N. Moeller, Michael Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20250190161
    Abstract: In some exemplary processes for controlling an external device using a computer-generated reality interface, a view of a physical environment that includes the external device is provided through a display, and an affordance corresponding to the external device is displayed on the display. In response to a user input corresponding to activation of the affordance, the external device provides information including a media item and the media item is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Justin D. STOYLES, Michael KUHN
  • Patent number: 12260144
    Abstract: In some exemplary processes for controlling an external device using a computer-generated reality interface, a view of a physical environment that includes the external device is provided through the display, and information specifying a function of the external device is received from the external device. While the view of the physical environment is being provided, an affordance corresponding to the function is displayed at a position on the display that overlays at least a portion of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin D. Stoyles, Michael Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20250074947
    Abstract: Antimicrobial peptides of general formula X0X1X2C X3X4X5CX6X7X8X9CYX10X11CX12X13 are provided. Also provided are certain formulations containing these peptides and methods of using these peptides for treating skin infections in an animal in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Kuhn, Christopher A. Zook, Derek James Sheehan, Eric Baima, Richard Andrew Ewin, Hilary Phelps
  • Publication number: 20250032531
    Abstract: A topically applicable preparation, particularly a cosmetic or dermatological preparation, comprising a substance combination of water, hyaluronic acid and/or hyaluronate salt, one or more fruit acids, one or more skin moisturizers and one or more alcohols can be successfully used for skin care, especially for preventing and treating the damage caused by atopic dermatitis of the skin and caring for such skin, without containing lipids and emollients that are typically included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sascha BAUMANN, Christoph ERNST, Andreas FIRYN, Thomas BLATT, Denise KUSCHEL, Michael KUHN, Gerlinde PAPPA
  • Publication number: 20240411497
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, an electronic device obtains, from an external device, information specifying one or more available functions of the external device, and image data of a physical environment that includes the external device is captured by an image sensor. The electronic device then determines that the image data includes a representation of the external device, and in response, a display concurrently presents a view of the physical environment and a user-activatable virtual object corresponding to a first function of the one or more available functions of the external device, where the user-activatable virtual object is selected from a plurality of candidate user-activatable virtual objects based on the information specifying the one or more available functions of the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Justin D. STOYLES, Michael KUHN
  • Publication number: 20240342242
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating mastitis. Specifically, the invention provides cathelicidin peptides for treating mastitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hilary Phelps, Brianna Joy Pomeroy Beam, Richard Andrew Ewin, Christopher A. Zook, Michael Kuhn, Xi Zeng
  • Patent number: 12099773
    Abstract: In an exemplary process for accessing a function of an external device through a computer-generated reality interface, one or more external devices are detected. Image data of a physical environment captured by an image sensor is obtained. The process determines whether the image data includes a representation of a first external device of the one or more detected external devices. In accordance with determining that the image data includes a representation of the first external device, the process causes a display to concurrently display a representation of the physical environment according to the image data, and an affordance corresponding to a function of the first external device, wherein detecting user activation of the displayed affordance causes the first external device to perform an action corresponding to the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin D. Stoyles, Michael Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12054518
    Abstract: Antimicrobial peptides of general formula X0X1X2CX3X4X5CX6X7X8X9CYX10X11CX12X13 (SEQ ID NO: 12) are provided. Also provided are certain formulations containing these peptides and methods of using these peptides for treating skin infections in an animal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Michael Kuhn, Christopher A. Zook, Derek James Sheehan, Eric Baima, Richard Andrew Ewin, Hilary Phelps
  • Publication number: 20240150982
    Abstract: A piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste. The piste grooming vehicle has a detection device configured to detect an actual topography of a piste section, positioned in front of the piste grooming vehicle in the forward travel direction thereof, of the piste, a determining device connected to the detection device and configured to determine at least one differential value between coordinates of the actual topography and coordinates of a reference topography of the piste, and a control device connected to the determining device and configured to actuate the at least one piste grooming device in accordance with the at least one determined differential value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Peter BETZ, Olivier HARGOAA, Michael KUHN, Jens ROTTMAIR, Jonathan ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11970828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste and to a method for operating such a piste grooming vehicle. Use in grooming ski pistes or snowboard pistes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KÄSSBOHRER GELÄNDEFAHRZEUG AG
    Inventors: Peter Betz, Olivier Hargoaa, Michael Kuhn, Jens Rottmair, Jonathan Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20240127561
    Abstract: A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. The method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Michael Kuhn, Frank Angermann
  • Patent number: 11880951
    Abstract: A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. The method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Michael Kuhn, Frank Angermann