Patents by Inventor Michael Olbert

Michael Olbert 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: 9980327
    Abstract: A lighting device that includes a lighting unit, index unit, drive unit, sensor, and control unit. The lighting unit includes a plurality of light sources, with each light source having different color spectra. The index unit is to calculate a color rendering index based on stored data on spectra of the light sources and individual first drive data for the light sources. The drive unit is to individually energize the light sources according to the first drive data. The sensor is to measure a spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit. The control unit is to receive the spectral power distribution, predetermined spectral power distribution, and color rendering index associated with weighted sensor values calculable from the individual first drive data, maximize the color rendering index, and stop maximization when an error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution falls below a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Patent number: 9565723
    Abstract: A lighting device and method with a lighting unit which includes several light sources having different color spectra, with a sensor for determining the spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit, with a control unit which, as a function of a predetermined spectral power distribution as well as of the spectral power distribution measured by the sensor, acts on a drive unit which individually energizes the light sources of the lighting unit, so that the emitted light has predetermined spectral power distribution, wherein the lighting unit includes at least four light sources, and the control unit uses an optimization algorithm which, as an optimization goal, maximizes a coefficient of weighted sensor values, the coefficient being calculable from individual drive data of the light sources. A secondary condition is met when error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution is smaller than a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Publication number: 20170034890
    Abstract: A lighting device that includes a lighting unit, index unit, drive unit, sensor, and control unit. The lighting unit includes a plurality of light sources, with each light source having different color spectra. The index unit is to calculate a color rendering index based on stored data on spectra of the light sources and individual first drive data for the light sources. The drive unit is to individually energize the light sources according to the first drive data. The sensor is to measure a spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit. The control unit is to receive the spectral power distribution, predetermined spectral power distribution, and color rendering index associated with weighted sensor values calculable from the individual first drive data, maximize the color rendering index, and stop maximization when an error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution falls below a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Patent number: 8698801
    Abstract: A method of constructing an enveloping mesh geometry (EMG) for a plurality of sample mesh geometries (MG). The enveloping mesh geometry is a geometric representation of the mean of the probability distribution underlying the sample space from which the enveloping mesh geometry (MG) have been drawn. The method is based on estimating probability densities fj using the kernel density method. The method further comprises constructing, based on the enveloping mesh geometry (EMG) so constructed, further enveloping mesh geometries (EMG-?) related to the ?-Quantiles of the probability distribution. The enveloping mesh geometries (EMG, MG-?) are suitable for development and test procedures in aircraft and automotive manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert, Josef Schlattmann
  • Publication number: 20140055038
    Abstract: A lighting device and method with a lighting unit which includes several light sources having different color spectra, with a sensor for determining the spectral power distribution emitted by the lighting unit, with a control unit which, as a function of a predetermined spectral power distribution as well as of the spectral power distribution measured by the sensor, acts on a drive unit which individually energizes the light sources of the lighting unit, so that the emitted light has predetermined spectral power distribution, wherein the lighting unit includes at least four light sources, and the control unit uses an optimization algorithm which, as an optimization goal, maximizes a coefficient of weighted sensor values, the coefficient being calculable from individual drive data of the light sources. A secondary condition is met when error between the predetermined spectral power distribution and the measured spectral power distribution is smaller than a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Cappitelli, Sönke Klostermann, Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert
  • Publication number: 20100268515
    Abstract: A method of constructing an enveloping mesh geometry (EMG) for a plurality of sample mesh geometries (MG). The enveloping mesh geometry is a geometric representation of the mean of the probability distribution underlying the sample space from which the enveloping mesh geometry (MG) have been drawn. The method is based on estimating probability densities fj using the kernel density method. The method further comprises constructing, based on the enveloping mesh geometry (EMG) so constructed, further enveloping mesh geometries (EMG-?) related to the ?-Quantiles of the probability distribution. The enveloping mesh geometries (EMG, MG-?) are suitable for development and test procedures in aircraft and automotive manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Vogt, Michael Olbert, Josef Schlattmann