Patents by Inventor Oliver Hering
Oliver Hering 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: 11035536Abstract: An illumination device for emitting illumination light, comprising: a light-emitting diode (LED) for emitting LED radiation, a laser for emitting laser radiation, and a luminescent element for at least partial conversion of the LED radiation and the laser radiation into conversion light, which forms at least part of the illumination light. The LED, the laser and the luminescent element are arranged relative to one another in such a way that during operation of the illumination device, on an incidence face of the luminescent element, respectively in a time integral, the LED irradiates an LED irradiation area with the LED radiation and the laser irradiates a laser irradiation area with the laser radiation. The laser irradiation area has at least one intersection with the LED irradiation area.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: OSRAM BETEILIGUNGSVERWALTUNG GMBHInventors: Jasmin Muster, Ricarda Schoemer, Jenny Trommer, Oliver Hering, Jürgen Hager
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Patent number: 10317523Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle is provided. The lighting device includes a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings, a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected, and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 10247380Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting fixture comprising at least three light functions, said lighting fixture being a trifunctional projector. In particular, a vehicle headlight is disclosed, which has in addition to a dipped beam and a main beam a daytime running light and/or a position light as a further light function.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Juergen Hager, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 10247382Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed with an electromagnetic radiation source for irradiating a conversion element arranged in the lighting device with an excitation radiation. The conversion element has a first element side and a second element side. The first element side delimits a first radiation space and the second element side delimits a second radiation space. At least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the first element side is arranged in the first radiation space and at least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the second element side is arranged in the second radiation space.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Jasmin Muster, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 10228106Abstract: Various embodiment may relate to a luminaire, including at least one light source, in particular a semiconductor light source, for emitting a primary light beam onto at least one spaced-apart luminescent body, wherein the luminescent body includes at least one hole and a direct light component of the respective primary light beam can be radiated through the at least one hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 10203508Abstract: A lighting device may include at least one light source arrangement for generating primary light; at least one light wavelength conversion element for converting primary light into secondary light; and a filter apparatus disposed optically downstream of the at least one light wavelength conversion element and serving for filtering out primary light. The at least one light source arrangement and the at least one light wavelength conversion element are embodied or correspondingly embodied light directing means are provided in such a way that part of the primary light generated by the at least one light source arrangement impinges on the at least one light wavelength conversion element and part of the primary light generated by the at least one light source arrangement is directed past the at least one light wavelength conversion element.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger
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Publication number: 20190032878Abstract: An illumination device for emitting illumination light, comprising: a light-emitting diode (LED) for emitting LED radiation, a laser for emitting laser radiation, and a luminescent element for at least partial conversion of the LED radiation and the laser radiation into conversion light, which forms at least part of the illumination light. The LED, the laser and the luminescent element are arranged relative to one another in such a way that during operation of the illumination device, on an incidence face of the luminescent element, respectively in a time integral, the LED irradiates an LED irradiation area with the LED radiation and the laser irradiates a laser irradiation area with the laser radiation. The laser irradiation area has at least one intersection with the LED irradiation area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Jasmin Muster, Ricarda Schoemer, Jenny Trommer, Oliver Hering, Jürgen Hager
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Patent number: 10183613Abstract: A projection lamp for illumination includes a pump radiation unit configured to emit pump radiation, a phosphor element for the at least partial conversion of the pump radiation into a conversion light, and a micromirror array having a multiplicity of micromirror actuators which are arranged in the form of a matrix. The projection lamp is set up such that, during operation, the phosphor element is irradiated by the pump radiation from the pump radiation unit. The conversion light which is thereupon emitted by the phosphor element at least partially makes up an illumination light, which illumination light is guided for adjusting a light distribution over the micromirror actuators. The micromirror actuators are illuminated inhomogeneously with the illumination light at respective times to support the light distribution that is adjusted using the micromirror array.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Ricarda Schoemer, Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Norbert Haas
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Patent number: 9933134Abstract: A lighting device may include a light generating unit configured to generate at least two light beams; at least one phosphor surface which is illuminatable by the light beams; and at least one movable deflection mirror for the scanning deflection of the light beams onto the phosphor surface, such that the light beams impinge on the at least one phosphor surface in a spaced-apart fashion, and such that at least one region of the phosphor surface is illuminatable by at least two light beams in a manner spaced apart temporally.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager
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Patent number: 9897283Abstract: A method for generating a light emission pattern by illuminating at least one phosphor surface by at least one primary light beam is provided. The method includes: directing the primary light beam only onto a partial surface of the entire illuminatable phosphor surface; and illuminating at least one partial region of said partial surface more intensely than in the case of uniform illumination of the illuminatable phosphor surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: OSRAM GMBHInventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager
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Publication number: 20180010759Abstract: In various embodiments, a light-emitting arrangement is provided. The light-emitting arrangement includes a radiation source, into the beam path of which a micromirror device is arranged via which radiation emitted by the radiation source may be directed at least into a first and a second direction, at least one further radiation source configured to emit radiation toward the micromirror device. The radiation from the further radiation source may be directed, via the micromirror device at least into a first and a second direction. The micromirror device is movable about at least one axis into at least two positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Ricarda Schoemer, Oliver Hering, Norbert Haas, Stephan Schwaiger
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Publication number: 20180003356Abstract: In various embodiments, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes at least one laser light source, and at least one light wavelength conversion element for the wavelength conversion of laser light from the at least one laser light source. The lighting apparatus has a structure configured to homogenize the light color of the light emitted by the lighting apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Jasmin Muster, Stephan Schwaiger, Ricarda Schoemer, Oliver Woisetschlaeger, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 9855885Abstract: A method for operating a lighting device comprising n>1 light generating units configured to generate a respective primary light beam and comprising a phosphor surface spaced apart from the light generating units is provided. The method may include illuminating an i-th partial surface of the phosphor surface by i light generating units if a desired positive brightness value on this illuminated partial surface falls below or reaches a next higher i-th brightness threshold value from a group of n?1 positive, progressively increasing brightness threshold values; otherwise illuminating by n light generating units; wherein i and n are whole natural numbers and i=[1, . . . , n] holds true.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager
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Publication number: 20170350568Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting fixture comprising at least three light functions, said lighting fixture being a trifunctional projector. In particular, a vehicle headlight is disclosed, which has in addition to a dipped beam and a main beam a daytime running light and/or a position light as a further light function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Juergen Hager, Oliver Hering
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Publication number: 20170350570Abstract: An illumination apparatus is provided. The illumination apparatus includes a light-emitting device including one or more light sources, a mirror device including at least one pivotable mirror for directing light from the one or more light sources in a defined first pivot state into a first solid angle region in which the light is utilized in accordance with operation, and a defined second pivot state into a second solid angle range that differs from the first one and in which the light is directed onto an absorber device of the illumination apparatus. The absorber device includes a sensor with which a function of the illumination apparatus may be checked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Ricarda Schoemer, Juergen Hager, Oliver Hering
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Publication number: 20170350569Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed with an electromagnetic radiation source for irradiating a conversion element arranged in the lighting device with an excitation radiation. The conversion element has a first element side and a second element side. The first element side delimits a first radiation space and the second element side delimits a second radiation space. At least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the first element side is arranged in the first radiation space and at least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the second element side is arranged in the second radiation space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Jasmin Muster, Oliver Hering
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Publication number: 20170334338Abstract: A projection lamp for illumination includes a pump radiation unit configured to emit pump radiation, a phosphor element for the at least partial conversion of the pump radiation into a conversion light, and a micromirror array having a multiplicity of micromirror actuators which are arranged in the form of a matrix. The projection lamp is set up such that, during operation, the phosphor element is irradiated by the pump radiation from the pump radiation unit. The conversion light which is thereupon emitted by the phosphor element at least partially makes up an illumination light, which illumination light is guided for adjusting a light distribution over the micromirror actuators. The micromirror actuators are illuminated inhomogeneously with the illumination light at respective times to support the light distribution that is adjusted using the micromirror array.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Ricarda Schoemer, Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Norbert Haas
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Publication number: 20170285162Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle is provided. The lighting device includes a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings, a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected, and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering
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Publication number: 20170122516Abstract: Various embodiment may relate to a luminaire, including at least one light source, in particular a semiconductor light source, for emitting a primary light beam onto at least one spaced-apart luminescent body, wherein the luminescent body includes at least one hole and a direct light component of the respective primary light beam can be radiated through the at least one hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Juergen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering
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Patent number: 9482412Abstract: A lighting device may include a laser light source arrangement; an optical unit; at least one pivotable mirror; and at least one light wavelength conversion element. The optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror are embodied in such a way that laser light generated by the laser light source arrangement is directed via the optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror to the light wavelength conversion element. The lighting device may further include a unit configured to compensate for a lengthening or shortening—caused by the pivoting movement of the at least one pivotable mirror—of the optical path of the laser light generated by the laser light source arrangement and directed onto the at least one light wavelength conversion element via the optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering