Patents by Inventor Pascal Janke

Pascal Janke 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).

  • Method of operating an illuminating device for a vehicle and an illuminating device for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11408578
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an illuminating device for a vehicle that features means of influencing light or a plurality of light sources for the targeted generation of pixels of a light distribution. In the event of failure of at least one pixel of the light distribution caused by a defect in one section of the means of influencing light or by malfunction of one of the light sources, at least one non-defective section of the means of influencing light or at least one non-malfunctioning light source is actuated in order to correct the light distribution. The at least one non-defective section of the means of influencing light or at least one of the non-malfunctioning light sources is actuated in such a way that at least one pixel of the light distribution adjacent to the at least one malfunctioning pixel is reduced in its brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Kai Ehlert, Bernd Giepen, Pascal Janke, Dirk Kliebisch, Boris Kubitza
  • METHOD OF OPERATING AN ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND AN ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200240607
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an illuminating device for a vehicle that features means of influencing light or a plurality of light sources for the targeted generation of pixels of a light distribution. In the event of failure of at least one pixel of the light distribution caused by a defect in one section of the means of influencing light or by malfunction of one of the light sources, at least one non-defective section of the means of influencing light or or at least one non-malfunctioning light source is actuated in order to correct the light distribution. The at least one non-defective section of the means of influencing light or at least one of the non-malfunctioning light sources is actuated in such a way that at least one pixel of the light distribution adjacent to the at least one malfunctioning pixel is reduced in its brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Ehlert, Bernd Giepen, Pascal Janke, Dirk Kliebisch, Boris Kubitza