Patents by Inventor Patrick Schindler

Patrick Schindler 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).

  • Publication number: 20260093037
    Abstract: Described herein are systems including a structured light projector, a semiconductor detector, and a processor. Also described herein is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions. The systems and non-transitory computer readable medium are configured to output a signal including information related to the classification of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
  • Publication number: 20250379492
    Abstract: A cut-off machine includes an electrical drive motor for driving a cutting tool. Provided in the cut-off machine is a control unit which supplies the drive motor with electrical power via a switching element. The control unit is connected to an actuator and changes the speed of the drive motor with the size and/or shape of the control signal. The control unit has a first and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, depending on the control signal, the speed of the drive motor is supplied according to a first operating curve with a first maximum power and a first end speed. In a second operating mode, depending on the size of the control signal, the speed of the drive motor is supplied according to a second operating curve with a second maximum power and a second end speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Haas, Sebastian Renz, Denis Ehrler, Tobias Wagner, Patrick Schindler, Horst Otterbach
  • Patent number: 12492982
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining at least one material property of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector configured for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features; at least one first camera having at least one first sensor element; at least one second camera having at least one second sensor element; and at least one evaluation device configured for evaluating a first reflection image and the second reflection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Ruben Huehnerbein, Christian Lennartz, Jakob Unger
  • Patent number: 12488495
    Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval±?. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Patrick Schindler, Peter Schillen, Ingmar Bruder
  • Publication number: 20250356516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including an illumination source configured to project an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on a scene; a camera configured to capture a first image of the scene under the illumination pattern; a translucent display, where the camera is placed in direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and a processor configured to identify the reflection features and their brightness from the first image, match reflection features with corresponding illumination features, and classify a reflection feature being matched with an illumination feature as a real feature or as a false feature using its brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Benjamin REIN, Christian BONSIGNORE, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter SCHILLEN
  • Patent number: 12475204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a user of a mobile device. The method includes: a) imaging at least one first image of a face by using at least one camera of the mobile device; b) providing the at least one first image to a regular execution environment of a processor of the mobile device and providing the at least one first image to a trusted execution environment of the processor; c) analyzing the at least one first image using at least one trained model in the regular execution environment thereby determining a multi-dimensional vector comprising image information; and d) a face verification step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Benjamin Guthier, Patrick Schindler, Dimitri Butov, Mark Prediger
  • Patent number: 12461238
    Abstract: Described herein are systems including a structured light projector, a semiconductor detector, and a processor. Also described herein is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions. The systems and non-transitory computer readable medium are configured to output a signal including information related to the classification of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
  • Publication number: 20250334695
    Abstract: Described herein are systems including a structured light projector, a semiconductor detector, and a processor. Also described herein is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions. The systems and non-transitory computer readable medium are configured to output a signal including information related to the classification of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
  • Publication number: 20250326079
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus includes: a housing (2); a motor support unit (10) which is separate from the housing (2) and is connected to the housing (2); a drive motor (3) arranged in the housing (2) for driving a tool (5) that rotates about an axis of rotation (8), wherein the drive motor (3) is attached to the motor support unit (10); a protective hood (51), the protective hood (51) at least partially covering the tool (5) and a stop (110) being provided on the protective hood (51). A mating stop (120) is formed on the motor support unit (10), in particular directly, which is provided for operative connection with the stop (110) of the protective hood (51) in order to restrict the pivoting movement of the protective hood (51) to an end position (131).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denis Ehrler, Johannes Gültlinger, Patrick Schindler, Johann-Sebastian Renz
  • Publication number: 20250326042
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus includes a housing (2). A drive motor (3) is arranged in the housing (2) for driving a tool (2) that rotates about an axis of rotation (8). A protective hood (51) at least partially covers the tool (5). An operating stop (120) is fixed relative to the housing (2) and a counter-body (110) is arranged on the protective hood (51) and corresponds to the operating stop (120). The operating stop (120) is designed as an energy absorption element which, in the event of an excess load acting on the operating stop (120) due to the counter-body (110), moves away from the counter-body (110) in order to absorb kinetic energy of the protective hood (51) and to protect components of the counter-body (110). The work apparatus (1) includes an end stop (101) for restricting the rotational movement of the protective hood (51) to an end position (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Denis Ehrler, Jürgen Hohl, Fabian Willems, Tobias Wagner
  • Publication number: 20250326103
    Abstract: A work apparatus includes: a housing; a motor support unit designed separately from the housing, the housing being fixed to the motor support unit. A drive motor is designed as an electric motor for driving a tool and is attached to the motor support unit. A receptacle housing designed separately from the motor support unit for receiving at least one battery pack for supplying the drive motor with electrical power is fixed to the housing. The receptacle housing and the motor support unit are designed and arranged relative to each other in such a way that the receptacle housing is able to move relative to the motor support unit in order to reduce, in particular to prevent, direct transmission of inertial forces emanating from the receptacle housing to the motor support unit in the event of an impact load on the work apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Denis Ehrler, Alexander Härtel
  • Patent number: 12406384
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a. at least one illumination source configured for projecting at least one illumination pattern comprising a plurality of illumination features on at least one scene; b. at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area, wherein the optical sensor is configured for determining at least one first image comprising a plurality of reflection features generated by the scene in response to illumination by the illumination features; c. at least one translucent display configured for displaying information, wherein the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and d. at least one evaluation device for analyzing the first image, wherein the evaluation device is configured for unambiguously matching of reflection features with corresponding illumination features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Benjamin Rein, Christian Bonsignore, Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen
  • Patent number: 12332352
    Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ?2m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
  • Patent number: 12298394
    Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ?2m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
  • Publication number: 20250104467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for identifying a subject interacting with a display device, where the system includes i) an image providing unit for providing a first image showing a first body part of the subject and a second image showing a second body part of the subject, where the first and the second image have been acquired by imaging the first and second body part, respectively, through a display of the display device, ii) a combined similarity determining unit for determining a combined degree of similarity of a) the first and the second image to b) a first and a second reference image corresponding to a reference subject identity, and iii) a subject identity determining unit for determining whether an identity of the subject corresponds to the reference subject identity based on the combined degree of similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter SCHILLEN, Christian LENNARTZ, Nicolas WIPFLER, Muhammad Muneeb HASSAN
  • Publication number: 20250095335
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for extracting material information of an object from a pattern image of the object. The pattern image showing the object while the object is illuminated with a light pattern is received. The pattern image is manipulated to generate a partial image from the pattern image. Material information of the object is extracted from the partial image by providing the partial image to a data-driven model. The data-driven model is parametrized according to a training data set including partial images and material information. The extracted material information is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Peter SCHILLEN, Benjamin GUTHIER, Nicolas WIPFLER, Patrick SCHINDLER
  • Publication number: 20250095405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for identifying a display device, where the system includes i) an image providing unit for providing an image of an object that has been acquired by projecting an illumination pattern through a display of the display device onto the object and imaging the illuminated object through the display. The system further includes ii) a reflection pattern extracting unit for extracting a reflection pattern corresponding to the illumination pattern from the image, and iii) an identity determining unit for determining an identity of the display device based on the reflection pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20250078567
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for authorizing a user of a device to perform at least one operation on the device that requires authentication, including receiving, in response to receiving the unlock request, at least one image of the user using a camera located on the device while the user is being illuminated with the flood infrared illumination and/or the patterned infrared illumination; generating infrared pattern image data for the region of interest from the at least one image; extracting material data from the infrared pattern image data and determining at least one occlusion from material data; and allowing or declining the user to perform at least one operation on the device that requires authentication based on the material data and/or the determined occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Peter SCHILLEN, Benjamin GUTHIER, Nicolas WIPFLER, Patrick SCHINDLER
  • Patent number: 12235361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector for illuminating the object, at least one sensor element, and at least one evaluation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Peter Schillen, Benjamin Rein, Christian Lennartz, Lars Diesselberg, Hamid Muhammed Hamed
  • Publication number: 20250055970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining at least one material property of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector configured for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features; at least one first camera having at least one first sensor element; at least one second camera having at least one second sensor element; and at least one evaluation device configured for evaluating a first reflection image and the second reflection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN, Christian LENNARTZ, Jakob UNGER