Patents by Inventor Patrick Vogel

Patrick Vogel 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: 12628250
    Abstract: An illuminated body is provided for a lamp of a vehicle, and includes at least one carrier body, at least one light source arranged on the carrier body, at least one sensor unit for detecting a temperature, and at least one control unit for setting an electric current of the light source for emitting the light of the light source as a function of the temperature detected by the sensor unit. The control unit is at least designed to set for a first temperature range (B1) the electric current of the light source as a function of the temperature detected by the sensor unit on the basis of a first control section (A1) of a control curve (C1) and for a second temperature range (B2) on the basis of a second control section (A2) of the control curve (C1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Martin Dobrescu, Christian Schlump, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12504141
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a high-definition headlamp, includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged in a matrix to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation. The lighting device is designed to switch the projection lens from a first setting to a second and from the second setting to the first. The projection lens has a first focal length in the first setting, and a second focal length in the second setting, which is greater than the first focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20250383060
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged, a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation, and an adjuster connected to the projection lens. The projection lens includes a lens assembly having one or more lenses, and the adjuster varies the focal length of the projection lens in a continuous manner by generating motion of the lens assembly relative to the imaging component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12472865
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement includes a control unit, an illumination module connected to the control unit via a bidirectional first channel that features an LED matrix for generating light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module via a second channel. The control unit can be used to generate data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred to the illumination module via the first channel. The data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred from the illumination module to the peripheral module via the second channel. The second channel is a bidirectional channel via which data can be transferred from the peripheral module to the illumination module and, after being received by the illumination module, can be transferred to the control unit via the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12466306
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement is provided with a control unit, an illumination module including an LED matrix for the generation of light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module. The control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the illumination module. The data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module. An RGB signal is generated by the control unit for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and is transferred to the illumination module. The image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or at least forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and the RGB signal has a range not used for image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12442502
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles is provided, and includes a headlamp with an imaging unit for generating a multitude of light pixels that can be actuated individually. The headlamp also includes a lens unit containing a lens arrangement with a number of lenses arranged in a fixed manner to each other. The light pixels of the imaging unit can be mapped to focused light spots at a specified distance. The headlamp also includes an actuator unit for actuating the imaging unit. A first lens unit of a first headlamp is different from a second lens unit of a second headlamp such that the light pixels of the imaging unit of the first headlamp and the second headlamp are mapped to be focused at different distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12352403
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles is provided that has an LED light source containing numerous light pixels. The headlamp also includes an optics unit in front of the light source in the main beam direction (H) with which the light pixels are mapped onto a predefined light distribution (LV1, LV2, LV2?, LV2?). The headlamp also includes a sensor unit for determining at least one vehicle state variable, an adjustment unit for adjusting a part of the headlamp, and a control unit for controlling the light pixels and the adjustment unit. The LED adjustment unit moves the light source in a linear direction transverse to an optical axis (A) of the optics unit, and/or pivoted about the optical axis (A) of the optics unit, from a starting position to an intermediate position and back, on the basis of a change in the vehicle state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20250172550
    Abstract: A method for measuring a modified property of a sample comprising magnetic particles in suspension using time variable magnetic fields, wherein the method comprises applying a time-varying magnetic excitation field, the excitation field having an excitation amplitude and an excitation frequency, and an offset magnetic field to the sample, such that the magnetic particles are driven into a non-linear magnetization response regime; recording a non-linear magnetization response of the sample for obtaining a signal metric indicative for a phase of a higher harmonic with respect to the excitation frequency in the non-linear magnetization response; and determining a measurement signal indicative of the modified property, the measurement signal being based on the signal metric obtained for the sample and the same signal metric obtained for a reference sample without the modified property, the reference sample also comprising the magnetic particles in suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick VOGEL, Martin RÜCKERT, Stefan LYER, Rainer TIETZE, Christoph ALEXIOU, Bernhard FRIEDRICH
  • Patent number: 12190794
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix. Control information, including an image signal for generating a light image, can be generated with the control unit for each lighting module, and the light image can be generated with the LED matrix of each lighting module, which the control unit has generated for this lighting module. The control unit is connected to the lighting modules for the transmission of the image signals. The first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface via which the information for the lighting modules can be extracted from the signal generated by the control unit. The processing unit provides the information intended for the second lighting module at the first interface of the first lighting module, and wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 12181119
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles is provided with a light source unit a matric of light sources. An optics unit is positioned in front of the light source unit in the main beam direction which focuses the light sources into light spots in a predefined light distribution. The light source unit is positioned at a predefined distance to the light entry surface on the optics unit along an optical axis. An optics element that moves transverse to the optical axis of the light source unit and/or optics unit is placed between the light source unit and a light emission surface of the optics unit. The light spots are in a first position when the adjustable optics element is in a first setting, and the same light spots are offset from the first position along a displacement path when the adjustable optics element is in a second setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Florian Herold, Ingo Möllers, Peter Rausch, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240426449
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a high-definition headlamp, includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged in a matrix to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation. The lighting device is designed to switch the projection lens from a first setting to a second and from the second setting to the first. The projection lens has a first focal length in the first setting, and a second focal length in the second setting, which is greater than the first focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240426448
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged in a matrix to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation. The lighting device varies the focal length of the projection lens in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240337362
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles is provided that has an LED light source containing numerous light pixels. The headlamp also includes an optics unit in front of the light source in the main beam direction (H) with which the light pixels are mapped onto a predefined light distribution (LV1, LV2, LV2?, LV2?). The headlamp also includes a sensor unit for determining at least one vehicle state variable, an adjustment unit for adjusting a part of the headlamp, and a control unit for controlling the light pixels and the adjustment unit. The LED adjustment unit moves the light source in a linear direction transverse to an optical axis (A) of the optics unit, and/or pivoted about the optical axis (A) of the optics unit, from a starting position to an intermediate position and back, on the basis of a change in the vehicle state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240200749
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles is provided with a light source unit a matric of light sources. An optics unit is positioned in front of the light source unit in the main beam direction which focuses the light sources into light spots in a predefined light distribution. The light source unit is positioned at a predefined distance to the light entry surface on the optics unit along an optical axis. An optics element that moves transverse to the optical axis of the light source unit and/or optics unit is placed between the light source unit and a light emission surface of the optics unit. The light spots are in a first position when the adjustable optics element is in a first setting, and the same light spots are offset from the first position along a displacement path when the adjustable optics element is in a second setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Herold, Ingo Möllers, Peter Rausch, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240084988
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles is provided, and includes a headlamp with an imaging unit for generating a multitude of light pixels that can be actuated individually. The headlamp also includes a lens unit containing a lens arrangement with a number of lenses arranged in a fixed manner to each other. The light pixels of the imaging unit can be mapped to focused light spots at a specified distance. The headlamp also includes an actuator unit for actuating the imaging unit. A first lens unit of a first headlamp is different from a second lens unit of a second headlamp such that the light pixels of the imaging unit of the first headlamp and the second headlamp are mapped to be focused at different distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 11927651
    Abstract: A system for one-sided measuring a presence of magnetic particles in a probe volume comprises a one-sided coil assembly and a current controller, wherein the one-sided coil assembly is arranged around a central coil assembly axis for generating a rotating magnetic field distribution and comprises at least 3, preferably at least 4, circumferentially distributed coil assembly sectors, wherein the current controller is configured to generate a time varying current in each of said coil assembly sectors, said time varying current comprising a periodic modulation with a rotation frequency and phase shifted between adjacent coil assembly sectors to generate a magnetic field rotating in a plane perpendicular to the coil assembly axis, said magnetic field rotating with a rotation frequency associated with a frequency of said periodic modulation, and wherein the system is configured for measuring said presence of magnetic particles in said probe volume with said one-sided coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
    Inventors: Patrick Vogel, Martin Rückert
  • Publication number: 20240032163
    Abstract: An illuminated body is provided for a lamp of a vehicle, and includes at least one carrier body, at least one light source arranged on the carrier body, at least one sensor unit for detecting a temperature, and at least one control unit for setting an electric current of the light source for emitting the light of the light source as a function of the temperature detected by the sensor unit. The control unit is at least designed to set for a first temperature range (B1) the electric current of the light source as a function of the temperature detected by the sensor unit on the basis of a first control section (A1) of a control curve (C1) and for a second temperature range (B2) on the basis of a second control section (A2) of the control curve (C1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Dobrescu, Schlump Schlump, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240005849
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix. Control information, including an image signal for generating a light image, can be generated with the control unit for each lighting module, and the light image can be generated with the LED matrix of each lighting module, which the control unit has generated for this lighting module. The control unit is connected to the lighting modules for the transmission of the image signals. The first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface via which the information for the lighting modules can be extracted from the signal generated by the control unit. The processing unit provides the information intended for the second lighting module at the first interface of the first lighting module, and wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian GATSIOS, Florian HEROLD, Dirk KLIEBISCH, Ingo MOELLERS, Alexander SCHWAN, Patrick VOGEL
  • Patent number: 11834726
    Abstract: A method for producing a patterned stainless steel sheet with improved visual characteristics in the wavelength area of visible light including providing a deformed stainless steel sheet; performing a heat treatment on the deformed stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature of 900-1200° C.; performing a mechanical treatment on at least one surface of the heat treated stainless steel sheet; transferring the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet to a patterning process, wherein, in the patterning process, at least one side of the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet is patterned using a patterning roll having a surface with an emboss depth of up to 100 micrometers to provide a patterned stainless steel sheet; and performing a heat treatment on the patterned stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature range of 900-1200° C., wherein the mechanical treatment is carried out by blasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Jörn Teipel, Dirk Wiemer, Lutz Zoppke, Patrick Vogel, Andreas Jääger, Michael Weg, Burkhard Arnold, Frank Wörster
  • Publication number: 20230382292
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement is provided with a control unit, an illumination module including an LED matrix for the generation of light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module. The control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the illumination module. The data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module. An RGB signal is generated by the control unit for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and is transferred to the illumination module. The image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or at least forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and the RGB signal has a range not used for image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel