Patents by Inventor Peter Amon

Peter Amon 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: 20190145111
    Abstract: A climbing formwork and a method for erection of a concrete structure by successively casting a plurality of casting segments, the climbing formwork comprising a first form element for delimiting a cavity to receive concrete for forming an uppermost casting segment, the first form element having upper and lower ends, a support structure to support the first form element, a tilt sensor for measuring a tilt of the first form element, a measuring unit for measuring a horizontal distance between the lower end of the outer surface of the first form element and the upper end of the outer surface of the previous casting segment, a processing unit communicating with the tilt sensor and the measuring unit for calculating a target tilt of the first form element, the processing unit further for determining a deviation between the actual tilt and the target tilt of the first form element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Simon VOGL, Peter AMON, Friedrich STEININGER
  • Patent number: 10250874
    Abstract: In a method for coding a sequence of digital images, a prediction error between predicted values and the original values of pixels is processed for generating the coded sequence of digital images. A preset prediction mode is an intra-prediction mode based on pixels of a single image and includes, for a region of pixels with reconstructed values in the single image and for a template of an image area, comparing a first patch of pixels in the region that surround a first pixel to be predicted based on the template with several second patches. A predicted value of the first pixel is determined based on the values of one or more second pixels that have the highest similarity described by the similarity measure among all second pixels of the plurality of second pixels in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, André Kaup, Eugen Wige
  • Publication number: 20180220131
    Abstract: In a sequence of digitized images having a plurality of pixels, a signal is coded for each of the images that is dependent on the image content of the images. The uncoded signal is reconstructed and reconstructed images are derived therefrom in the course of the coding process. The reconstructed images undergo filtering in which a particular reconstructed image is divided into partitions with at least one filter parameter defined for each partition. At least some of the partitions are respectively described using one or more parameters of a function that describes the curve of pixels within a predetermined image region, the pixel curve dividing the predetermined image region into at least two partitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Amon
  • Patent number: 9906787
    Abstract: An encoder encodes a video signal formed of video frames, each including image blocks. The encoder includes a processing unit which calculates at least one high resolution reference image block on the basis of previously encoded image blocks by executing a super resolution algorithm to perform a local motion compensation; and a motion compensation unit which calculates on the basis of the calculated high resolution reference image block a temporal predictor which is subtracted from a current image block of the video signal. Together, the encoder and a corresponding decoder improve the signal quality of a video signal significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, Robert Kutka, Norbert Oertel
  • Publication number: 20180020235
    Abstract: Functional data structure for coding a set of digital images. Each of the images is compressed into at least one first data stream portion, which comprises a portion of the macroblocks reduced by physical redundancies, and one second data stream portion, which describes the redundancies. For the intraprediction macroblocks, the first data stream portion can be reduced by colour value statements with correlations to colour values from rows of pixels outside and at one edge of the intraprediction macroblock and for which, in the case of pixels outside the compressed image, a colour value default is assumed. The second data stream can comprise intrapredictors for describing the correlations, with coding of an area which is divided into first areas, each of which is occupied by the macroblocks of one of the digital images, and a second area which spaces apart the first areas and is occupied by default colour value pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Norbert Oertel
  • Patent number: 9872017
    Abstract: In a method for coding a sequence of digitized images, a motion compensation process is performed, the motion compensation process using motion vectors between image blocks referring to a number of pixels in a current image and reference blocks referring to a number of pixels in a reference image. The reference image is based on one or more images out of the sequence. For each image block of at least a part of the current image a temporal prediction based on a corresponding reference block indicated by a motion vector is performed, resulting in a prediction error between the image block and the corresponding reference block, where the prediction error is coded. In the method of the invention, the current image in the sequence is divided into several image areas, with a reference area in the reference image being associated with each image area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Peter Amon
  • Patent number: 9872032
    Abstract: For each array of pixels, an autoregressive pixel-prediction method is performed based on a weighted sum of reconstructed pixel values of reconstructed pixels in a specific neighborhood region adjacent to the current pixel to be coded. For determining the weights, the pixel values in a specific training region adjacent to the current pixel are taken into account. The coding method is characterized by an appropriate determination of the specific neighborhood region and the specific training region in case that reconstructed pixel values do not exist for all pixels in the neighborhood region and the training region. In such a case, the number of pixels in the neighborhood region is reduced to a number of reconstructed pixels until the ratio between the number of pixels in the training region and the number of pixels in the neighborhood region exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, André Kaup, Johannes Rehm, Andreas Weinlich
  • Patent number: 9803383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formwork anchor receptacle as well as to a formwork anchor which are used in the field of construction. Furthermore, the invention relates to a formwork element. The formwork anchor receptacle is adapted to receive an anchor rod provided to connect formwork elements. The formwork anchor receptacle comprises a section with an opening for insertion of an anchor rod and a spherical section for providing support against a formwork element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Doka Industrie GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Amon
  • Patent number: 9723318
    Abstract: Methods and devices transform image data, which are transformed by a compression filter before being compressed and stored in a reference image memory. In an extension, an inverse transformation to that of the compression filter is performed by a decompression filter when image data from the reference memory are read out and decompressed. The methods and devices can be used for image compression methods and image decompression methods that use reference image memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernhard Agthe, Peter Amon, Gero Bäse, Andreas Hutter, Robert Kutka, Norbert Oertel
  • Patent number: 9710935
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to pixel-prediction methods and devices that are based on one of a selection of one out of at least two model functions that provide a prediction function and an adaptive model function that is capable to predict intensity characteristics of reference pixels used for prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, André Kaup, Andreas Weinlich
  • Publication number: 20170134727
    Abstract: A temporal sequence of pictures is generated in a method for encoding of a first video stream. To do so, a synchronization signal can be used, which can be derived from a second video stream independently of the first video stream. Alternatively, the encoding of a second video stream independent of the first video stream can be based on the same principle as for the encoding of the first video stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Norbert Oertel, Bernhard Agthe
  • Patent number: 9615087
    Abstract: For a compressed video stream formed of a sequence of compressed data packets, each compressed packet is assigned to a frame by processing the undecoded data packet. A frame includes packets. A first plurality of frames is assigned to a first sliding window and a second plurality of frames is assigned to a second sliding window. The first and second sliding windows have different frames. A first window indicator is calculated by determining a first indicator representing an average number of packets per frame within the first window, and/or a second indicator representing size information of the data within the first window. A second window indicator is calculated by determining a third indicator representing an average number of packets per frame within the second window, and/or a fourth indicator representing size information of the data within the second window. The first and the second window indicators are compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, André Kaup, Marcus Laumer
  • Patent number: 9596504
    Abstract: A temporal sequence of pictures is generated in a method for encoding of a first video stream. To do so, a synchronization signal is used which is derived from a second video stream independently of the first video stream, or the encoding of a second video stream independent of the first video stream is based on the same principle as for the encoding of the first video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Norbert Oertel, Bernhard Agthe
  • Publication number: 20170041645
    Abstract: A method for transmitting digital images from a series of images for which an image sequence of the images is specified is provided. The series of images is stored on a server in the form of segments, and each segment includes one or more images which are adjacent to one another according to the image sequence. A client requests images from the server on the basis of the segments, and the server then at least partly transmits the images from the requested segments to the client, wherein the images are stored in a buffer in the client and are at least partly reproduced. The client checks the request of additional images from the server at the time of the reproduction of a current image on the basis of a specified priority rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: PETER AMON
  • Patent number: 9462284
    Abstract: A method for produces a video data stream for an expansion signal, wherein a base signal represents a first video quality degree and the expansion and base signals jointly represent a second video quality. Only second syntax elements of the expansion signal which are not describable by the first syntax element of the base signal are taken into account during encoding, the coding mode of a video encoding method which is encodable by all syntax elements is selected by means of statistical method, said second syntax elements are not representable by one or several first syntax elements and the method brings about to the production of the shortest video data stream for said second syntax elements. A decoding method for restoring the expansion signal from the video data stream, encoding and coding devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Jürgen Pandel
  • Publication number: 20160212420
    Abstract: A method for coding a sequence of digital images The invention refers to a method for coding a sequence of digital images (I), wherein the method uses a number of prediction modes for predicting values of pixels (P1) in the images (I) based on reconstructed values of pixels in image areas processed previously, where a prediction error (PE) between predicted values and the original values of pixels (P1) is processed for generating the coded sequence of digital images (CI). The invention is characterized in that a preset prediction mode is an intra-prediction mode based on pixels of a single image (I) and comprises steps i) and ii) as follows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Peter AMON, Andreas HUTTER, André KAUP, Eugen WIGE
  • Patent number: 9398292
    Abstract: A reconstructed image is provided within the framework of predictive coding. The reconstructed image is compressed according to a coding mode of an image coding device and stored in a reference image memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernhard Agthe, Peter Amon, Gero Bäse, Andreas Hutter, Robert Kutka, Norbert Oertel
  • Patent number: 9338469
    Abstract: Images are divided into image regions. The image regions are processed in encoding cycles such that during an encoding cycle, entropy encoding is carried out in a plurality of parallel encoding branches. In each encoding branch the symbols of an image region are encoded by entropy encoding, which is based on one or more probability models, which take into account the frequencies of symbols occurring in image regions. The probability models are adapted on the basis of the symbols occurring in the image region. A common set of probability models is updated at predetermined time intervals on the basis of frequencies that are adapted in at least one temporally preceding encoding cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Peter Amon
  • Publication number: 20160097207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formwork anchor receptacle as well as to a formwork anchor which are used in the field of construction. Furthermore, the invention relates to a formwork element. The formwork anchor receptacle is adapted to receive an anchor rod provided to connect formwork elements. The formwork anchor receptacle comprises a section with an opening for insertion of an anchor rod and a spherical section for providing support against a formwork element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Peter Amon
  • Patent number: 9264709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for mixing video streams in a video mixer device, by means of which a plurality of input video streams from different subscribers which are encoded with code words for macroblocks and in which the code words have interdependencies are combined into an output video stream. The input video streams are at least entropy-decoded to such a degree that the dependencies among the code words are dissolved, wherein the macroblocks are re-organized and mixed with each other, and the mixed macroblocks are entropy-encoded to obtain a new dedicated video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Amon, Norbert Oertel