Patents by Inventor Peter Krebs
Peter Krebs 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: 11944392Abstract: A method for intraoperative planning and facilitating a revision arthroplasty procedure includes displaying a virtual model of a bone, capturing positions of a tracked probe as the tracked probe contacts points at a perimeter of a primary implant component coupled to the bone, generating a virtual representation of an interface between the primary implant component and the virtual model of the bone using the positions of the tracked probe, planning a bone resection using the virtual representation of the interface, and guiding execution of the bone resection.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Viktor Krebs, Hyosig Kang, Snehal Kasodekar, Matt Harrow, Jienan Ding, Ta-Cheng Chang, Min Wu, Jean Gonzalez, Peter Ebbitt
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Publication number: 20240042826Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a carbon dioxide sensing device disposed at a vehicular component of a vehicle. The carbon dioxide sensing device captures sensor data representative of a sample of air at the vehicular component. The cabin monitoring system, based on processing at an ECU of sensor data captured by the carbon dioxide sensing device, determines a carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle. The cabin monitoring system, when the vehicle is parked and not operating and based on the determined carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle, determines occupancy of the vehicle. The cabin monitoring system, when the vehicle is operating and based on the determined carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle, controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sethuraman Ravichandran, Peter Krebs
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VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH DRIVER MONITORING CAMERA AND DRIVER BREATH ANALYZER
Publication number: 20240017610Abstract: A vehicular alcohol sensing system includes an air sensing device disposed at a vehicular component disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle. The air sensing device captures sensor data representative of a sample of air at the vehicular component. A driver monitoring camera is disposed in the vehicle and captures image data representative of at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. The vehicular alcohol sensing system, based on processing by a data processor of sensor data captured by the air sensing device and based on processing by an image processor of image data captured by the driver monitoring camera, determines an alcohol level of the driver's breath. The vehicular alcohol sensing system, responsive to determining that the alcohol level of the driver's breath is above a threshold alcohol level, prevents operation of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Sethuraman Ravichandran, Peter Krebs -
Publication number: 20230406206Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount and a mirror head. The mirror head includes a transparent mirror frame and a mirror reflective element accommodated at the transparent mirror frame. The transparent mirror frame has a patterned front side having a plurality of channels established thereat and a rear side opposite the patterned front side. An illumination source is provided at the mirror head. The patterned front side of the transparent mirror frame is patterned to reflect light emitted by the illumination source, when powered, so that an illumination pattern is visible to a person viewing the rear of the transparent mirror frame. The mirror head is pivotally mounted at the mirror mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20230286441Abstract: A vehicular accessory system includes an overhead console module having (i) a primary portion configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle, and (ii) a secondary portion that, with the primary portion attached at the interior portion of the vehicle, extends from the primary portion. The secondary portion extends along an interior surface of the vehicle and is spaced from and disposed below the interior surface of the vehicle. An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head that includes a mirror reflective element and that is adjustably mounted at the overhead console module via a mounting structure. An electronic control unit (ECU) is disposed at the overhead console module and includes electronic circuitry and associated software. The ECU is operable to control a system of the vehicle and an electronic accessory of the interior rearview mirror assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Felix Schnellbach, Peter Krebs
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Patent number: 11712997Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount, a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing. With a pivot element of the toggle mechanism attached at the mirror mount, and when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20220024385Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount, a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing. With a pivot element of the toggle mechanism attached at the mirror mount, and when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs
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Patent number: 11142126Abstract: A method of assembling a mirror head for a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing, and, when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20200238913Abstract: A method of assembling a mirror head for a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing, and, when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20190275943Abstract: An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having a mirror housing and a reflective element, which is disposed so as to be adjustable at the mirror housing. The mirror assembly includes a mirror base or mounting base and an actuator for electric inward folding. The mirror assembly includes a sealing element that seals between the mirror head and the mirror base at least when the mirror head is in a use or extended position. When the mirror head is pivoted between the use position and a folded or stowed position, the sealing element is disengaged from the mirror head or the mirror base to allow for reduced friction pivoting of the mirror head relative to the mirror base. The sealing element may be mechanically moved to disengage or may disengage responsive to an electromagnetic element. The mirror assembly may include a light/indicator module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Jean-Dominique Cretin, Mirko Schell, Thomas Horvath, Frank Weimer, Denis Rouard, Felix Schnellbach, Peter Krebs
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Patent number: 10303028Abstract: A vehicle mirror, in particular an (exterior) rear-view mirror, comprising a base layer made of glass, an adhesive layer on the glass, a first foil film, a first conductive layer, a first and a second alignment layer, a liquid crystal region, wherein spacers are provided in this region and the liquid crystal region is arranged between the first and second alignment layers, a conductive reflector layer, which is arranged on the side of the liquid crystal region opposite to the base layer, and a second foil film, wherein at least the first alignment layer is removed in a predetermined region, so that the crystals of the adjacent liquid crystal region are disordered.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Magna Mirrors Holding GmbHInventors: Peter Krebs, Andreas Vorndran
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Patent number: 10166926Abstract: A rear-view mirror arrangement for motor vehicles that includes a housing and a mirror assembly arranged thereon and which is to observe following traffic. The mirror assembly has a front side and a rear side, in which a reflectance thereof that it is variable by a control device. The mirror assembly has an electrically drivable liquid crystal cell arranged between transparent carrier layers, and at least one reflection coating. One of the transparent carrier layers which faces toward the housing on the rear side is an optically transparent plastic film that is provided with the reflection coating on the rear side.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: MAGNA Mirrors Holding GmbHInventors: Peter Krebs, Hans-Joachim Fuchs, Phillip March
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Patent number: 10107669Abstract: A liquid level sensor comprising an inner capacitor tube, an outer capacitor tube and a probe foot suitable for placing the liquid level sensor on a bottom surface of a liquid tank, wherein a capacitor region arranged to hold a liquid is defined between the outer capacitor tube and the inner capacitor tube, and wherein an insulating minimum distance is left between the inner capacitor tube base and the probe foot, the insulating minimum distance being sufficient to prevent a droplet of water on the probe foot from making contact with the inner capacitor tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Peter Krebs, Holger Mendick, Sven-Carsten Vogler
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Publication number: 20180081209Abstract: A vehicle mirror, in particular an (exterior) rear-view mirror, comprising a base layer made of glass, an adhesive layer on the glass, a first foil film, a first conductive layer, a first and a second alignment layer, a liquid crystal region, wherein spacers are provided in this region and the liquid crystal region is arranged between the first and second alignment layers, a conductive reflector layer, which is arranged on the side of the liquid crystal region opposite to the base layer, and a second foil film, wherein at least the first alignment layer is removed in a predetermined region, so that the crystals of the adjacent liquid crystal region are disordered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Peter Krebs, Andreas Vorndran
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Publication number: 20170045391Abstract: A liquid level sensor comprising an inner capacitor tube, an outer capacitor tube and a probe foot suitable for placing the liquid level sensor on a bottom surface of a liquid tank, wherein a capacitor region arranged to hold a liquid is defined between the outer capacitor tube and the inner capacitor tube, and wherein an insulating minimum distance is left between the inner capacitor tube base and the probe foot, the insulating minimum distance being sufficient to prevent a droplet of water on the probe foot from making contact with the inner capacitor tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Peter KREBS, Holger MENDICK, Sven-Carsten VOGLER
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Patent number: 9493122Abstract: A rear-view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a mirror assembly held on a carrier plate. The mirror assembly includes a liquid-crystal cell to view following traffic, and which has a variable reflectance controllable via a control device. The mirror assembly has a transparent plate arranged on a front side thereof and a rear-side reflective coating adjacent to and pointing toward the carrier plate. The rear-view mirror arrangement is automatically dimmable and heatable, and includes an optical liquid-crystal cell to produce a permanently clear optical image for the vehicle occupant as a user. In order to provide a heatable effect, an areal heating element is arranged on the carrier plate to generate thermal radiation, and a housing gap is disposed between the carrier plate and the mirror assembly such that the thermal radiation is to transmitted to a radiation-absorbing coating arranged on a reflective coating of the mirror assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: MAGNA Mirrors Holding GmbHInventor: Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20160023606Abstract: A rear-view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a mirror assembly held on a carrier plate. The mirror assembly includes a liquid-crystal cell to view following traffic, and which has a variable reflectance controllable via a control device. The mirror assembly has a transparent plate arranged on a front side thereof and a rear-side reflective coating adjacent to and pointing toward the carrier plate. The rear-view mirror arrangement is automatically dimmable and heatable, and includes an optical liquid-crystal cell to produce a permanently clear optical image for the vehicle occupant as a user. In order to provide a heatable effect, an areal heating element is arranged on the carrier plate to generate thermal radiation, and a housing gap is disposed between the carrier plate and the mirror assembly such that the thermal radiation is to transmitted to a radiation-absorbing coating arranged on a reflective coating of the mirror assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventor: Peter KREBS
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Publication number: 20160009226Abstract: A rear-view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a housing to hold a mirror assembly which has a liquid-crystal cell, the reflectance of the mirror assembly being variable. The liquid-crystal cell has a transparent front-side carrier layer, a transparent rear-side carrier layer and, an electrically actuable liquid-crystal layer arranged between the carrier layers and held in a sealed-off fashion by way of a seal frame. A permanently clear optical image is produced for the vehicle occupant as a user, and the mirror arrangement has a low weight and is inexpensive to produce. This is achieved in that the housing is of unipartite form and permits frameless retention of the mirror assembly, and a housing gap between the housing element and the mirror assembly into which is fitted a seal for the sealed retention of the mirror assembly in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventor: Peter KREBS
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Publication number: 20150283945Abstract: A rear-view mirror arrangement for motor vehicles that includes a housing and a mirror assembly arranged thereon and which is to observe following traffic. The mirror assembly has a front side and a rear side, in which a reflectance thereof that it is variable by a control device. The mirror assembly has an electrically drivable liquid crystal cell arranged between transparent carrier layers, and at least one reflection coating. One of the transparent carrier layers which faces toward the housing on the rear side is an optically transparent plastic film that is provided with the reflection coating on the rear side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Peter Krebs, Hans-Joachim Fuchs, Phillip March
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Patent number: 8830319Abstract: A device for detecting and displaying the rear and/or side traffic of a motor vehicle is to be improved upon such that the driver can safely and quickly detect the present traffic situation by way of the overall image shown, in particular when the direction of travel is changed. This is accomplished in that the device for detecting and displaying the rear and/or side view of a motor vehicle (1) comprises a first apparatus (3) for producing images of the optically detected rear view (A), one or more further apparatuses (2) for producing images of the optical side view (B,C) of the motor vehicle (1), a display apparatus (6) adapted to display images or image sections of the first and/or the further apparatuses (2, 3) in partial areas (T1, T2), and a control apparatus (5) adapted to select the images or image sections and to assign them to the partial areas (T1, T2).Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Magna Electronics Europe GmbH & Co. KG, Magna Mirrors Engineering GmbHInventors: Rainer Stegmann, Peter Krebs