Patents by Inventor Rainer Zimmermann

Rainer Zimmermann 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: 20240288686
    Abstract: In an example, a target design of a metalens is obtained. The target design includes target design meta-atoms. A mask design is generated, by one or more processors, based on area deviations of to-be-fabricated meta-atoms of the metalens relative to the target design meta-atoms. The mask design may be generated using a rule-based correction, such as using a look-up table (LUT), in some examples, and may be generated using a model-based correction in some examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bernd Kuechler, Rainer Zimmermann, Maryvonne Chalony, Ulrich Karl Klostermann, Remco Stoffer, Lawrence S. Melvin, III
  • Publication number: 20220392191
    Abstract: A computational lithography process uses machine learning models. An aerial image produced by a lithographic mask is first calculated using a two-dimensional model of the lithographic mask. This first aerial image is applied to a first machine learning model, which infers a second aerial image. The first machine learning model was trained using a training set that includes aerial images calculated using a more accurate three-dimensional model of lithographic masks. The two-dimensional model is faster to compute than the three-dimensional model but it is less accurate. The first machine learning model mitigates this inaccuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Dereje Shewaseged Woldeamanual, Thomas Heribert Mülders, Jiuzhou Tang, Rainer Zimmermann, Robert Marshall Lugg, Hans-Jürgen Stock, Georg Albert Viehöver
  • Publication number: 20220331313
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for treating sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of selexipag, wherein the patient is diagnosed with sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ralph T. PREISS, Tatiana REMENOVA, Irina KONOURINA, Thomas PFISTER, René ROSCHER, Aline FREY, Natalia Catalina YANNOULIS ARCEDA, Rainer ZIMMERMANN, Keith John MORRISON, Shirin BRUDERER
  • Patent number: 10455383
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one of the plurality of devices to be used by the user based on the generated location information item and to the stored location information items is automatically selecting; a status report is transmitted to a device used by the user, with the user being offered the use a service via the status report, the offered service effected by the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Dieter Hemkemeyer, Karl Klaghofer, Ralf Neuhaus, Michael Tietsch, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10279513
    Abstract: A disclosed process includes steps of heating a foamed material by irradiation with near infrared radiation having a wavelength between 0.78 and 1.40 ?m to form a heated material, forming the heated material with a forming tool to obtain a formed material, and cooling the formed material and demolding to obtain a final workpiece. The foamed material may be constructed as a composite ply construction including an outer material and a foamed core between the outer material. The foamed material may contain a poly(meth)acrylimde, a polypropylene or a highly-crosslinked polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Pinto, Matthias Alexander Roth, Joern Daniel Suendermann, Arnim Kraatz, Dieter Schlager, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20160360381
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one of the plurality of devices to he used by the user based on the generated location information item and to the stored location information items is automatically selecting; a status report is transmitted to a device used by the user, with the user being offered the use a service via the status report, the offered service effected by the selected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Dieter Hemkemeyer, Karl Klaghofer, Ralf Neuhaus, Michael Tietsch, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9467562
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one of the plurality of devices to be used by the user based on the generated location information item and to the stored location information items is automatically selecting; a status report is transmitted to a device used by the user, with the user being offered the use a service via the status report, the offered service effected by the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Dieter Hemkemeyer, Karl Klaghofer, Ralf Neuhaus, Michael Tietsch, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9268771
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for managing documents or partial documents in an electronic document folder is provided. A validity indication, which is individual to the document or partial document and specifies a validity expiry time is assigned to a respective document, e.g. an e-mail, or a partial document, e.g. an e-mail attachment and is stored, the indication being assigned to an executable validity program. Once the validity expiry time has been reached, the executable validity program, assigned to the validity indication, is executed for the document or partial document with an assigned validity indication. The executable validity program comprises a deletion routine for deleting the document or partial document with the assigned validity indication in the electronic document folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. LG
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Thomas Hanna, Klaus-Josef Kunte, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20150174798
    Abstract: A disclosed process includes steps of heating a foamed material by irradiation with near infrared radiation having a wavelength between 0.78 and 1.40 ?m to form a heated material, forming the heated material with a forming tool to obtain a formed material, and cooling the formed material and demolding to obtain a final workpiece. The foamed material may be constructed as a composite ply construction including an outer material and a foamed core between the outer material. The foamed material may contain a poly(meth)acrylimde, a polypropylene or a highly-crosslinked polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jorge Pinto, Matthias Alexander Roth, Joern Daniel Suendermann, Arnim Kraatz, Dieter Schlager, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8656005
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting on-demand software and/or data from a server (20) to a terminal (10) in a packet network (50). According to said method, a bandwidth test is performed as a prerequisite for transmission, said test verifying whether the currently available bandwidth is sufficient for transmitting the requested software or data. The server (20) does not transmit the requested software or the requested data if the result of the bandwidth test is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Dieter Hemkemeyer, Karl Klaghofer, Ralf Neuhaus, Michael Tietsch, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8326474
    Abstract: We provide a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the motor vehicle is associated with at least one emissions class. First, information about the geographical location of the zone and about the emissions class at least required there is stored in the navigation system. Then, information about the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is entered into the navigation system. Thereafter, the information entered is considered in the destination guidance process, wherein destination guidance into or through the zone is avoided if the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is affected by emissions class-dependent drive-through restrictions in the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schrey, Bruno Bozionek, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8041398
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for realizing a presence service with a buddy list that can be displayed on a display device of a terminal is provided. In an activated state, the buddy list itself is displayed, and in a deactivated state, the buddy list itself is not visible. The buddy list is updated by a control device during a change in state of at lest one subscriber to be monitored and/or of at least one device assigned to the subscriber. According to the invention, the updating of the buddy list ensues in the deactivated state by means of the control device while using a method other than one used in the activated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Hutt, Florian Nierhaus, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7864040
    Abstract: There is described a localization system with a mobile position data transmitter having a position-detecting device for detecting a position of the position data transmitter and for deriving position data from the position detected. The position data transmitter also has a radio tag writing device for wirelessly emitting the derived position data with a write signal for writing to radio tags. The localization system also has radio tags which are to be spatially distributed and each have a memory for storing an item of localization information which is taken from the position data received with the write signal. A radio tag reading device is used to retrieve and output the stored read information from the radio tags that are situated in the retrieval range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Thomas Hanna, Klaus-Josef Kunte, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7852833
    Abstract: There is described a system for switching from an established media path to a new media path for packets transmitted between first and second end points in a packet based network. An instruction is transmitted to the first end point instructing it to set up a new receiving channel for receiving packets transmitted from the second end point over the new media path. An instruction is transmitted to the second end point instructing it to configure a sending channel to send packets over the new media path for reception on the new receiving channel of the first end point. For a time period during the switching, the first end point monitors for packets simultaneously on both its new receiving channel and an established receiving channel configured to receive packets transmitted from the second end point over the established media path. This systems helps ensure a seamless switchover from the established to the new media paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Horvath, Karl Klaghofer, Klaus Wille, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20100274422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the motor vehicle is associated with at least one emissions class. First, information about the geographical location of the zone and about the emissions class at least required there is stored in the navigation system. Then, information about the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is entered into the navigation system. Thereafter, the information entered is considered in the destination guidance process, wherein destination guidance into or through the zone is avoided if the at least one emissions class of the motor vehicle is affected by emissions class-dependent drive-through restrictions in the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Rolf Schrey, Bruno Bozionek, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7708805
    Abstract: Porous carbon fibers, whose active centers are formed by pores that are filled at least in part by carbon and/or metal and/or metal carbide, obtainable by carbonization of organic or inorganic polymers, the use thereof for the adsorption or separation of gaseous substances, in particular of CO2, and also a method for the production thereof. First, a spinning mixture containing polyacrylonitrile-based polymer A and an organic or metallo-organic polymer B is produced. Next, the spinning mixture is spun to form mixed fibers of polymer A and polymer B. The mixed fiber is stabilized by oxidation. This is followed by carbonization or graphitization of the mixed fiber under non-oxidizing conditions in such a way that the polymer B forms a carbon and/or metal and/or metal carbide residue of at least 22 wt %, the residue forming active centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Michael Heine, Richard Neuert, Rainer Zimmermann-Chopin
  • Patent number: 7630294
    Abstract: For alternate operation of a terminal (EG1) at at least two communication nodes (GK1, GK2), the terminal (EG1) is first registered with a first of the communication nodes (GK1). In this case, registration is followed by there being a logical connection between the terminal (EG1) and the first communication node (GK1). The obtainability of the first communication node (GK1) is monitored, and in the event of the first communication node (GK1) being unobtainable a status information item relating to the unobtainability is produced, and the status information item is taken as a basis for setting up a logical connection between the terminal (EG1) and the second communication node (GK2). The terminal (EG1) is then automatically operated at the second communication node (GK2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Berndt, Bruno Bozionek, Thomas Hanna, Bernd Hinz, Thorsten Laux, Ralf Neuhaus, Christian Scheering, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7590849
    Abstract: In order to operate a communication terminal for packet-oriented data transmission, at least one piece of status information is stored, for a communication terminal, in a memory unit associated with the communication terminal. Said status information is provided with a digital signature that is calculated from the status information by means of a private key for an asymmetrical encoding method associated with a first control unit associated with the communication terminal, for the resolution and/or conversion of network addresses. If the first control unit fails, a request is transmitted comprising the status information and the digital signature to associate the communication terminal with at least one second control unit, and the digital signature is checked. In the event of a positive check result, the communication terminal is associated with the second control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Stefan Berndt, Bruno Bozionek, Bernd Hinz, Thorsten Laux, Ralf Neuhaus, Christian Scheering, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20090191851
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for realizing a presence service with a buddy list that can be displayed on a display device of a terminal is provided. In an activated state, the buddy list itself is displayed, and in a deactivated state, the buddy list itself is not visible. The buddy list is updated by a control device during a change in state of at lest one subscriber to be monitored and/or of at least one device assigned to the subscriber. According to the invention, the updating of the buddy list ensues in the deactivated state by means of the control device while using a method other than one used in the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Manfred Hutt, Florian Nierhaus, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20090102639
    Abstract: There is described a localization system with a mobile position data transmitter having a position-detecting device for detecting a position of the position data transmitter and for deriving position data from the position detected. The position data transmitter also has a radio tag writing device for wirelessly emitting the derived position data with a write signal for writing to radio tags. The localization system also has radio tags which are to be spatially distributed and each have a memory for storing an item of localization information which is taken from the position data received with the write signal. A radio tag reading device is used to retrieve and output the stored read information from the radio tags that are situated in the retrieval range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Thomas Hanna, Klaus-Josef Kunte, Rainer Zimmermann