Patents by Inventor Ralf Wilhelms

Ralf Wilhelms 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: 11407026
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a mould, in particular a mould for vertical continuous casting, comprising at least one cooling unit (11), wherein the mould has a running surface (10) with an inner side and an outer side and the inner side of the running surface (10a) limits a continuous casting during operation, wherein the cooling unit (11) is designed to be moveably arranged on the mould and the cooling unit (11) has an adjusting element (13), wherein the cooling unit (11) is arranged on the mould in such a way that a gap (12) is formed between the cooling unit (11) and the outer side of the running surface (10) and the width of the gap (12) can be adjusted by the adjusting element (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CASTHOUSE REVOLUTION CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wilhelm Ernst Lüngen, Thomas Willem Jumelet
  • Patent number: 11343553
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device for generating a recommendation message to a user device, the computer device including a processor configured to: receive a context for a user of the user device; and select at least one recommendation for the user in dependence on the context, wherein the at least one recommendation varies in dependence on the context, such that a first at least one recommendation for a user in a first context is different from a second at least one recommendation for the same user in a second context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie
  • Patent number: 11294536
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user device including a processor configured to: receive a recommendation message; display a plurality of recommendations based on the recommendation message to a user of the user device, the plurality of recommendations having been generated, in part, on the user context; detect selection of one of the displayed plurality of recommendations; request further recommendations in dependence on the detected selection; receive a further recommendation message responsive to the request; and display a further plurality of recommendations corresponding to the further recommendation message to the user of the user device, the further plurality of recommendations having been generated, in part, on the user context and the detected selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie, Philip Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220072603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a mould, in particular a mould for vertical continuous casting, comprising at least one cooling unit (11), wherein the mould has a running surface (10) with an inner side and an outer side and the inner side of the running surface (10a) limits a continuous casting during operation, wherein the cooling unit (11) is designed to be moveably arranged on the mould and the cooling unit (11) has an adjusting element (13), wherein the cooling unit (11) is arranged on the mould in such a way that a gap (12) is formed between the cooling unit (11) and the outer side of the running surface (10) and the width of the gap (12) can be adjusted by the adjusting element (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf Wilhelm Ernst LÜNGEN, Thomas Willem JUMELET
  • Patent number: 11250584
    Abstract: This specification discloses computer-based systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for estimating the pose of a device, including estimating the pose based on images captured by a set of image sensors disposed around the device's periphery. Some implementations include a system that obtains visual data representing at least one image captured by one or more image sensors of a mobile device. The at least one image show an environment of the mobile device, and the one or more image sensors are located at respective corners of the mobile device, or at other locations around its periphery. The system processes the visual data to determine a pose of the mobile device. Further, the system can determine a location of the mobile device in the environment based on the pose, and can present an indication of the location of the mobile device in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Ralf Wilhelm Grosse-Kunstleve
  • Patent number: 11250013
    Abstract: There is disclosed a recommendation server comprising a processor configured to: generate a set of recommendations for a user; allocate a weighting to each recommendation; and transmit a recommendation message to a user terminal of the user, the recommendation message including the recommendations and their associated weightings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie
  • Patent number: 10902071
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user con text; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; wherein at least one recommendation is associated with a perishable asset, the processor being configured to determine the set of recommendations additionally based on the state of the perishable asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie
  • Patent number: 10810249
    Abstract: There is provided a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user context; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; in dependence on identifying a change in the information, transmitting a modified recommendation to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie
  • Publication number: 20200320732
    Abstract: This specification discloses computer-based systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for estimating the pose of a device, including estimating the pose based on images captured by a set of image sensors disposed around the device's periphery. Some implementations include a system that obtains visual data representing at least one image captured by one or more image sensors of a mobile device. The at least one image show an environment of the mobile device, and the one or more image sensors are located at respective corners of the mobile device, or at other locations around its periphery. The system processes the visual data to determine a pose of the mobile device. Further, the system can determine a location of the mobile device in the environment based on the pose, and can present an indication of the location of the mobile device in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Ralf Wilhelm Grosse-Kunstleve
  • Patent number: 10628957
    Abstract: This specification discloses computer-based systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for estimating the pose of a device, including estimating the pose based on images captured by a set of image sensors disposed around the device's periphery. Some implementations include a system that obtains visual data representing at least one image captured by one or more image sensors of a mobile device. The at least one image show an environment of the mobile device, and the one or more image sensors are located at respective corners of the mobile device, or at other locations around its periphery. The system processes the visual data to determine a pose of the mobile device. Further, the system can determine a location of the mobile device in the environment based on the pose, and can present an indication of the location of the mobile device in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Ralf Wilhelm Grosse-Kunstleve
  • Patent number: 10616648
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of controlling delivery of content to one or more media consuming devices associated with a group of consumers, the method comprising: receiving identification information of each consumer of the group of consumers; identifying each consumer of the group of consumers based on the received identification information; querying a data store to determine characteristics of each of said identified consumers; and controlling the delivery of the content to at least one of said one or more media consuming devices based on the determined characteristics of at least one consumer of the group of consumers, wherein each consumer in the group has an association link with all other consumers in the group, and wherein the content which is delivered is delivered to all consumers in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: 10575039
    Abstract: A content delivery system delivers media content to a content consuming user and comprises computer storage storing a media asset; an analysis component configured to perform an analysis of the user's behavior at a user device to infer a desirable attribute of a modified version of the media asset, the user's behavior comprising the user instigating at the user device requests for content other than the media asset to a computer network, and consuming the requested other content when returned from the network. The requests do not explicitly identify the desirable attribute. The system comprises a modified version generation component configured to receive the media asset and modify the media asset based on the analysis of the user's behavior; and a content delivery component configured to supply the modified version of the media asset to a media output device of the user, the modified version exhibiting the desirable attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Philip Antony Shaw, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: 10567822
    Abstract: There is disclosed a server for providing content, the server being configured to: receive a request defining one or more characteristics of content; access content from a plurality of content sources; and determine content responsive to the request in dependence on the accessed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Peter Heiland, Sean Everett, Ralf Wilhelm Tilmann, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Miles Weaver
  • Patent number: 10555045
    Abstract: A content delivery server configured to select from multiple content items a set of content items for display to a user at a user terminal, the content delivery server having access to content identifiers, identifying content items for delivery; a processor operating a content selection program which is arranged to receive the context data for different contexts and to select a set of content items in dependence on the context data, wherein the content items in the set vary with the context data, such that the content of items in a first set for a user in a first context are different from the content of items in a second set for the same user in a second context, and to transmit a recommendation message to the user terminal comprising a set of content identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PIKSEL INC.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Hans-Juergen Maas
  • Publication number: 20190385328
    Abstract: This specification discloses computer-based systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for estimating the pose of a device, including estimating the pose based on images captured by a set of image sensors disposed around the device's periphery. Some implementations include a system that obtains visual data representing at least one image captured by one or more image sensors of a mobile device. The at least one image show an environment of the mobile device, and the one or more image sensors are located at respective corners of the mobile device, or at other locations around its periphery. The system processes the visual data to determine a pose of the mobile device. Further, the system can determine a location of the mobile device in the environment based on the pose, and can present an indication of the location of the mobile device in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ralf Wilhelm Grosse-Kunstleve
  • Patent number: 10123082
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset while the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: 10080043
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset while the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20180184133
    Abstract: There is disclosed a server for providing content, the server being configured to: receive a request defining one or more characteristics of content; access content from a plurality of content sources; and determine content responsive to the request in dependence on the accessed content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Shaw, Peter Heiland, Sean Everett, Ralf Wilhelm Tilmann, Hans-Jurgen Maas, Miles Weaver
  • Publication number: 20170289635
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset whilst the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: D996481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Casthouse Revolution Center GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Wilhelm Ernst Lüngen, Thomas Willem Jumelet