Patents by Inventor Robert Couronné

Robert Couronné 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).

  • MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION KEY, MOTOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160009251
    Abstract: What is described is a motor vehicle ignition key including a movement sensor for detecting the movement of the motor vehicle ignition key, a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christian PODOLAK, Hans Joachim MOERSDORF, Christian ARZT, Martin RULSCH, Sergey ERSHOV, Robert COURONNÉ
  • Illumination apparatus for an image sensing means at the distal end of an endoscope
    Patent number: 9192290
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for an image sensor at the distal end of an endoscope includes an illumination carrier and a plurality of micro LEDs each including a main surface from which the emission is made, with a maximum lateral dilatation of less than 500 ?m. The illumination carrier is associated with the distal end of the endoscope, and the plurality of micro LEDs are arranged on the illumination carrier such that with electrical excitation, the environment of the distal end of the endoscope is at least in some portions illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Spinnler, Cornelia Arnold, Andreas Kuleschow, Stephan Rupp, Thomas Wittenberg, Robert Couronné
  • MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION KEY, MOTOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140278102
    Abstract: What is described is a motor vehicle ignition key and a method including a movement sensor for detecting the movement of the motor vehicle ignition key, a motor vehicle navigation device, and a method including a calculator for calculating a driving route in dependence of movement data, and a motor vehicle system and a method including a motor vehicle ignition key and a motor vehicle controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christian PODOLAK, Hans Joachim MOERSDORF, Christian ARZT, Martin RULSCH, Sergey ERSHOV, Robert COURONNÉ
  • MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION KEY, MOTOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110098878
    Abstract: What is described is a motor vehicle ignition key and a method including a movement sensor for detecting the movement of the motor vehicle ignition key, a motor vehicle navigation device, and a method including a calculator for calculating a driving route in dependence of movement data, and a motor vehicle system and a method including a motor vehicle ignition key and a motor vehicle controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christian PODOLAK, Hans Joachim MOERSDORF, Christian ARZT, Martin RULSCH, Sergey ERSHOV, Robert COURONNÉ
  • Method and device for generating a structure-free fiberscopic picture
    Patent number: 7801405
    Abstract: An image free from interfering structures may be generated by means of a fiber bundle of several optical fibers, when for the system of fiber bundle and sensor imaging parameters are provided, which describe the geometrical characteristics of the intensity course generated by each individual optical fiber on the sensor. In image reconstruction, for each individual optical fiber an amplitude value and/or luminosity information may be generated by fitting a function of the amplitude value and the imaging parameters of the respective optical fiber to an intensity picture of the sensor, so that an optimum amplitude and/or luminosity value may be generated considering the geometrical imaging characteristics for each individual optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
    Inventors: Volker Daum, Klaus Spinnler, Robert Couronné, Matthias Elter, Stephan Rupp, Christian Winter
  • Method for extracting texture features from a multichannel image
    Patent number: 7130465
    Abstract: In a method for extracting texture features from a multichannel image, which comprises a plurality of pixels, information of at least two channels of the image is combined for each of the plurality of pixels, and one or several texture features are determined from the combined pixel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V
    Inventors: Christian Muenzenmayer, Thomas Wittenberg, Robert Couronné, Heiko Kuziela, Matthias Grobe, Klaus Spinnler