Patents by Inventor Schroer

Schroer 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: 10832383
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distortion removal at multiple quality levels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving training content. The training content may include original content, reconstructed content, and training distortion quality levels corresponding to the reconstructed content. The reconstructed content may be derived from distorted original content. The method may also include training distortion quality levels corresponding to the reconstructed content. The method may further include receiving an initial distortion removal model. The method may include generating a conditioned distortion removal model by training the initial distortion removal model using the training content. The method may further include storing the conditioned distortion removal model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Schroers, Mauro Bamert, Erika Doggett, Jared McPhillen, Scott Labrozzi, Romann Weber
  • Publication number: 20200334988
    Abstract: A system and method for localizing a movable object that includes a first transmitter and a second transmitter which are arranged at a geometric distance relative to one another, wherein the first transmitter and the second transmitter each transmit a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first and second signal are in temporal synchrony relative to one another and furthermore a receiver is provided, which receives the first signal via receiving device and determines a first direction, from which the first signal is received, and receives the second signal and determines a second direction, from which the second signal is received, and a runtime difference between the first signal and the second signal, and where the position of the movable object is determined from the runtime difference, the distance, the first direction and the second direction by an evaluator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Reinhard HLADIK, Martin SCHIEFER, Guido SCHRÕER
  • Publication number: 20200308501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of (A) at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, (B) at least one ?-olefin having from at least 6 up to and including 20 carbon atoms, (C) optionally at least one C3- to C20-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture of such alkyl esters and (D) optionally one or more further copolymerizable monomers other than monomers (A), (B) and (C), with a molar incorporation ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D) of 1:0.5 to 2.0:0 to less than 0.5:0 to 0.1 followed by the reaction with at least one dialkylamine (E), where the two alkyl radicals in the at least one dialkylamine (E) are independently alkyl radicals having at least 17 up to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Irene TROETSCH-SCHALLER, Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Michael SCHROERS, Uwe REBHOLZ, Dieter FAUL, Anke OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20200300413
    Abstract: A pressure vessel containing a main body with at least one opening. The pressure vessel is made from a BMG material. The pressure vessel may contain an additional part such as a neck, a liner, a rib, a lattice, a fin, and a diaphragm. The pressure vessel may be free of a welded joint in entirety. The pressure vessel may contain multiple parts in the main body, each of which is free of a welded joint. The pressure vessel may be made through thermoplastic forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: John Chay, Jan Schroers, Jason Sagaci, Jittisa Ketkaew, Evgenia Pekarskaya
  • Publication number: 20200284829
    Abstract: A sensor system having a current interface includes a supply and current interface, an electronic control unit and an enhanced initialization sensor. The supply and current interface is configured to receive a supply voltage. The electronic control unit is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is configured to initialize the supply and current interface at a suitable current level to mitigate erroneous information. measurement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Schroers, Christof Bodner, Simon Hainz
  • Publication number: 20200226797
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting a target set of pixels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include obtaining target content. The target content may include a target set of pixels to be predicted. The method may also include convolving the target set of pixels to generate an estimated set of pixels. The method may include matching a second set of pixels in the target content to the target set of pixels. The second set of pixels may be within a distance from the target set of pixels. The method may include refining the estimated set of pixels to generate a refined set of pixels using a second set of pixels in the target content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Schroers, Erika Doggett, Stephan Marcel Mandt, Jared McPhillen, Scott Labrozzi, Romann Weber, Mauro Bamert
  • Patent number: 10706503
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code including a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained using one or more semantic map(s). The hardware processor executes the software code to receive an original image including multiple object images each identified with one of multiple object classes, and to generate replications of the original image, each replication corresponding respectively to one of the object classes. The hardware processor further executes the software code to, for each replication, selectively modify one or more object image(s) identified with the object class corresponding to the replication, using the CNN, to produce partially modified images each corresponding respectively to an object class, and to merge the partially modified images, using the CNN, to generate a modified image corresponding to the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Schroers, Federico Perazzi, Caner Hazirbas
  • Publication number: 20200188188
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles, and methods of making such articles that comprise one or more back ears or closure members that are configured to permit the article to be adjusted for a particular user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Charles F. SCHROER, Jr., Thomas A. KAISER
  • Publication number: 20200181653
    Abstract: Described herein is a process of producing an organic compound, the process including: I) cultivating a genetically modified microorganism in a culture medium including sucrose as an assimilable carbon source to allow the genetically modified microorganism to produce the organic compound, and II) recovering the organic compound from the fermentation broth obtained in process step I) The genetically modified microorganism includes A) at least one genetic modification that leads to an increased activity of the enzyme encoded by the rbsK-gene, compared to the original microorganism that has not been genetically modified, and the original microorganism belongs to the family Pasteurellaceae. Also described herein are a genetically modified microorganism and the use thereof for the fermentative production of an organic compound from sucrose as an assimilable carbon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Hartwig Schroeder, Stefan Haefner, Oskar Zelder, Christoph Wittmann, Anna Christine Schroer, Birgit Hoff, Nico Boehmer
  • Publication number: 20200180847
    Abstract: An article includes a can with a valve stem and a dispensing device attached to the valve stem where the dispensing device includes a hollow base, a hollow tube attached to the hollow base the hollow tube having one or more than one hole proximate to its exit end, a sleeve with a finger pad that slides over the hollow tube and an elastic connector attaching the sleeve to at least one of the hollow base and hollow tube, and a sealing gasket residing between the hollow tube and sleeve, wherein the dispensing device can reversibly move between a closed position where the sleeve seals the one or more than one hole in the hollow tube and an open position where the one or more than one hole in the hollow tube is unsealed by the sleeve and the elastic connector provides a restoring force to the sleeve when in the open position that directs the sleeve to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel R. SCHROER, Marc S. BLACK, Chad V. SCHUETTE, Christopher J. SILER
  • Publication number: 20200179184
    Abstract: This disclosure includes embodiments of disposable absorbent articles and methods of making disposable absorbent articles that include closures with a web of material and hook fasteners that are unitary with the web. For example, some of the present disposable absorbent articles include diapers or briefs with closure members, such as back ears or front ears, defined at least in part by a nonwoven web with hook fasteners that are unitary with the nonwoven web. Use of such unitary hook fasteners allows simpler construction of such articles and/or softer closure members for improved fit and user comfort, and/or other benefits. Certain embodiments of the present methods can manufacture such absorbent articles with fewer manufacturing steps or processes and/or fewer raw materials, relative to those required to manufacture prior art absorbent articles with hook fastener patches that are added by application of a separate piece of material that includes the hook fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. KAISER, William S. SAYERS, William W. GASTON, Trenton T. OTTERY, Alice Tilson KOEHLER, Charles F. SCHROER, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10677331
    Abstract: A vertical mill gearbox includes a drive shaft mounted in a casing for rotation about a rotation axis, and an intermediate shaft configured as a hollow shaft and mounted in the casing for rotation about a vertical second rotation axis. The intermediate shaft has a bevel gear meshing with a bevel-gear pinion of the drive shaft. A torsion shaft is received in fixed rotative engagement with the intermediate shaft and sized to extend beyond the intermediate shaft to define a projecting section to which a sun gear rotatably driven via the intermediate shaft is fixed. A planet carrier is mounted in the casing for rotation about the second rotation axis and rotatably supports an internal gear having an internal tooth system. Mounted to the planet carrier is a rotatable planet gear which meshes with the sun gear and with the internal tooth system of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: FLENDER GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Becka, Steffen Brun, Matthias Friedrich, Guido Josten, Robert Prusak, Eugen Schlegel, Dirk Schroer, Michael Tegelkamp, Franz Schmeink
  • Patent number: 10663507
    Abstract: A sensor system having a current interface includes a supply and current interface, an electronic control unit and an enhanced initialization sensor. The supply and current interface is configured to receive a supply voltage. The electronic control unit is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is configured to initialize the supply and current interface at a suitable current level to mitigate erroneous information. measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christoph Schroers, Christof Bodner, Simon Hainz
  • Publication number: 20200137977
    Abstract: An animal enclosure with a wall assembly and a panel that is configured to couple to the wall assembly. The wall assembly includes a plurality of walls that are coupled together to define an interior space. The walls define an opening configured for fluid connection to a ventilation system. When the panel is coupled to the wall assembly, the panel divides the interior space into a vent space, which is in fluid communication with the opening, and a living space. A vent opening formed in the panel is configured to place the living space in fluid communication with the vent space. The panel may be removably coupled to the wall assembly. The panel may include a damper system for selectively opening and closing the vent opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: JOSEPH A. SCHROER, MICHAEL L. MATTESON
  • Publication number: 20200140945
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for screening for a genotype for loss of antigen presentation via MHC class I in a subject and/or respectively detecting a subject's increased risk of resistance against immunotherapy such as against vaccination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ugur SAHIN, Martin SUCHAN, Barbara SCHRÖRS, Martin LÖWER, Petra OEHM
  • Publication number: 20200128957
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system includes a plurality of anchor rails configured to be mounted to a surface such as a wall to which the modular enclosure system is to be attached. The modular enclosure system includes a first partition having a plurality of partition segments and a second partition having a plurality of partition segments. The first partition and the second partition are each coupled to a first rail and a second rail of the plurality of anchor rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Creighton ADLER, Christopher Douglas CRAIG, Steven Cary DUNSTON, Tabish Shamim KHAN, Michael Joseph KRAEMER, Jeremiah Gene SMITH, Joshua David FERRY, John Michael SCHROER, Kevin MORRISON
  • Patent number: 10632486
    Abstract: An article includes an adapter having a flow channel extending through it, where the adapter includes a base, a neck, a bendable segment attached to the base and neck and positioned between the base and neck, and a plunger attached to the neck or bendable segment and extending within the flow channel in the bendable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schroer, Marc S. Black, Chad V. Schuette, Christopher J. Siler, Daniel Ramirez
  • Patent number: 10621695
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a video processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code including an artificial neural network (ANN). The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to receive a first video sequence having a first display resolution, and to produce a second video sequence based on the first video sequence using the ANN. The second video sequence has a second display resolution higher than the first display resolution. The ANN is configured to provide sequential frames of the second video sequence that are temporally stable and consistent in color to reduce visual flicker and color shifting in the second video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Schroers, Yifan Wang, Federico Perazzi, Brian McWilliams, Alexander Sorkine Hornung
  • Patent number: 10623709
    Abstract: A video processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code including a convolutional neural network (CNN). The hardware processor executes the software code to receive video data including a key video frame in color and a video sequence in gray scale, determine a first estimated colorization for each frame of the video sequence except the key video frame based on a colorization of a previous frame, and determine a second estimated colorization for each frame of the video sequence except the key video frame based on the key video frame in color. For each frame of the video sequence except the key video frame, the software code further blends the first estimated colorization with the second estimated colorization using a color fusion stage of the CNN to produce a colorized video sequence corresponding to the video sequence in gray scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Schroers, Simone Meyer, Victor Cornillere, Markus Gross, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Patent number: 10611554
    Abstract: An article includes a dispenser having a flow channel extending therethrough and having a base, a bendable segment attached to the base, a straw attached to the bendable segment, a plunger attached to the base and extending within the flow channel of the bendable segment; a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, and a trigger hingedly attached to the straw at a hinge point and having a portion above the hinge point engaging the sleeve and a trigger portion extending below the hinge point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, INC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schroer, Marc S. Black, Chad V. Schuette, Christopher J. Siler, Daniel Ramirez