Patents by Inventor Sebastian Gatsios

Sebastian Gatsios 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: 12190794
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix. Control information, including an image signal for generating a light image, can be generated with the control unit for each lighting module, and the light image can be generated with the LED matrix of each lighting module, which the control unit has generated for this lighting module. The control unit is connected to the lighting modules for the transmission of the image signals. The first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface via which the information for the lighting modules can be extracted from the signal generated by the control unit. The processing unit provides the information intended for the second lighting module at the first interface of the first lighting module, and wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240426449
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a high-definition headlamp, includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged in a matrix to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation. The lighting device is designed to switch the projection lens from a first setting to a second and from the second setting to the first. The projection lens has a first focal length in the first setting, and a second focal length in the second setting, which is greater than the first focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240426448
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes an imaging component that has an active surface on which light-emitting diodes or laser diodes are arranged in a matrix to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and a projection lens with which the light emitted from the active surface is projected outward from the motor vehicle when the lighting device is in operation. The lighting device varies the focal length of the projection lens in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240337362
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles is provided that has an LED light source containing numerous light pixels. The headlamp also includes an optics unit in front of the light source in the main beam direction (H) with which the light pixels are mapped onto a predefined light distribution (LV1, LV2, LV2?, LV2?). The headlamp also includes a sensor unit for determining at least one vehicle state variable, an adjustment unit for adjusting a part of the headlamp, and a control unit for controlling the light pixels and the adjustment unit. The LED adjustment unit moves the light source in a linear direction transverse to an optical axis (A) of the optics unit, and/or pivoted about the optical axis (A) of the optics unit, from a starting position to an intermediate position and back, on the basis of a change in the vehicle state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20240084988
    Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles is provided, and includes a headlamp with an imaging unit for generating a multitude of light pixels that can be actuated individually. The headlamp also includes a lens unit containing a lens arrangement with a number of lenses arranged in a fixed manner to each other. The light pixels of the imaging unit can be mapped to focused light spots at a specified distance. The headlamp also includes an actuator unit for actuating the imaging unit. A first lens unit of a first headlamp is different from a second lens unit of a second headlamp such that the light pixels of the imaging unit of the first headlamp and the second headlamp are mapped to be focused at different distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Möllers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20230382292
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement is provided with a control unit, an illumination module including an LED matrix for the generation of light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module. The control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the illumination module. The data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module. An RGB signal is generated by the control unit for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and is transferred to the illumination module. The image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or at least forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and the RGB signal has a range not used for image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Publication number: 20230382291
    Abstract: An illumination arrangement includes with a control unit, an illumination module connected to the control unit via a bidirectional first channel that features an LED matrix for generating light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module via a second channel. The control unit can be used to generate data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred to the illumination module via the first channel. The data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred from the illumination module to the peripheral module via the second channel. The second channel is a bidirectional channel via which data can be transferred from the peripheral module to the illumination module that, after being received by the illumination module, can be transferred to the control unit via the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Gatsios, Florian Herold, Dirk Kliebisch, Ingo Moellers, Alexander Schwan, Patrick Vogel
  • Patent number: 11566770
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles with a number of light sources, a number of reflectors reflecting the light emitted by the light sources into a specified main reflection direction, a number of diffusers scattering the light emitted by the light sources and a lens which is disposed in main reflection direction in front of the reflector and the diffuser. The lens is disposed at a v-shaped angle of a surface normal of the lens toward the main reflection direction of the reflector. A theoretical prolongation of the diffuser in relation to the surface normal of the lens extends in an acute angle of incidence or vertically to the lens. The diffuser is disposed as a separating wall between two reflectors which are disposed on stepped, offset levels and/or the diffuser is disposed as an end wall at a reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, HELLA AUTOTECHNIK NOVA, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Laura Niedenzu, Jan Sorbi, Pavel Holous, Sebastian Gatsios
  • Publication number: 20220178512
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles with a number of light sources, a number of reflectors reflecting the light emitted by the light sources into a specified main reflection direction, a number of diffusers scattering the light emitted by the light sources and a lens which is disposed in main reflection direction in front of the reflector and the diffuser. The lens is disposed at a v-shaped angle of a surface normal of the lens toward the main reflection direction of the reflector. A theoretical prolongation of the diffuser in relation to the surface normal of the lens extends in an acute angle of incidence or vertically to the lens. The diffuser is disposed as a separating wall between two reflectors which are disposed on stepped, offset levels and/or the diffuser is disposed as an end wall at a reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Laura Niedenzu, Jan Sorbi, Pavel Holous, Sebastian Gatsios