Patents by Inventor Stefan Paul

Stefan Paul 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: 20250094030
    Abstract: Described embodiments generally relate to a method of generating an image editing tool recommendation. The method includes receiving a prompt entered by a user; processing the prompt using a tool class prediction model to predict a tool class associated with the prompt, wherein the tool class is associated with at least one image editing tool that is configured to perform an image editing function described by the prompt; determining an image editing tool associated with the predicted tool class; and outputting a recommendation to the user directing the user to the determined image editing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Canva Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Sanchit SANCHIT, Alexander TACK, Stefan Paul SIETZEN
  • Publication number: 20250095254
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing prompt-based image editing. The method includes accessing an image; receiving a selected area of the image; receiving a prompt, wherein the prompt is indicative of an editing instruction; generating a latent by transforming the image into visual noise; predicting, based on the latent and the prompt, a noise image corresponding to the latent; subtracting at least a portion of the noise image from the latent to generate an updated latent; generating a noisy representation of the image; generating a masked latent based on the noisy representation, the updated latent and selected area, wherein the masked latent comprises the updated latent in the areas corresponding to the selected area, and the noisy representation in the areas that do not correspond to the selected area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Canva Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Stefan Paul SIETZEN, Sanchit SANCHIT, Alexander TACK
  • Patent number: 12224781
    Abstract: A transmitter circuit including an impedance setting circuit having first and second legs, wherein each leg includes an adjustable pull-up resistance and an adjustable pull-down resistance connected in series between a supply terminal and a reference terminal. A first-leg-node, between the adjustable resistances of the first leg, is connected to a first bus terminal. A second-leg-node, between the adjustable resistances of the second leg, is connected to a second bus terminal. The controller detects a transition in a transmission data signal, and in response to a dominant to recessive transition the controller controls a voltage setting circuit to set the differential driver voltage on the bus to a recessive value; adjusts each of the adjustable pull-up resistances and the adjustable pull-down resistances with the same target impedance profile such that the transmitter circuit drives the bus with a target driver impedance for an active recessive period of a bit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Stefan Paul van den Hoek, Gerard Arie de Wit
  • Patent number: 12196311
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) for an electrically drivable vehicle (29), comprising a transmission element (2), a parking lock (6), by means of which the transmission element (2) can be blocked, a transmission housing (9), which encloses the transmission element (2) and the parking lock (6), a connection apparatus (10) with a cable arrangement (11) extending in the transmission housing (9) and to the first end of which a plug connector (12) is attached, the plug connector being arranged in a transmission housing opening (14) for contacting the cable arrangement (11) from the exterior of the transmission housing (9) and having contact elements (25) arranged in a plug connector housing (15), wherein a second end of the cable arrangement (11) is connected to the parking lock (6), wherein the plug connector (12) has at least one sealing means (18, 27) for preventing a lubricant from escaping through the transmission housing opening (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan Paul, Bernd Haas
  • Publication number: 20240347815
    Abstract: Battery thermal barrier foam systems are provided for use within traction battery packs. Exemplary battery thermal barrier foam systems may include one or more foam blocks arranged to fill void spaces within a battery array of a traction battery pack. Each foam block may include a high temperature material system capable of mitigating cell-to-cell and/or array-to-array thermal propagation, increasing thermal insulation between battery cells, absorbing heat, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Kimberley King, Stefan Paul Pototschnik, Jason Luesing, Inderdeep Singh, Mladen Marjanovic, Daryl Marlow, Tyler William Roe
  • Patent number: 12081371
    Abstract: An attenuation device for a CAN transceiver comprises two device output nodes configured to electrically couple the attenuation device via the device output nodes between two transceiver terminals of the CAN transceiver. The attenuation device is configured to change from a first device state to a second device state when a common mode voltage is applied to the device output nodes that is either greater than a first reference voltage or less than a second reference voltage that is less than the first reference voltage. The attenuation device causes a first electrical output resistance at each device output node during the first device state and causes a second electrical output resistance at each device output node during the second device state in which the second output resistance is less than the first output resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach, Stefan Paul van den Hoek, Rinke de Jong
  • Publication number: 20240210307
    Abstract: A measuring arrangement for determining a physical process variable, a state variable or a property of the measuring medium, in particular a concentration of one or more components contained in the measuring medium, wherein the measuring arrangement comprises at least one measuring cell having a measuring path and a measuring sensor, wherein the measuring cell comprises a gamma-sterilizable data memory having at least one data set that is specific to a memory cell, and a method for using the measuring arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Paul, Tobias Mieth
  • Publication number: 20240192159
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor comprising a probe immersible in a measured medium and having at least two electrodes of a first electrically conductive material and at least one probe body of a second, electrically non-conductive material. The electrodes are at least partially embedded in the probe body and insulated from one another by the probe body, wherein the at least two electrodes are embodied of at least one conductive material and the probe body of at least one electrically insulating ceramic, wherein the electrodes are embodied of thin, measuring active layers of a conductive material and sit in an end face of the probe body of a ceramic material, and wherein the electrodes are electrically contacted via connection elements extending through the probe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Fanselow, Stefan Paul
  • Publication number: 20240174034
    Abstract: A tire rolling resistance estimation system estimates a real-time rolling resistance coefficient of a tire, and includes a tire sensor unit that measures a tire inflation pressure and a tire temperature. A processor is in electronic communication with the tire sensor unit. A steady state coefficient determination module in communication with the processor determines a steady state rolling resistance coefficient of the tire. A steady state tire temperature module in communication with the processor receives the steady state rolling resistance coefficient of the tire and estimates a steady state tire temperature of the tire. A real-time rolling resistance coefficient module in communication with the processor receives the steady state tire temperature of the tire and estimates a real-time rolling resistance coefficient of the tire from the steady state rolling resistance coefficient and a difference between the steady state tire temperature and a current tire temperature from the tire sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Sanjay Raghav Balaga, Stefan Paul Köppen, Kanwar Bharat Singh, Patrick Karen
  • Publication number: 20240128548
    Abstract: Exemplary thermal barrier systems are provided for traction battery packs. Exemplary battery thermal barrier systems may include one or more thermal barrier structures that are positioned between neighboring groupings of battery cells of a cell bank and/or elsewhere within a battery array of the traction battery pack. The thermal barrier structures may include a foam-insulation-foam multi-layer structure, an insulation-foam-insulation multi-layer structure, or an insulation-foam multi-layer structure. The thermal barrier structures are designed to manage cell-to-cell transfers of heat and electrical energy during battery thermal events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Jeffrey Charles Cowell, Brian Utley, Stefan Paul Pototschnik
  • Publication number: 20240120956
    Abstract: A transmitter circuit including an impedance setting circuit having first and second legs, wherein each leg includes an adjustable pull-up resistance and an adjustable pull-down resistance connected in series between a supply terminal and a reference terminal. A first-leg-node, between the adjustable resistances of the first leg, is connected to a first bus terminal. A second-leg-node, between the adjustable resistances of the second leg, is connected to a second bus terminal. The controller detects a transition in a transmission data signal, and in response to a dominant to recessive transition the controller controls a voltage setting circuit to set the differential driver voltage on the bus to a recessive value; adjusts each of the adjustable pull-up resistances and the adjustable pull-down resistances with the same target impedance profile such that the transmitter circuit drives the bus with a target driver impedance for an active recessive period of a bit time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Stefan Paul van den Hoek, Gerard Arie de Wit
  • Patent number: 11933756
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor comprising a probe immersible in a measured medium and having at least two electrodes of a first electrically conductive material and at least one probe body of a second, electrically non-conductive material. The electrodes are at least partially embedded in the probe body and insulated from one another by the probe body, wherein the at least two electrodes are embodied of at least one conductive material and the probe body of at least one electrically insulating ceramic, wherein the electrodes are embodied of thin, measuring active layers of a conductive material and sit in an end face of the probe body of a ceramic material, and wherein the electrodes are electrically contacted via connection elements extending through the probe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Fanselow, Stefan Paul
  • Publication number: 20240072336
    Abstract: Battery thermal barrier and venting systems are provided for battery arrays. Exemplary battery thermal barrier and venting systems may include one or more endothermic intumescent aerogel sheets that are configured to activate when surrounding battery temperatures exceed a predefined temperature threshold, thereby mitigating cell-to-cell thermal propagation. The endothermic intumescent aerogel sheets may be incorporated as part of thermal barrier structures that are positioned between neighboring battery cells of a cell bank, as part of partition structures that are positioned between adjacent cell banks of a battery array, or both. The battery thermal barrier and venting systems may further include one or more vent ports and vent port covers for venting gases and other effluents from the battery array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Stefan Paul Pototschnik
  • Patent number: 11879861
    Abstract: A method for measuring an electrical conductivity of a medium with a conductive conductivity sensor with four electrodes includes measuring a first impedance dependent on a first total impedance of the first voltage electrode and a medium layer adjacent to the first voltage electrode, measuring a second impedance dependent on a second total impedance of the second voltage electrode and a medium layer adjacent to the second voltage electrode, and making a conductivity measurement using an alternating electrical signal introduced into the medium via the first current electrode and measuring a potential difference between the first voltage electrode and the second voltage electrode. Based on the measured potential difference, the first impedance, and the second impedance a corrected potential difference is determined. Based on the corrected potential difference, a measured conductivity is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Paul, Andre Thieme
  • Publication number: 20230402683
    Abstract: A battery includes a cell and a thermal barrier. The cell is configured to store and discharge electrical energy. The thermal barrier is disposed along an exterior surface of the cell. The the thermal barrier includes a thermal insulator. The thermal barrier also includes an endothermic and intumescent material. The thermal insulator engages the exterior surface of the cell. The endothermic and intumescent material is disposed on an exterior of the thermal insulator such that the thermal insulator is disposed between the cell and the endothermic and intumescent material. The endothermic and intumescent material is configured to, in response to an increase in a temperature of the cell and heat generated by the cell consuming the thermal insulator, (i) expand, (ii) engage the exterior surface of the cell, and (iii) absorb the heat generated by the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Stefan Paul Pototschnik
  • Patent number: 11761998
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a conductivity value of a measurement medium using a conductivity sensor. The method includes providing a conductivity sensor with at least one transmitting unit, at least one receiving unit, and a control unit having a storage module, and transmitting a stimulation signal into the measurement medium at the transmitting unit by the control unit. The method also includes receiving a detection signal at the receiving unit, determining a signal quality indicator by the control unit based on the detection signal, and determining a conductivity signal corresponding to the detection signal. The method further includes storing the conductivity signal, determining a dynamic factor by the control unit based on the conductivity signal, filtering the conductivity signal using a filter function depending on the determined signal quality indicator and the dynamic factor, and outputting a filtered measured value of the filtered conductivity signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Paul, Thomas Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230270751
    Abstract: Benzodiazepine derivatives of formula (Ie) wherein one R1 and R2 is a benzodiazepinyl-containing group of formula (II) in which R8 is H or halo; the other of R1 and R2 is a group Z selected from H, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, —NHR9, benzyl, phenyl, 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl and 4- to 10-membered heteroaryl, wherein phenyl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents selected from 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by OR, and from C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, —OR, —(CH2)mOR, —NR2, —(CH2)mNR2, —NHR?, —SOmNR2, —SOmR, —SR, nitro, —CO2R, —CN, —CONR2, —NHCOR, —CH2NR10R11 and —NR10R11, in which each R is independently H or C1-C6 alkyl, R? is C3-C6 cycloalkyl and m is 1 or 2; R9 is selected from phenyl and 4- to 10-membered heteroaryl wherein phenyl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by halo; R10 and R11 are each independently H or C1-C6 alkyl; or R10 and R11 form, together with the
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew BARRETT, George Stuart COCKERILL, James GOOD, Craig Alex AVERY, Edward James COCHRANE, Stefan Paul JONES, Stuart Thomas ONIONS, Andrew Joseph WARNER
  • Patent number: 11699845
    Abstract: An antenna device, a transportation vehicle, and a textile article having an antenna device. The antenna device includes conductive filaments woven into a carrier fabric, wherein the conductive filaments form an antenna structure and are a contacting structure at a first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Janis Köstermann, Hendrik Hoppmann, Hans-Guenter Nieper, Stefan Paul, Michael Ponitka
  • Publication number: 20230179454
    Abstract: An attenuation device for a CAN transceiver comprises two device output nodes configured to electrically couple the attenuation device via the device output nodes between two transceiver terminals of the CAN transceiver. The attenuation device is configured to change from a first device state to a second device state when a common mode voltage is applied to the device output nodes that is either greater than a first reference voltage or less than a second reference voltage that is less than the first reference voltage. The attenuation device causes a first electrical output resistance at each device output node during the first device state and causes a second electrical output resistance at each device output node during the second device state in which the second output resistance is less than the first output resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach, Stefan Paul van den Hoek, Rinke de Jong
  • Publication number: 20230078394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a conductivity value of a measurement medium using a conductivity sensor. The method includes providing a conductivity sensor with at least one transmitting unit, at least one receiving unit, and a control unit having a storage module, and transmitting a stimulation signal into the measurement medium at the transmitting unit by the control unit. The method also includes receiving a detection signal at the receiving unit, determining a signal quality indicator by the control unit based on the detection signal, and determining a conductivity signal corresponding to the detection signal. The method further includes storing the conductivity signal, determining a dynamic factor by the control unit based on the conductivity signal, filtering the conductivity signal using a filter function depending on the determined signal quality indicator and the dynamic factor, and outputting a filtered measured value of the filtered conductivity signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Paul, Thomas Nagel