Patents by Inventor Stefan Thien

Stefan Thien 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: 11284177
    Abstract: For mobile devices used in a wireless audio transmission system, for example for stage technology, like wireless microphones, body-pack transmitters with an audio input, and body-pack receivers with an audio output, electronic displays are known, on which a respective radio frequency or radio channel in use or other alphanumeric information is displayed. This information can be input at the transmitting end, for example, at a central location like a mixing desk. The displays, however, only function while the mobile devices are switched on so that it is not possible to see the association(s) of the mobile device(s) in their switched-off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Thien, Kai Tossing
  • Publication number: 20210051386
    Abstract: For mobile devices used in a wireless audio transmission system, for example for stage technology, like wireless microphones, body-pack transmitters with an audio input, and body-pack receivers with an audio output, electronic displays are known, on which a respective radio frequency or radio channel in use or other alphanumeric information is displayed. This information can be input at the transmitting end, for example, at a central location like a mixing desk. The displays, however, only function while the mobile devices are switched on so that it is not possible to see the association(s) of the mobile device(s) in their switched-off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Thien, Kai Tossing
  • Patent number: 10863258
    Abstract: For mobile devices used in a wireless audio transmission system, for example for stage technology, like wireless microphones, body-pack transmitters with an audio input, and body-pack receivers with an audio output, electronic displays are known, on which a respective radio frequency or radio channel in use or other alphanumeric information is displayed. This information can be input at the transmitting end, for example, at a central location like a mixing desk. The displays, however, only function while the mobile devices are switched on so that it is not possible to see the association(s) of the mobile device(s) in their switched-off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Thien, Kai Tossing
  • Publication number: 20200068282
    Abstract: For mobile devices used in a wireless audio transmission system, for example for stage technology, like wireless microphones, body-pack transmitters with an audio input, and body-pack receivers with an audio output, electronic displays are known, on which a respective radio frequency or radio channel in use or other alphanumeric information is displayed. This information can be input at the transmitting end, for example, at a central location like a mixing desk. The displays, however, only function while the mobile devices are switched on so that it is not possible to see the association(s) of the mobile device(s) in their switched-off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Thien, Kai Tossing
  • Patent number: 9137594
    Abstract: A microphone unit is provided which includes a microphone for picking up sound of a unit which sound is to be picked up, a clamping unit having a first end configured to clamp to the unit and a second end for holding the microphone, a contactless vibration sensor configured to detect vibrations of the unit, and an audio gate unit coupled to the output of the microphone and to the output of the contactless vibration sensor as a trigger signal to allow the output of the microphone to be forwarded to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andrew Greenwood, Sebastian Chafe, Stefan Thien
  • Publication number: 20140301589
    Abstract: A microphone unit is provided which includes a microphone for picking up sound of a unit which sound is to be picked up, a clamping unit having a first end configured to clamp to the unit and a second end for holding the microphone, a contactless vibration sensor configured to detect vibrations of the unit, and an audio gate unit coupled to the output of the microphone and to the output of the contactless vibration sensor as a trigger signal to allow the output of the microphone to be forwarded to an output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Greenwood, Sebastian Chafe, Stefan Thien
  • Patent number: 8049091
    Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving a wireless transmitted audio signal from a wireless transmitter is provided. The wireless receiver comprises a tuning assisting unit for assisting in the tuning of a music instrument coupled to the wireless transmitter. The tuning assisting unit indicates whether the audio signal from the music instrument corresponds to a specified frequency. The wireless receiver furthermore comprises an audio amplifier for amplifying the received audio signal. The wireless receiver furthermore comprises a housing which incorporates the tuning assisting unit and the audio amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Hagemeyer, Stefan Thien, Stephan Scherthan
  • Publication number: 20100218661
    Abstract: A wireless receiver for receiving a wireless transmitted audio signal from a wireless transmitter is provided. The wireless receiver comprises a tuning assisting unit for assisting in the tuning of a music instrument coupled to the wireless transmitter. The tuning assisting unit indicates whether the audio signal from the music instrument corresponds to a specified frequency. The wireless receiver furthermore comprises an audio amplifier for amplifying the received audio signal. The wireless receiver furthermore comprises a housing which incorporates the tuning assisting unit and the audio amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Hagemeyer, Stefan Thien, Stephan Scherthan