Patents by Inventor Steffen Muller

Steffen Muller 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: 20220308579
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for the at least the partially automated driving of a motor vehicle. A first application and at least one redundant second application provide output data depending on motor vehicle operating data and/or environmental data. Vehicle driving data for the at least partially automated driving of the motor vehicle are determined depending on the output data. Vehicle operating data from another vehicle are received, and, depending on the vehicle operating data, the at least one redundant second application switches from an active state to a standby state in which a computer instance of a computer unit used by the at least one redundant second application is at least executed at a lower frequency than in the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yael Abelardo Martinez Flores, Hendrik Decke, Julian-Steffen Müller, Marcel Aguirre Mehlhorn, Tobias Kain
  • Publication number: 20220038393
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and device are disclosed. In an embodiment, an in-vehicle network interface device includes a data port to send and receive data packets, a plurality of packet processing pipelines coupled to the data port, each to inspect a single data packet to determine an action to perform on the single data packet, and a safety module to receive the determined action from each packet processing pipeline and to select one of the determined actions to perform on the single data packet and to cause a selected one of the packet processing pipelines to perform the selected action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Rajeev ROY, Lucas Pieter Lodewijk VAN DIJK, Steffen MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20210341240
    Abstract: Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Publication number: 20210286631
    Abstract: A system architecture of an autonomous vehicle, wherein the system architecture includes a plurality of application instances and nodes. The application instances are distributed and executed on the computation nodes according to a configuration, wherein measured sensor data of at least one sensor is input to at least part of the application instances, and wherein at least part of the application instances creates and provides control signals for controlling the vehicle. At least one context information of a prevailing context is gathered, and wherein the configuration is adapted according to the at least one gathered context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Kain, Julian-Steffen Müller, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke, Philipp Mundhenk
  • Patent number: 11092397
    Abstract: Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HECKLER & KOCH, GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Publication number: 20210237750
    Abstract: A self-driving motor vehicle including numerous control units and numerous program codes for controlling the functions of the autonomous driving and other functions of the self-driving vehicle. Numerous program codes used for an autonomous driving mode are applied redundantly to at least two different control units. The self-driving motor vehicle may then be operated in an at least a partially autonomous driving mode. In this mode, the functions directly needed for satisfying a passenger's desire are determined, and weighted with regard to their importance in fulfilling the passenger's desires. At least one function of a lower order is then shut off, if the available resources in functioning control units and/or the power level in the self-driving motor vehicle are insufficient to execute program code for executing this function of the lower order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Julian-Steffen Müller, Fabian Plinke, Andreas Braasch, Johannes Heinrich, Timo Horeis, Tobias Kain, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke
  • Publication number: 20210213964
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for operating an automatically driving vehicle, wherein application instances are executed over several computational nodes, wherein recognized faults are reacted to by switching to redundant application instances and then reconfiguring the configuration to restore specified redundancy conditions and/or segregation conditions, wherein the vehicle is transitioned to a safe state using at least one failover apparatus when at least one specified redundancy condition and/or at least one segregation condition cannot be met by the reconfiguration, and/or a specified time for reconfiguration is exceeded, and/or an unrecoverable malfunction has been recognized, wherein the at least one failover apparatus plans an emergency trajectory using a trajectory planner, wherein sensor data are detected via separate signal lines and supplied to the at least one failover apparatus, and wherein control signals are generated and transmitted via separate control lines to an actuator system of the v
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Kain, Julian-Steffen Müller, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke, Fabian Plinke, Andreas Braasch, Johannes Heinrich, Timo Horeis
  • Publication number: 20210188314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the dynamic, context-based distribution of program codes in a control system of a vehicle. The control system has a plurality of control apparatuses for executing the program codes. The program codes are assigned to the corresponding control apparatuses of the control system by a global placement graph. In doing so, the global placement graph is calculated in a computing unit that is located outside of the control system. The data of the global placement graph are transmitted to the control system. It is provided for the global placement graph to be calculated based on the current configuration as well as known reconfigurations, wherein the selection of the next node of the global placement graph to be calculated is calculated using the probability of occurrence of an error as well as the effect of the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Kain, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke, Julian-Steffen Müller
  • Publication number: 20210188294
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for dynamic, context-based distribution of program codes in a control system in a vehicle. The control system includes numerous control units. The allocation of the program codes to the corresponding control units in the control system takes place using a global placement chart. The global placement chart is calculated on a computer, which may be located outside the control system. The data from the global placement chart are sent to the control system. Other aspects include an at least partially autonomous motor vehicle that has a control system for executing dynamic, context-based distribution of program codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Kain, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke, Julian-Steffen Müller
  • Publication number: 20210179144
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a self-propelled motor vehicle having a plurality of control units and a plurality of program codes for controlling the function of autonomous driving and possibly other functions of the self-propelled vehicle, wherein a plurality of program codes used for an autonomous driving mode are redundantly applied to at least two different control units. In doing so, the self-propelled motor vehicle is operated in an at least partially autonomous driving mode. In this mode, the functions directly needed to satisfy the passenger's wishes are ascertained and weighted corresponding to their relevance for satisfying the passenger's wishes. In so doing, the functions, or the scope of functions, are released depending on the achievement of a target achievement level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Kain, Maximilian Wesche, Hendrik Decke, Julian-Steffen Müller, Fabian Plinke, Andreas Braasch, Johannes Heinrich, Timo Horeis
  • Publication number: 20210000567
    Abstract: A dental laser comprises a hand piece having a grip region and a treatment tip with an outlet point, arranged at a distal end, for laser light, and further comprises a light source and light conduction means for providing laser light at the outlet point. The laser light has a wavelength of 445±20 nm, in particular, 445±10 nm and more particularly 445±5 nm, and an optical power output is provided at the outlet point in a power range of at least 2 W, advantageously at least 3 W and, in particular, 3.5 W. In another dental laser the laser light has a wavelength of 410±10 nm, and an optical power output is provided at the outlet point in a power range of no less than 1 W to no more than 2 W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf SUTTER, Bernd OEHME, Steffen MULLER
  • Publication number: 20190162495
    Abstract: Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Patent number: 10047096
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel (3-hydroxyphenyl)amino-substituted pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-5-one derivatives, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combination for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially of angiogenic disorders and hyperproliferative disorders in which neovascularization plays a role, for example ophthalmological disorders and cancers and tumours. Such treatments can be effected as monotherapy or else in combination with other medicaments or further therapeutic measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Schall, Jürgen Klar, Mario Lobell, Hartmut Schirok, Joachim Telser, Steffen Müller, Dirk Brohm, Hans Briem, Hannah Jörißen, Joerg Keldenich, Michael Böttger, Georges Von Degenfeld, Thomas Schlange, Ulf Bömer, Niels Lindner, Hanna Eilken, Dmitrij Hristodorov, Pierre Wasnaire, Kersten Matthias Gericke, Lars Bärfacker
  • Publication number: 20180028276
    Abstract: A dental laser comprises a hand piece (100) having a grip region (100a) and a treatment tip (101) with an outlet point (101a), arranged at a distal end, for laser light (102), and further comprises a light source (103) and light conduction means (105) for providing laser light (102) at the outlet point (101a). The laser light (102) has a wavelength (104) of 445±20 nm, in particular, 445±10 nm and more particularly 445±5 nm, and an optical power output is provided at the outlet point in a power range of at least 2 W, advantageously at least 3 W and, in particular, 3.5 W. In another dental laser the laser light (102) has a wavelength (104) of 410±10 nm, and an optical power output is provided at the outlet point (101a) in a power range of no less than 1 W to no more than 2 W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA inc
    Inventors: Ralf SUTTER, Bernd OEHME, Steffen MULLER
  • Publication number: 20170253602
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel (3-hydroxyphenyl)amino-substituted pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-5-one derivatives, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combination for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially of angiogenic disorders and hyperproliferative disorders in which neovascularization plays a role, for example ophthalmological disorders and cancers and tumours. Such treatments can be effected as monotherapy or else in combination with other medicaments or further therapeutic measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas SCHALL, Jürgen KLAR, Mario LOBELL, Hartmut SCHIROK, Joachim TELSER, Steffen MÜLLER, Dirk BROHM, Hans BRIEM, Hannah JÖRIßEN, Joerg KELDENICH (deceased), Michael BÖTTGER, Georges DEGENFELD VON, Thomas SCHLANGE, Ulf BÖMER, Niels LINDNER, Hanna EILKEN, Dmitrij HRISTODOROV, Pierre WASNAIRE, Kersten Matthias GERICKE, Lars BÄRFACKER
  • Patent number: 8282272
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed that reliably determines the transmissivity of a substrate. By determining the transmissivity of a calibration substrate, for instance, a temperature measuring device can be calibrated. The method and system are particularly well suited for use in thermal processing chambers that process semiconductor wafers used for forming integrated circuit chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventors: Roland Schanz, Christoph Merkl, Steffen Müller
  • Patent number: D883416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Patent number: D883417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Patent number: D884108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Müller
  • Patent number: D884109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Müller