Patents by Inventor Steffen Reichert

Steffen Reichert 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: 12071012
    Abstract: A device and a method for projecting image data onto a projection surface of a vehicle windowpane of a vehicle. An image data processing unit generates second image data from first image data based on recorded surroundings brightness of the vehicle. A gradation curve is used to generate the second image data in such a way that dark image regions of the first image data lying below a predetermined color brightness threshold compared to image regions lying above the color brightness threshold in the first image data are brightened in the second image data compared to the first image data with regard to color or greyscale spectra. A degree of brightening of the dark image regions in the first image data increases with an increase in the recorded surroundings brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Steffen Reichert, Oliver Sens, Zane Amiralis
  • Publication number: 20220212539
    Abstract: A device and a method for projecting image data onto a projection surface of a vehicle windowpane of a vehicle. An image data processing unit generates second image data from first image data based on recorded surroundings brightness of the vehicle. A gradation curve is used to generate the second image data in such a way that dark image regions of the first image data lying below a predetermined color brightness threshold compared to image regions lying above the color brightness threshold in the first image data are brightened in the second image data compared to the first image data with regard to color or greyscale spectra. A degree of brightening of the dark image regions in the first image data increases with an increase in the recorded surroundings brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen REICHERT, Oliver SENS, Zane AMIRALIS
  • Patent number: 11334690
    Abstract: A method of determining a modified shape of a computer-aided design model of an object or a partition thereof is described. With the method, at least two reference landmarks are placed at a reference position with respect to the shape of the object or to the partition. An adjustment landmark is placed at the reference position of the corresponding reference landmark. The adjustment landmarks are displaced from the reference position to a modified position, and a displacement between the modified position and the reference position is obtained. The modified shape of the object or the partition is generated by modifying the shape of the object or the partition by applying a homogeneous function of the displacement to the computer-aided design model of the shape of the object or the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART
    Inventors: Steffen Reichert, Long Nguyen, Achim Menges
  • Patent number: 10744816
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel for a vehicle has a plurality of spokes, lamellac, blades, wheel segments or similar which are arranged on an outer side of the vehicle wheel, a kinematic system, via which the contour of the outer side of the vehicle wheel can be changed, and a slide element which is adjustable between an inner position and an outer position. The spokes, lamellae, blades, wheel segments or similar are hinged on the slide element and are adjustable together with the slide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Ronny Bach, Bastian Baudy, Christian Binder, Erich Jehle-Graf, Martin Konermann, Volker Meyer, Steffen Reichert, Andrej Ruckhaberle, Antonis Schley, Sylvain Wehnert
  • Publication number: 20190057167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a modified shape of a computer-aided design model of an object or a partition thereof, a method for assigning the modified shape of an object or the partition thereof to a further object or a partition thereof, a method for producing an object by applying any one of the indicated methods, and a module comprising at least one computer program being adapted for performing at least one step according to any one of the indicated methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Reichert, Long Nguyen, Achim Menges
  • Publication number: 20180281510
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel for a vehicle has a plurality of spokes, lamellac, blades, wheel segments or similar which are arranged on an outer side of the vehicle wheel, a kinematic system, via which the contour of the outer side of the vehicle wheel can be changed, and a slide element which is adjustable between an inner position and an outer position. The spokes, lamellae, blades, wheel segments or similar are hinged on the slide element and are adjustable together with the slide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Ronny BACH, Bastian BAUDY, Christian BINDER, Erich JEHLE-GRAF, Martin KONERMANN, Volker MEYER, Steffen REICHERT, Andrej RUCKHABERLE, Antonis SCHLEY, Sylvain WEHNERT
  • Patent number: 6141460
    Abstract: An edge detection method employs binary morphological erosion. A binary image is generated from the gray-scale-value input image. A structure element is guided in a step-by-step manner across the binary image and generates an eroded binary image in accordance with an erosion rule. By forming the difference between the binary image and the eroded binary image, an output image containing the edges is generated. An output image which contains masked edges is generated through the use of a further erosion rule. The further erosion rule is based on a gray-scale value threshold and is applied to the eroded binary image to form a twice-eroded binary image. The difference between the twice-eroded binary image and the binary image forms the image which contains masked edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Aishy Amer, Steffen Reichert