Patents by Inventor Stephan Ulrich

Stephan Ulrich 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: 11525918
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a time-of-flight camera comprising: a time-of-flight sensor having several time-of-flight pixels for determining a phase shift of emitted and captured light, distance values being determined in accordance with the detected phase shifts, characterised in that the time-of-flight camera has a memory in which parameters of a point spread function, which characterise the time-of-flight camera and the time-of-flight sensor, are stored; an evaluation unit which is designed to deploy a detected complex-valued image in Fourier space, in accordance with the stored point-spread function, and a complex-valued image corrected by diffused light is determined and the phase shifts or distance values are determined using the corrected complex-valued image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PMDTECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Stephan Ulrich, Lutz Heyne
  • Publication number: 20200096637
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a time-of-flight camera comprising: a time-of-flight sensor having several time-of-flight pixels for determining a phase shift of emitted and captured light, distance values being determined in accordance with the detected phase shifts, characterised in that the time-of-flight camera has a memory in which parameters of a point spread function, which characterise the time-of-flight camera and the time-of-flight sensor, are stored; an evaluation unit which is designed to deploy a detected complex-valued image in Fourier space, in accordance with the stored point-spread function, and a complex-valued image corrected by diffused light is determined and the phase shifts or distance values are determined using the corrected complex-valued image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan ULRICH, Lutz HEYNE
  • Patent number: 10246130
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a trackless tugger train having at least one transportation module and at least two axle modules. Each transportation module is arranged between two axle modules, wherein each axle module has a wheel axle and a steering device for steering the wheel axle, wherein the steering devices of the axle module are embodied in each case in such a way that each steering device steers the axle module which is assigned to it, independently of a steering device of another axle module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg Innovation GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Bruns, Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Publication number: 20180001947
    Abstract: A railless tugger train (100) includes a train module (10), at least one transportation module and at least two axis modules, wherein each axis module has a stiffly configured axis beam, at which a first mounting device is configured in the form of a stiff mounting of the train module or a transportation module and at which a second mounting device is configured for an articulated connection of a transportation module. At least two wheels (19) are mounted at the axis beam in such a way that the wheels are each rotatable around a rotation axis (D) which is configured vertical to the longitudinal axis (L) of the axis beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
    Inventors: Rainer Bruns, Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Publication number: 20170197657
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a trackless tugger train (100) having at least one transportation module (10) and at least two axle modules (11), wherein each transportation module (11) is arranged between two axle modules (11), wherein each axle module (11) has a wheel axle (12) and a steering device for steering the wheel axle (12), wherein the steering devices of the axle module (11) are embodied in each case in such a way that each steering device steers the axle module (11) which is assigned to it, independently of a steering device of another axle module (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicants: Hamburg Innovation GmbH, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
    Inventors: Rainer Bruns, Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Patent number: 9688173
    Abstract: Suspension system for vehicle seats, in particular for utility motor vehicle seats, comprising at least a first and a second part, the two parts being mounted oscillatorily movable and spring-loaded with respect to one another, wherein a closed hydropneumatic circuit is provided which comprises at least one control element, connected to at least one of the two parts, and at least one first hydropneumatic spring connected in series therewith, a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic medium in the circuit being convertible into a force acting between the two parts by means of an action surface arranged in the control element, the pressure being dependent on a gas pressure in a gas volume of the first spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Grammer AG
    Inventors: Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov, Rainer Bruns, Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb
  • Publication number: 20160001685
    Abstract: Suspension system for vehicle seats, in particular for utility motor vehicle seats, comprising at least a first and a second part, the two parts being mounted oscillatorily movable and spring-loaded with respect to one another, wherein a closed hydropneumatic circuit is provided which comprises at least one control element, connected to at least one of the two parts, and at least one first hydropneumatic spring connected in series therewith, a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic medium in the circuit being convertible into a force acting between the two parts by means of an action surface arranged in the control element, the pressure being dependent on a gas pressure in a gas volume of the first spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan ULRICH, Konstantin KRIVENKOV, Rainer BRUNS, Erwin HALLER, Jens KOLB
  • Publication number: 20150367885
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a trackless tugger train (100) having at least one transportation module (10) and at least two axle modules (11), wherein each transportation module (11) is arranged between two axle modules (11), wherein each axle module (11) has a wheel axle (12) and a steering device for steering the wheel axle (12), wherein the steering devices of the axle module (11) are embodied in each case in such a way that each steering device steers the axle module (11) which is assigned to it, independently of a steering device of another axle module (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: Hamburg Innovation GmbH, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
    Inventors: Rainer Bruns, Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Publication number: 20150027574
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve for field-sensitive liquids having a valve channel and at least one coupling element for coupling a control field into the valve channel. The valve has a control body which can be moved counter to the force of a restoring element in order to change a flow cross section and can be moved by way of the action of the field-sensitive liquid. A hydraulic system comprising the valve is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Rainer Bruns, Stephan Ulrich, Konstantin Krivenkov, Holger Freyer, Jan Isermann
  • Publication number: 20120097529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new basic technology for magnetron sputtering of ceramic layers, in particular for optical applications. The new concept enables the construction of magnetron sputtering sources which, in comparison with the known methods, such as reactive DC-, MF- or RF magnetron sputtering or the magnetron sputtering of ceramic targets, enables significantly improved precision in the deposition of ceramic layers at an exactly defined rate and homogeneity and also with very good reproducibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Pflug, Michael Siemers, Volker Sittinger, Bernd Szyszka, Stephan Ulrich