Patents by Inventor Stephen Schmitz

Stephen Schmitz 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: 20080087798
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic security system comprising a plurality of light transmitters in a light grid arrangement for the transmission of light signals into a monitored zone, at least one spatially resolving light reception unit for the reception of the light signals transmitted by the light transmitters and a read-out circuit for the reading out of the signals of the at least one light reception unit. In accordance with the invention, the optoelectronic security system has an evaluation device which is configured such that it can split the surface of the at least one light reception unit into at least two processing regions in dependence on a predetermined selection criterion and can further process the signals of the at least two processing regions differently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: SICK AG
    Inventor: Stephen Schmitz
  • Patent number: 6710471
    Abstract: A device and a method for an authorization interrogation in a motor vehicle uses a transponder exchanges data with an antenna array within the framework of an authorization interrogation. During an external space interrogation, the antenna array is controlled using a current for the external space interrogation and, during an interior space interrogation, using a current for the interior space interrogation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen Schmitz
  • Patent number: 6690962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for graphic visualization and diagnosis of thrombi as well as the use of particle suspensions for the production of contrast media for the visualization of thrombi with use of nuclear spin tomography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Institut fur Diagnostikforshung GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Schmitz, Mayk Kresse, Susanne Wagner
  • Publication number: 20020087071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for graphic visualization and diagnosis of thrombi as well as the use of particle suspensions for the production of contrast media for the visualization of thrombi with use of nuclear spin tomography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Institut fur Diagnostikforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Schmitz, Mayk Kresse, Susanne Wagner