Patents by Inventor Thomas Alt
Thomas Alt 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: 11976082Abstract: This invention relates to a novel continuous process for making alkyl 7-amino-5-methyl-[1,2,5]-oxadiazolo¬[3,4-b]pyridine-carboxylate, wherein R is C1-3-alkyl. The process of the invention present invention overcomes disadvantages of processes of the prior art by avoiding the highly energetic intermediates, using readily available and inexpensive starting materials and reagents, and avoiding the isolation of intermediates. The process according to the invention is suitable for use on industrial scale.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHInventors: Bernd Werner, Tobias Alt, Andrew T. Brusoe, Frederic Gerard Buono, Michael Klumb, Bjoern Stahl, Thomas G. Tampone
-
Publication number: 20230328207Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Patent number: 10937187Abstract: A method for providing position information for controlling at least one function of an environment provided with an environment coordinate system comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image of at least one part of the environment captured by a camera of a mobile device, the mobile device being separate from the environment, determining a position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system according to the image information associated with the at least one image, and providing position information indicative of the position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the position. There is also provided a method and system which provides movement information indicative of a movement associated with the mobile device relative to the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alt, Lejing Wang
-
Publication number: 20200358984Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Patent number: 10757373Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Publication number: 20190313063Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Patent number: 10375357Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Publication number: 20190228539Abstract: A method for providing position information for controlling at least one function of an environment provided with an environment coordinate system comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image of at least one part of the environment captured by a camera of a mobile device, the mobile device being separate from the environment, determining a position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system according to the image information associated with the at least one image, and providing position information indicative of the position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the position. There is also provided a method and system which provides movement information indicative of a movement associated with the mobile device relative to the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Thomas Alt, Lejing Wang
-
Patent number: 10268216Abstract: A method for providing position information for controlling at least one function of an environment provided with an environment coordinate system comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image of at least one part of the environment captured by a camera of a mobile device, the mobile device being separate from the environment, determining a position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system according to the image information associated with the at least one image, and providing position information indicative of the position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the position. There is also provided a method and system which provides movement information indicative of a movement associated with the mobile device relative to the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alt, Lejing Wang
-
Publication number: 20160225163Abstract: A method for providing position information for controlling at least one function of an environment provided with an environment coordinate system comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image of at least one part of the environment captured by a camera of a mobile device, the mobile device being separate from the environment, determining a position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system according to the image information associated with the at least one image, and providing position information indicative of the position associated with the mobile device in the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the position. There is also provided a method and system which provides movement information indicative of a movement associated with the mobile device relative to the environment coordinate system to control at least one function of the environment according to the movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Thomas Alt, Lejing Wang
-
Publication number: 20160065903Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
-
Publication number: 20150042678Abstract: A method and system for visually augmenting a real object with a computer-generated image that includes sending a virtual model in a client-server architecture from a client computer to a server via a computer network, receiving the virtual model at the server, instructing a 3D printer to print at least a part of the real object according to the virtual model, generating an object detection and tracking configuration configured to identify at least a part of the real object, receiving an image captured by a camera representing at least part of an environment in which the real object is placed, determining a pose of the camera with respect to the real object, and overlaying at least part of a computer-generated image with at least part of the real object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Metaio GmbHInventors: Thomas Alt, Peter Meier
-
Patent number: 8614747Abstract: A mark which at least reflects or radiates invisible light of predetermined wavelength other than visible light is added in a space of the real world. A camera apparatus comprises image capturing means for capturing a real image in which an invisible-light image may be discriminating. An image processing apparatus, comprises: mark discriminating means for discriminating at least one condition of a position of image of mark in the captured real image, a orientation of the mark, and a distance from the mark to the image capturing means, and overlaying condition determining means for determining, in correspondence with the discriminated condition, a overlaying condition which is at least one of an overlaying position which is a position of the image of the virtual object overlaid on the captured real image in the real image, an orientation of the virtual object which the image of the virtual object indicates, and a distance from a view point of viewer, of the image of the virtual object.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Metaio GmbHInventors: Thomas Alt, Peter Meier, Masahiro Ookura, Tobias Eble
-
Publication number: 20110090343Abstract: A mark which at least reflects or radiates invisible light of predetermined wavelength other than visible light is added in a space of the real world. A camera apparatus comprises image capturing means for capturing a real image in which an invisible-light image may be discriminating. An image processing apparatus, comprises: mark discriminating means for discriminating at least one condition of a position of image of mark in the captured real image, a orientation of the mark, and a distance from the mark to the image capturing means, and overlaying condition determining means for determining, in correspondence with the discriminated condition, a overlaying condition which is at least one of an overlaying position which is a position of the image of the virtual object overlaid on the captured real image in the real image, an orientation of the virtual object which the age of the virtual object indicates, and a distance from a view point of viewer, of the image of the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: METAIO GMBHInventors: Thomas Alt, Peter Meier, Masahiro Ookura, Tobias Eble
-
Patent number: 6977776Abstract: A head-mounted optical direct visualization system has at least one optical deflecting device (120) with an optical end element (128) for deflecting a virtual image generated by an image source (230) onto the optical end element (128). The virtual image is emitted through the optical end element into the field of view in front of the eyes of the user. The optical deflecting device (120) is attached to the head of the user with the aid of a frame (130). The task of the invention is to configure such a conventional direct visualization system so as to be better adaptable to the requirements of the anatomical and optical features of the user and the application-specific viewing requirements. This task is solved with an adjusting device (140), which is fixed to the frame (130), for variably changing the position of at least the optical end element (128) essentially in a plane parallel to the field of view of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Carl Zeiss AGInventors: Harald Volkenandt, Uwe Frey, Thomas Alt, Werner Schreiber
-
Publication number: 20050083579Abstract: A head-mounted optical direct visualization system has at least one optical deflecting device (120) with an optical end element (128) for deflecting a virtual image generated by an image source (230) onto the optical end element (128). The virtual image is emitted through the optical end element into the field of view in front of the eyes of the user. The optical deflecting device (120) is attached to the head of the user with the aid of a frame (130). The task of the invention is to configure such a conventional direct visualization system so as to be better adaptable to the requirements of the anatomical and optical features of the user and the application-specific viewing requirements. This task is solved with an adjusting device (140), which is fixed to the frame (130), for variably changing the position of at least the optical end element (128) essentially in a plane parallel to the field of view of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Harald Volkenandt, Uwe Frey, Thomas Alt, Werner Schreiber