Patents by Inventor Thomas Binder

Thomas Binder 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: 10282057
    Abstract: Image editing on a wearable device includes a system which obtains sensor data via the wearable device. The sensor data includes a representation of hand movement, head movement or voice command associated with a user. The system executes an application for editing an image based on the obtained sensor data. The system provides for display a list of image adjustment types associated with the application. The system selects an image adjustment type based on one or more of the hand movement, the head movement or the voice command. The system provides for display a prompt having options to adjust a property of the selected image adjustment type. The system selects one of the options included in the prompt. The system modifies an image based on the selected option. The system then provides the modified image for storage in a data structure of a memory unit in the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Ronald Frank Wotzlaw
  • Patent number: 10077685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the material-removing processing of an adjustable camshaft which has a shaft body, wherein at least a first component of the camshaft can move axially and/or in the circumferential direction with respect to the shaft body, wherein a gap which permits the movement is provided between the shaft body and the first component, and wherein in order to protect the first moveable component during the material-removing processing a protection apparatus which has at least one fluid duct is placed on the shaft body and fluid is applied to it. According to the invention, the protection apparatus is arranged laterally with respect to the first moveable component in such a way that at least some of the fluid is directed laterally onto the first component and into an intermediate space between the protection apparatus and the first component, and wherein the first component is exposed in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG
    Inventor: Thomas Binder
  • Patent number: 9929507
    Abstract: A self-aligning RF connector interface comprises an electrical feed-trough with a connector body and an internal connector. The connector body defines a longitudinal axis. The connector interface further comprises a centering collar, a connector guide and an outer housing. The centering collar is spring loaded by a second axial spring and retractable with respect to the connector body. The connector body is spring loaded by a first axial spring and retractable and tiltable with respect to the connector guide. The connector guide is movable in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SPINNER GMBH
    Inventors: Augustin Pickel, Thomas Binder
  • Publication number: 20170362156
    Abstract: A process is described for making acrylic acid from dextrose, which comprises fermenting dextrose; removing solids from the resulting fermentation broth; removing lactic acid from the clarified broth by extraction into an organic solvent; separating out the lactic acid-loaded organic solvent while recycling at least a portion of the remainder back to the fermentation step; reacting the lactic acid with ammonia to provide a dehydration feed comprising ammonium lactate while preferably recycling the organic solvent; carrying out a vapor phase dehydration of the ammonium lactate to produce a crude acrylic acid product; and purifying the crude acrylic acid by distillation followed by melt crystallization, chromatography or both melt crystallization and chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Archer Daniels Midland Company
    Inventors: Thomas BINDER, Ahmad K. HILALY, Naveen S. SUDHARSAN, Kris N. MANI, Mitchell SCHULTZ
  • Publication number: 20170304745
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of adjusting the composition of a chromatography product to achieve a target enriched proportion of a desired component from an input feed having a lower proportion of the desired component using simulated moving bed (“SMB”) chromatography wherein the eluent for the SMB apparatus may comprise the very input feed being enriched. The method is exemplified by enriching a high fructose corn syrup from a 42% fructose syrup to a 55% fructose syrup without substantially reducing the dissolved solids concentration of the 55% syrup relative to the input 42% syrup. The 42% syrup is also used as the eluent for the SMB apparatus and may be reconstituted from the raffinate stream by passing the raffinate stream over a glucose isomerase column alone or in combination with a dextrose feed. The method reduces water usage and saves energy by minimizing the need for evaporation to obtain a 55% fructose syrup with a high dissolved solids content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Archer Daniels Midland Company
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Mitchell J. Schultz
  • Patent number: 9786030
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to providing focal length adjustments in photos. In some implementations, a method includes determining a face model of a face in a photo. The method further includes simulating a change in the focal length based on the face model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Martin Christopher Böhme
  • Publication number: 20170271817
    Abstract: A self-aligning RF connector interface comprises an electrical feed-trough with a connector body and an internal connector. The connector body defines a longitudinal axis. The connector interface further comprises a centering collar, a connector guide and an outer housing. The centering collar is spring loaded by a second axial spring and retractable with respect to the connector body. The connector body is spring loaded by a first axial spring and retractable and tiltable with respect to the connector guide. The connector guide is movable in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Augustin PICKEL, Thomas BINDER
  • Patent number: 9534674
    Abstract: A camshaft includes a carrier shaft which can be mounted rotatably along a shaft axis and at least one cam pack disposed axially displaceably on the carrier shaft. The cam pack includes at least two cams and at least one adjusting member for axial adjustment of the cam pack. The cams and the at least one adjusting member are connected to one another in an axially adjacent configuration and can be mounted axially displaceably as a composite structure in a direct configuration on the carrier shaft. A method for producing a camshaft and a cam pack are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Presta Teccener AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Peter Wiesner
  • Publication number: 20160217559
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media for two-dimensional image processing based on third dimension data are described. Some implementations can include a method comprising obtaining first image data having a plurality of pixel values and obtaining second image data corresponding to each pixel value in the first image data. The method can also include receiving an indication of one or more control points in the first image data. The method can further include selectively filtering the first image data based on a distance from the control point and on one or more data values in the second image data corresponding to the corresponding control point. The method can also include outputting the selectively filtered first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: THOMAS BINDER, Nils Kokemohr, Manuel Wille
  • Patent number: 9400038
    Abstract: A camshaft includes a carrier shaft to be mounted rotatably along a shaft axis and at least one cam pack or package axially displaceably disposed on the carrier shaft. The cam pack includes at least two cams and at least one adjusting member for axial adjustment of the cam pack. The cams and the at least one adjusting member are connected to one another in an axially adjacent configuration and can be mounted axially displaceably as a composite structure in a direct configuration on the carrier shaft by a rolling element guide with rolling elements. A cam pack or package and a method for producing a camshaft are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Peter Wiesner
  • Publication number: 20160159762
    Abstract: A process is described for producing furan from furfural from biomass, wherein furfural in an aqueous mass or stream from the liquefaction of biomass or a biomass fraction including one or more furfural precursors is extracted into an organic solvent which is readily separable from furan by simple distillation at atmospheric pressure, furfural is catalytically decarbonylated to furan in the organic solvent and furan is separated from the organic solvent by simple distillation. The furan from the distillation step may be hydrogenated to provide tetrahydrofuran.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas BINDER, Zheng WANG
  • Patent number: D757315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D757970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D758625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D761459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D771289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D771290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Stefan Handt, Denis Di Pardo, Frederic Seemann
  • Patent number: D780965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Binder
  • Patent number: D780966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Binder
  • Patent number: D845521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Binder