Patents by Inventor Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner 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).
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Patent number: 12367723Abstract: A device for checking access permissions includes an access area with guidance devices for forming an access lane for separating people or objects, in which blocking and/or signal means define an access threshold. A gate controller having a Bluetooth radio interface allows an access permission to be read from mobile data carriers, and positive validation of the access permission results in the access controller releasing the blocking and/or signal means and thus allowing separate passage through the access threshold. An access lane has an associated multiphase antenna group, the transmission/reception antennas of which are actuated by a Bluetooth transceiver module via an antenna feed network in such a way that at least two antenna lobes form that are at different distances from the access threshold as seen in the direction of access.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: AXESS AGInventors: Christian Windhager, Oliver Suter, Daniel Wakounig, Josef Fischer, Stoyan Iliev, Volker Schoenig, Thomas Brunner
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Publication number: 20230368597Abstract: A device for checking access permissions includes an access area with guidance devices for forming an access lane for separating people or objects, in which blocking and/or signal means define an access threshold. A gate controller having a Bluetooth radio interface allows an access permission to be read from mobile data carriers, and positive validation of the access permission results in the access controller releasing the blocking and/or signal means and thus allowing separate passage through the access threshold. An access lane has an associated multiphase antenna group, the transmission/reception antennas of which are actuated by a Bluetooth transceiver module via an antenna feed network in such a way that at least two antenna lobes form that are at different distances from the access threshold as seen in the direction of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Christian WINDHAGER, Oliver SUTER, Daniel WAKOUNIG, Josef FISCHER, Stoyan ILIEV, Volker SCHOENIG, Thomas BRUNNER
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Patent number: 11717239Abstract: First projection images are recorded. The first projection images map an examination object along different first projection directions. A corresponding respective second projection image is recorded for at least two first projection images. The first projection images each have a first focus point, and the second projection images each have a second focus point. Each of the second projection images together with a corresponding first projection image at least partially map a common part of the examination object about a stationary center point. The second projection images map the examination object along second projection directions that are mutually different and at least partially different, relative to the respectively corresponding first projection directions such that a straight line through the first focus point and the second focus point of the mutually corresponding first projection images and second projection images extends through the stationary center point.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Michael Zellerhoff, Michele Kiessling, Michael Manhart, Thomas Brunner
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Publication number: 20220031265Abstract: First projection images are recorded. The first projection images map an examination object along different first projection directions. A corresponding respective second projection image is recorded for at least two first projection images. The first projection images each have a first focus point, and the second projection images each have a second focus point. Each of the second projection images together with a corresponding first projection image at least partially map a common part of the examination object about a stationary center point. The second projection images map the examination object along second projection directions that are mutually different and at least partially different, relative to the respectively corresponding first projection directions such that a straight line through the first focus point and the second focus point of the mutually corresponding first projection images and second projection images extends through the stationary center point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Michael Zellerhoff, Michele Kiessling, Michael Manhart, Thomas Brunner
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Patent number: 11183316Abstract: A cable core for a cable, in particular, for an induction cable that includes multiple such cable cores which have a conductor that is interrupted in the longitudinal direction at specified longitudinal positions at multiple separation points, thereby forming two conductor ends. An insulating intermediate piece is provided for connecting the conductor ends, and the conductor ends are arranged on both sides of the intermediate piece. The conductor and the intermediate piece are surrounded together by a continuous insulating jacket in order to form the cable core. In a preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece is arranged between the two conductor ends by two adapter elements. In another preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece, in particular, a ceramic intermediate piece, is connected directly to two conductor ends. A cable is formed from a plurality of such cable cores.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: LEONI Kabel GmbHInventors: Gerhard Angermann, Klaus Bitterwolf, Thomas Brunner, Michael Dreiner, Christian Eck, Jan Foerster, Sebastian Goss, Jens Mosebach, Ulrich Raupach, Rainer Sessner
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Publication number: 20210259566Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for validating a continuously measuring, non-invasive blood pressure measuring system equipped with a plethysmographic system capable of obtaining—in a measuring phase—a plethysmographic signal v(t) at an extremity, having a control mechanism to which the signal v(t) from the plethysmographic system is fed, which varies the contact pressure pC(t) at the extremity via a control value u(t), and having an evaluation unit which continuously determines the arterial blood pressure curve pA(t) based on the resulting contact pressure pC(t). According to the invention, the blood pressure measuring system has a coupling interface via which—in a validation or test phase—a signal derived from a previously recorded blood pressure curve can be input into the blood pressure measuring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Jürgen Fortin, Christian Fellner, Julian Grond, Katja Lerche, Thomas Brunner
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Patent number: 10825215Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating an output image from a volume data set that includes a plurality of voxels are provided. In the method, a rendered 2D image is generated from the volume data set by volume rendering. In order to generate an output image with adjusted brightness, which makes a manual readjustment of the brightness superfluous, an adjustment factor is determined based on a brightness value of pixels in the rendered 2D image. By multiplying a respective voxel brightness value of the voxels in the volume data set by the adjustment factor, a brightness-adjusted volume data set is generated. By volume rendering from the brightness-adjusted volume data set, the brightness-adjusted output image is generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Thomas Brunner, David Wenzel Kaltenbacher, Christoph Köhler, Bernd Schreiber
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Patent number: 10763650Abstract: A cable, in particular an induction cable, extends in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis and is provided for laying in a pipe. A laying aid is mounted on the cable. The laying aid is formed so that the cable can be rotated about the longitudinal axis during laying. The cable is laid by a method for laying the cable which extends in a longitudinal direction, in which the laying aid is provided and the cable is laid in the longitudinal direction. The cable is rotated about a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction during laying.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: LEONI Kabel Holding GmbHInventors: Gerhard Angermann, Klaus Bitterwolf, Thomas Brunner, Michael Dreiner, Christian Eck, Jan Foerster, Sebastian Goss, Jens Mosebach, Ulrich Raupach, Rainer Sessner
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Patent number: 10713555Abstract: The invention relates to a UHF RFID transponder with an antenna and an RFID chip, wherein the antenna has a first dipole structure, a first inductive loop and an infeed point, and the first dipole, the inductive loop and the RFID chip are electrically connected to the infeed point. The purpose of the invention is to create an RFID transponder that can be tuned with reduced influence from the geometric tolerances involved in the production of the antenna. As a result, these RFID transponders are intended to be particularly suitable for attaching to glass panes, as the impedance of the antenna can be tuned to the impedance of the RFID chip with less influence from the thickness or material composition of the glass. This task is achieved in that the antenna (2) has a second inductive loop (8) and that this second inductive loop (8) is electrically connected to the infeed point (3) and connected in parallel to the first inductive loop (7).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Katherein Sachsen GmbHInventors: Stoyan Iliev, Thomas Brunner
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Patent number: 10614930Abstract: An induction cable contains a plurality of cable conductors each having a conductor strand surrounded by insulation. The conductor strand contains a plurality of conductor sections which are spaced apart in the longitudinal cable direction at resonance dividing points by insulating intermediate pieces. The induction cable furthermore has a coupling device on which a plurality of the conductor strands are separated forming coupling ends at coupling positions. The coupling ends are connected to each other via the coupling device. A simple providing and installing of the induction cable and a simple replacement of damaged cable parts is thus enabled.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: LEONI Kabel Holding GmbHInventors: Gerhard Angermann, Klaus Bitterwolf, Thomas Brunner, Michael Dreiner, Christian Eck, Jan Foerster, Sebastian Goss, Jens Mosebach, Ulrich Raupach, Rainer Sessner
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Publication number: 20190318218Abstract: The invention relates to a UHF RFID transponder with an antenna and an RFID chip, wherein the antenna has a first dipole structure, a first inductive loop and an infeed point, and the first dipole, the inductive loop and the RFID chip are electrically connected to the infeed point. The purpose of the invention is to create an RFID transponder that can be tuned with reduced influence from the geometric tolerances involved in the production of the antenna. As a result, these RFID transponders are intended to be particularly suitable for attaching to glass panes, as the impedance of the antenna can be tuned to the impedance of the RFID chip with less influence from the thickness or material composition of the glass. This task is achieved in that the antenna (2) has a second inductive loop (8) and that this second inductive loop (8) is electrically connected to the infeed point (3) and connected in parallel to the first inductive loop (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Stoyan Iliev, Thomas Brunner
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Patent number: 10357208Abstract: A method for determining a three-dimensional image dataset by an X-ray device is disclosed herein. The method includes recording projection images of an examination object from a plurality of recording angles, and reconstructing the image dataset from the projection images, wherein, for at least one examined projection image, in each case an interference condition is evaluated the fulfillment of which is dependent upon at least parts of the image data of the (respective) examined projection image and/or upon at least one parameter of the radiation source during the recording of the (respective) examined projection image and indicates that the (respective) examined projection image is a projection image with interference during the recording of which arcing has occurred in the radiation source.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Thomas Brunner, Bernd Schreiber
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Publication number: 20190156969Abstract: A cable core for a cable, in particular, for an induction cable that includes multiple such cable cores which have a conductor that is interrupted in the longitudinal direction at specified longitudinal positions at multiple separation points, thereby forming two conductor ends. An insulating intermediate piece is provided for connecting the conductor ends, and the conductor ends are arranged on both sides of the intermediate piece. The conductor and the intermediate piece are surrounded together by a continuous insulating jacket in order to form the cable core. In a preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece is arranged between the two conductor ends by two adapter elements. In another preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece, in particular, a ceramic intermediate piece, is connected directly to two conductor ends. A cable is formed from a plurality of such cable cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: GERHARD ANGERMANN, KLAUS BITTERWOLF, THOMAS BRUNNER, MICHAEL DREINER, CHRISTIAN ECK, JAN FOERSTER, SEBASTIAN GOSS, JENS MOSEBACH, ULRICH RAUPACH, RAINER SESSNER
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Publication number: 20180260990Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating an output image from a volume data set that includes a plurality of voxels are provided. In the method, a rendered 2D image is generated from the volume data set by volume rendering. In order to generate an output image with adjusted brightness, which makes a manual readjustment of the brightness superfluous, an adjustment factor is determined based on a brightness value of pixels in the rendered 2D image. By multiplying a respective voxel brightness value of the voxels in the volume data set by the adjustment factor, a brightness-adjusted volume data set is generated. By volume rendering from the brightness-adjusted volume data set, the brightness-adjusted output image is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Thomas Brunner, David Wenzel Kaltenbacher, Christoph Köhler, Bernd Schreiber
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Publication number: 20180098740Abstract: A method for determining a three-dimensional image dataset by an X-ray device is disclosed herein. The method includes recording projection images of an examination object from a plurality of recording angles, and reconstructing the image dataset from the projection images, wherein, for at least one examined projection image, in each case an interference condition is evaluated the fulfillment of which is dependent upon at least parts of the image data of the (respective) examined projection image and/or upon at least one parameter of the radiation source during the recording of the (respective) examined projection image and indicates that the (respective) examined projection image is a projection image with interference during the recording of which arcing has occurred in the radiation source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Thomas Brunner, Bernd Schreiber
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Publication number: 20170004902Abstract: An induction cable contains a plurality of cable conductors each having a conductor strand surrounded by insulation. The conductor strand contains a plurality of conductor sections which are spaced apart in the longitudinal cable direction at resonance dividing points by insulating intermediate pieces. The induction cable furthermore has a coupling device on which a plurality of the conductor strands are separated forming coupling ends at coupling positions. The coupling ends are connected to each other via the coupling device. A simple providing and installing of the induction cable and a simple replacement of damaged cable parts is thus enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: GERHARD ANGERMANN, KLAUS BITTERWOLF, THOMAS BRUNNER, MICHAEL DREINER, CHRISTIAN ECK, JAN FOERSTER, SEBASTIAN GOSS, JENS MOSEBACH, ULRICH RAUPACH, RAINER SESSNER
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Publication number: 20160372232Abstract: A cable core for a cable, in particular for an induction cable, contains multiple such cable cores which have a conductor that is interrupted in the longitudinal direction at specified longitudinal positions at multiple separation points, thereby forming two conductor ends. An insulating intermediate piece is provided for connecting the conductor ends, the conductor ends being arranged on both sides of the intermediate piece. The cable core is characterized in that the conductor and the intermediate piece are surrounded together by a continuous insulating jacket in order to form the cable core. In a preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece is to be arranged between two conductor ends by two adapter elements. In another preferred concept, a respective intermediate piece, in particular a ceramic intermediate piece, is to be connected directly to two conductor ends. A cable is formed from a plurality of such cable cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: GERHARD ANGERMANN, KLAUS BITTERWOLF, THOMAS BRUNNER, MICHAEL DREINER, CHRISTIAN ECK, JAN FOERSTER, SEBASTIAN GOSS, JENS MOSEBACH, ULRICH RAUPACH, RAINER SESSNER
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Publication number: 20160372900Abstract: A cable, in particular an induction cable, extends in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis and is provided for laying in a pipe. A laying aid is mounted on the cable. The laying aid is formed so that the cable can be rotated about the longitudinal axis during laying. The cable is laid by a method for laying the cable which extends in a longitudinal direction, in which the laying aid is provided and the cable is laid in the longitudinal direction. The cable is rotated about a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction during laying.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: GERHARD ANGERMANN, KLAUS BITTERWOLF, THOMAS BRUNNER, MICHAEL DREINER, CHRISTIAN ECK, JAN FOERSTER, SEBASTIAN GOSS, JENS MOSEBACH, ULRICH RAUPACH, RAINER SESSNER
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Patent number: 8915988Abstract: The invention relates to a device for separating a flowing medium mixture into at least two fractions with differing mass density. The device comprises an inlet for the medium mixture to be separated, which connects to first separating means for separating the flowing mixture in at least a first and a second fraction, and that connect to first and second outlet means for discharging the first and second fractions. The device further comprises a feedback loop comprising second separating means between the second outlet means and the inlet means of the first separating means. The invention also relates to a method for separating a flowing medium mixture into at least two fractions with differing mass density, using the claimed device. The device and method allow to obtain a more selective separation, particularly in purifying natural gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Romico Hold A.V.V.Inventors: Jozef Johannes Hubertus Brouwers, Thomas Brunner, Melissa Hoijtink
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Patent number: 8538505Abstract: A method for collecting three-dimensional data of an object from a series of projection images recorded by a biplane C-arm system is provided. A cardiac activity is recorded. The cardiac frequency and a start cardiac phase are determined for calculating parameters of the C-arm planes. The C-arm planes are set with the parameters and data is acquired in the start cardiac phase. The C-arm planes are uniformly rotated at a same speed in a forward motion over an angular area and record data at different angular areas at different cardiac phases. Data is acquired in the start cardiac phase after termination of the forward motion. The C-arm planes are uniformly rotated at a same speed in a backward motion over an angular area and records data at different angular areas at different cardiac phases. The captured data are reconstructed after termination of the backward motion upon completed acquisition.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Brunner, Sebastian Graf, Bernd Schreiber