Patents by Inventor Thomas Claus
Thomas Claus 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: 11994485Abstract: A method for operating a gas sensor device, which is equipped with at least one gas-sensitive electrical sensor resistor, a heating element for the controlled heating of the sensor resistor, a detection element for detecting the resistance value of the sensor resistor, and a signal processing element for processing measuring signals. In the method, measurements are carried out in time intervals, in which the resistance value of the sensor resistor is detected as a measuring signal, and the sensor resistor is heated for each measurement, the heating element being operated discontinuously in heating intervals and each measurement being assigned a heating interval. Measurements are automatically carried out in predefinable time intervals, and additional measurements are initiatable at arbitrary times. The duration of the heating intervals assigned to the individual measurements being selected as a function of the time interval to the preceding heating interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Alexandros Ninos, Thomas Claus, Ye Lu, Christoph Brueser
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Publication number: 20230413975Abstract: A shaving razor package assembly with a shaving razor package having a base with a perimeter wall defining a cavity. An upper surface of the perimeter wall has a flange and a recessed lip. The base defines a first opening. A handle having a first end is positioned within the first opening. An insert tray having a body is mounted to the base. The insert tray having a tab extending from the body. A bottom surface of the tab extends into the first opening and engages the first end of the handle. A lid is mounted over the insert tray and sealed to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Holley, Andrew Thomas Claus, Richard Kevin Sennett
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Patent number: 11486846Abstract: A method for analyzing a gas, where a sensitive metal oxide-containing layer is exposed to the gas, includes: reducing the temperature of the sensitive layer from a first temperature to a second temperature, the temperature of the sensitive layer being maintained essentially at the second temperature for a predetermined time period; increasing the temperature of the sensitive layer to a third temperature; measuring at least one electrical resistance value of the sensitive layer while the sensitive layer exhibits essentially the third temperature; and analyzing components of the gas based on the measured at least one electrical resistance value.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christoph Brueser, Maria Martinez Prada, Philipp Nolte, Thomas Claus
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Publication number: 20200278310Abstract: A method for operating a gas sensor device, which is equipped with at least one gas-sensitive electrical sensor resistor, a heating element for the controlled heating of the sensor resistor, a detection element for detecting the resistance value of the sensor resistor, and a signal processing element for processing measuring signals. In the method, measurements are carried out in time intervals, in which the resistance value of the sensor resistor is detected as a measuring signal, and the sensor resistor is heated for each measurement, the heating element being operated discontinuously in heating intervals and each measurement being assigned a heating interval. Measurements are automatically carried out in predefinable time intervals, and additional measurements are initiatable at arbitrary times. The duration of the heating intervals assigned to the individual measurements being selected as a function of the time interval to the preceding heating interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Alexandros Ninos, Thomas Claus, Ye Lu, Christoph Brueser
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Publication number: 20200209176Abstract: A method for analyzing a gas, where a sensitive metal oxide-containing layer is exposed to the gas, includes: reducing the temperature of the sensitive layer from a first temperature to a second temperature, the temperature of the sensitive layer being maintained essentially at the second temperature for a predetermined time period; increasing the temperature of the sensitive layer to a third temperature; measuring at least one electrical resistance value of the sensitive layer while the sensitive layer exhibits essentially the third temperature; and analyzing components of the gas based on the measured at least one electrical resistance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Christoph Brueser, Maria Martinez Prada, Philipp Nolte, Thomas Claus
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Patent number: 10119846Abstract: In a method for transmitting a data element from a sensor module that produces sensor data to an application unit, the data element is stored in a ring buffer in the sensor module, and a corresponding item of event information is produced in an evaluation circuit from the sensor data, the data element including the sensor data and the item of event information, the data element being transmitted from the ring buffer to the application unit upon request by the application unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Oliver Kohn, Daniel Schifferdecker, Thomas Claus, Hans-Peter Waible, Anton Roman Grad, Fouad Bennini, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Patent number: 9829393Abstract: A method for determining the ambient temperature of a mobile device including: determining an operating condition of the mobile device for determining a thermal condition of the mobile device in a first task, estimating a dynamic parameter, which characterizes the thermal behavior of the mobile device in a second task, and calculating an ambient temperature of the mobile device with the aid of the dynamic parameter in a third task.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Thomas Claus
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Patent number: 9804192Abstract: A method for calibrating a micromechanical sensor element, a piece of primary information describing a motion-state of the micromechanical sensor element being ascertained by the micromechanical sensor element during a first time interval, a piece of reference information describing the motion-state of the micromechanical sensor element being ascertained during a second time interval on the basis of an acoustic signal emitted by a sound source, the first time interval and the second time interval overlapping at least partially with respect to time, and the reference information being compared with the primary information in order to calibrate the micromechanical sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Dominik Geisler, Thomas Claus, Jochen Hahn
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Patent number: 9671227Abstract: A method for evaluating output signals of a rotational rate sensor unit, including providing an n-tuple of angular speed values measured by at least one rotational rate sensor of the rotational rate sensor unit, in a first step; determining an intermediate value as a function of the n-tuple of angular speed values, in a second step; calculating a new change of orientation value as a function of the intermediate value and an earlier change of orientation value stored in a register of the rotational rate sensor unit, in a third step; and storing the new change of orientation value in the register, in a fourth step, repeating the first, second, third, and fourth step until, the new change of orientation value is read out by an external data processing unit connected to the rotational rate sensor unit, and/or, an exceeding of a threshold value is detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Claus, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Patent number: 9372097Abstract: A rotational rate sensor is provided having a substrate and a Coriolis element, the rotational rate sensor having a drive means for exciting the Coriolis element to a Coriolis oscillation, and the rotational rate sensor having a detection device for producing a sensor signal as a function of a deflection of the Coriolis element relative to the substrate on the basis of a Coriolis force acting on the Coriolis element, and in addition the rotational rate sensor being configured to carry out a self-calibration when a rotational acceleration signal produced as a function of the sensor signal falls below a specified threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Oliver Kohn, Thomas Claus, Fouad Bennini
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Publication number: 20160169934Abstract: A method for calibrating a micromechanical sensor element, a piece of primary information describing a motion-state of the micromechanical sensor element being ascertained by the micromechanical sensor element during a first time interval, a piece of reference information describing the motion-state of the micromechanical sensor element being ascertained during a second time interval on the basis of an acoustic signal emitted by a sound source, the first time interval and the second time interval overlapping at least partially with respect to time, and the reference information being compared with the primary information in order to calibrate the micromechanical sensor element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Dominik Geisler, Thomas Claus, Jochen Hahn
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Publication number: 20160170502Abstract: A device includes a camera, a processing unit, and at least one inertial sensor. The processing unit is set up to determine a first movement profile of the device from movement data of the at least one inertial sensor. The processing unit is set up to determine a second movement profile of the device from image data of an object observed using the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Rainer Dorsch, Christian Haubelt, Thomas Claus, Rudolf Bichler, Lars Middendorf
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Patent number: 9214952Abstract: A sensor includes: a detection element; an analog front end; a digital back end, the digital back end being connected to a control unit via a digital interface, and the sensor providing sampled data in the digital back end; and a timer unit for providing pieces of time information of the sampled data in the digital back end which the control unit is able to access via the digital interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Thomas Claus, Rainer Dorsch, Gerhard Lammel
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Publication number: 20150177076Abstract: A method for determining the ambient temperature of a mobile device including: determining an operating condition of the mobile device for determining a thermal condition of the mobile device in a first task, estimating a dynamic parameter, which characterizes the thermal behavior of the mobile device in a second task, and calculating an ambient temperature of the mobile device with the aid of the dynamic parameter in a third task.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventor: Thomas CLAUS
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Publication number: 20150123827Abstract: A sensor includes: a detection element; an analog front end; a digital back end, the digital back end being connected to a control unit via a digital interface, and the sensor providing sampled data in the digital back end; and a timer unit for providing pieces of time information of the sampled data in the digital back end which the control unit is able to access via the digital interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Thomas Claus, Rainer Dorsch, Gerhard Lammel
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Publication number: 20140298907Abstract: A method for evaluating output signals of a rotational rate sensor unit, including providing an n-tuple of angular speed values measured by at least one rotational rate sensor of the rotational rate sensor unit, in a first step; determining an intermediate value as a function of the n-tuple of angular speed values, in a second step; calculating a new change of orientation value as a function of the intermediate value and an earlier change of orientation value stored in a register of the rotational rate sensor unit, in a third step; and storing the new change of orientation value in the register, in a fourth step, repeating the first, second, third, and fourth step until, the new change of orientation value is read out by an external data processing unit connected to the rotational rate sensor unit, and/or, an exceeding of a threshold value is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Thomas Claus, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Publication number: 20140102168Abstract: A rotational rate sensor is provided having a substrate and a Coriolis element, the rotational rate sensor having a drive means for exciting the Coriolis element to a Coriolis oscillation, and the rotational rate sensor having a detection device for producing a sensor signal as a function of a deflection of the Coriolis element relative to the substrate on the basis of a Coriolis force acting on the Coriolis element, and in addition the rotational rate sensor being configured to carry out a self-calibration when a rotational acceleration signal produced as a function of the sensor signal falls below a specified threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Oliver Kohn, Thomas Claus, Fouad Bennini
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Publication number: 20130321167Abstract: In a method for transmitting a data element from a sensor module that produces sensor data to an application unit, the data element is stored in a ring buffer in the sensor module, and a corresponding item of event information is produced in an evaluation circuit from the sensor data, the data element including the sensor data and the item of event information, the data element being transmitted from the ring buffer to the application unit upon request by the application unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Oliver Kohn, Daniel Schifferdecker, Thomas Claus, Hans-Peter Waible, Anton Roman Grad, Fouad Bennini, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Publication number: 20050119852Abstract: A semiconductor test data analysis system (1) automatically recording, during an analysis operation, operation information of the analysis operation, including analysis conditions or an analysis procedure for input test data, or analysis information obtained by the analysis operation. The analysis system includes a processing means (101), an analysis target data storage means (109), which stores the test data as analysis target data, a historical data storage means (107), which stores as historical data either operation information of the analysis operation or analysis information obtained by the analysis operation, and a display data storage means (112), which stores analysis information obtained by the analysis operation, which stores analysis display data generated by the processing means for the purpose of displaying the analysis information obtained by the analysis operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2005Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Yasuhiko Iguchi, Hiroshi Tamura, Mitsuhiro Enokida, Earl Dombroski, Thomas Claus
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Patent number: D1055703Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Jeffrey Richard Holley, Andrew Thomas Claus, Richard Kevin Sennett