Patents by Inventor Thomas Kemp
Thomas Kemp 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: 10650798Abstract: A device for active noise control inside a vehicle, the device comprising a processor (7610) configured to determine a noise wavefield within the vehicle based on noise signals captured by a microphone array (M1-M10); determine the position of the ears of a passenger (P1) based on information obtained from a head tracking sensor (HTU1); capture a noise field inside the vehicle based on information obtained by the microphone array; obtain a noise level at the ears of the passenger (P1) from the noise field; and determine an anti-noise field based on the noise level at the position of the ears of the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
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Patent number: 10646654Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle telescopically coupled to the case and movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The autoinjector includes a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case engages the plunger to rotate the plunger from the first rotational position to the second rotational position when the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position. The autoinjector includes a cap removably coupled to the case includes at least one compliant case beam adapted to releasably engage at least one aperture in the case.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20200145775Abstract: An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate one or more focused sound sources as virtual loudspeakers of an announcement system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien CARDINAUX, Michael ENENKL, Marc Ferras Font, Franck GIRON, Thomas KEMP, Patrick PUTZOLU, Andreas SCHWAGER, Stefan UHLICH
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Publication number: 20200121862Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud slidably disposed in the case and translatable between an extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a plunger slidably disposed in the case. The case includes a rib. The plunger includes a plunger boss adapted to abut the rib and the needle shroud when the needle shroud is in the extended position and disengage the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position to allow the plunger to translate axially relative to the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventor: Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10595144Abstract: In method the following is performed: receiving input audio content representing mixed audio sources; separating the mixed audio sources, thereby obtaining separated audio source signals and a residual signal; and generating output audio content by mixing the separated audio source signals and the residual signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20200078524Abstract: An auto-injector includes a chassis and a carrier subassembly. The carrier subassembly includes a carrier arranged inside a case, a drive spring, a plunger comprising a ramp member, the plunger configured to be pushed in a proximal direction by the drive spring, and a ramp attached to the carrier, wherein the ramp member on the plunger in an initial state is locked to the ramp on the carrier to form a ramped engagement to the carrier, the plunger prevented from rotating out of the ramped engagement depending on a relative longitudinal position of the carrier relative to the chassis, wherein the plunger is arranged to be released and to rotate out of the ramped engagement upon the carrier translating a pre-defined distance in a proximal direction relative to the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 10583260Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case, a syringe carrier slidably disposed within the case and adapted to hold a syringe including a stopper, a plunger slidably disposed within the syringe carrier and adapted to apply a force on the stopper, and a drive spring disposed within the plunger and biasing the plunger relative to the syringe carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10564923Abstract: It is disclosed a method comprising obtaining a target spectrum, obtaining a set of non-target spectra, the set of non-target spectra comprising one or more non-target spectra, summing the target spectrum and the set of non-target spectra to obtain a mixture spectrum, and training an artificial neural network by using the mixture spectrum as input of the neural network and by using a spectrum which is based on the target spectrum as desired output of the artificial neural network.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Franck Giron, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich
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Patent number: 10556064Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament has a tubular chassis telescopable in a tubular case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged relative to the chassis inside the case, where the carrier adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector has a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. There is also a trigger button arranged distally or laterally in or on the case, a control spring arranged around the carrier, and a needle extension control mechanism for coupling a proximal end of the control spring to either the carrier for advancing it for needle extension or to the chassis for needle retraction depending on the relative axial position of the carrier and the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 10525206Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud slidably disposed in the case and translatable between an extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a plunger slidably disposed in the case. The case includes a rib. The plunger includes a plunger boss adapted to abut the rib and the needle shroud when the needle shroud is in the extended position and disengage the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position to allow the plunger to translate axially relative to the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Thomas Kemp
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Patent number: 10518041Abstract: An Injection device for administering a dose of liquid medicament to patient comprises—a syringe containing the dose of medicament—a hollow injection needle adapted to penetrate skin of the patient,—a stopper translatably disposed within syringe,—a plunger connectable to stopper and translatable in at least a proximal direction to displace stopper in the proximal direction and—a releasable noise component capable of, upon release, generating an audible and/or tactile feedback. The proximal displacement of stopper causes the dose of the medicament to be expelled through the hollow injection needle. The noise component is released when the plunger reaches a position relative to the syringe in which stopper is located in proximity of a proximal end of the syringe. The released noise component impacts on at least one component of the injection device to generate the audible and/or tactile feedback indicating the end of the injection.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Publication number: 20190381251Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The plunger is rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case. The needle shroud is operably coupled to the plunger. When the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position, the plunger rotates from the first rotational position to the second rotational position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20190358405Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is presented having an elongate case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged inside the case, where the carrier adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector also has, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. A control spring is arranged around the carrier for translating the carrier in a proximal direction (P) for advancing the needle beyond a proximal end of the auto-injector, and a trigger button is used for releasing the control spring on actuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 10471210Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes a case and a carrier subassembly with a carrier slidably arranged inside the case. The carrier can contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding drive spring load to a syringe stopper. The syringe can jointly, axially translate with the carrier. The drive spring acts between the carrier and the plunger. In an initial state, the plunger is locked to the carrier by a ramped engagement to the carrier and is prevented from rotating out of this engagement depending on a longitudinal position of the carrier in the case. The plunger can be released for rotating out of the ramped engagement when the needle reaches nearly a predefined injection depth on translation of the carrier in the proximal direction for advancing the needle beyond a proximal end of the auto-injector.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 10456525Abstract: Described is an auto-injector comprising a syringe carrier adapted to contain a syringe. The syringe carrier has a ramp member with a first ramp and a second ramp. The auto-injector comprises a chassis including a resilient beam having a beam head adapted to engage the ramp member. The first ramp is adapted to deflect the beam head in a radial direction relative to the chassis and the second ramp is adapted to deflect the beam head in a tangential direction relative to the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Kemp, Simon Brereton
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Publication number: 20190306616Abstract: A loudspeaker comprising an acoustic waveguide (210), the acoustic waveguide (210) being configured to change its shape in order to change the directivity of sound emitted by the loudspeakerType: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Andreas Schwager
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Publication number: 20190306631Abstract: A loudspeaker system comprising a diaphragm (101) and an electrostatic foil (108) mounted on top of the diaphragm (101)Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael Enenkl, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190304431Abstract: A device for active noise control inside a vehicle, the device comprising a processor (7610) configured to determine a noise wavefield within the vehicle based on noise signals captured by a microphone array (M1-M10); determine the position of the ears of a passenger (P1) based on information obtained from a head tracking sensor (HTU1); capture a noise field inside the vehicle based on information obtained by the microphone array; obtain a noise level at the ears of the passenger (P1) from the noise field; and determine an anti-noise field based on the noise level at the position of the ears of the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Fabien Cardinaux, Michael Enenkl, Marc Ferras Font, Thomas Kemp, Patrick Putzolu, Stefan Uhlich
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Publication number: 20190306649Abstract: A device for room geometry analysis comprising: a plurality of segments (101-106) built of acoustic metamaterials, each segment (?, ?) acting as a waveguide with a unique transfer function (B(?, ?, ?)); and a processor configured to calculate delays (?(?, ?)) and respective directions (c(?, ?)) of mirror sound sources (721-725) by decomposing a sound signal (?) obtained from a microphone (110) based on the transfer functions (B(?, ?, ?)) of the segments (101-106) and based on a calibration signal (tsp(t)) emitted by a speaker (420).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Franck Giron, Fabien Cardinaux, Thomas Kemp, Stefan Uhlich, Marc Ferras Font, Andreas Schwager, Patrick Putzolu
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Patent number: 10413668Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate case arranged to be held by a user, a tubular chassis telescopable in the case and biased against the case so as to protrude from the case, a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, and a trigger button which is initially abutted against the case thus preventing actuation. The chassis is arranged to translate into the case against the bias when pressed against an injection site. The trigger button is initially coupled to the chassis such that the trigger button emerges from the case when the chassis is being pressed against the injection site to allow actuation by being translated towards the case for starting an injection cycle.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman