Patents by Inventor Thomas Raab

Thomas Raab 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: 12025991
    Abstract: Provided is an unmanned aircraft that is used to quickly and accurately specify a target location and operate a specific mechanism having a predetermined function at the target location. An unmanned aircraft 100 refers to a target location marker pattern 120d3 representing an appearance of a target location marker 161 disposed to have a predetermined relative position relationship with the target location, detects an image portion corresponding to the target location marker 161 from an image obtained by a camera 106 that obtains the image below the unmanned aircraft 100, and is guided directly above the target location, based on the image portion, where the specific mechanism is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ACSL Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Niklas Bergstrom, Shosuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 11308813
    Abstract: There is provided a flight management system for managing a flight plan of flying objects that fly among ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, BLUE INNOVATION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Shinji Suzuki, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Masayuki Kumada, Kazuya Sakai, Takashi Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20220019222
    Abstract: Provided are a flight control device, a flight control method, and the like for measuring the distance between the body of an aircraft and a target element during flight and controlling the distance in accordance with the measured value. This unmanned aircraft flight control device comprises: a distance sensor for measuring the distance between a target element and an unmanned aircraft that flies by control using an external input signal and/or pre-generated flight plan information, the distance sensor comprising an imaging camera that captures the target element, and a measured value determination circuit that determines a measured value of the distance using the captured image information; and a control signal generation circuit that generates a control signal for controlling the distance between the target element and the unmanned aircraft during flight, in accordance with the distance measurement value measured by the distance sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Niklas Bergstrom
  • Publication number: 20210147077
    Abstract: Improved localization processing for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided. The foregoing problem is solved by a localization device for an unmanned aerial vehicle including a light source for irradiating a target object around the unmanned aerial vehicle, a light-collecting sensor for acquiring reflected light from the target object as image data, and a localization unit for estimating a relative position of the unmanned aerial vehicle to the target object using the image data acquired by the light-collecting sensor, wherein the light source includes a laser for emitting light distinguishable from ambient light, and a diffuser for diffusing the light from the laser, and the light-collecting sensor is configured to sense light distinguishable from ambient light with respect to reflected light from the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Shosuke Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210011492
    Abstract: Provided is an unmanned aircraft that is used to quickly and accurately specify a target location and operate a specific mechanism having a predetermined function at the target location. An unmanned aircraft 100 refers to a target location marker pattern 120d3 representing an appearance of a target location marker 161 disposed to have a predetermined relative position relationship with the target location, detects an image portion corresponding to the target location marker 161 from an image obtained by a camera 106 that obtains the image below the unmanned aircraft 100, and is guided directly above the target location, based on the image portion, where the specific mechanism is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Niklas Bergstrom, Shosuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 10267396
    Abstract: A heavy-weight object such as a motor is installed separately from a movable portion to reduce the weight of the movable portion. The invention includes a support unit, a movable unit to which equipment is attached, and a drive unit interposed between the support unit and the movable unit. The movable unit has a first rotating member rotatably attached to the support unit about a first rotation axis line and a second rotating member rotatably attached to the first rotating member about a second rotation axis line orthogonal to the first rotation axis line. The support unit is provided with paired first brackets positioned so as to sandwich the first rotating member, and these first brackets are each provided with a first shaft configuring the first rotation axis line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Blue Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Raabe, Shinji Suzuki, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Takayuki Kumada, Makoto Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 9631720
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing the reaction time of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the vehicle having a hydraulic control unit with a pressure regulator, from an engine stop of an automatic start-stop mechanism. The oil volume that is still present in the hydraulic control unit (HCU) of the transmission prior to the stopping of the internal combustion engine is used for the supply of oil for the actuation of the shifting elements of the transmission upon an engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Sohler, Thilo Schmidt, Thomas Raab
  • Patent number: 9314490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of rosmarinic acid or its derivatives and to the use of a hydrolytic enzyme or of microorganism containing or producing hydrolytic enzymes in these compositions. The invention also pertains to methods for improving the biological effects of the rosemary extracts and for administering such compositions to a human or animal subject for improving the skin, coat, hair or health of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Nestec S.A., L'Oréal
    Inventors: Vanessa Crespy, Isabelle Castiel, Rachid Bel-Rhlid, Nicolas Page, Thomas Raab
  • Publication number: 20150133265
    Abstract: Within the framework of the method for reducing the reaction time of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a hydraulic control unit with a pressure regulator (1) from an engine stop of the automatic start-stop mechanism, the oil volume that is still present in the hydraulic control unit (HOU) of the transmission prior to the stopping of the internal combustion engine is used for the supply of oil for the actuation of the shifting elements of the transmission upon an engine start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Sohler, Thilo Schmidt, Thomas Raab
  • Patent number: 8932579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of rosmarinic acid or its derivatives and to the use of a hydrolytic enzyme or of microorganism containing or producing hydrolytic enzymes in these compositions. The invention also pertains to methods for improving the biological effects of the rosemary extracts and for administering such compositions to a human or animal subject for improving the skin, coat, hair or health of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Nestec S.A., L'Oreal
    Inventors: Vanessa Crespy, Isabelle Castiel, Rachid Bel-Rhlid, Nicolas Page, Thomas Raab
  • Patent number: 8790728
    Abstract: A taste enhancing savoury base comprises between 8 to 80% of naturally derived compounds taken in the group consisting of glutamate, IMP and GMP, and further comprises naturally food derived compounds such as organic acids and their salts, amino acids, peptides and aroma compounds. The base is obtained through a prokaryotic fermentation with a bacteria taken from the group consisting of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium ammoniagenes, Corynebacterium casei, Corynebacterium efficiens, Brevibacterium lactofermentum and Bacillus subtilis. The base is not purified by crystallization or chromatographic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Palzer, David Nikolic, Pieter Berends, Dac Thang Ho, Yvette Fleury Rey, Helge Ulmer, Silke Schopp, Daniel Sebastian Appel, Thomas Raab
  • Publication number: 20140023625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of rosmarinic acid or its derivatives and to the use of a hydrolytic enzyme or of microorganism containing or producing hydrolytic enzymes in these compositions. The invention also pertains to methods for improving the biological effects of the rosemary extracts and for administering such compositions to a human or animal subject for improving the skin, coat, hair or health of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: L'ORÉAL, Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Vanessa CRESPY, Isabelle CASTIEL, Rachid BEL-RHLID, Nicolas PAGE, Thomas RAAB
  • Publication number: 20120315354
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a taste enhancing savoury base comprising:—between 8 to 80% of naturally derived compounds taken in the group consisting of glutamate, IMP and GMP,—naturally food derived compounds such as organic acids and their salts, amino acids, peptides and aroma compounds, wherein said base is obtained through a prokaryotic fermentation with a bacteria taken from the group consisting of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium ammoniagenes, Corynebacterium casei, Corynebacterium efficiens, Brevibacterium lactofermentum and Bacillus subtilis and wherein said base is not purified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Palzer, David Nikolic, Pieter Berends, Dac Thang Ho, Yvette Fleury Rey, Helge Ulmer, Silke Schopp, Daniel Sebastian Appel, Thomas Raab
  • Publication number: 20120276243
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drink compositions containing a lipid fraction. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions and uses to retard fat uptake from consumed products. For example, the present invention relates to a specific proteose peptone fraction and its use to retard fat hydrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Kolodziejczyk, Concetta Tedeschi, Simone Acquistapace, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto, Christophe Joseph Etienne Schmitt, Veronique Clement, Thomas Raab
  • Publication number: 20100129324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of rosmarinic acid or its derivatives and to the use of a hydrolytic enzyme or of microorganism containing or producing hydrolytic enzymes in these compositions. The invention also pertains to methods for improving the biological effects of the rosemary extracts and for administering such compositions to a human or animal subject for improving the skin, coat, hair or health of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Vanessa Crespy, Isabelle Castiel, Rachid Bel-Rhlid, Nicolas Page, Thomas Raab
  • Patent number: 4532239
    Abstract: Basically-substituted pyridazines of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, independently of one another, denote hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, nitro, trifluoromethyl, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, phenyl, alkoxy, hydroxyalkoxy, alkoxy-alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkoxy, phenalkoxy, alkanoyl, alkanoylamino and --NH--CO--R.sup.9, R.sup.9 representing morpholino, piperidino or 1-pyrrolididinyl, or an optionally substituted ureido radical, R.sup.4 denotes hydrogen or lower alkyl and W denotes hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; and the acid-addition salts thereof are useful alone or in pharmaceutical preparations for treating cardiac complaints, circulatory complaints and high blood pressure. Several methods for preparing the basically-substituted pyridazines are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Raabe, Helmut Bohn, Piero A. Martorana, Rolf-Eberhard Nitz
  • Patent number: 4335123
    Abstract: A 1-acyl-8-[2,3-epoxypropoxy]- and/or 1-acyl-8-[3-halo-2-hydroxypropoxy]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline are reacted with primary and secondary amines to obtain corresponding physiologically-active 1-acyl-8-[3-amino-2-hydroxypropoxy]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines and pharmacologically-acceptable acid-addition salts thereof. These compounds are useful as such or in conventional medicament compositions for treating those afflicted with heart ailments and/or hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Cassella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Otto Grawinger, Thomas Raabe, Rudi Beyerle, Josef Scholtholt, Rolf-Eberhard Nitz
  • Patent number: 4216314
    Abstract: Physiologically-acceptable substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines and 1,3-propylenediamines, in free-base and in acid-addition-salt form, have highly pronounced and cardioselective .beta.-adrenolytic action, antiarrhythmic action and hypotensive action on administration to humans. The diamines are, more specifically, N-[3-aryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl]-N'-[1,3-(di-R.sup.3)-2,4-dioxypyrimid-6-yl] (ethylene or propylene)diamines wherein R.sup.3 is --H or lower alkyl and the aryl nucleus is either further unsubstituted, further monosubstituted or further disubstituted.The compounds are prepared, e.g, by reacting a corresponding N-[3-phenoxy-2-hydroxypropyl] (ethylene or propylene)diamine with a corresponding 6-chloropyrimidine-2,4-dione in a suitable medium containing an acid-binding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Raabe, Otto Grawinger, Josef Scholtholt, Eckhard Schraven
  • Patent number: 4088764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmacologically valuable derivatives of 1-phenoxy-3-amino-propan-2-ol having the formula ##STR1## Wherein A denotes -CH.sub.2 -alkoxy, -O-alkoxyalkyl, -O-hydroxyalkyl, or ##STR2## R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or methyl, Het denotes the radical of a pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, furane, thiophene, thiazole, pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine or pyrazine, which can additionally be substituted by one or more methyl groups, said radical is linked through a C atom, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 denote hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl or conjointly with the N atom to which they are linked, and optionally with a further oxygen or sulfur hetero-atom, denote a saturated, 5-membered or 6-membered, monocyclic, heterocyclic structure, and alkyl radicals contain 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy radicals contain 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl radicals contain 3 or 4 carbon atoms and cycloalkyl radicals contain 5 to 7 carbon atoms; and aldehyde condensation products and acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Raabe, Otto Grawinger, Josef Scholtholt, Rolf-Eberhard Nitz, Eckhard Schraven
  • Patent number: 4066768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmacologically valuable derivatives of 1-phenoxy-3-amino-propan-2-ol having the formula ##STR1## wherein X denotes ##STR2## A denotes --CH.sub.2 --alkoxy, --O--alkoxyalkyl, --O--hydroxyalkyl or ##STR3## AN AROMATIC OR QUASI-AROMATIC, 5-MEMBERED OR 6-MEMBERED, MONOCYCLIC RING WHICH IS LINKED THROUGH A C atom which has one or 2 nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulphur hetero-atoms and which can be substituted additionally by one or more methyl groups, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Raabe, Otto Grawinger, Josef Scholtholt, Rolf-Eberhard Nitz, Eckhard Schraven