Patents by Inventor Thomas Rohe

Thomas Rohe 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: 10819808
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presence determination. Systems can include one or more user devices and terminal devices. A current location may be determined of a user that is associated with a particular space of a plurality of different spaces. A plurality of location results may be calculated, wherein each location result is computed using a distinct process of a plurality of processes; and evaluating the plurality of location results to determine a current space of the user; wherein the determining is performed by one or more of, a particular user device, a terminal device, or a server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Taylor Keith Umphreys, Siddhant Bhargava, Benjamin Jerming Chang, Brian Keith Hales, Steven Alexander Hales, Craig Thomas Rohe, Thomas Joseph Gurka
  • Publication number: 20200045118
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presence determination. Systems can include one or more user devices and terminal devices. A current location may be determined of a user that is associated with a particular space of a plurality of different spaces. A plurality of location results may be calculated, wherein each location result is computed using a distinct process of a plurality of processes; and evaluating the plurality of location results to determine a current space of the user; wherein the determining is performed by one or more of, a particular user device, a terminal device, or a server system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Taylor Keith Umphreys, Siddhant Bhargava, Benjamin Jerming Chang, Brian Keith Hales, Steven Alexander Hales, Craig Thomas Rohe, Thomas Joseph Gurka
  • Patent number: 10476972
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presence determination. One of the methods includes for one or more user devices having one or more associated users, determining a current location of a user, wherein the current location is associated with a particular space of a plurality of different spaces, wherein the determining includes: computing a plurality of location results, wherein each location result is computed using a distinct process of a plurality of processes; and evaluating the plurality of location results to determine a current space of the user; wherein the determining is performed by one or more of, a particular user device, a terminal device, or a server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Taylor Keith Umphreys, Siddhant Bhargava, Benjamin Jerming Chang, Brian Keith Hales, Steven Alexander Hales, Craig Thomas Rohe, Thomas Joseph Gurka
  • Publication number: 20160323393
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presence determination. One of the methods includes for one or more user devices having one or more associated users, determining a current location of a user, wherein the current location is associated with a particular space of a plurality of different spaces, wherein the determining includes: computing a plurality of location results, wherein each location result is computed using a distinct process of a plurality of processes; and evaluating the plurality of location results to determine a current space of the user; wherein the determining is performed by one or more of, a particular user device, a terminal device, or a server system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Taylor Keith Umphreys, Siddhant Bhargava, Benjamin Jerming Chang, Brian Keith Hales, Steven Alexander Hales, Craig Thomas Rohe, Thomas Joseph Gurka, Amir Behbehani
  • Patent number: 8102506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling multiple actuators with a controller and multiple actuators controllable by the controller. At least several groups of actuators are individually controllable by the controller and to each actuator or each group of actuators is assigned at least one memory storage unit, which can store at least one parameter for controlling one or more actuators. At least two parameters are assigned to each actuator or each group of actuators, with one position of the actuator(s) being assigned to each of the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rohe, Juergen Fischer, Florian Bach
  • Publication number: 20090002668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling multiple actuators with a controller and multiple actuators controllable by the controller. At least several groups of actuators are individually controllable by the controller and to each actuator or each group of actuators is assigned at least one memory storage unit, which can store at least one parameter for controlling one or more actuators. At least two parameters are assigned to each actuator or each group of actuators, with one position of the actuator(s) being assigned to each of the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS SMT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Rohe, Juergen Fischer, Florian Bach