Patents by Inventor Thomas Rommel

Thomas Rommel 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140294
    Abstract: A deck system for cargo compartment may including one or more of the following features: a first deck; a second deck, where at least one of the first deck and the second deck divide the cargo compartment into an upper sub-compartment and a lower sub-compartment; and an actuator that is mechanically coupled to the second deck, where operation of the actuator causes at least a portion of the second deck to move vertically relative to the first deck within the cargo compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory Alan KAUFFMAN, Jerome Thomas JONES, Matthew James ROMMEL
  • Publication number: 20220256834
    Abstract: Method for generating an application map (20) for treating a field with an agricultural equipment comprising the following steps: providing (S10) a field map (10) of a field to be treated; determining (S20) areas in the field map (10) with a weed and/or pest infestation by using an image classification algorithm; and generating (S30) an application map (20) specifying areas for treating the field with an agricultural equipment, wherein the application map (20) is based on the determined areas infested by weed and/or pest infestation; wherein the method further comprises the step of providing boundary data with respect to the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mauricio LOPES AGNESE, Marek Piotr SCHIKORA, Umit Baran ILBASI, Holger HOFFMANN, Thomas ROMMEL, Mirwaes WAHABZADA, Sandra SELINGER
  • Publication number: 20210173120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining agricultural relevant information in an agricultural environment. It is described to provide (210) a processing unit with at least one image of an agricultural area. The at least one image was acquired by at least one satellite and/or at least one aerial vehicle such that the at least one image was acquired through a substantial depth of the Earth's atmosphere. The at least one image corresponds with at least one area of the agricultural area such that each image of the at least one image corresponds to a different area of the agricultural area. The at least one image comprises remotely acquired reflectance intensity data relating to a plurality of features on the ground. An image of the at least one image is of a first area of the agricultural environment. The processing unit is provided (220) with at least one sensor data relating to the first area of the agricultural environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ole Peters, Sandra Selinger, Thomas Rommel, Silke Andree-Labsch
  • Patent number: 8220424
    Abstract: In a method for operating an electrohydraulic valve control system of an internal combustion engine, the electrohydraulic valve control system comprising at least one gas exchange valve actuator and a gas exchange valve, which is hydraulically actuated by it, an actuation characteristic is acquired during the operation of the internal combustion engine while the gas exchange valve is being actuated and is compared with a reference actuation characteristic, which describes a nominal characteristic of the gas exchange valve actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Mischker, Thomas Rommel, Hermann Gaessler, Milos Medvecky
  • Publication number: 20090064949
    Abstract: In a method for operating an electrohydraulic valve control system of an internal combustion engine, the electrohydraulic valve control system comprising at least one gas exchange valve actuator and a gas exchange valve, which is hydraulically actuated by it, an actuation characteristic is acquired during the operation of the internal combustion engine while the gas exchange valve is being actuated and is compared with a reference actuation characteristic, which describes a nominal characteristic of the gas exchange valve actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten MISCHKER, Thomas ROMMEL, Hermann GAESSLER, Milos MEDVECKY