Patents by Inventor Tobias Lang

Tobias Lang 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: 20250095852
    Abstract: A method for training an artificial intelligence system and for recognizing and classifying cells for histopathological tissue examination including the following steps: a) manual marking of cells to be detected by the artificial intelligence system in digital images of histological tissue sections, b) each marking is assigned to either one of at least one tumor cell class or one of at least one non-tumor cell class, c) a number of marked digital images according to steps a) and b) are entered into the artificial intelligence system for deep learning purposes, d) the artificial intelligence system learns characteristics of the at least one tumor cell class and the at least one non-tumor cell class from the marked digital images to establish a model for cell detection and classification, in an analysis stage digital images are obtained and cells are detected and classified according to the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Marc Päpper
  • Publication number: 20240289519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least one upholstery element from a set of mutually different upholstery elements in relation to a specific person, wherein the upholstery elements are able to be elastically deformed as a result of person-related loading on an upholstered surface of the respective upholstery element, wherein the method comprises the following steps: Providing a plurality of precomputed digital upholstery models that are each assigned to a specific upholstery element from the set of upholstery elements, wherein each digital upholstery model defines a respective mechanical cushioning property for a multiplicity of areas on the upholstered surface of the upholstery element; Providing a body model of the person in question for whom the upholstery element is to be determined, wherein the body model contains a description of physiological body properties of the person in question; wherein, for each provided cushion model or a subset thereof, the following is performed individ
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERLÄNDER, Tobias FINK, Tobias LANG
  • Publication number: 20230393108
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting at least one property of a fluid medium in at least one measuring chamber. The sensor includes a sensor element having at least one heatable diaphragm and an electrical measuring bridge. The diaphragm is connected to the electrical measuring bridge. The sensor is furthermore designed to detect an electrical resistance of the measuring bridge. The sensor is designed to detect a pressure of the fluid medium based on the detected electrical resistance of the electrical measuring bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ingo Brauer, Karl Wenzel, Renate Mueller, Tobias Lang
  • Patent number: 11801469
    Abstract: An activated carbon filter for reducing hydrocarbon emissions, includes a plurality of channels, the channels being suitable for the flow of gases therethrough and at least part of the surface of the channel walls having activated carbon for absorbing and/or adsorbing substances, in particular hydrocarbons; and a filter peripheral wall on the outer periphery of the activated carbon filter; wherein the filter peripheral wall includes a barrier layer, in particular in the form of a coating on the outer surface of the filter peripheral wall, preventing or at least significantly reducing the penetration, in particular the diffusion, of gases and/or substances, in particular hydrocarbon-containing gases, through the filter peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Lang
  • Patent number: 11473534
    Abstract: A sorption device for filtering evaporation emissions from a fuel tank, includes a vessel, with a first opening connected to an air removal path of the fuel tank and a second opening opening to atmosphere, a middle annular space between a radial outer circumferential boundary of the middle annular space and a radial inner circumferential boundary thereof radially inwardly spaced apart from the outer boundary, a first annular space formed between a radial inner surface of a fluid-tight circumferential outer shell of the vessel, the radial outer boundary being radially inwardly spaced from the inner surface, a sorbent material arranged in the middle annular space, and evaporation emissions from the fuel tank are guided through the first opening into the first annular space, through the sorbent material into a central space of the vessel in the radial direction, and through the second opening to atmosphere or another sorption device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Hauke Zywina
  • Patent number: 11384033
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Publication number: 20210379526
    Abstract: An activated carbon filter for reducing hydrocarbon emissions, includes a plurality of channels, the channels being suitable for the flow of gases therethrough and at least part of the surface of the channel walls having activated carbon for absorbing and/or adsorbing substances, in particular hydrocarbons; and a filter peripheral wall on the outer periphery of the activated carbon filter; wherein the filter peripheral wall comprises a barrier layer, in particular in the form of a coating on the outer surface of the filter peripheral wall, preventing or at least significantly reducing the penetration, in particular the diffusion, of gases and/or substances, in particular hydrocarbon-containing gases, through the filter peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Tobias Lang
  • Patent number: 10961264
    Abstract: Provided herein is a process for isolating at least one (thio)phosphoric acid derivative, which has a boiling point of at least 70° C., from a product mixture including the at least one (thio)phosphoric acid derivative, at least one salt selected from ammonium salts and alkali metal chlorides, at least one polar solvent selected from the group consisting of ester solvents and ether solvents, and optionally at least one HCl scavenger; wherein the process is based on first dissolving the (thio)phosphoric acid derivative to be able to remove the at least one salt, and then causing solids formation of the (thio)phosphoric acid derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Zoltan Baan, Philip Muelheims, Anton Flajs, Hartmut Denecke
  • Patent number: 10954256
    Abstract: Provided herein is a use of a high-boiling solvent in a mixture comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid derivative and a process including the addition of a high-boiling solvent to a mixture comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid derivative to recover the (thio)phosphoric acid from the mixture by an evaporation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Philip Muelheims, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Sascha Shuxia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200316509
    Abstract: A sorption device for filtering evaporation emissions from a fuel tank, includes a vessel with a first opening connected to an air removal path of the fuel tank and a second opening opening to atmosphere, a middle annular space between a radial outer circumferential boundary of the middle annular space and a radial inner circumferential boundary thereof radially inwardly spaced apart from the outer boundary, a first annular space formed between a radial inner surface of a fluid tight circumferential outer shell of the vessel, the radial outer boundary being radially inwardly spaced from the inner surface, a sorbent material arranged in the middle annular space, and evaporation emissions from the fuel tank are guided through the first opening into the first annular space, through the sorbent material into a central space of the vessel in the radial direction, and through the second opening to atmosphere or another sorption device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Hauke Zywina
  • Publication number: 20200157018
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Patent number: 10577290
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Publication number: 20190041872
    Abstract: A control circuit for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a first interface configured to control at least one of the following components of the unmanned aerial vehicle: a motor or a light source. The circuit includes a second interface configured to communicate with an optoelectronic sensor of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The circuit includes one or a plurality of processors configured to implement at least one sequence of the following sequences via the first interface: a landing sequence bringing the unmanned aerial vehicle to land or to discontinue flight; or a light emission sequence of pulsed or permanent light. The one or a plurality of processors may be further configured to initiate the at least one sequence via the first interface in response to an alert command received via the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias LANG, Daniel GURDAN
  • Patent number: 10146248
    Abstract: A model calculation unit for calculating a data-based function model in a control unit is provided, the model calculation unit having a processor core which includes: a multiplication unit for carrying out a multiplication on the hardware side; an addition unit for carrying out an addition on the hardware side; an exponential function unit for calculating an exponential function on the hardware side; a memory in the form of a configuration register for storing hyperparameters and node data of the data-based function model to be calculated; and a logic circuit for controlling, on the hardware side, the calculation sequence in the multiplication unit, the addition unit, the exponential function unit and the memory in order to ascertain the data-based function model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Heiner Markert, Axel Aue, Wolfgang Fischer, Ulrich Schulmeister, Nico Bannow, Felix Streichert, Andre Guntoro, Christian Fleck, Anne Von Vietinghoff, Michael Saetzler, Michael Hanselmann, Matthias Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20180319826
    Abstract: Provided herein is a process for isolating at least one (thio)phosphoric acid derivative, which has a boiling point of at least 70° C., from a product mixture including the at least one (thio)phosphoric acid derivative, at least one salt selected from ammonium salts and alkali metal chlorides, at least one polar solvent selected from the group consisting of ester solvents and ether solvents, and optionally at least one HCl scavenger; wherein the process is based on first dissolving the (thio)phosphoric acid derivative to be able to remove the at least one salt, and then causing solids formation of the (thio)phosphoric acid derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Zoltan Baan, Philip Muelheims, Anton Flajs, Hartmut Denecke
  • Patent number: 10091851
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a dual-pathway LED dimmer, including a first reference voltage node; a load including one or more light emitting diodes, the load connected in series with the first reference voltage node; a second reference voltage node; a first load pathway and a second load pathway, connected in parallel between the load and the second reference voltage node; wherein the first load pathway includes a first inductor and a first transistor, connected in series; and wherein a second load pathway includes a second inductor and a second transistor, connected in series; and one or more controllers, configured to control the first transistor and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Klaus Doth
  • Publication number: 20180273557
    Abstract: Provided herein is a use of a high-boiling solvent in a mixture comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid derivative and a process including the addition of a high-boiling solvent to a mixture comprising a (thio)phosphoric acid derivative to recover the (thio)phosphoric acid from the mixture by an evaporation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Philip Muelheims, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Sascha Shuxia Zhu
  • Patent number: 10013658
    Abstract: A control device in a vehicle includes a unit for calculating, during operation of the vehicle, on the basis of at least one input variable ascertained during operation, at least one output variable for a control system of functions of the vehicle. The control device performs the calculation of the output variables using a Bayesian regression of training values ascertained, before operation, for the output variable and the input variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Streichert, Tobias Lang, Heiner Markert, Axel Aue, Thomas Kruse, Volker Imhof, Thomas Richardsen, Ulrich Schulmeister, Nico Bannow, Rene Diener, Ernst Kloppenburg, Michael Saetzler, Holger Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20170369385
    Abstract: A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Wolfram Zerulla, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Tobias Lang, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Zoltan Baan, Maarten Staal, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Kian Molawi, Sophia Ebert, Olivier Fleischel
  • Publication number: 20170128927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for self-regulation of a system comprising the steps of: (I) utilizing a magnetic field to transport magnetizable and/or magnetic particles out of a control volume or to localize said particles in the control volume, (II) changing magnetic properties of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles, which are ferromagnetic or paramagnetic, in the control volume by changing a temperature Tp of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles or by changing the composition of the magnetizable and/or magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dominik GARELLA, Viviana SILVA, Tobias LANG, Javier GARCIA PALACIOS