Patents by Inventor Volker Schaeferjohann

Volker Schaeferjohann 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).

  • Method for controlling the displaying of text for aiding reading on a display device, and apparatus adapted for carrying out the method, computer program, and computer readable storage medium
    Patent number: 10452136
    Abstract: This invention aims to support the reader in the task of reading text on a display device (21). In each case an area in the text to which the gaze is directed (view areas/focus area of the eyes) is highlighted, respectively. For this purpose the gaze direction is determined (101 to 108) in the reading device (21) and the highlighted region is controlled with gaze direction control (109). When a whole sentence is highlighted, the highlighting is stopped and starts anew with the beginning of the next sentence being read. The highlighted area moves with this technique with the view. The reader's eye/brain is thus released from the complicated task of line tracking and can better concentrate on word recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Volker Schaeferjohann
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAYING OF TEXT FOR AIDING READING ON A DISPLAY DEVICE, AND APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170228018
    Abstract: This invention aims to support the reader in the task of reading text on a display device (21). In each case an area in the text to which the gaze is directed (view areas/focus area of the eyes) is highlighted, respectively. For this purpose the gaze direction is determined (101 to 108) in the reading device (21) and the highlighted region is controlled with gaze direction control (109). When a whole sentence is highlighted, the highlighting is stopped and starts anew with the beginning of the next sentence being read. The highlighted area moves with this technique with the view. The reader's eye/brain is thus released from the complicated task of line tracking and can better concentrate on word recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Volker SCHAEFERJOHANN
  • Control device including an electrically programmable memory
    Patent number: 5802485
    Abstract: A control device has a microcomputer, a memory which has a control program and can be cleared and programmed electrically, a read-only memory and a serial interface. In the read-only memory, a program for reprogramming the memory which can be cleared and programmed electrically is stored. For the reprogramming of the memory which can be cleared and programmed electrically, the control device receives the data to be programmed from an external communication device via the serial interface. The control device causes the program for reprogramming the memory which can be cleared and programmed electrically to be processed without the control program having to be started or operative for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Koelle, Helmut Randoll, Volker Schaeferjohann