Patents by Inventor Walter Schaefer

Walter Schaefer 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: 9734340
    Abstract: Methods include receiving a request for verified data from a requesting entity. Methods also include requesting, from a user, consent to obtain user data corresponding to the user. Methods further include receiving the consent and obtaining preliminary data corresponding to the user. Methods also include transmitting a message to a user data provider in response to receiving the consent, in which the message comprises the preliminary data and a request for the user data. Methods also include receiving response data, wherein the response data corresponds to the user data. Methods further include analyzing the response data and determining the verified data in response to analyzing the response data. Methods also include providing the verified data to the requesting entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Jean Danielson, Timothy Gorden Brown, Jeffrey C. Broberg, Walter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20170045434
    Abstract: A method is described for determining the size of a transparent particle (2), wherein the particle (2) is illuminated with light from a light source (6), wherein using a radiation detector (7) a time-resolved intensity curve of light from the light source (6) scattered on the particle (2) is measured at a preselectable scattering angle ?s, wherein characteristic scattered light peaks are determined in the intensity curve, and wherein the size of the particle (2) is determined on the basis of the time difference between two scattered light peaks, characterized in that, with the help of two radiation detectors (7) or light sources (6), a first and a second time-resolved intensity curve of scattered light, scattered on the particle (2) in the forward direction, are measured; a transmission peak (12) and a reflection peak (11) are determined from the first intensity curve and from the second intensity curve; a first time difference between the transmission peaks (12) is determined, and a second time difference be
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Cameron TROPEA, Walter SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20170010197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the size d of a transparent particle, according to which method the particle is illuminated with light from a light source, a radiation detector measures a time-resolved intensity profile of light of the light source scattered by the particle, a reflection peak (10) and a refraction peak are determined in the intensity profile and the size d of the particle is determined based on a time difference between the reflection peak (10) and the refraction peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Cameron TROPEA, Walter SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20140268142
    Abstract: A method is described for determining the size of a transparent particle (2), wherein the particle (2) is illuminated with light from a light source (6), wherein using a radiation detector (7) a time-resolved intensity curve of light from the light source (6) scattered on the particle (2) is measured at a preselectable scattering angle ?s, wherein characteristic scattered light peaks are determined in the intensity curve, and wherein the size of the particle (2) is determined on the basis of the time difference between two scattered light peaks, characterized in that, with the help of two radiation detectors (7) or light sources (6), a first and a second time-resolved intensity curve of scattered light, scattered on the particle (2) in the forward direction, are measured; a transmission peak (12) and a reflection peak (11) are determined from the first intensity curve and from the second intensity curve; a first time difference between the transmission peaks (12) is determined, and a second time difference be
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Cameron TROPEA, Walter SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20140268143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the size d of a transparent particle, according to which method the particle is illuminated with light from a light source, a radiation detector measures a time-resolved intensity profile of light of the light source scattered by the particle, a reflection peak (10) and a refraction peak are determined in the intensity profile and the size d of the particle is determined based on a time difference between the reflection peak (10) and the refraction peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT
    Inventors: Cameron Tropea, Walter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8530804
    Abstract: A method and a device for the continuous production of glass and glass ceramic products from a glass melt is provided, which simplifies the changing between two kinds of glass. The device includes a melting crucible and an induction coil, which preferably extends around the melting crucible in order to heat a glass melt by means of an induction field generated by the induction coil. The wall elements, which form the side wall of the crucible, have cooling channels, through which a cooling fluid can be conducted, so that the glass melt solidifies on the side wall and forms a skull layer. The interior side of the wall elements is formed at least in part by an aluminum nitride-containing ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Uwe Kolberg, Sybill Nuettgens, Thomas Kirsch, Andreas Gross, Ernst-Walter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20110011849
    Abstract: A method and a device for the continuous production of glass and glass ceramic products from a glass melt is provided, which simplifies the changing between two kinds of glass. The device includes a melting crucible and an induction coil, which preferably extends around the melting crucible in order to heat a glass melt by means of an induction field generated by the induction coil. The wall elements, which form the side wall of the crucible, have cooling channels, through which a cooling fluid can be conducted, so that the glass melt solidifies on the side wall and forms a skull layer. The interior side of the wall elements is formed at least in part by an aluminum nitride-containing ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Uwe Kolberg, Sybill Neuttgens, Thomas Kirsch, Andreas Gross, Ernst-Walter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7530238
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for the conductive heating of melts, in particular for the rapid melting-down, refining and/or conditioning of melts, is provided. The heating apparatus includes at least one electrode, as well as a first cooling system with a cooling power, which can be set and/or controlled variably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Rainer Eichholz, Guido Raeke, Volker Ohmstede, Gunter Weidmann, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thomas Stelle, Ernst-Walter Schaefer, Hildegard Roemer, Joerg Schollmayer, Holger Hunnius, Frank-Jurgen Druschke
  • Patent number: 7414740
    Abstract: The method measures the thickness of a hot glass body without direct contact with the glass body and is based on chromatic aberration. This method includes focusing a light beam from a light source on the hot glass body using a focusing device immediately after formation; conducting reflected light from the glass body into a spectrometer to obtain a reflected light spectrum; finding two wavelengths of the reflected light from the front side and the rear side of the glass body respectively at which reflected light intensities are maximum; determining the thickness of the glass body from the difference between the two wavelengths; maintaining the focusing device at a temperature below 120° C. during the measuring of the thickness and substantially preventing heat radiation from reaching the focusing device using at least one heat-blocking filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Wilke, Andre Witzmann, Rupert Fehr, Johann Faderl, Otmar Schmittel, Ernst-Walter Schaefer, Christopher Fritsch
  • Publication number: 20060137402
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for the conductive heating of melts, in particular for the rapid melting-down, refining and/or conditioning of melts, is provided. The heating apparatus includes at least one electrode, as well as a first cooling system with a cooling power, which can be set and/or controlled variably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Rainer Eichholz, Guido Raeke, Volker Ohmstede, Gunter Weidmann, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thomas Stelle, Ernst-Walter Schaefer, Hildegard Roemer, Joerg Schollmayer, Holger Hunnius, Frank-Juergen Druschke
  • Publication number: 20060012804
    Abstract: The method measures the thickness of a hot glass body without direct contact with the glass body and is based on chromatic aberration. This method includes focusing a light beam from a light source on the hot glass body using a focusing device immediately after formation; conducting reflected light from the glass body into a spectrometer to obtain a reflected light spectrum; finding two wavelengths of the reflected light from the front side and the rear side of the glass body respectively at which reflected light intensities are maximum; determining the thickness of the glass body from the difference between the two wavelengths; maintaining the focusing device at a temperature below 120° C. during the measuring of the thickness and substantially preventing heat radiation from reaching the focusing device using at least one heat-blocking filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Thorsten Wilke, Andre Witzmann, Rupert Fehr, Johann Faderl, Otmar Schmittel, Ernst-Walter Schaefer, Christopher Fritsch
  • Patent number: 6909966
    Abstract: A navigational device in which a position is storable by actuating a control element and this position may be input as a driving destination by re-actuating the control element. This simplifies the input of an often frequented driving destination such as a place of residence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Schaefer, Peter Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20040054466
    Abstract: A navigational device is described where a position is storable by actuating a control element and this position may be input as a driving destination by re-actuating the control element. This simplifies the input of an often frequented driving destination, e.g., the place of residence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Walter Schaefer, Peter Herrmann