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: 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