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20090075677 | Dynamically Updated Proximity Warning - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for alerting a mobile device user of the proximity of a target party. In an exemplary method, an electronic location information message corresponding to the target party is received, the electronic location information message including target location data. In response to the receipt of the location information message, a target location estimate is determined, based on the target location data. The target location estimate is compared to a bounded region surrounding a current position estimate for the mobile device, and an alert is selectively generated based on the proximity of the target location estimate to the bounded region. An application processor, configured to implement one or more methods for alerting the user of a mobile device of the proximity of a target party, is also disclosed. Various embodiments of the disclosed application processor may be used in an application server operatively connected to the mobile device through a communications network, or in the mobile device itself. | 03-19-2009 |
20090097459 | METHOD FOR WAN ACCESS TO HOME NETWORK USING ONE TIME-PASSWORD - A mobile device is configured to securely access a trusted network over of wide area network. The mobile device includes a communication interface, a processor, and a memory. The mobile device connects to the trusted network via a local access point in the trusted network at a first point in time, receives a password list containing a plurality of one-time passwords from the trusted network while the mobile device is connected to the trusted network via the local access point, stores the password list in memory, subsequently connects remotely to the trusted network over a wide area network, and sends a selected one-time password from the password list to access network resources in the trusted network. | 04-16-2009 |
20090097624 | System, Method, and Devices for Allocating Communications-Related Charges - Methods, systems, and devices for allocating communications-related charges are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a communications device receives notification of an uncompleted incoming call attempt, the notification including a calling a party identifier. The communication device retrieves a call attempt descriptor associated with the uncompleted incoming call, the call attempt descriptor comprising charge-back data. In response to the initiation of a return call to the calling party, the communication device sends a charge-back message, comprising all or part of the charge-back data, to a charge allocation server for use in allocating charges relating to the return call. An exemplary system, including a charge allocation server, for implementing the disclosed methods is also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
20090209274 | System and Method for Dynamically Updating and Serving Data Objects Based on Sender and Recipient States - Methods and apparatus for managing the distribution of data objects in a communication network are disclosed. In an exemplary method, such as might be implemented at a data object server, a plurality of data objects corresponding to a first user of a first communication device are stored. State information for the first communication device is received from the first device. The occurrence of a trigger event related to communications between the first communication device and a second communication device is detected, and one of the stored data objects is selected, based on the detected trigger event and the received state information, and forwarded to the second communication device. In some embodiments, the selection of the data object is further based on an identifier corresponding to the second communication device. | 08-20-2009 |
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20080274967 | Variants of Pigment Epithelium Derived Factor and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to anti-angiogenic variants of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) comprising a plurality of altered phosphorylation sites, polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof. In particular, the PEDF variants of the present invention provide superior anti-angiogenic activity and high neurotrophic activity and are useful in treating diseases associated with neovascularization and with neurodegenerative conditions. | 11-06-2008 |
20090269320 | VARIANTS OF PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides anti-angiogenic variants of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) comprising at least one altered phosphorylation site, polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof. Particularly, the present invention provides variants of human PEDF comprising at least one amino acid substitution at serine residues (24), (114), and (227). The PEDF variants are potent anti-angiogenic factors, and thus useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with neovascularization. | 10-29-2009 |
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20120184481 | VARIANTS OF PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides anti-angiogenic variants of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) comprising at least one altered phosphorylation site, polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof. Particularly, the present invention provides variants of human PEDF comprising at least one amino acid substitution at serine residues (24), (114), and (227). The PEDF variants are potent anti-angiogenic factors, and thus useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with neovascularization. | 07-19-2012 |
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20100134616 | COLOR MASK FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR OF A VEHICLE CAMERA - A color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera has a matrix arrangement made up of first filter pixels and second filter pixels. In every horizontal row and/or every vertical column, first filter pixels and second filter pixels are situated, the first filter pixels and the second filter pixels having different transmission behaviors. The second filter pixels have a more comprehensive transmission behavior, e.g., completely transparent to optical light. The first filter pixels are preferably red. | 06-03-2010 |
20110015805 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for controlling a driver assistance system having sensors for recording the vehicle's environment and a device for intervening in onboard systems of the vehicle as a function of output signals of the sensors, the driver assistance system recording at least the course of a travel lane along which the vehicle is traveling and the position of the vehicle with respect to the travel lane, and guiding the vehicle on a trajectory; in this context, the driver assistance system establishes the trajectory as a function of the driver request. | 01-20-2011 |
20110254960 | IMAGE CONVERTER - An image converter includes: a pixel array having multiple imager pixels for outputting imager pixel signals, and a readout and processing device for reading out the pixel array and for receiving and processing the imager pixel signals. The pixel array has multiple reference pixels for outputting reference pixel signals, and at least one reference current device for outputting reference currents to the reference pixels for simulating illumination intensities. The readout and processing is adapted to jointly read out, receive, and process the reference pixel signals and the imager pixel signals. | 10-20-2011 |
20110273564 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A camera system for detecting the surroundings of a vehicle through a vehicle window pane ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120001287 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor and a method for manufacturing an image sensor are described in which the image sensor includes at least one substrate having a plurality of light-sensitive elements forming a sensor field and first microfilter elements for wavelength-selective filtering of incident light. The first microfilter elements are attached to a transparent carrier made of glass or a transparent film, for example. A first microfilter element is situated in front of a portion of the light-sensitive elements for wavelength-selective filtering of light striking the light-sensitive element. No microfilter element is situated in front of a further portion of the light-sensitive elements. | 01-05-2012 |
20120026318 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A STATE OF A VEHICLE WINDOW PANE - A camera system for detecting a state of a vehicle window pane is described, having at least the following: a camera having an image sensor for detecting a first radiation emitted by the vehicle surroundings and for outputting image signals; and a radiation source for emitting a second optical radiation. At least a portion of the emitted second optical radiation is detectable by the image sensor as a function of a state of the window pane. The camera system is set up in such a way that a state of the vehicle window pane is determinable on the basis of the image signals output by the image sensor during measurements in which the vehicle window pane is illuminated differently by the second optical radiation. For this purpose, an evaluation unit which determines a state of the vehicle window pane on the basis of the image signals output by the image sensor during the measurements may be provided to record the image signals and to ascertain a state of the window pane. Measurements may be carried out in particular when the radiation source is switched on or off. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026330 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system for a motor vehicle includes: a camera, which includes an image sensor for outputting image signals, and camera optics for detecting a first environment and for imaging the first environment on the image sensor at a first subject distance. The camera system has camera supplementary optics, which are at least partially provided in the optical path in front of the camera optics, the camera optics and the camera supplementary optics jointly forming an optics system by which a second environment, e.g., a region of a surface of a window, is able to be imaged or focused on the image sensor at a second object distance that differs from the first object distance. | 02-02-2012 |
20120075471 | CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE - A camera for a vehicle is described. The camera has at least one optoelectronic image converter, a camera housing in whose interior the image converter is accommodated, a camera optical element, which is accommodated in an optical mounting reference surface of the camera housing and is provided for imaging a primary detection area on the image converter, and a camera position reference surface for positioning the camera in relation to a vehicle window. At least one receiving surface for at least one light-guiding device e.g., one or a plurality of mirrors, is formed on the camera housing for deflecting light from at least one additional detection area to the camera optical element. The optical mounting reference surface, camera position reference surface, and receiving surface are preferably formed on a single housing component, e.g., an upper shell. | 03-29-2012 |
20120206601 | DISTORTION CORRECTION OF VIDEO SYSTEMS - In a method for distortion-free acquisition of image data through a windshield, the image recording system acquires the recording area through a transparent rectifying pane which has a shape deviation relative to the windshield and is positioned in the interior of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, an image correction device has a mounting device, which is configured to be indirectly or directly fastened on a windshield in the interior of a motor vehicle, and a transparent rectifying pane, which is fastened on the mounting device. The mounting device positions the rectifying pane having a shape deviation relative to the windshield in the interior of the motor vehicle. | 08-16-2012 |
20130027560 | Color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera - A color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera, the color mask having a matrix configuration of filter pixels having different spectral transmission behaviors, some filter pixels being transparent filter pixels, which are at least essentially uniformly transparent for optical light, and additional filter pixels being color pixels having a wavelength-selective transmission behavior, the color mask having a color pattern as a repeating configuration of filter pixels having a specific transmission behavior. The color mask has a central area having a first color pattern and a lower area and/or an upper area having a second color pattern, the first color pattern and the second color pattern being different, and the first color pattern containing transparent filter pixels. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039576 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING AN IMAGE OF AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - In a method for analyzing an image of an image recording device for a vehicle, a piece of brightness information of the image is determined, taking an exposure characteristic of the image recording device into account, and a threshold value is set as a function of the piece of brightness information. An image structure of the image is furthermore determined, and a blindness value for the image is determined on the basis of the image structure, using the threshold value. | 02-14-2013 |
20140043484 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical device including manufacturing a first element from a first component, manufacturing at least one second element from a second component, the first and second elements being manufactured with the aid of a two-component injection molding process and at least the first element being designed as an optical element. An optical device, a corresponding image sensor and a corresponding use are also described. | 02-13-2014 |
20140152845 | camera testing device and method for testing a camera - A testing device for a camera, in particular of driver assistance systems in a motor vehicle, including a mount for a camera and at least two light sources for emitting test light toward the camera, the mount and at least one of the at least two light sources being situated fixed in relation to one another with respect to their relative location and position, and a control device which is configured to activate the at least two light sources in such a way that in chronological sequence one light source is switched on and the at least one other light source is switched off. Also described is a related testing method for a camera and a testing system. | 06-05-2014 |
20140362219 | CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE CAMERA - A camera for a vehicle, the camera including: an image sensor; and a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor; the camera lens system having at least one lens; and the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera. In this connection, The camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element which deflects the optical axis of the camera. | 12-11-2014 |
20150092105 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CAMERA MODULE - A camera module, in particular, for a vehicle, the camera module including at least: an objective mount and an objective, which is held in the objective mount and has a lens holder and at least one lens secured in the lens holder, the objective being fixed in position in the objective mount by a frictional connection between an outer surface of the lens holder and an inner surface of the objective mount. A plurality of frictional connection devices spaced apart in the circumferential direction are formed on the outer surface of the lens holder and/or on the inner surface of the objective mount, in order to generate the frictional connection. To insert and to adjust the objective, the objective mount is preferably asymmetrically deformed in an elastic manner, and the objective is placed into the deformed objective mount, and the elastic deformation is subsequently removed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150115133 | IMAGER MODULE FOR A CAMERA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SUCH AN IMAGER MODULE - An imager module for a camera includes: a lens holder; a lens system which is accommodated in the lens holder and has a lens mount and at least one lens accommodated in the lens mount; and an image sensor; a rear lens area being formed between the image sensor and the at least one lens of the lens system; and an optically transparent, flexible coupling element provided in the rear lens area. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130941 | CAMERA MODULE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE - A camera module for a vehicle includes: one objective including a lens mount and at least one lens accommodated in the lens mount; one objective receptacle into which the objective is inserted; one image sensor attached to the objective receptacle, the objective being inserted into a receptacle area of the objective receptacle and being longitudinally shiftable in the receptacle area along an optical axis for adjustment or setting of the objective in relation to the image sensor provided at one end of the receptacle area. The objective is fixed to the objective receptacle in a press-fit connection formed outside of the receptacle area. | 05-14-2015 |
20150146094 | Module device for a camers system, retaining spring device and corresponding camera system - A module device for a camera system having a housing device, which is provided with an inner opening and configured to allow an adjustment of an installation position of the module device in a motor vehicle; it also includes a sensor holder device which has an upper region and a base region, is coupled to the housing device via at least one support element and configured to accommodate an image sensor; a lens apparatus which is coupled to the sensor holder device in the upper region via at least one connection element and configured to generate an optical image on the image sensor; and a retaining spring device which is coupled to the housing device and the base region of the sensor holder device and is configured to press the image sensor against the sensor holder device. | 05-28-2015 |
20150207967 | CAMERA MODULE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A camera module, in particular for a vehicle, the camera module having at least: an objective having a lens mount and at least one lens, an image sensor for acquiring and converting optical signals into electrical signals, a bearer device on which the image sensor is mounted and contacted, and a camera housing for accommodating the objective and the bearer device. The objective is connected to the camera housing, in particular to a first housing part, and is borne by the camera housing. The bearer device can in particular be fixed on the objective or on the first housing part. | 07-23-2015 |
20150312456 | CAMERA SYTEM AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE, - A camera system for a vehicle includes: a camera housing; an imager module accommodated in the camera housing, the imager module including a carrier device, a lens accommodated in the carrier device, and an image sensor accommodated at the carrier device, an optical axis of the camera system being set by the image sensor and the lens. The image sensor makes contact with a metallic housing part of the camera housing via a heat-conducting element. The imager module is fixed in one direction perpendicular to the optical axis in the camera housing, i.e., it is braced in the radial direction and cooled axially toward the rear. | 10-29-2015 |
20160044307 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING AN IMAGE SENSOR AND MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for testing an image sensor having (i) regular pixels and test pixels, of which each is interconnected with one of two predefined voltage values, and (ii) a signal processing unit for providing digital signal values for output voltages of the pixels and test pixels, the following steps are performed: receiving digital signal values of the test pixels; and using the signal values of at least one proper or improper subset of the test pixels for testing the image sensor, all test pixels of the subset being interconnected with a first of the two voltage values. Using the test pixels for testing allows testing during ongoing operation, i.e., during reception of regular image signals. | 02-11-2016 |