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Bernd Heisele

Bernd Heisele, Sontheim DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032066Dishwasher With Spray Apparatus - A dishwasher having a crockery basket for holding items to be washed and a spray apparatus including a first contoured body portion having a first edge, a second contoured body portion having a second edge which corresponds to the first edge wherein the first contoured body portion is joined to the second contoured body portion to form a fluid-tight hollow space therebetween and a joining seam member, with the first contoured body portion and the second contoured body portion being joined together using the joining seam member.02-05-2009
20100116301TOP SPRAY DEVICE FOR DISHWASHERS - A dishwasher is provided that includes a hydraulic system and a top spray device that is disposed above a washing product basket such as a cutlery drawer. The top spray device can be supplied with a washing solution via the hydraulic system and has a rotatable spray head that is attached to the hydraulic system via a cage.05-13-2010
20100121497METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF A CLOSURE ELEMENT IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM - A method and a device are provided for detecting the position of a closure element of a movement reversal device in a dishwasher. The device determines the position of a closure element via a comparison of a value corresponding to a predefined reference position of the closure element with a signal value of a circulation pump of the dishwasher.05-13-2010
20100219169METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING NOZZLE-TYPE OPENINGS IN SPRAY ARMS FOR DISHWASHER MACHINES - A device and a method for producing nozzle-type openings in spray arms for dishwasher machines, which enables the form of the nozzle-type openings in spray arms to alter rapidly even if only one spray arm is provided and enable different nozzle geometries to be created during the production process in the event of different spray arms.09-02-2010
20110011430DISHWASHING MACHINE - A dishwashing machine including a dishwasher rack that assumes at least two different height positions; a spraying device to apply washing liquor to items to be washed, wherein the spraying device is assigned to the dishwasher rack; a hydraulic system to supply the spraying device with washing liquor; and a coupling with at least two openings to provide a liquid-conducting connection between the hydraulic system and the spraying device at the at least two different height positions and at at least two tilt positions. The at least two different height positions and the at least two tilt positions are assigned to at least one of the at least two openings to establish the liquid-conducting connection.01-20-2011
20110114140WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR DISHWASHER OR WASHING MACHINE - A water-conducting household appliance having a heating element to heat washing liquid; a reservoir to store the washing liquid; and a reservoir cleaning program during which the reservoir is at least temporarily and at least partially filled with the washing liquid heated by the heating element.05-19-2011
20110120500METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A DISHWASHER - A dishwasher and a method for operating a dishwasher having a washing receptacle; at least two spraying devices located within the washing receptacle; a reversing device; a drive in functional connection with the reversing device in order to bring the reversing device into different positions; and a circulation pump which, depending on a set position of the reversing device, conveys liquid to at least one of the at least two spraying devices. The method includes controlling the drive such that the reversing device assumes a predefined starting position; and controlling the drive such that, based on the predefined starting position, the reversing device assumes a specific position.05-26-2011
20110126869WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR DISHWASHER OR WASHING MACHINE - A water-conducting household appliance has a washing container and is configured to carry out at least one wash program. A special cleaning program for cleaning the washing container is carried out when there is a start signal.06-02-2011
20110132407DISHWASHER HAVING CIRCULATION CIRCUITS - A dishwasher having a washing compartment for items to be washed and a first circulation circuit to subject the items to a washing liquid. The first circulation circuit includes a circulation pump; a water heater; and a spraying device. The washing liquid is routed from the washing compartment to the pump and fed back into the washing compartment. A second circulation circuit has the circulation pump, the water heater and a mixture store with input and output openings. An output side of the pump has a branching point that flow controllers are assigned to to allow the washing liquid to circulate in the first circulation circuit and/or the second circulation circuit. In the second circulation circuit, the washing liquid is routed from the washing compartment to the pump, pumped into the mixture store via the input opening, and fed back into the washing compartment via the output opening.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Bernd Heisele, Sontheim DE

Bernd Heisele, Mountain View, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110002531Object Recognition with 3D Models - An “active learning” method trains a compact classifier for view-based object recognition. The method actively generates its own training data. Specifically, the generation of synthetic training images is controlled within an iterative training process. Valuable and/or informative object views are found in a low-dimensional rendering space and then added iteratively to the training set. In each iteration, new views are generated. A sparse training set is iteratively generated by searching for local minima of a classifier's output in a low-dimensional space of rendering parameters. An initial training set is generated. The classifier is trained using the training set. Local minima are found of the classifier's output in the low-dimensional rendering space. Images are rendered at the local minima. The newly-rendered images are added to the training set. The procedure is repeated so that the classifier is retrained using the modified training set.01-06-2011

Bernd Heisele, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100121794USING A MODEL TREE OF GROUP TOKENS TO IDENTIFY AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE - Object recognition techniques are disclosed that provide both accuracy and speed. One embodiment of the present invention is an identification system. The system is capable of locating objects in images by searching for local features of an object. The system can operate in real-time. The system is trained from a set of images of an object or objects. The system computes interest points in the training images, and then extracts local image features (tokens) around these interest points. The set of tokens from the training images is then used to build a hierarchical model structure. During identification/detection, the system computes interest points from incoming target images. The system matches tokens around these interest points with the tokens in the hierarchical model. Each successfully matched image token votes for an object hypothesis at a certain scale, location, and orientation in the target image. Object hypotheses that receive insufficient votes are rejected.05-13-2010

Patent applications by Bernd Heisele, Cambridge, MA US