公开(公告)号：US20240263937A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18567124

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Christopher HAHNE ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01B11/02 ,  G01B11/22

CPC classification number: G01B11/026 ,  G01B11/22

Abstract: Described herein is a measurement head for determining a position of at least one object. The measurement head includes:



at least one transfer device; and
at least one bundle of optical fibers.

公开(公告)号：US20240119624A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18543015

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Michael EBERSPACH ,  Christian LENNARTZ ,  Robert SEND ,  Patrick SCHINDLER ,  Peter SCHILLEN ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G06T7/70 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06V10/14 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60

CPC classification number: G06T7/70 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T5/70 ,  G06V10/14 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06T7/571

Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval±ε. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.

公开(公告)号：US20240045097A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18480644

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Robert SEND ,  Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01V8/22 ,  F16P3/14

CPC classification number: G01V8/22 ,  F16P3/144

Abstract: Described herein is a device for optically surveilling at least one area. The device includes a sender unit and a receiver unit. The sender unit has at least one illumination source. The illumination source is designed to generate at least one light beam having a beam profile. Each light beam is designated for propagating to the receiver unit, thereby traversing at least one area for surveillance. The receiver unit includes



at least one transfer device,
at least two optical sensors, and
at least one evaluation device

公开(公告)号：US20210223395A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US16095846

申请日：2017-04-27

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Niklas ANDERMAHR ,  Andreas VOGLER ,  Jean-Michel ASFOUR

IPC: G01S17/06

Abstract: A detector (110) for an optical detection of at least one object (112) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least one longitudinal optical sensor (114), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (114) has at least one sensor region (134), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (114) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (134) by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region (134); —at least one transfer device (128), wherein the transfer device (128) exhibits at least two different focal lengths in response to at least one incident light beam, wherein the transfer device (128) is adapted to adjust the beam cross-section of at least one first light beam (130) having a first wavelength and at least one second light beam (132) having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength depending on the wavelength of respective light beams, such that in the sensor region (134), the beam cross-section of the first light beam (130) is different from the beam cross-section of the second light beam (132); and—at least one evaluation device (156), wherein the evaluation device (156) is adapted to differentiate the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor (114) into a first longitudinal sensor signal dependent on the illumination of the sensor region (134) by the first light beam and into a second longitudinal sensor signal dependent on the illumination of the sensor region (134) by the second light beam, wherein the evaluation device (156) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112) by evaluating the first longitudinal sensor signal and the second longitudinal sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210088664A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16623557

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Oili PEKKOLA ,  Patrick SCHINDLER ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Erwin THIEL ,  Stephan IRLE

IPC: G01S17/46 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/42

Abstract: A method for adjusting a detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) within a range of measurement (114) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises at least two longitudinal optical sensors (116) and at least one transfer device (118) for imaging the object (112) into an image plane. The transfer device (118) has a focal plane. The transfer device (118) is positioned in between the longitudinal optical sensors (116) and the object (112). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) has at least one sensor region (120). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the respective sensor region (120) by at least one light beam (178) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (178) in the sensor region (120). The detector (110) further comprises at least one evaluation device (124). The method comprises the following steps: (i) subsequently moving the object (112) longitudinally to at least two different calibration positions (134, 136) having at least two different longitudinal coordinates within the range of measurement (114); (ii) recording, for each of the calibration positions (134, 136), at least one first longitudinal sensor signal generated by a first longitudinal optical sensor (126) and at least one second longitudinal sensor signal generated by a second longitudinal optical sensor (128); (iii) forming, for each of the calibration positions (134, 126), at least one calibration signal using the first and second longitudinal sensor signals; (iv) generating a calibration function using the calibration signals, the calibration function defining a relationship between the longitudinal coordinate of the object (112) and the first and second longitudinal sensor signals.

公开(公告)号：US20200272168A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16649499

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: An autonomous device and method for controlling an autonomous device are disclosed. The autonomous device is configured for performing at least one task, selected from a household task, a commercial task and an industrial task. The autonomous device comprises at least one spatial sensor for generating location information and at least one further sensor for determining at least one further parameter. The autonomous device further comprises at least one task unit arranged to perform the household and/or commercial and/or industrial task, and at least one electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit is configured to generate a map using the location information, wherein the electronics unit further is configured for connecting the further parameter to the location information and adding the location of the further parameter to the map, thereby creating a parameter map containing location-correlated values of the at least one further parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20190386064A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16478907

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Robert SEND ,  Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED

IPC: H01L27/30 ,  G01S17/46 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L51/44 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector including (i) a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, wherein the transversal optical sensor has a photosensitive layer embedded between at least two conductive layers such that at least one of the conductive layers contains an at least partially transparent graphene layer on an at least partially transparent substrate, and wherein the transversal optical sensor generates a transversal sensor signal indicative of the transversal position of the light beam in the photosensitive layer, and (ii) an evaluation device designed to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190353767A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16461670

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Michael EBERSPACH ,  Thomas OHMER ,  Robert SEND ,  Christian LENNARTZ ,  Christopher HAHNE ,  Stefan HENGEN ,  Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT ,  Peter SCHILLEN ,  Patrick SCHINDLER ,  Peter FEJES

IPC: G01S11/12 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01J1/04

Abstract: A detector (110, 1110, 2110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110, 1110, 2110) comprises: at least one transfer device (128, 1128), wherein the transfer device (128, 1128) has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam (116, 1116) propagating from the object (112, 1112) to the detector (110, 1110, 2110); at least two optical sensors (113, 1118, 1120), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) has at least one light sensitive area (121, 1122, 1124), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (116, 1116), at least one evaluation device (132, 1132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112, 1112) by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals. The detector is adapted to determine the longitudinal coordinate z of the object in at least one measurement range independent from the object size in an object plane.

公开(公告)号：US20190129036A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US16094402

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S7/481 ,  H01L51/42 ,  H01L51/44 ,  H01L51/00

Abstract: A detector for an optical detection of at least one object. The detector includes: at least one transversal optical sensor configured to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, the transversal optical sensor including: at least one photovoltaic layer embedded between at least two conductive layers, the photovoltaic layer including a plurality of quantum dots, the at least one transversal sensor signal indicating a transversal position of the light beam in the photovoltaic layer; and at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：US20180356501A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15778454

申请日：2016-12-02

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Sebastian VALOUCH

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/66

CPC classification number: G01S7/4816 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/66 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L31/02019 ,  H01L31/02024 ,  H01L31/03762

Abstract: A detector for an optical detection of at least one object is disclosed. The detector contains at least one longitudinal optical sensor and at least one evaluation device. The longitudinal optical sensor has at least one sensor region and is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region and further dependent on at least one adjustable property of the longitudinal optical sensor. The evaluation device is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor.