Patents by Inventor Andreas SCHOOB

Andreas SCHOOB 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).

  • Publication number: 20230415334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-limb actuated kinematics (1) having a plurality of drive units (11-16) connected to one another as a serial kinematic chain, the drive units (11-16) respectively having a control unit (11b, 12b, 16b), which are designed to operate at least one drive (11c, 12c, 16c) of the drive unit (11-16) to carry out the movement of the drive unit (11-16), the control units (11b, 12b, 16b) of the drive units (11-16) being connected to one another by a first data line (A10, A11, A12, A13, A16, A17) such that they transmit signals and being designed to receive at least data for operating the drive (11c, 12c, 16c) via the first data line (A10, A11, A12, A13, A16, A17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nico Angerstein, Christoph Kremsier, Patrick Laza, Eugen Lucher, Andreas Schoob
  • Patent number: 11745606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically connecting a charging connector (12) to a charging connector socket (21) of a vehicle (2), preferably a land vehicle (2), comprising at least the following steps: first optical capturing (100) of the charging connector socket (21) and/or the vehicle (2) as a first image by means of at least one first image capturing unit (13) which is arranged to be movable with the charging connector (12), determining (200) the position of the charging connector socket (21) and/or of the vehicle (2) based on the first image, reducing (300) the distance between the charging connector (12) and the charging connector socket (21) and/or the vehicle (2) by means of a positioning unit (10), and second optical capturing (400) of the charging connector socket (21) and/or of the vehicle (2) as a second image by means of the first image capturing unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Schoob, Simon Aden, Jens Kotlarski, Norbert Settele
  • Publication number: 20210170603
    Abstract: A method at least including the steps of aligning an image capturing element of a mobile display apparatus on a multi-link actuated mechanism by a user, capturing at least the multi-link actuated mechanism by means of the image capturing element of the mobile display apparatus, identifying the multi-link actuated mechanism in the captured image data of the image capturing element of the mobile display apparatus, indicating in three dimensions the multi-link actuated mechanism on the basis of the captured image data together with the depth information items, and overlaying the virtual representation of the multi-link actuated mechanism on the multi-link actuated mechanism in the display element of the mobile display apparatus, wherein the overlay is implemented taking account of the geometric relationships of the multi-link actuated mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: YUANDA ROBOTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens KOTLARSKI, Andreas SCHOOB, Christian GRETT
  • Publication number: 20210001736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically connecting a charging connector (12) to a charging connector socket (21) of a vehicle (2), preferably a land vehicle (2), comprising at least the following steps: first optical capturing (100) of the charging connector socket (21) and/or the vehicle (2) as a first image by means of at least one first image capturing unit (13) which is arranged to be movable with the charging connector (12), determining (200) the position of the charging connector socket (21) and/or of the vehicle (2) based on the first image, reducing (300) the distance between the charging connector (12) and the charging connector socket (21) and/or the vehicle (2) by means of a positioning unit (10), and second optical capturing (400) of the charging connector socket (21) and/or of the vehicle (2) as a second image by means of the first image capturing unit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: FORWARD TTC GMBH, KUKA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas SCHOOB, Simon ADEN, Jens KOTLARSKI, Norbert SETTELE