Patents by Inventor Armin Wedler

Armin Wedler 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: 20240167849
    Abstract: A 3D input apparatus including a first object, a second object movable relative to the first object, and at least one sensor unit for detecting displacements and/or angular rotations of the objects relative to each other. Each sensor unit includes a magnetoresistive sensor, a magnetic field element, and a magnetic marker element. The magnetoresistive sensor and the magnetic field element of respectively one sensor unit are connected to one of the objects, and the marker element of said sensor unit is connected to the other object. For each sensor unit the magnetoresistive sensor of said sensor unit detects a magnetic field emitted by the magnetic field element of said sensor unit and influenced by the marker element of said sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Volker Senft, Markus Breu
  • Patent number: 11507202
    Abstract: A 3D input device, in particular a mobile 3D input device, has a housing and an input element arranged within the housing. The input element has at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The 3D input device has a sensor device. The input element is movable relative to the housing in six components. The sensor device detects the movements and/or the positions of the input element relative to the housing. The first side of the input element or the second side of the input element or the first side and the second side of the input element are together configured in such a way that a user can complete a movement of the input element along the six components via an action on the input element. A mobile device and a 3D remote-control each have at least one such 3D input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Volker Senft, Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Nikolaus Seitz
  • Patent number: 11402924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic arrangement for detecting the relative movement and/or relative position of a first and a second object to each other in six components, namely three displacements and three angular rotations in and about three axes of the Cartesian coordinate system respectively with at least six sensor units to detect the three displacements and the three angular rotations, wherein each sensor unit has at least one magnet and a magnetoresistive sensor, wherein the at least one magnet of the sensor unit can be moved relative to the magnetoresistive sensor of the sensor unit, and wherein each sensor unit has a sensor direction, wherein the magnetoresistive sensor measures a position of the at least one magnet along the sensor direction. The present disclosure also relates to an input device and a mobile input device that has a magnetic arrangement of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Volker Senft, Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Nikolaus Seitz
  • Publication number: 20210103344
    Abstract: A 3D input device, in particular a mobile 3D input device, has a housing and an input element arranged within the housing. The input element has at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The 3D input device has a sensor device. The input element is movable relative to the housing in six components. The sensor device detects the movements and/or the positions of the input element relative to the housing. The first side of the input element or the second side of the input element or the first side and the second side of the input element are together configured in such a way that a user can complete a movement of the input element along the six components via an action on the input element. A mobile device and a 3D remote-control each have at least one such 3D input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Senft, Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Nikolaus Seitz
  • Publication number: 20200117283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic arrangement for detecting the relative movement and/or relative position of a first and a second object to each other in six components, namely three displacements and three angular rotations in and about three axes of the Cartesian coordinate system respectively with at least six sensor units to detect the three displacements and the three angular rotations, wherein each sensor unit has at least one magnet and a magnetoresistive sensor, wherein the at least one magnet of the sensor unit can be moved relative to the magnetoresistive sensor of the sensor unit, and wherein each sensor unit has a sensor direction, wherein the magnetoresistive sensor measures a position of the at least one magnet along the sensor direction. The present disclosure also relates to an input device and a mobile input device that has a magnetic arrangement of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Volker Senft, Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Nikolaus Seitz