Patents by Inventor Axel Schramm

Axel Schramm 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).

  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF AN IMAGING PLATE AND IMAGING PLATE SCANNER THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20240118436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the quality of an imaging plate, comprising the steps of carrying out an exposure of the imaging plate, carrying out a scan of the imaging plate in order to determine an image, determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and carrying out edge recognition on the image and calculating a quality value of the imaging plate on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and on the basis of the recognized edge structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to an imaging plate scanner for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dürr Dental SE
    Inventors: Axel SCHRAMM, Matthias BECK, Bernd PHILIPPS, Michael WEBER, Herbert HÄNTSCH, Alexander LADIKOS
  • Method for determining the quality of an imaging plate and imaging plate scanner therefor
    Patent number: 11880004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the quality of an imaging plate, comprising the steps of carrying out an exposure of the imaging plate, carrying out a scan of the imaging plate in order to determine an image, determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and carrying out edge recognition on the image and calculating a quality value of the imaging plate on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and on the basis of the recognized edge structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to an imaging plate scanner for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DÜRR DENTAL SE
    Inventors: Axel Schramm, Matthias Beck, Bernd Philipps, Michael Weber, Herbert Häntsch, Alexander Ladikos
  • Method for determining the quality of an imaging plate and imaging plate scanner therefor
    Publication number: 20200278459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the quality of an imaging plate, comprising the steps of carrying out an exposure of the imaging plate, carrying out a scan of the imaging plate in order to determine an image, determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and carrying out edge recognition on the image and calculating a quality value of the imaging plate on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and on the basis of the recognized edge structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to an imaging plate scanner for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Schramm, Matthias Beck, Bernd Philipps, Michael Weber, Herbert Häntsch, Alexander Ladikos
  • Dental camera system
    Patent number: 9220414
    Abstract: A dental camera system for creating an image of an object has a dental camera, which comprises a housing and optics arranged therein together with an image sensor. The dental camera system further comprises an evaluation unit which cooperates with the image sensor to capture the object. To achieve a dental camera system whereof the dental camera performs using optics without movable or controllable optical elements, it is provided for the optics to be plenoptic optics which are designed to determine a 4D light field when capturing the object and for the evaluation unit to be designed to calculate at least one representation of the captured object from the 4D light field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Duerr Dental AG
    Inventors: Alexander Hack, Peter Lais, Raimund Maier, Axel Schramm
  • Dental Camera System
    Publication number: 20140302452
    Abstract: A dental camera system for creating an image of an object has a dental camera, which comprises a housing and optics arranged therein together with an image sensor. The dental camera system further comprises an evaluation unit which cooperates with the image sensor to capture the object. To achieve a dental camera system whereof the dental camera performs using optics without movable or controllable optical elements, it is provided for the optics to be plenoptic optics which are designed to determine a 4D light field when capturing the object and for the evaluation unit to be designed to calculate at least one representation of the captured object from the 4D light field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Dürr Dental AG
    Inventors: Alexander Hack, Peter Lais, Raimund Maier, Axel Schramm