Patents by Inventor Benedict Diederich

Benedict Diederich 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).

  • Structured illumination with optimized illumination geometry
    Patent number: 11397312
    Abstract: An object transfer function for a sample object is determined on the basis of a reference measurement. Subsequently, an optimization is carried out in order to find an optimized illumination geometry on the basis of the object transfer function and an optical transfer function for an optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Cad Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Diederich, Rolf Wartmann, Harald Schadwinkel, Lars Stoppe
  • Phase-contrast microscopy method, optical unit, and phase-contrast microscope
    Patent number: 10921572
    Abstract: A method for phase-contrast microscopy on a specimen, and the microscope and optical unit for carrying out the method, is provided. The specimen is arranged in a vessel having an object liquid, in which a component of an illumination beam, which serves as direct radiation and has not been diffracted by the sample, is applied to a phase-shifting element, is characterized in that the illumination beam is deflected before it enters the object liquid by way of an optical deflection element which is changeable in terms of position and/or shape so as to compensate for a change in the main radiation direction of the illumination beam that occurs due to optical refraction at the object liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Friedrich Schenk, Benedict Diederich
  • STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION WITH OPTIMIZED ILLUMINATION GEOMETRY
    Publication number: 20200264419
    Abstract: An object transfer function (201) for a sample object is determined on the basis of a reference measurement. Subsequently, an optimization (250) is carried out in order to find an optimized illumination geometry on the basis of the object transfer function and an optical transfer function (202) for an optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Benedict DIEDERICH, Rolf WARTMANN, Harald SCHADWINKEL, Lars STOPPE
  • Method and apparatus for vehicular item tracking
    Patent number: 10134261
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising includes lights and a controller. The controller, responsive to reception of signals indicative of an opening and closing of a door of the vehicle, the vehicle being within boundaries of a predetermined locale, and an item being within the vehicle, blinks the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Nolan, Ryan Jones, Marcellus Benedict Diederich, II, Adam Weiss
  • PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY METHOD, OPTICAL UNIT, AND PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20180129030
    Abstract: A method for phase-contrast microscopy on a specimen, and the microscope and optical unit for carrying out the method, is provided. The specimen is arranged in a vessel having an object liquid, in which a component of an illumination beam, which serves as direct radiation and has not been diffracted by the sample, is applied to a phase-shifting element, is characterized in that the illumination beam is deflected before it enters the object liquid by way of an optical deflection element which is changeable in terms of position and/or shape so as to compensate for a change in the main radiation direction of the illumination beam that occurs due to optical refraction at the object liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V.
    Inventors: Friedrich Schenk, Benedict Diederich