Patents by Inventor Carl Hafner

Carl Hafner 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).

  • Patent number: 11354528
    Abstract: A code reading device for the parallel reading of a plurality of codes on a plurality of objects arranged next to one another is provided that has a camera unit having at least one camera head for recording an image of the objects, a control and evaluation unit that is configured to localize code zones of the codes in the image and to read the code information of the codes, and a display unit to present the image and to mark the read codes and/or objects having read codes, Here a hand reading unit for reading codes is provided to subsequently read codes not read by means of the camera unit and to transfer the subsequently read code information to the control and evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Stefan Lais, Carl Hafner, Rainer Maier, Karsten Heuser, Matthias Held, Helge Schlegel
  • Patent number: 11087484
    Abstract: A camera apparatus is provided for detecting a stream of objects moving relative to the camera apparatus having a plurality of individual cameras that each have an image sensor for recording frames, wherein the frames overlap one another in part, having an evaluation unit for compiling frames, and having a geometry detection sensor for detecting geometrical data of the objects. The evaluation unit is here configured to generate an object image assembled from frames of an individual object of the stream of objects, with the selection of the participating frames and/or the assembly taking place on the basis of the geometrical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Carl Hafner, Stephan Walter
  • Publication number: 20210182520
    Abstract: A code reading device for the parallel reading of a plurality of codes on a plurality of objects arranged next to one another is provided that has a camera unit having at least one camera head for recording an image of the objects, a control and evaluation unit that is configured to localize code zones of the codes in the image and to read the code information of the codes, and a display unit to present the image and to mark the read codes and/or objects having read codes, Here a hand reading unit for reading codes is provided to subsequently read codes not read by means of the camera unit and to transfer the subsequently read code information to the control and evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan LAIS, Carl HAFNER, Rainer MAIER, Karsten HEUSER, Matthias HELD, Helge SCHLEGEL
  • Publication number: 20190073785
    Abstract: A camera apparatus is provided for detecting a stream of objects moving relative to the camera apparatus having a plurality of individual cameras that each have an image sensor for recording frames, wherein the frames overlap one another in part, having an evaluation unit for compiling frames, and having a geometry detection sensor for detecting geometrical data of the objects. The evaluation unit is here configured to generate an object image assembled from frames of an individual object of the stream of objects, with the selection of the participating frames and/or the assembly taking place on the basis of the geometrical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Carl HAFNER, Stephan WALTER
  • Publication number: 20070177019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the correction of the brightness of a raw image generated by a sensor matrix, in which an intensity matching is carried out at picture elements defined by a line coordinate and a column coordinate and at least one intensity value. The intensity matching comprises the application to the intensity values of the picture elements to be corrected of two intensity corrections independent of one another, in dependence on the line coordinate, on the one hand, and in dependence on the column coordinate, on the other hand. The invention furthermore relates to an optoelectronic sensor comprising a correction device. This correction device is matched to carry out the initially described intensity matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Jurgen Reichenbach, Carl Hafner, Ulrich Zwolfer
  • Publication number: 20050224581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reading a machine-readable barcode including a pre-determined number of code elements, in particular bars and spaces, with a respective picture being taken by means of optical imaging of at least two adjacent and/or mutually overlapping part sections of the bar code, with the individual part sections each including a code element and the part sections including in sum all the code elements of the barcode, with the pictures being stored in a data store, and with the stored pictures or parts thereof being put together for the reconstruction of the information encoded by the barcode. The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Sick AG
    Inventors: Juergen Reichenbach, Carl Hafner, Uwe Schopflin