Patents by Inventor Daniel Kietz

Daniel Kietz 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: 20170372251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for simulating sensors that in particular measure a distance between the sensor and an object, that measure geometrical dimensions of the object, that measure positions of the object, that measure material, contrast, color, luminescence, brightness or transparency of the object, that measure polarization of the light reflected by the object or that measure a magnetic field strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Gerhard ALT, Patrick BORNSTEIN, Davorin JAKSIC, Daniel KIETZ, Christoph MÄRKLE, Michael BURGER, Armin VOGELBACHER, Michael STINGL, Simone SCHWARZ
  • Patent number: 9128201
    Abstract: A light grid (10) with a transmission unit (12) comprising a plurality of individual light transmitters (14) and a transmitter control (24) for activating the individual light transmitters (14), and with a reception unit (16) comprising a plurality of individual light receivers (18) corresponding to the individual light transmitters (14) and comprising an evaluation unit (26) connected to the individual light receivers (18) is provided, wherein the evaluation unit (26) is configured to detect an interruption of a light beam (20) from an individual light transmitter (14) to a corresponding individual light receiver (18) and to be optically synchronized with the transmitter control (24) by means of the light beams (20). The transmitter control (24) is configured to transmit a synchronization signal on multiple individual light transmitters (14) in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Bürger, Daniel Kietz
  • Patent number: 8836957
    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) is provided with a plurality of light transmitters (14) and light receivers (26) that form between one another a field (20) of mutually parallel monitoring beams (18), wherein beam shaping optics (16, 24) are assigned to the light transmitters (14) and the light receivers (26). The optics (16, 24) comprise a geometry and arrangement leading to a mutual overlap of the optics (16, 24) in a direction diagonal, in particular perpendicular, to the field (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kietz, Jürgen Bürger, Axel Hauptmann, Günter Hirt
  • Publication number: 20120086951
    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) is provided with a plurality of light transmitters (14) and light receivers (26) that form between one another a field (20) of mutually parallel monitoring beams (18), wherein beam shaping optics (16, 24) are assigned to the light transmitters (14) and the light receivers (26). The optics (16, 24) comprise a geometry and arrangement leading to a mutual overlap of the optics (16, 24) in a direction diagonal, in particular perpendicular, to the field (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SICK AG
    Inventors: Daniel KIETZ, Jürgen BÜRGER, Axel HAUPTMANN, Günter HIRT
  • Publication number: 20120068055
    Abstract: A light grid (10) with a transmission unit (12) comprising a plurality of individual light transmitters (14) and a transmitter control (24) for activating the individual light transmitters (14), and with a reception unit (16) comprising a plurality of individual light receivers (18) corresponding to the individual light transmitters (14) and comprising an evaluation unit (26) connected to the individual light receivers (18) is provided, wherein the evaluation unit (26) is configured to detect an interruption of a light beam (20) from an individual light transmitter (14) to a corresponding individual light receiver (18) and to be optically synchronized with the transmitter control (24) by means of the light beams (20). The transmitter control (24) is configured to transmit a synchronization signal on multiple individual light transmitters (14) in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SICK AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Bürger, Daniel KIETZ
  • Patent number: 6121605
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating an optoelectronic sensor, in particular a light barrier, in which a light signal is sent by means of a light transmitter into a monitored region, and a light receiver designed to receive transmitted and reflected light signals delivers a reception signal, the amplitude of which is investigated for the presence of an object in the monitored region, with an article detection signal being transmitted if a recognition threshold is exceeded or fallen short of, characterized in that a plurality of switching threshold values are preset, with a switching signal being triggered when the received signal exceeds or falls short of these switching threshold values, in that the number of the switching signals which arise with respect to each switching threshold is found; and in that the recognition threshold value and the switching threshold values are set or adjusted in dependence on the numbers found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventors: Thomas Blumcke, Daniel Kietz, Kai Waslowski
  • Patent number: 6091071
    Abstract: An opto-electronic sensor for recognizing transparent articles, such as, for example, glass bodies, plastic bodies, or foils. The sensor includes at least one transmitter for transmitting light signals into a monitored region, at least one receiver for receiving the transmitted light signals, and at least one evaluation unit for the evaluation of the received signals. The transmitter is designed for the transmission of the light signals in the UV range. At least one reference transmitter is provided for the transmission of light signals into the monitored region. The light signals transmitted by the reference transmitter lie in a different frequency range from the light signals transmitted by the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventors: Thomas Franz, Gerhard Alt, Guenter Hirt, Daniel Kietz
  • Patent number: 5933242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating an opto-electronic sensor, in particular a light barrier, in which a light signal is transmitted by means of a light transmitter into a monitored region and a light receiver designed to receive transmitted and reflected light signals delivers a signal, the amplitude of which is investigated for the presence of an object in the monitored region, wherein an object detection signal is transmitted when an amplitude threshold value is exceeded or fallen short of, wherein, before taking the sensor into operation, the threshold is automatically set in dependence on amplitude values which occur in a predetermined measurement time interval in the context of an initialization process with an object-free monitored region, and is thereby adapted to the operating conditions which exist during the initialization process, or wherein the threshold value is automatically adjusted during the sensor operation in dependence on amplitude values which have occurred in a specific measu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventors: Thomas Blumcke, Kai Waslowski, Daniel Kietz