Patents by Inventor Eckhard Löhde

Eckhard Löhde 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).

  • Image processing system having an additional piece of scale information to be processed together with the image information
    Patent number: 9161679
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing system, containing an optical digital camera (1) having means (4) that produce information representative of a specified geometric distance within the image using laser light in the detection range of the optical digital camera (1), said information representative of the specified geometric distance being processed together with the image information. Separating means (8) are arranged downstream of the digital camera, said separating means separating the information representative of the specified geometric distance from the image information. Subsequent evaluating means produce a distance value therefrom. Image storage means (9) additionally arranged downstream of the separating means are used to store the recorded image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventors: Olaf Christiansen, Eckhard Löhde
  • IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF SCALE INFORMATION TO BE PROCESSED TOGETHER WITH THE IMAGE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130194404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing system, containing an optical digital camera (1) having means (4) that produce information representative of a specified geometric distance within the image using laser light in the detection range of the optical digital camera (1), said information representative of the specified geometric distance being processed together with the image information. Separating means (8) are arranged downstream of the digital camera, said separating means separating the information representative of the specified geometric distance from the image information. Subsequent evaluating means produce a distance value therefrom. Image storage means (9) additionally arranged downstream of the separating means are used to store the recorded image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Olaf Christiansen, Eckhard Löhde