Patents by Inventor Hans-Jochen Schwarz

Hans-Jochen Schwarz 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: 10514447
    Abstract: A method for propagation time calibration of a LIDAR sensor which includes a pulsed light source, a detector surface with a plurality of optoelectronic elements for receiving light pulses of the light source reflected on objects and for converting these light pulses into electronic signals, and an electronic evaluation circuit for detecting the light pulses and for measuring the propagation times thereof. In the method, the measured propagation times are corrected with respect to the propagation times of the electronic signals in the evaluation circuit by decoupling, for at least some of the light pulses, a portion of the light, using a beam splitter at the light source, and using detection times of the decoupled light pulses as a time reference. The detector surface is illuminated with the decoupled light via a light-scattering system and used for detecting the decoupled light pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20190353755
    Abstract: A lidar sensor for detecting an object in the surrounding area, and a method for activating the lidar sensor, the lidar sensor including: a light source for emitting electromagnetic radiation; a deflection mirror for deflecting the emitted electromagnetic radiation, as deflected emitted electromagnetic radiation, through at least one angle into the surrounding area; and an optical receiver for receiving electromagnetic radiation that has been reflected from the object. The optical receiver has an aperture region disposed on a main beam axis of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Reiner Schnitzer, Thomas Fersch, Thorsten Balslink, Jan Sparbert
  • Publication number: 20190277950
    Abstract: A transmitter unit of a lidar device for a scanning system includes at least two radiation sources in the form of semiconductor lasers for generating and emitting electromagnetic beams in the form of a line in a scanning region, the at least two radiation sources being individual emitters directly interconnected mechanically and electrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Mazyar Sabbar, Stefan Spiessberger
  • Publication number: 20190235059
    Abstract: A transmitting unit of a LIDAR device includes at least two radiation sources for generating and emitting punctiform or linear electromagnetic beams into a scanning range, at least one of the radiation sources including an operating temperature settable as a function of an emission angle of the electromagnetic beams generated by the at least one radiation source. The different operating temperatures can generate beams having angle-dependent emission wavelengths, which can result in an improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio of a LIDAR device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Martin Roland Strohhaecker, Stefan Spiessberger
  • Publication number: 20190178990
    Abstract: An optical set-up for a LiDAR system for the optical detection of a field of view, in particular for an operating device, a vehicle or the like, in which an optical receiver system and an optical transmitter system are designed at least on the field of view side having essentially coaxial optical axes and have a common optical deflection system, and on the detector side an optical detector system is designed and has an arrangement for directing incident light—in particular from the field of view—directly via the optical deflection system onto a detector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Siegwart Bogatscher, Annette Frederiksen, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert, Klaus Stoppel, Reiner Schnitzer, Stefanie Hartmann, Thomas Fersch, Thorsten Balslink
  • Publication number: 20190011538
    Abstract: A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a lidar sensor having a predefined scanning field, the lidar sensor being configured for determining the distance of an object within the scanning field, and a pivot device for varying an alignment of the scanning field of the lidar sensor as a function of a driving direction of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert, Joern Ostrinsky, Klaus Stoppel, Rene Adams, Mustafa Kamil
  • Publication number: 20190004153
    Abstract: A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light onto an object; a light detector for receiving light that was reflected by the object; and multiple optical imaging elements in the optical path between the object and the light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Kaestner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Joern Ostrinsky, Klaus Stoppel, Mustafa Kamil, Siegwart Bogatscher
  • Publication number: 20180372845
    Abstract: A deflection device for a Lidar sensor includes an optical main element and at least one optical placement element. The deflection device is configured to illuminate, in a defined manner, a field of view of the Lidar sensor. A defined number of image points of the field of view can be placed in a defined manner by the at least one optical placement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Kaestner, Siegwart Bogatscher, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert
  • Publication number: 20180364335
    Abstract: A scanning device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a rotor that is configured to be mounted in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation. The transmitter is configured to at least occasionally emit electromagnetic radiation, and the receiver is configured to sense at least part of the electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or scattered by an object. The transmitter and the receiver are arranged on the rotor in an at least partially axially overlapping manner based on the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Schmitt, Siegwart Bogatscher, Ulrike Schloeder, Stefan Mark, Thorsten Balslink, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert
  • Publication number: 20180348348
    Abstract: A lidar system comprising a laser light source for emitting laser light, a light modulator unit, and a detector, the laser light emitted by the laser light source and reflected by an object being directed first through the light modulator unit and thereupon onto the detector, and the light modulator unit being designed to modify over time a light output that strikes the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Annemarie Holleczek, Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20180284236
    Abstract: A method for scanning a scan angle in which at least two beams are generated. The at least two beams are deflected along the scan angle, and the at least two incident beams reflected on an object are received and detected, the at least two beams being generated and detected in an offset manner with respect to one another. Furthermore, a LIDAR device for scanning a scan angle is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Stefan Spiessberger
  • Publication number: 20180267148
    Abstract: A lidar sensor, especially for motor vehicles, having a light source, a movable deflection mirror for producing a scanning beam that sweeps across a monitored space by deflecting a light beam emitted by the light source, and having an optical receiver for detecting light reflected by an object hit by the scanning beam in the monitored space. The light source and the deflection mirror are adapted for using the deflected light beam to scan an array of micro-optical elements, each of which, in response to being impinged upon by this light beam, widens it into a divergent beam; and, configured at a distance from the array of micro-optical elements, is a light-concentrating element that transforms the divergent beam into a beam which forms the scanning beam and whose beam diameter is larger than that of the deflected beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Axel Buettner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Reiner Schnitzer
  • Publication number: 20170082733
    Abstract: A LIDAR sensor including an optical receiver and an optical filter situated in the beam path upstream from the receiver. The filter is formed by connecting a transmission filter and a reflection filter in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20170082738
    Abstract: A method for propagation time calibration of a LIDAR sensor which includes a pulsed light source, a detector surface with a plurality of optoelectronic elements for receiving light pulses of the light source reflected on objects and for converting these light pulses into electronic signals, and an electronic evaluation circuit for detecting the light pulses and for measuring the propagation times thereof. In the method, the measured propagation times are corrected with respect to the propagation times of the electronic signals in the evaluation circuit by decoupling, for at least some of the light pulses, a portion of the light, using a beam splitter at the light source, and using detection times of the decoupled light pulses as a time reference. The detector surface is illuminated with the decoupled light via a light-scattering system and used for detecting the decoupled light pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Patent number: 9537286
    Abstract: A circuit system includes: a first optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with an n-conductive surface facing an electrically conductive support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner; and a second optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with a p-conductive surface facing the support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Martin Astner
  • Patent number: 9153943
    Abstract: A method is described for producing a light source, in particular a light source for optically exciting a laser device, for example a laser device of a laser ignition system of an internal combustion engine, including a diode laser having a plurality of emitters and a fiber optic device. The fiber optic device includes a plurality of optical fibers, each fiber having a first end and a lateral surface area. The first ends are situated relative to the emitters in such a way that light generated by the emitters is injected into the first ends of the optical fibers. The optical fibers are situated in abutment along their lateral surface areas, at least in the region of the first ends of the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Stoppel, Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Andreas Letsch
  • Publication number: 20150110140
    Abstract: A circuit system includes: a first optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with an n-conductive surface facing an electrically conductive support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner; and a second optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with a p-conductive surface facing the support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Martin Astner
  • Patent number: 8913643
    Abstract: A laser system for an ignition device of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, having a first laser device and a second laser device situated downstream from the first laser device and optically connected to it, the first laser device being designed for generating pump light for optically pumping the second laser device. The first laser device has a reflecting means in an area which is optically connected to the second laser device, the reflecting arrangement being designed for reflecting radiation generated by the second laser device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Heiko Ridderbusch
  • Patent number: 8913640
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser assembly has at least one semiconductor laser which is designed to emit laser radiation through an exit area and at least one further area, the further area being a part of a surface of the semiconductor laser and/or of the semiconductor laser assembly and the further area is developed to be reflecting to the radiation of at least one specifiable wavelength range. For this purpose, a reflecting metal layer is applied, for example. The semiconductor laser having a laser layer is able to be fastened to a carrier element with the aid of a solder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Moenster, Hans-Jochen Schwarz
  • Patent number: 8891567
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser module having a substrate and having at least one semiconductor laser situated on the substrate, the substrate having a layer structure which includes at least one primary layer which establishes a thermal contact with the semiconductor laser. The semiconductor laser is designed in such a way that it emits heat pulses having a minimum specific heat of approximately 3 mJ per mm2, preferably approximately 5 mJ/mm2, and having a pulse duration of approximately 100 ?s to approximately 2,000 ?s, and the primary layer has a layer thickness which is between approximately 200 ?m and approximately 2,000 ?m, preferably between approximately 400 ?m and approximately 2,000 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Wolfgang Pittroff