Patents by Inventor Ingmar Bruder
Ingmar Bruder 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).
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Publication number: 20200011995Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object is proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Robert SEND, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christopher HAHNE, Michael EBERSPACH, Ingmar BRUDER, Bernd SCHERWATH
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Publication number: 20200003899Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object, the detector including: at least one optical sensor including at least one sensor region. The optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by an incident modulated light beam. The sensor signal is dependent on a modulation frequency of the light beam. The sensor region includes at least one capacitive device including at least two electrodes. At least one insulating layer and at least one photosensitive layer are embedded between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least partially optically transparent for the light beam. The detector further includes at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object by evaluating the sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Christian BONSIGNORE, Anke HANDRECK, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND
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Publication number: 20190386064Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector including (i) a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, wherein the transversal optical sensor has a photosensitive layer embedded between at least two conductive layers such that at least one of the conductive layers contains an at least partially transparent graphene layer on an at least partially transparent substrate, and wherein the transversal optical sensor generates a transversal sensor signal indicative of the transversal position of the light beam in the photosensitive layer, and (ii) an evaluation device designed to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
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Publication number: 20190353767Abstract: A detector (110, 1110, 2110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110, 1110, 2110) comprises: at least one transfer device (128, 1128), wherein the transfer device (128, 1128) has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam (116, 1116) propagating from the object (112, 1112) to the detector (110, 1110, 2110); at least two optical sensors (113, 1118, 1120), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) has at least one light sensitive area (121, 1122, 1124), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (116, 1116), at least one evaluation device (132, 1132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112, 1112) by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
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Publication number: 20190339356Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least two optical sensors (118, 120, 176), each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) having a light-sensitive area (122, 124), wherein each light-sensitive area (122, 124) has a geometrical center (182, 184), wherein the geometrical centers (182, 184) of the optical sensors (118, 120, 176) are spaced apart from an optical axis (126) of the detector (110) by different spatial offsets, wherein each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area (122, 124) by a light beam (116) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110); and—at least one evaluation device (132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112) by combining the at least two sensor signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
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Publication number: 20190277703Abstract: The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: TrinamiX GmbHInventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES
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Patent number: 10412283Abstract: A camera (110) for recording at least one image of at least one object (112) is proposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Stephan Irle, Erwin Thiel
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Patent number: 10353049Abstract: A detector device (111) for determining an orientation of at least one object (112) is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Henrike Wonneberger, Ingmar Bruder, Erwin Thiel, Robert Send, Stephan Irle
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Patent number: 10347848Abstract: The present invention relates to a new amorphous material with advantageous properties as charge transport material and/or absorber material for various applications, in particular in photoelectric conversion devices, i.e. an amorphous material of the composition (R1NR23)5Me X1aX2b wherein R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, R2 are independently of one another hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, Me is a divalent metal, X1 and X2 have different meanings and are independently of one another selected from F, CI, Br, I or a pseudohalide, a and b are independently of one another 0 to 7, wherein the sum of a and b is 7.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Wilfried Hermes, Ingmar Bruder, Peter Erk, Daniel Waldmann
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Publication number: 20190172964Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical sensor, a detector comprising the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical sensor and the detector. Furthermore, the invention relates to a human-machine interface, an entertainment device, a scanning system, a tracking system, a stereoscopic system, and a camera. The optical sensor (110) comprises a layer (112) of at least one photoconductive material (114), at least two individual electrical contacts (136, 136?) contacting the layer (112) of the photoconductive material (114), and a cover layer (116) deposited on the layer (112) of the photoconductive material (114), wherein the cover layer (116) is an amorphous layer comprising at least one metal-containing compound (120). The optical sensor (110) can be supplied as a non-bulkyhermetic package which, nevertheless, provides a high degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Bertram FEUERSTEIN
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Publication number: 20190170849Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object includes: at least one longitudinal optical sensor including at least one sensor region, and configured to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the sensor region includes at least one thermoelectric unit configured, upon illumination of the sensor region or a part thereof by the light beam, to generate the longitudinal sensor signal resulting from at least one of a spatial variation or a temporal variation of a temperature in the thermoelectric unit; and at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Wilfried HERMES, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
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Publication number: 20190157470Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object, in particular for 3D-sensing concepts, is disclosed. The detector comprises a longitudinal optical sensor (110) for determining a longitudinal position of an object by a light beam traveling from the object to the detector and a transversal optical detector (112) which may be designed as an imaging device or a position sensitive detector. The longitudinal sensor (110) has at least two PN structures or PIN structures (138, 140). Each of the PN structures or PIN structures is located between two electrode layers (144), thereby forming photodiodes (146) having a longitudinal sensor region (148) each. Longitudinal sensor signals from the photodiodes (146) are, given the same total power of illumination, are dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the longitudinal sensor regions (148).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH
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Publication number: 20190140129Abstract: A simple and still reliable detector for an accurate determination of a position of at least one object in space is provided. The detector comprises a longitudinal optical sensor (114) having a stack of at least two individual pin diodes (130, 130?) arranged between at least two electrodes (132, 132?). Upon illumination of the sensor region by an incident light beam (136), a longitudinal sensor signal is generated. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same power of illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (136). The at last two individual pin diodes (130, 130?) have different spectral sensitivities in order to enable the determination of a distance between the object and the detector by light beams in different spectral ranges, e.g. by light beams in the visible spectral range and in the infrared spectral range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Wilfried HERMES, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
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Publication number: 20190129036Abstract: A detector for an optical detection of at least one object. The detector includes: at least one transversal optical sensor configured to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, the transversal optical sensor including: at least one photovoltaic layer embedded between at least two conductive layers, the photovoltaic layer including a plurality of quantum dots, the at least one transversal sensor signal indicating a transversal position of the light beam in the photovoltaic layer; and at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
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Publication number: 20190129035Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object includes: at least one illumination source to emit at least one first and second light beams, with different opening angles; at least one longitudinal optical sensor including at least one sensor region and configured to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, and dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam; and at least one evaluation device configured to differentiate the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor into first and second longitudinal sensor signals dependent on the illumination of the sensor region by the first and second light beams, and configured to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the first longitudinal sensor signal and the second longitudinal sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Niklas ANDERMAHR, Andreas VOGLER, Jean-Michel ASFOUR
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Publication number: 20180356501Abstract: A detector for an optical detection of at least one object is disclosed. The detector contains at least one longitudinal optical sensor and at least one evaluation device. The longitudinal optical sensor has at least one sensor region and is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region and further dependent on at least one adjustable property of the longitudinal optical sensor. The evaluation device is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Sebastian VALOUCH
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Publication number: 20180329024Abstract: A detector, for determining a position of at least one object, includes: at least one longitudinal optical sensor for determining a longitudinal position of at least one light beam traveling from the object to the detector, at least one transversal optical sensor determining at least one transversal position of the at least one light beam, including at least one fluorescent waveguiding sheet forming a transversal sensitive area, at least two photosensitive elements located at at least two edges of the fluorescent waveguiding sheet capable of detecting fluorescence light guided from the light spot towards the photosensitive elements by the fluorescent waveguiding sheet and capable of generating transversal sensor signals; and at least one evaluation device configured to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signals, and to determine at least one transversal coordinate of the object by evaluating the transversal sensor signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
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Patent number: 10120078Abstract: A detector having a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of at least one light beam traveling from an object to the detector and a longitudinal optical sensor having at least one sensor region. The longitudinal optical sensor is designed to affect at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by the light beam. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ingmar Bruder, Simone Christina Spiller, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle, Robert Send, Henrike Wonneberger
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Patent number: 10094927Abstract: A detector (110) and a method for optically determining a position of at least one object (112). The detector (110) comprises at least one optical sensor (114) for determining a position of at least one light beam (134) and at least one evaluation device (164) for generating at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object (112) and at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112). The sensor (114) has at least a first electrode (126) and a second electrode (128). At least one photovoltaic material (130) is embedded in between the first electrode (126) and the second electrode (128). The first electrode (126) or the second electrode (128) is a split electrode (136) having at least three partial electrodes (140, 142, 144, 146). The detector and the method can determine three-dimensional coordinates of an object in a fast and efficient way.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Stephan Irle, Erwin Thiel
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Publication number: 20180276843Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor (122) adapted to detect a light beam (120) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (126), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor (122) is dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (126) by the light beam (120), wherein the sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a width of the light beam (120) in the sensor region (126); at least one focus-tunable lens (128) located in at least one beam path (130) of the light beam (120), the focus-tunable lens (128) being adapted to modify a focal position of the light beam (120) in a controlled fashion; at least one focus-modulation device (136) adapted to provide at least one focus-modulating signal (138) to the focus-tunable lens (128), thereby modulating the focal position; at least one imaging device (140) being adapted to record an image; and at least one evaluationType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Sebastian VALOUCH, Stephan IRLE, Erwin THIEL, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Mustapha AL HELWI