Patents by Inventor Joachim Steiger
Joachim Steiger 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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Patent number: 11366239Abstract: Some embodiments include a system, comprising a hybrid imaging device comprising: a first scintillator; a first detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the first scintillator; a second scintillator; a second detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the second scintillator; and a control logic coupled to the first detector layer and the second detector layer; wherein: a material of the first scintillator is different from a material of the second scintillator; the first detector overlaps the second detector; and the control logic is configured to generate dose data in response to the first detector and image data in response to the second detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Varex Imaging CorporationInventors: Minghui Lu, Joachim Steiger, Richard Aufrichtig
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Patent number: 11000701Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first X-ray detector that includes: a low energy scintillator operable to convert an incident X-ray spectrum into a first set of light photons; a first light imaging sensor operable to generate a set of low energy image signals from the first set of light photons, wherein a first exit radiation is a remainder portion of the first incident radiation after the X-ray spectrum passes through the low energy scintillator and the first light imaging sensor; an energy-separation filter operable to absorb or reflect at least a portion of the energy of the first exit X-ray spectrum and convert the first exit X-ray spectrum into a second exit X-ray spectrum; a second X-ray detector that includes: a high energy scintillator operable to convert the second exit X-ray spectrum into a second set of light photons; a second light imaging sensor operable to generate a set of high energy image signals from the second set of light photons; and a processor configured to: generate a high-energy imageType: GrantFiled: June 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: VAREX IMAGING CORPORATIONInventors: Minghui Lu, Richard Aufrichtig, Joachim Steiger
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Publication number: 20200041662Abstract: Some embodiments include a system, comprising a hybrid imaging device comprising: a first scintillator; a first detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the first scintillator; a second scintillator; a second detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted from the second scintillator; and a control logic coupled to the first detector layer and the second detector layer; wherein: a material of the first scintillator is different from a material of the second scintillator; the first detector overlaps the second detector; and the control logic is configured to generate dose data in response to the first detector and image data in response to the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Varex Imaging CorporationInventors: Minghui Lu, Joachim Steiger, Richard Aufrichtig
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Publication number: 20190038918Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first X-ray detector that includes: a low energy scintillator operable to convert an incident X-ray spectrum into a first set of light photons; a first light imaging sensor operable to generate a set of low energy image signals from the first set of light photons, wherein a first exit radiation is a remainder portion of the first incident radiation after the X-ray spectrum passes through the low energy scintillator and the first light imaging sensor; an energy-separation filter operable to absorb or reflect at least a portion of the energy of the first exit X-ray spectrum and convert the first exit X-ray spectrum into a second exit X-ray spectrum; a second X-ray detector that includes: a high energy scintillator operable to convert the second exit X-ray spectrum into a second set of light photons; a second light imaging sensor operable to generate a set of high energy image signals from the second set of light photons; and a processor configured to: generate a high-energy imageType: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: VAREX IMAGING CORPORATIONInventors: Minghui LU, Richard AUFRICHTIG, Joachim STEIGER
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Publication number: 20150156305Abstract: A transceiver, comprising an interface for receiving at least one message, a display unit provided to assume at least one switched-on operating state and at least one switched-off operating state, a message indicator indicating a receipt of a message by a unit of a signal, independent of the operating state of the display unit, wherein the message is associated with at least one message parameter, and a unit for evaluating the message parameter with the signal provided as a function of evaluation of the message parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Martin HANS, Frank KOWALEWSKI, Josef LAUMEN, Gunnar SCHMIDT, Joachim STEIGER, Siegfried BAER, Mark BECKMANN, Thomas GOTTSCHALK
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Patent number: 8923821Abstract: A transceiver, comprising an interface for receiving at least one message, a display unit provided to assume at least one switched-on operating state and at least one switched-off operating state, a message indicator indicating a receipt of a message by a unit of a signal, independent of the operating state of the display unit, wherein the message is associated with at least one message parameter, and a unit for evaluating the message parameter with the signal provided as a function of evaluation of the message parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: IPCOM GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Hans, Frank Kowalewski, Josef Laumen, Gunnar Schmidt, Joachim Steiger, Siegfried Baer, Mark Beckmann, Thomas Gottschalk
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Publication number: 20100197280Abstract: A transceiver, comprising an interface for receiving at least one message, a display unit provided to assume at least one switched-on operating state and at least one switched-off operating state, a message indicator indicating a receipt of a message by a unit of a signal, independent of the operating state of the display unit, wherein the message is associated with at least one message parameter, and a unit for evaluating the message parameter with the signal provided as a function of evaluation of the message parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: IPCOM GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Martin HANS, Frank KOWALEWSKI, Josef LAUMEN, Gunnar SCHMIDT, Joachim STEIGER, Siegfried BAER, Mark BECKMANN, Thomas GOTTSCHALK
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Patent number: 7684789Abstract: A transceiver, comprising an interface for receiving at least one message, a display unit provided to assume at least one switched-on operating state and at least one switched-off operating state, a message indicator indicating a receipt of a message by a unit of a signal, independent of the operating state of the display unit, wherein the message is associated with at least one message parameter, and a unit for evaluating the message parameter with the signal provided as a function of evaluation of the message parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: IPCOM GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Hans, Frank Kowalewski, Josef Laumen, Gunnar Schmidt, Joachim Steiger, Siegfried Baer, Mark Beckmann, Thomas Gottschalk
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Publication number: 20040033783Abstract: The invention proposes a transceiver (1) with an interface for receiving at least one message and with a display unit (16), wherein the display unit (16) can assume a switched-on operating state and a switched-off operating state and wherein the transceiver (1) has a message indicator (15), wherein the message indicator (15) can communicate the receipt of the message by means of a signal, independent of the operating state of the display unit (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Martin Hans, Frank Kowalewski, Josef Laumen, Gunnar Schmidt, Joachim Steiger, Siegfried Baer, Mark Beckmann, Thomas Gottschalk