Patents by Inventor Jochen Hellmig

Jochen Hellmig 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: 20240176136
    Abstract: A method for identifying eye gestures of an eye includes the steps of emitting at least one laser beam onto the eye determining a single measuring sample having current values for: an optical path length of the emitted laser beam; a signal-to-noise ratio of radiation scattered back from the eye; an eye speed of the eye; and identifying an eye gesture based on the single measuring sample, wherein the optical path length is determined based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with the radiation scattered back from the eye, and wherein the eye speed is determined based on a Doppler shift of the emitted radiation and the radiation scattered back, determined by means of the laser feedback interferometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Johannes MEYER, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Patent number: 11947112
    Abstract: An optical arrangement of data smart glasses includes a first laser device configured to emit a projection light beam, a second laser device configured to emit a measuring light beam, a first scanner, a second scanner, and a beam combiner configured to bundle the projection light beam and the measuring light beam into a common light beam, wherein the first scanner is configured to deflect the projection light beam emitted by the first laser device in a first axis, and wherein the second scanner is configured to deflect the common light beam focused by the beam combiner in a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Gmbh, Trumpf Photonic Components GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20230400689
    Abstract: An optical arrangement of data smartglasses includes a first laser device configured to emit a projection light beam, a second laser device configured to emit a measuring light beam, a first scanner, a second scanner, and a beam combiner configured to bundle the projection light beam and the measuring light beam into a common light beam, wherein the first scanner is configured to deflect the projection light beam emitted by the first laser device in a first axis, and wherein the second scanner is configured to deflect the common light beam focused by the beam combiner in a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Patent number: 11828594
    Abstract: A laser sensor module includes a first laser source configured to emit first modulated light, the first modulated light being modulated laser light. The laser sensor module further includes circuitry configured to drive the first laser source with a first modulated driving current to cause the first laser source to emit the modulated laser light, a detector configured to detect the modulated laser light, which induces a photocurrent with variations resulting from modulation of the modulated laser light, and a second laser source configured to emit second modulated light. The circuitry is further configured to drive the second laser source with a second modulated driving current to cause the second laser source to emit the second modulated light. The detector is configured to detect the second modulated light. The circuitry is configured to adapt the amplitude of the second modulated driving current to induce a contribution to the photocurrent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig, Alexander Marc Van der Lee, Jeroen Dragt, Pieter Hoeven
  • Patent number: 11733774
    Abstract: The invention relates to an eye tracking arrangement that includes a camera configured to capture images of an eye at a first scanning rate, a laser velocimeter configured to capture an eye velocity of a movement of the eye by laser Doppler velocimetry at a second scanning rate and a control device configured to determine an absolute eye position based on the images, and track a gaze direction of the eye based on the absolute eye position and the eye velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20230122222
    Abstract: A method (600), a device (100), and a system (700) for biometrically identifying a user of a device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Meyer, Thomas Alexender Schlebusch, Andreas Petersen, Jochen Hellmig, Hans Spruit
  • Patent number: 11513594
    Abstract: A method for operating smart glasses includes an input unit and/or output unit and a gaze detection arrangement, wherein the gaze detection arrangement detects any eye movement of an eye including the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam to the eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted and backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, and detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and wherein the input unit and/or output unit is operated based on the optical path length and/or the eye velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Johannes Meyer, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20220349703
    Abstract: A laser sensor includes a laser source configured to emit a laser beam, and optics configured to project the laser beam as a one- or two-dimensional patterned laser beam onto an object to be examined, such that a distance of the patterned laser beam from the laser source varies along the patterned laser beam projected on the object. The laser sensor further includes a detector configured to determine a self-mixing interference signal generated by laser light of the patterned laser beam reflected from the object back into the laser source, and circuitry configured to analyze a spectrum of the self-mixing interference signal and extract from the spectrum of the self-mixing interference signal multiple frequencies that are indicative of at least one of the following: multiple distances along the patterned laser beam from the laser source, or multiple velocities along the patterned laser beam with respect to the laser source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig, Stephan Gronenborn, Johannes Meyer, Andreas Petersen, Thomas Schlebusch
  • Patent number: 11435578
    Abstract: A method for detecting a gaze direction of an eye includes the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam onto an eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with a backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted radiation and the backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and detecting an eye movement of the eye based on the optical path length and the eye velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Johannes Meyer, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20220121279
    Abstract: The invention relates to an eye tracking arrangement that includes a camera configured to capture images of an eye at a first scanning rate, a laser velocimeter configured to capture an eye velocity of a movement of the eye by laser Doppler velocimetry at a second scanning rate and a control device configured to determine an absolute eye position based on the images, and track a gaze direction of the eye based on the absolute eye position and the eye velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Publication number: 20220082369
    Abstract: A laser sensor module includes a first laser source configured to emit first modulated light, the first modulated light being modulated laser light. The laser sensor module further includes circuitry configured to drive the first laser source with a first modulated driving current to cause the first laser source to emit the modulated laser light, a detector configured to detect the modulated laser light, which induces a photocurrent with variations resulting from modulation of the modulated laser light, and a second laser source configured to emit second modulated light. The circuitry is further configured to drive the second laser source with a second modulated driving current to cause the second laser source to emit the second modulated light. The detector is configured to detect the second modulated light. The circuitry is configured to adapt the amplitude of the second modulated driving current to induce a contribution to the photocurrent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig, Alexander Marc Van der Lee, Jeroen Dragt, Pieter Hoeven
  • Publication number: 20210373659
    Abstract: A method for operating smart glasses includes an input unit and/or output unit and a gaze detection arrangement, wherein the gaze detection arrangement detects any eye movement of an eye including the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam to the eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted and backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, and detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and wherein the input unit and/or output unit is operated based on the optical path length and/or the eye velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Johannes MEYER, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Publication number: 20210373325
    Abstract: A method for detecting a gaze direction of an eye includes the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam onto an eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with a backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted radiation and the backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and detecting an eye movement of the eye based on the optical path length and the eye velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas PETERSEN, Thomas Alexander SCHLEBUSCH, Johannes MEYER, Hans SPRUIT, Jochen HELLMIG
  • Patent number: 9857287
    Abstract: A particle sensor apparatus having an optical emitter device that is configured to emit an optical radiation so that a volume having at least one particle possibly present therein is at least partly illuminatable; an optical detector device having at least one detection surface that is struck by at least a portion of the optical radiation scattered at the at least one particle, at least one information signal regarding an intensity and/or an intensity distribution of the optical radiation striking the at least one detection surface being outputtable; and an evaluation device with which an information item regarding a presence of particles, a number of particles, a particle density, and/or at least one property of particles is identifiable and outputtable, the particle sensor apparatus also encompassing at least one lens element that is disposed so that the emitted optical radiation is focusable onto a focus region inside the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Niklas Dittrich, Frank Fischer, Reiner Schnitzer, Jochen Hellmig, Gael Pilard, Alexander Van der Lee
  • Publication number: 20160313243
    Abstract: A particle sensor apparatus having an optical emitter device that is configured to emit an optical radiation so that a volume having at least one particle possibly present therein is at least partly illuminatable; an optical detector device having at least one detection surface that is struck by at least a portion of the optical radiation scattered at the at least one particle, at least one information signal regarding an intensity and/or an intensity distribution of the optical radiation striking the at least one detection surface being outputtable; and an evaluation device with which an information item regarding a presence of particles, a number of particles, a particle density, and/or at least one property of particles is identifiable and outputtable, the particle sensor apparatus also encompassing at least one lens element that is disposed so that the emitted optical radiation is focusable onto a focus region inside the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Niklas Dittrich, Frank Fischer, Reiner Schnitzer, Jochen Hellmig, Gael Pilard, Alexander van der Lee