Patents by Inventor Kai Worms

Kai Worms 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: 11309614
    Abstract: A device for transmitting a signal with the aid of waveguides in rotating systems. The device includes at least one transmitting waveguide and at least one receiving waveguide. The at least one receiving waveguide and the at least one transmitting waveguide being divided into multiple radially distributed segments. The radially distributed segments of the at least one receiving waveguide each include a tap. An adder for adding the signals obtained with the aid of the taps of the radially distributed segments of the at least one receiving waveguide is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Worms, Ludwig Brechter
  • Publication number: 20210080551
    Abstract: A LIDAR system of the scanning type for the optical detection of a field of view a working device and/or a vehicle. The LIDAR system includes a stator, a rotor able to rotate about an axis of rotation in relation to the stator, a transmitter optics, a receiver optics and a communications unit for the contact-free data transmission between the stator and the rotor. At least part of the transmitter optics and/or part of the receiver optics is/are accommodated in the rotor, the communications unit has a first communications channel for the contact-free data transmission from the stator to the rotor, and a second communications channel for the contact-free data transmission from the rotor to the stator, and the first and the second communications channel are of a different nature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kai Worms, Michael Dreschmann
  • Publication number: 20210005944
    Abstract: A device for transmitting a signal with the aid of waveguides in rotating systems. The device includes at least one transmitting waveguide and at least one receiving waveguide. The at least one receiving waveguide and the at least one transmitting waveguide being divided into multiple radially distributed segments. The radially distributed segments of the at least one receiving waveguide each include a tap. An adder for adding the signals obtained with the aid of the taps of the radially distributed segments of the at least one receiving waveguide is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kai Worms, Ludwig Brechter
  • Patent number: 10754013
    Abstract: A method for controlling an emitted light output of a light source of an optical sensor system, in which a portion of the emitted light output is represented in an electrical signal, a characteristic variable of the signal representing a pulse energy of an emitted light pulse is determined, and a control signal for the light source is provided using the characteristic variable and a setpoint value of the characteristic variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Worms, Ernst Kretzek, Timo Knecht
  • Publication number: 20200033447
    Abstract: A method for controlling an emitted light output of a light source of an optical sensor system, in which a portion of the emitted light output is represented in an electrical signal, a characteristic variable of the signal representing a pulse energy of an emitted light pulse is determined, and a control signal for the light source is provided using the characteristic variable and a setpoint value of the characteristic variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Worms, Ernst Kretzek, Timo Knecht