Patents by Inventor Reiner Schnitzer
Reiner Schnitzer 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: 20160313243Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Niklas Dittrich, Frank Fischer, Reiner Schnitzer, Jochen Hellmig, Gael Pilard, Alexander van der Lee
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Patent number: 9348018Abstract: The disclosure relates to a measurement device for optically measuring a distance to a target object, in particular a handheld measurement device. The disclosure relates to such a measurement device having a transmitting device for transmitting an optical measurement beam to a target object; a receiving device having a detection surface for detecting the optical measurement beam returning from the target object, wherein the detection surface has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element; and a reference device having a detection surface for detecting a device-internal reference beam. According to the disclosure, the detection surface of the reference device has a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer
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Patent number: 9323341Abstract: A method for determining gestures in the beam region of a projector includes: projecting an image onto a surface with the aid of the projector, using light; measuring a first set of light intensities of light backscattered from the direction of the surface, under the influence of a gesture made in the beam region of the projector; assigning the measured light intensities to, in each instance, a position of the image projected by the projector; at a first time point, generating a first light intensity function over a second set of positions, which are assigned measured light intensities; at a second time point, generating at least one second light intensity function over the second set of positions; and determining the gesture made, based on the result of a comparison between the first and second light intensity functions.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Georg Mrusek, Tobias Hipp, Reiner Schnitzer, Frank Fischer, Lutz Rauscher, Christoph Delfs, Ming Liu, Gael Pilard
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Patent number: 9041918Abstract: A handheld distance measuring instrument includes a first emission device, a first reception device and a second reception device. The first emission device is configured to emit an optical measurement radiation onto a target object. The first reception device is configured to detect the radiation returning from the target object. The second reception device is configured in order to detect a reference radiation internal to the instrument. The reception devices respectively include a first detector unit, a second detector unit, a first time measurement unit, and a second time measurement unit. The first time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit. The second time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer, Oliver Wolst
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Publication number: 20150017498Abstract: A battery sensor data transmission unit is described as including a connection state ascertainment unit for ascertaining a series connection state in which a battery cell is connected in series to one other battery cell with the aid of a power transmission line and/or for determining a bypassing state in which at least one pole of the battery cell is decoupled from at least one other battery cell. Furthermore, the battery sensor data transmission unit includes a data transmission unit designed for outputting a sensor signal, which represents a physical variable in or at the battery cell, in the series connection state to an evaluation device using the power transmission line and/or outputting the sensor signal in the bypassing state to the evaluation device using a battery housing wall as the transmission medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fabian Henrici, Axel Wenzler, Werner Schiemann, Reiner Schnitzer, Berthold Elbracht
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Publication number: 20150010790Abstract: A battery sensor data transmission unit is described as including a data transmission unit, which is designed to output a sensor signal, which represents a physical variable in or at the battery cell to an evaluation device, using a battery housing wall and/or a wall of a battery cell as the transmission medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Fabian Henrici, Axel Wenzler, Werner Schiemann, Reiner Schnitzer, Berthold Elbracht
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Publication number: 20140375553Abstract: A method for determining gestures in the beam region of a projector includes: projecting an image onto a surface with the aid of the projector, using light; measuring a first set of light intensities of light backscattered from the direction of the surface, under the influence of a gesture made in the beam region of the projector; assigning the measured light intensities to, in each instance, a position of the image projected by the projector; at a first time point, generating a first light intensity function over a second set of positions, which are assigned measured light intensities; at a second time point, generating at least one second light intensity function over the second set of positions; and determining the gesture made, based on the result of a comparison between the first and second light intensity functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Georg Mrusek, Tobias Hipp, Reiner Schnitzer, Frank Fischer, Lutz Rauscher, Christopher Delfs, Ming Liu, Gael Pilard
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Patent number: 8848172Abstract: A handheld measuring device for optical distance measurement includes a transmitting device, a receiving device, an evaluation device, and a homogenizing device. The transmitting device is configured to transmit periodically modulated optical measurement radiation toward a target object. The receiving device is configured to detect optical measurement radiation returning from the target object. The evaluation device is configured to receive and evaluate detection signals of the receiving device. The evaluation device comprises a plurality of accumulation devices configured to accumulate detection signals. The evaluation device conducts detection signals during a sampling time window from a plurality of sampling time windows temporally schematically changeably to an assigned accumulation device from the plurality of accumulation devices, such that the accumulation device accumulates the detection signals during the sampling time window.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20140247837Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing at least one data packet (78, 156) which comprises a first header (82, 158) and a payload (100, 160), wherein the first header (82, 158) is processed by a first mode and the payload (100, 160) is processed by a second mode, wherein a number of processing steps (172, 174) for carrying out the second mode is greater than a number of processing steps (168, 170) for carrying out the first mode, the two modes being performed separately from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Volker Blaschke, Guenter Vogel, Timo Lothspeich, Anton Pfefferseder, Reiner Schnitzer, Jeffrey Lee, Soeren Krieger, Juergen Mallok
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Publication number: 20140168632Abstract: A handheld distance measuring instrument includes a first emission device, a first reception device and a second reception device. The first emission device is configured to emit an optical measurement radiation onto a target object. The first reception device is configured to detect the radiation returning from the target object. The second reception device is configured in order to detect a reference radiation internal to the instrument. The reception devices respectively include a first detector unit, a second detector unit, a first time measurement unit, and a second time measurement unit. The first time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit. The second time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer, Oliver Wolst
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Publication number: 20140071433Abstract: The disclosure relates to a measurement device for optically measuring a distance to a target object, in particular a handheld measurement device. The disclosure relates to such a measurement device having a transmitting device for transmitting an optical measurement beam to a target object; a receiving device having a detection surface for detecting the optical measurement beam returning from the target object, wherein the detection surface has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element; and a reference device having a detection surface for detecting a device-internal reference beam. According to the disclosure, the detection surface of the reference device has a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has at least one light-sensitive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20140023089Abstract: A method for transmitting first and second data between subscriber stations of a bus system via a first channel jointly used by a plurality of subscriber stations and via a second channel of the bus system, used in addition to the first channel by a plurality of subscriber stations, the first channel using the access method and transmission protocol of the CAN specification or the extension thereof, the TTCAN specification, the access to the second channel being controlled according to an arbitrary access method, and first data to be transmitted via the first channel and second data to be transmitted via the second channel being transmitted via a joint signal line, and a data signal being formed as a function of the first data, and a modulation signal being formed as a function of the first and second data, and the modulation signal being superposed on the data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20130285985Abstract: A method for ascertaining a gesture performed in the light cone of a projected image which has a plurality of pixels includes: detecting all pixels of the projected image and one or multiple parameter values of the individual pixels; comparing the one or the multiple detected parameter values of the individual pixels with a parameter comparison value; assigning a subset of the pixels to a pixel set as a function of the results of the comparison; and ascertaining a gesture performed in the light cone of the projected image based on the assigned pixel set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan PINTER, Reiner SCHNITZER, Frank FISCHER, Gael PILARD, Ming LIU, David SLOGSNAT, Daniel KREYE, Tobias HIPP
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Publication number: 20130208258Abstract: A handheld measuring device for optical distance measurement includes a transmitting device, a receiving device, an evaluation device, and a homogenizing device. The transmitting device is configured to transmit periodically modulated optical measurement radiation toward a target object. The receiving device is configured to detect optical measurement radiation returning from the target object. The evaluation device is configured to receive and evaluate detection signals of the receiving device. The evaluation device comprises a plurality of accumulation devices configured to accumulate detection signals. The evaluation device conducts detection signals during a sampling time window from a plurality of sampling time windows temporally schematically changeably to an assigned accumulation device from the plurality of accumulation devices, such that the accumulation device accumulates the detection signals during the sampling time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Eisele, Bernd Schmidtke, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20110090109Abstract: A charge pump includes: a control input for applying a control pulse, a pulsed current source for generating a current pulse in accordance with the control pulse, a direct current source for generating a direct current, and a current output that is connected to the pulsed current source and to the direct current source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Armin Himmelstoss, Reiner Schnitzer, Frank Huembert
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Patent number: 7567630Abstract: A data processing device is described having a first receive data input unit for inputting a first receive data stream into the data processing device, at least one second receive data input unit for inputting at least one second receive data stream and a clock recovery unit for recovering a clock signal from the first receive data stream and/or the at least one second receive data stream. A control device controls the clock recovery unit as a function of either the first receive data stream or of one of the at least second receive data streams and a delay unit delays the at least one second receive data stream with respect to the first receive data stream in such a way that the first receive data stream is synchronized with the at least one second receive data stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eberhard Boehl, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20060067449Abstract: A data processing device is described having a first receive data input unit for inputting a first receive data stream into the data processing device, at least one second receive data input unit for inputting at least one second receive data stream and a clock recovery unit for recovering a clock signal from the first receive data stream and/or the at least one second receive data stream. A control device controls the clock recovery unit as a function of either the first receive data stream or of one of the at least second receive data streams and a delay unit delays the at least one second receive data stream with respect to the first receive data stream in such a way that the first receive data stream is synchronized with the at least one second receive data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Eberhard Boehl, Reiner Schnitzer