Patents by Inventor Stefan Elmsted Jensen

Stefan Elmsted Jensen 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: 11006836
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Bo Petersen, Mike Van Der Poel, Thomas Moon, Stefan Elmsted Jensen
  • Publication number: 20170307363
    Abstract: A structured light 3D scanner based on the principle of triangulation with a light source for generating a light pattern, two cameras with two-dimensional sensors recording the reflection of the light pattern from a target object, and one axis moving the cameras. Wherein the cameras are arranged with at least partly overlapping fields of view and where the sensors in the cameras are read out partially and concurrently during at least some period of the scanning process, thus providing partial images and where the partial images are merged prior to performing the triangulation calculations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK, Stefan Elmsted JENSEN, Thomas Allin HØJGAARD, Henrik ÖJELUND
  • Publication number: 20160256054
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: 3Shape A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK, Bo PETERSEN, Mike VAN DER POEL, Thomas MOON, Stefan Elmsted JENSEN
  • Patent number: 9357926
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Bo Petersen, Mike van der Poel, Thomas Moon, Stefan Elmsted Jensen
  • Patent number: 9204804
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Bo Petersen, Mike van der Poel, Thomas Moon, Stefan Elmsted Jensen
  • Publication number: 20150085080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a structured light 3D scanner based on the principle of triangulation with a light source for generating a light pattern, two cameras with two-dimensional sensors recording the reflection of the light pattern from a target object, and one axis moving the cameras. Wherein the cameras are arranged with at least partly overlapping fields of view and where the sensors in the cameras are read out partially and concurrently during at least some period of the scanning process, thus providing partial images and where the partial images are merged prior to performing the triangulation calculations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Stefan Elmsted Jensen, Thomas Allin Højgaard, Henrik Öjelund
  • Publication number: 20150079535
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: 3Shape A/S
    Inventors: Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK, Bo Petersen, Mike van der POEL, Thomas Moon, Stefan Elmsted Jensen
  • Publication number: 20150018613
    Abstract: A 3D scanner for recording topographic characteristics of a surface of at least part of a body orifice, where the 3D scanner includes a main body having a mounting portion; a tip which can be mounted onto and un-mounted from the mounting portion, where the tip is configured for being brought into proximity of the body orifice surface when recording the topographic characteristics such that at least one optical element of the tip is at least partly exposed to the environment in the body orifice during the recording; and a heater for heating the optical element, where the heat is provided by way of thermal conduction; where the tip can be sterilized in a steam autoclave when un-mounted from the main body of the 3D scanner such that it subsequently can be reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Bo Petersen, Mike van der Poel, Thomas Moon, Stefan Elmsted Jensen