Patents by Inventor Thomas Luhmann

Thomas Luhmann 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: 11213189
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscopic device, in particular for medical applications, comprising an endoscope with a shaft that is introducible into a subject under examination, and a data processing unit, three or more optical imaging units having respective imaging elements arranged distally on the shaft and image sensors associated therewith for providing image data sets for the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit is configured and programmed such that it uses the image data sets to determine corresponding image points therein and generates a 3D surface data set of an object imaged by the imaging units in the subject under examination. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for endoscopic examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Hans-Gerd Maas, Niklas Paul Conen, Thomas Luhmann
  • Patent number: 10460605
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for motor vehicles, including at least one sensor for detecting object properties of objects which are located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle; a first interface; an output unit for transmitting the object properties to a user; and a control unit. The sensor transmits the object properties in a form of a first signal to the first interface. The first interface transmits the object properties, received in the form of the first signal, to the control unit in the form of a second signal, the control unit being configured to forward the object properties, received in the form of a second signal, to the output unit and to control the output of the object properties by the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Luhmann, Klaus Baur, Marcel Mayer
  • Publication number: 20190142250
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscopic device, in particular for medical applications, comprising an endoscope with a shaft that is introducible into a subject under examination, and a data processing unit, three or more optical imaging units having respective imaging elements arranged distally on the shaft and image sensors associated therewith for providing image data sets for the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit is configured and programmed such that it uses the image data sets to determine corresponding image points therein and generates a 3D surface data set of an object imaged by the imaging units in the subject under examination. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for endoscopic examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Gerd Maas, Niklas Paul Conen, Thomas Luhmann
  • Publication number: 20180012495
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for motor vehicles, including at least one sensor for detecting object properties of objects which are located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle; a first interface; an output unit for transmitting the object properties to a user; and a control unit. The sensor transmits the object properties in a form of a first signal to the first interface. The first interface transmits the object properties, received in the form of the first signal, to the control unit in the form of a second signal, the control unit being configured to forward the object properties, received in the form of a second signal, to the output unit and to control the output of the object properties by the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Luhmann, Klaus Baur, Marcel Mayer
  • Patent number: 4878247
    Abstract: The photogrammetrical pick up of an object with the aid of an opto-electronic solid-state surface sensor can be carried out in partial-images over a large image format if the position of the sensor in the image plane is determined by means of a reseau. This can be done by imaging at least one reseau mesh in the sensor image. After measuring the reseau points in the coordinate system of the partial-image and transforming to the nominal values in the system of the reseau, the position of the surface sensor and transformation parameters for all image points within the reseau mesh are obtained. For this purpose, the approximation position of the sensor must be known with sufficient accuracy to be able to determined the number of the reseau mesh as an unambiguous identification of the reseau points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Rollei Fototechnic GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Wester-Ebbinghaus, Thomas Luhmann, Juergen Mangelsdorf, Peter Pini