Patents Assigned to Docter Optics SE
  • Patent number: 12565439
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element (202), wherein a blank of transparent material is heated and/or provided and, after heating and/or after being provided between a first mold (UF) and at least one second mold (OF), is press molded, for example on both sides, to form the optical element (202) and is then exposed to a treatment atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Christoph Dittmann, Annegret Diatta, Alexander Kuppe, Ralf Polle, Toni Schnoor
  • Patent number: 12552116
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing an optical lens element, in particular for illumination purposes, in particular for producing a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, in particular for a motor vehicle headlight (10), wherein a pre-lens element (42, 43) is injection molded using at least one mold by heating liquefied transparent plastic, wherein the pre-lens element (42, 43) being cooled in such a way that the plastic solidifies, and at least one optically effective surface of the pre-lens element (42, 43) then being heated in such a way that the plastic on the optically effective surface can be shaped, in particular up to a depth of not more than 1000 micrometers, wherein the pre-lens element (42, 43) is pressed with the optically effective surface in a final contour mold to form the lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: Docter Optics SE, HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich, Sebastian Kleineheismann, Ludwig Knorr
  • Publication number: 20250282668
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a suitable method for producing a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, for example for a motor-vehicle headlight, wherein the headlight lens comprises an integral body made of glass, wherein the integral body comprises at least one light tunnel and one light-passage section having at least one optically active light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises at least one light entry surface and, with a bend, transitions into the light-passage section in order to image the bend as a bright-dark-boundary by means of light directed into the light entry surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Alexander KUPPE, Thomas WALTHER, Hagen GOLDAMMER
  • Publication number: 20250282087
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element having at least one optically effective surface. The optically effective surface comprises a contour and a surface structure superimposed on the contour. Transparent liquid plastic is injection-molded by means of a (smooth) injection mold of an injection molding machine (500) in dependence on a group of injection molding parameters to form an injection molded component (21) having the contour of the optically effective surface but without the surface structure superimposed on the contour, wherein at least one parameter of the group of injection molding parameters is set and/or corrected in dependence on properties of the injection molded component (21), and wherein the optical element is produced using the group of injection molding parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Florian PILZ, Sven FRÖHLICH
  • Patent number: 12377585
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element (42, 43) having at least one optically effective surface, wherein, by means of a first injection mold of an injection-molding machine (500, 500?) liquid transparent plastic (54, P4014, P4017) is injection-molded to form a preform and/or a pre-molded part (20) having at least one preform (22, 23), the preform or the pre-molded part (20) subsequently being cooled outside the first injection mold and/or outside the injection-molding machine (500, 500?), and the preform (22, 23) to form the optical element subsequently being injection-molded and/or over-molded in a second injection mold by applying at least one layer of plastic, which forms the optically effective surface (42, 43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 12344159
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a vehicle headlight having a lens arrangement, wherein the lens arrangement includes a first lens (input lens), a second lens (first middle lens), at least a third lens (second middle lens), and a front lens, wherein the second lens (first middle lens) is arranged in the light path between the first lens (input lens) and the front lens, and wherein the at least third lens (second middle lens) is arranged in the light path between the second lens (first middle lens) and the front lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Hagen Schweitzer, Sebastian Erbes, Markus Winkler
  • Patent number: 12325161
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element having at least one optically effective surface. The optically effective surface comprises a contour and a surface structure superimposed on the contour. Transparent liquid plastic is injection-molded by means of a (smooth) injection mold of an injection molding machine (500) in dependence on a group of injection molding parameters to form an injection molded component (21) having the contour of the optically effective surface but without the surface structure superimposed on the contour, wherein at least one parameter of the group of injection molding parameters is set and/or corrected in dependence on properties of the injection molded component (21), and wherein the optical element is produced using the group of injection molding parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 12319605
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a suitable method for producing a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, for example for a motor-vehicle headlight, wherein the headlight lens comprises an integral body made of glass, wherein the integral body comprises at least one light tunnel and one light-passage section having at least one optically active light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises at least one light entry surface and, with a bend, transitions into the light-passage section in order to image the bend as a bright-dark-boundary by means of light directed into the light entry surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Alexander Kuppe, Thomas Walther, Hagen Goldammer
  • Patent number: 12234174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved production method for optical elements. In this case, it is desirable to achieve high contour accuracy and/or surface quality for optical elements or lenses or headlight lens. In addition, it is desirable to reduce the costs of a production process for objective lenses and/or headlights, microprojectors or vehicle headlights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Alexander Kuppe, Ralf Polle, Thomas Walther, Peter Mühle, Christoph Dittmann, Stephan Jirak, Hagen Goldammer, Annegret Diatta, Sven Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 12157694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical element from glass, wherein a portion of glass or a glass blank is blank-pressed, in particular on both sides, to form the optical element, wherein the optical element is then placed on a transport element and passes through a cooling path with the transport element, without the optical surface of the optical element being touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Christoph Priese, Alexander Kuppe, Thomas Lehmann
  • Patent number: 12103254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element, for example a lens, for example a headlight lens, for example for vehicle headlights or motor vehicle headlights, wherein an optical component part having an (optically effective) convex surface made of a first transparent optical material is provided and/or produced; a mold having a concave cavity and optical material is provided and/or produced; liquid transparent second optical material is placed into the concave cavity of the mold; and the optical component part having the convexly curved surface is pressed into the concave cavity of the mold such that an optically effective coating is formed on the convexly curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Sven Fröhlich, Fiete Bauer
  • Patent number: 12085252
    Abstract: The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a vehicle headlight (10), for example for a motor vehicle (1), wherein the vehicle headlight (10) comprises an illumination matrix (534) with a plurality of independently controllable illumination pixels for generating a (for example time-variant) illumination pattern, wherein the vehicle headlight (10) comprises an objective for imaging the illumination pattern, and wherein the objective comprises at least one objective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Markus Winkler, Jens Fischer, Hagen Schweitzer
  • Publication number: 20240272424
    Abstract: The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a motor vehicle (1) having a vehicle headlight (10) which comprises a lighting lens (46), the lighting lens (46) comprising a lens body (460) made of transparent material with at least one light entrance surface (462) and at least one light exit surface, wherein the lighting lens (46) further comprises a lighting assembly (461) which comprises a carrier (4612) on which is arranged a lighting matrix (4611) with a plurality of independently controllable lighting pixels, wherein by means of the lighting matrix (4611) light can be irradiated into the light entrance surface (462) of the lens body (460), which light exits from the light exit surface of the lens body (460), wherein between the lighting matrix (4611) and the light entrance surface (462) an air gap (464) is provided which is sealed dust-tight but not air-tight with respect to the surroundings of the lighting lens (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Markus WINKLER, Hagen SCHWEITZER
  • Patent number: 11959608
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vehicle headlight (20), for example a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the vehicle headlight comprises a light source assembly (11) and a primary optics (200A), for example a press-molded primary optics, for example a one-piece primary optics (200A), wherein the primary optics (200A) comprises at least one light tunnel (208) and a wedge-shaped light conducting part (209) having at least one light exit surface (209A), for example optically effective light exit surface (209A), wherein the light tunnel (208) comprises at least one light entrance surface (201), for example an optically effective light entrance surface (201), into which light generated by means of the light source assembly (11) can be irradiated, wherein the light tunnel (208) transitions into the light conducting part (209) at a bend (207), and wherein the vehicle headlight comprises a secondary optics (200B) with an optically effective light exit surface (202) for imaging a light exit surface (209A) of the primary opt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Sven Fröhlich, Siemen Kühl
  • Patent number: 11932566
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an optical element, where a blank of glass is heated and/or provided and, after heating and/or after being provided between a first mold (UF) and at least one second mold (OF), is press molded, for example on both sides, to form the optical element and is then sprayed with a surface treatment agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Annegret Diatta, Sven Fröhlich, Markus Winkler
  • Patent number: 11884570
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns to a process for manufacturing an optical element from glass, wherein a blank of glass is tempered, for example in such a way that the blank is cooler in its interior than on its exterior, wherein the tempered blank between a first mold and a second mold, which are moved towards one another to form a closed cavity, is press-molded, for example on both sides, to form the optical element, wherein the first mold and/or the second mold comprises an escape cavity slide which is compressed by the formation of a closed cavity by means of the first mold and the second mold as a function of the volume of the blank, so that, during press-molding, an additional edge which is dependent on the volume of the blank is formed with the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Alexander Kuppe, Annegret Diatta
  • Publication number: 20240011616
    Abstract: The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a vehicle headlight (10), for example for a motor vehicle (1), wherein the vehicle headlight (10) comprises an illumination matrix (534) with a plurality of independently controllable illumination pixels for generating a (for example time-variant) illumination pattern, wherein the vehicle headlight (10) comprises an objective for imaging the illumination pattern, and wherein the objective comprises at least one objective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Markus WINKLER, Jens FISCHER, Hagen SCHWEITZER
  • Publication number: 20230416133
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element (202), wherein a blank of transparent material is heated and/or provided and, after heating and/or after being provided between a first mold (UF) and at least one second mold (OF), is press molded, for example on both sides, to form the optical element (202) and is then exposed to a treatment atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Christoph DITTMANN, Annegret DIATTA, Alexander KUPPE, Ralf POLLE, Toni SCHNOOR
  • Patent number: 11847853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for contactless optical imaging of features of a hand, wherein the device comprises an illumination arrangement for illuminating a measuring site with light of substantially a first wavelength and with light of at least substantially a second wavelength. The device further comprising a camera comprising a detector and objective configured for imaging the measuring site on the detector. Within the measuring site a region of depth of field of the objective with respect to the first wavelength overlaps with a region of depth of field of the objective with respect to the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Mohsen Mozaffari, Siemen Kuhl
  • Publication number: 20230398722
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element having at least one optically effective surface. The optically effective surface comprises a contour and a surface structure superimposed on the contour. Transparent liquid plastic is injection-molded by means of a (smooth) injection mold of an injection molding machine (500) in dependence on a group of injection molding parameters to form an injection molded component (21) having the contour of the optically effective surface but without the surface structure superimposed on the contour, wherein at least one parameter of the group of injection molding parameters is set and/or corrected in dependence on properties of the injection molded component (21), and wherein the optical element is produced using the group of injection molding parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Florian PILZ, Sven FRÖHLICH