Patents Assigned to Docter Optics SE
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Patent number: 12565439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Christoph Dittmann, Annegret Diatta, Alexander Kuppe, Ralf Polle, Toni Schnoor
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Patent number: 12552116Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignees: Docter Optics SE, HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich, Sebastian Kleineheismann, Ludwig Knorr
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Publication number: 20250282668Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2025Publication date: September 11, 2025Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Alexander KUPPE, Thomas WALTHER, Hagen GOLDAMMER
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Publication number: 20250282087Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2025Publication date: September 11, 2025Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Florian PILZ, Sven FRÖHLICH
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Patent number: 12377585Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich
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Patent number: 12344159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Hagen Schweitzer, Sebastian Erbes, Markus Winkler
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Patent number: 12325161Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Docter Optics SEInventors: Florian Pilz, Sven Fröhlich
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Patent number: 12319605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Docter Optics SEInventors: Alexander Kuppe, Thomas Walther, Hagen Goldammer
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Patent number: 12234174Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Alexander Kuppe, Ralf Polle, Thomas Walther, Peter Mühle, Christoph Dittmann, Stephan Jirak, Hagen Goldammer, Annegret Diatta, Sven Fröhlich
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Patent number: 12157694Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Christoph Priese, Alexander Kuppe, Thomas Lehmann
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Patent number: 12103254Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Sven Fröhlich, Fiete Bauer
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Patent number: 12085252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Markus Winkler, Jens Fischer, Hagen Schweitzer
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Publication number: 20240272424Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Markus WINKLER, Hagen SCHWEITZER
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Patent number: 11959608Abstract: 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 optType: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Sven Fröhlich, Siemen Kühl
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Patent number: 11932566Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Annegret Diatta, Sven Fröhlich, Markus Winkler
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Patent number: 11884570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Alexander Kuppe, Annegret Diatta
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Publication number: 20240011616Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Markus WINKLER, Jens FISCHER, Hagen SCHWEITZER
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Publication number: 20230416133Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Christoph DITTMANN, Annegret DIATTA, Alexander KUPPE, Ralf POLLE, Toni SCHNOOR
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Patent number: 11847853Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SEInventors: Mohsen Mozaffari, Siemen Kuhl
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Publication number: 20230398722Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Docter Optics SEInventors: Florian PILZ, Sven FRÖHLICH