Patents Assigned to Trinamix GmbH
  • Patent number: 11067692
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) within a range of measurement (114) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises at least two longitudinal optical sensors (116) and at least one transfer device (118) for imaging the object (112) into an image plane. The transfer device (118) has a focal plane. The transfer device (118) is positioned in between the longitudinal optical sensors (116) and the object (112). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) has at least one sensor region (120). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the respective sensor region (120) by at least one light beam (178) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (178) in the sensor region (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Lungenschmied, Oili Pekkola, Patrick Schindler, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle
  • Patent number: 11060922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detector (110) for optical detection comprising a circuit carrier (130) designed to carry at least one layer, wherein the circuit carrier (130) is or comprises a printed circuit board (132); a reflective layer (138), the reflective layer (138) being placed on a partition of the circuit carrier (130), wherein the reflective layer (138) is designed to reflect the incident light beam (120), thereby generating at least one reflected light beam (124); a substrate layer (114), the substrate layer (114) being directly or indirectly adjacent to the reflective layer (138), wherein the substrate layer (114) is at least partially transparent with respect to the incident light beam (120); a sensor layer (122), the sensor layer (122) being placed on the substrate layer (114), wherein the sensor layer (122) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (122) by the incident light beam and the reflected light beam (124); and an eval
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Altenbeck, Heidi Bechtel, Regina Hoeh, Fabian Dittmann, Sebastian Mueller, Thomas Hupfauer, Peter Paul Kaletta, Robert Gust, Bertram Feuerstein, Wilfried Hermes, Sebastian Valouch, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder
  • Publication number: 20210088664
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) within a range of measurement (114) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises at least two longitudinal optical sensors (116) and at least one transfer device (118) for imaging the object (112) into an image plane. The transfer device (118) has a focal plane. The transfer device (118) is positioned in between the longitudinal optical sensors (116) and the object (112). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) has at least one sensor region (120). Each of the longitudinal optical sensors (116) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the respective sensor region (120) by at least one light beam (178) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (178) in the sensor region (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Oili PEKKOLA, Patrick SCHINDLER, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Erwin THIEL, Stephan IRLE
  • Patent number: 10955936
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (118) is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Sebastian Valouch
  • Publication number: 20210025761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detector (110) for optical detection comprising a circuit carrier (130) designed to carry at least one layer, wherein the circuit carrier (130) is or comprises a printed circuit board (132); a reflective layer (138), the reflective layer (138) being placed on a partition of the circuit carrier (130), wherein the reflective layer (138) is designed to reflect the incident light beam (120), thereby generating at least one reflected light beam (124); a substrate layer (114), the substrate layer (114) being directly or indirectly adjacent to the reflective layer (138), wherein the substrate layer (114) is at least partially transparent with respect to the incident light beam (120); a sensor layer (122), the sensor layer (122) being placed on the substrate layer (114), wherein the sensor layer (122) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (122) by the incident light beam and the reflected light beam (124); and an eval
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Timo ALTENBECK, Heidi BECHTEL, Regina HOEH, Fabian DITTMANN, Sebastian MUELLER, Thomas HUPFAUER, Peter Paul KALETTA, Robert GUST, Bertram FEUERSTEIN, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Patent number: 10890491
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Valouch, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Wilfried Hermes
  • Publication number: 20200371237
    Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object is provided. The detector includes an evaluation device adapted to select at least one reflection feature of a reflection image, wherein the evaluation device is configured for determining at least one longitudinal region of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by evaluating a combined signal Q from the sensor signals, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the longitudinal region, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter SCHILLEN, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Heiko HENGEN, Lars DIESSELBERG
  • Patent number: 10775505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector (110) containing: at least one longitudinal optical sensor (114), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (114); and at least one evaluation device (140), wherein the evaluation device (140) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112) by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor (114). Also disclosed herein are articles containing the detector (110), and methods for optical detection of objects using the detector (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Trinamix GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Valouch, Ingmar Bruder, Robert Send, Christoph Lungenschmied, Wilfried Hermes, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle
  • Publication number: 20200272168
    Abstract: An autonomous device and method for controlling an autonomous device are disclosed. The autonomous device is configured for performing at least one task, selected from a household task, a commercial task and an industrial task. The autonomous device comprises at least one spatial sensor for generating location information and at least one further sensor for determining at least one further parameter. The autonomous device further comprises at least one task unit arranged to perform the household and/or commercial and/or industrial task, and at least one electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit is configured to generate a map using the location information, wherein the electronics unit further is configured for connecting the further parameter to the location information and adding the location of the further parameter to the map, thereby creating a parameter map containing location-correlated values of the at least one further parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20200225354
    Abstract: A range finder for determining at least one geometric information about at least one object is proposed that includes at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern, wherein the illumination source is adapted to illuminate the object with the illumination pattern under an angle of inclination; at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area, wherein the optical sensor is designed to generate at least one image matrix in response to an illumination of its light sensitive area by at least one reflection pattern originating from the object; at least one evaluation device being configured for determining the geometric information about the object from the reflection pattern by evaluating the image matrix assuming at least one geometrical constellation to be present in the reflection pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter SCHILLEN, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20200183006
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Trinamix GmbH
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Robert SEND, Thomas OHMER, Stefan HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christian LENNARTZ, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER
  • Publication number: 20200049800
    Abstract: A detector (110) for an optical detection of at least one object (112) is proposed. Further, the invention relates to a method for optical detection of at least one object (112) and to various uses of the detector (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20200011995
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christopher HAHNE, Michael EBERSPACH, Ingmar BRUDER, Bernd SCHERWATH
  • Publication number: 20200003899
    Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object, the detector including: at least one optical sensor including at least one sensor region. The optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by an incident modulated light beam. The sensor signal is dependent on a modulation frequency of the light beam. The sensor region includes at least one capacitive device including at least two electrodes. At least one insulating layer and at least one photosensitive layer are embedded between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least partially optically transparent for the light beam. The detector further includes at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object by evaluating the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Christian BONSIGNORE, Anke HANDRECK, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND
  • Publication number: 20190386064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector including (i) a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, wherein the transversal optical sensor has a photosensitive layer embedded between at least two conductive layers such that at least one of the conductive layers contains an at least partially transparent graphene layer on an at least partially transparent substrate, and wherein the transversal optical sensor generates a transversal sensor signal indicative of the transversal position of the light beam in the photosensitive layer, and (ii) an evaluation device designed to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
  • Publication number: 20190353767
    Abstract: A detector (110, 1110, 2110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110, 1110, 2110) comprises: at least one transfer device (128, 1128), wherein the transfer device (128, 1128) has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam (116, 1116) propagating from the object (112, 1112) to the detector (110, 1110, 2110); at least two optical sensors (113, 1118, 1120), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) has at least one light sensitive area (121, 1122, 1124), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (116, 1116), at least one evaluation device (132, 1132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112, 1112) by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20190339356
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least two optical sensors (118, 120, 176), each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) having a light-sensitive area (122, 124), wherein each light-sensitive area (122, 124) has a geometrical center (182, 184), wherein the geometrical centers (182, 184) of the optical sensors (118, 120, 176) are spaced apart from an optical axis (126) of the detector (110) by different spatial offsets, wherein each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area (122, 124) by a light beam (116) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110); and—at least one evaluation device (132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112) by combining the at least two sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
  • Publication number: 20190277703
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TrinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES
  • Patent number: 10412283
    Abstract: A camera (110) for recording at least one image of at least one object (112) is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Stephan Irle, Erwin Thiel
  • Publication number: 20190170849
    Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object includes: at least one longitudinal optical sensor including at least one sensor region, and configured to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the sensor region includes at least one thermoelectric unit configured, upon illumination of the sensor region or a part thereof by the light beam, to generate the longitudinal sensor signal resulting from at least one of a spatial variation or a temporal variation of a temperature in the thermoelectric unit; and at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried HERMES, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER