Patents by Inventor Alex Saalbach

Alex Saalbach 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: 9684972
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for imaging an object includes a geometric relation determination unit configured to determine a geometric relation between first and second images of the object. A marker determination unit configured to determine corresponding marker locations in the first and second images and marker appearances based on the geometric relation such that the marker appearances of a first marker to be located at a first location in the first image and of a second marker to be located at a second corresponding location in the second image are indicative of the geometric relation. The images with the markers at the respective corresponding locations are shown on a display unit. Since the marker appearances are indicative of the geometric relation between the images, a comparative reviewing of the images can be facilitated, in particular, if they correspond to different viewing geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Juergen Weese, Irina Wächter-Stehle, Thomas Heiko Stehle, Alex Saalbach, Sabine Mollus, Nicole Schadewaldt, Lyubomir Georgiev Zagorchev
  • Publication number: 20150016704
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus for imaging an object. A geometric relation determination unit (10) determines a geometric relation between first and second images of the object, wherein a marker determination unit (14) determines corresponding marker locations in the first and second images and marker appearances based on the geometric relation such that the marker appearances of a first marker to be located at a first location in the first image and of a second marker to be located at a second corresponding location in the second image are indicative of the geometric relation. The images with the markers at the respective corresponding locations are shown on a display unit (16). Since the marker appearances are indicative of the geometric relation between the images, a comparative reviewing of the images can be facilitated, in particular, if they correspond to different viewing geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen Weese, Irina Wächter-Stehle, Thomas Heiko Stehle, Alex Saalbach, Sabine Mollus, Nicole Schadewaldt, Lyubomir Georgiev Zagorchev