Patents by Inventor Alexander Gratzke

Alexander Gratzke 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).

  • Publication number: 20240041654
    Abstract: The assembly for laser treatment of ocular opacities consists of: a measurement system for obtaining depth information regarding ocular structures; a laser system; an eye-tracker unit; a display unit; and a control-and-operating unit. According to the invention, the control-and-operating unit is designed to determine, from the depth profiles, the depth of ocular structures relative to the depth of the laser focus, and, in particular for the retina and the capsular bag, to determine a blocked zone for the laser treatment. Furthermore, the control-and-operating unit is designed to generate, at least for the blocked zones of the retina and capsular bag and the laser focus, at least one tag in each case, the characteristic of which corresponds to the particular depth in the eye, in order to display these tags on the display unit and to overlay them with the live image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Hacker, Alexander Gratzke, Stephan Merkel
  • Patent number: 11281085
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a first solid-state-based illumination module, a second solid-state-based illumination module, and a superposition unit, which couples first and the second luminescence radiation into an illumination beam path, in which said radiation is guided up to the end of the illumination beam path in order to illuminate a light modulator. A filter unit which filters light with a second color from the first luminescence radiation with a first color and from the second luminescence radiation such that light with the first and second color is present at the end of the illumination beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Heidkamp, Dirk Doering, Axel Krause, Peter Klopfleisch, Alexander Gratzke, Bryce Anton Moffat
  • Patent number: 11137615
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a projector that includes a light modulator is provided. The illumination apparatus includes a first illumination module emitting first radiation, a second illumination module emitting second radiation, a light mixing rod extending in the axial direction and a superposition unit, which superposes the first and second radiation and couples this into the light mixing rod. The superposition unit includes a first imaging optical unit which focuses the first radiation into the light mixing rod such that a first focus is present, and a second imaging optical unit which focuses the second radiation into the light mixing rod such that a second focus is present. The first focus is spaced apart from the second focus in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Klopfleisch, Dirk Doering, Bryce Anton Moffat, Alexander Gratzke
  • Patent number: 10832612
    Abstract: In a projector for projecting a multi-colored image, a control unit actuates each color channel with reference to fed-in image data such that one of the color subframes of the multi-colored image to be projected is generated. A projection optical system images the generated color subframes onto a projection surface such that the color subframes can be perceived as the multi-colored image to be projected. Each color channel is formed for the generation of a color subframe of a predetermined base color. The color location of the predetermined base color varies with the lightness to be generated. The control unit controls each color channel such that, for at least one picture point in the multi-colored image, the color location shift of the predetermined target color location caused by the color channel or the color channels is compensated for while retaining the target lightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Nieten, Bryce Anton Moffat, Enrico Geissler, Alexander Gratzke, Axel Krause
  • Publication number: 20200159099
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a first solid-state-based illumination module, a second solid-state-based illumination module, and a superposition unit, which couples first and the second luminescence radiation into an illumination beam path, in which said radiation is guided up to the end of the illumination beam path in order to illuminate a light modulator. A filter unit which filters light with a second color from the first luminescence radiation with a first color and from the second luminescence radiation such that light with the first and second color is present at the end of the illumination beam path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Marcus HEIDKAMP, Dirk DOERING, Axel KRAUSE, Peter KLOPFLEISCH, Alexander GRATZKE, Bryce Anton MOFFAT
  • Publication number: 20200159031
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a projector that includes a light modulator is provided. The illumination apparatus includes a first illumination module emitting first radiation, a second illumination module emitting second radiation, a light mixing rod extending in the axial direction and a superposition unit, which superposes the first and second radiation and couples this into the light mixing rod. The superposition unit includes a first imaging optical unit which focuses the first radiation into the light mixing rod such that a first focus is present, and a second imaging optical unit which focuses the second radiation into the light mixing rod such that a second focus is present. The first focus is spaced apart from the second focus in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Peter KLOPFLEISCH, Dirk DOERING, Bryce Anton MOFFAT, Alexander GRATZKE
  • Publication number: 20190012950
    Abstract: In a projector for projecting a multi-colored image, a control unit actuates each color channel with reference to fed-in image data such that one of the color subframes of the multi-colored image to be projected is generated. A projection optical system images the generated color subframes onto a projection surface such that the color subframes can be perceived as the multi-colored image to be projected. Each color channel is formed for the generation of a color subframe of a predetermined base color. The color location of the predetermined base color varies with the lightness to be generated. The control unit controls each color channel such that, for at least one picture point in the multi-colored image, the color location shift of the predetermined target color location caused by the color channel or the color channels is compensated for while retaining the target lightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph NIETEN, Bryce Anton MOFFAT, Enrico GEISSLER, Alexander GRATZKE, Axel KRAUSE
  • Patent number: 9773444
    Abstract: Each modulator of an image projector includes multiple pixels arranged in rows and columns, switchable independently of each other into a first state, in which light incident on them is used to generate an image, and into a second state, in which light incident on them is not used to generate an image. At least one first pixel is assigned to each second pixel such that the imaging optical system a) strikes the second pixel with light from the respective assigned first pixel when the assigned first pixel is switched into the first state, in order to illuminate the second pixel actively, and b) does not strike the second pixel it with light from the respective assigned first pixel when the assigned first pixel is switched into the second state, in order not to illuminate the second pixel actively. A control unit that controls the modulators is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Bryce Anton Moffat, Christoph Nieten, Enrico Geiβler, Alexander Gratzke, Axel Krause
  • Publication number: 20170206822
    Abstract: Each modulator of an image projector includes multiple pixels arranged in rows and columns, switchable independently of each other into a first state, in which light incident on them is used to generate an image, and into a second state, in which light incident on them is not used to generate an image. At least one first pixel is assigned to each second pixel such that the imaging optical system a) strikes the second pixel with light from the respective assigned first pixel when the assigned first pixel is switched into the first state, in order to illuminate the second pixel actively, and b) does not strike the second pixel it with light from the respective assigned first pixel when the assigned first pixel is switched into the second state, in order not to illuminate the second pixel actively. A control unit that controls the modulators is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Bryce Anton MOFFAT, Christoph NIETEN, Enrico GEIßLER, Alexander GRATZKE, Axel KRAUSE
  • Patent number: 9372411
    Abstract: A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a wavefront correction device including a refractive optical element that has two opposite optical surfaces, through which projection light passes, and a circumferential rim surface extending between the two optical surfaces. A first and a second optical system are configured to direct first and second heating light to different portions of the rim surface such that at least a portion of the first and second heating light enters the refractive optical element. A temperature distribution caused by a partial absorption of the heating light results in a refractive index distribution inside the refractive optical element that corrects a wavefront error. At least the first optical system includes a focusing optical element that focuses the first heating light in a focal area such that the first heating light emerging from the focal area impinges on the rim surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Zellner, Boris Bittner, Norbert Wabra, Martin von Hodenberg, Sonja Schneider, Ricarda Schoemer, Arne Schob, Guenter Rudolph, Alexander Gratzke, Bryce Anton Moffat
  • Publication number: 20140185024
    Abstract: A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a wavefront correction device comprising a refractive optical element that has two opposite optical surfaces, through which projection light passes, and a circumferential rim surface extending between the two optical surfaces. A first and a second optical system are configured to direct first and second heating light to different portions of the rim surface such that at least a portion of the first and second heating light enters the refractive optical element. A temperature distribution caused by a partial absorption of the heating light results in a refractive index distribution inside the refractive optical element that corrects a wavefront error. At least the first optical system comprises a focusing optical element that focuses the first heating light in a focal area such that the first heating light emerging from the focal area impinges on the rim surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Johannes Zellner, Boris Bittner, Norbert Wabra, Martin von Hodenberg, Sonja Schneider, Ricarda Schneider, Arne Schob, Guenter Rudolph, Alexander Gratzke, Bryce Anton Moffat