Patents by Inventor Alexander Willhoeft

Alexander Willhoeft 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).

  • Detection of locking devices
    Patent number: 11745987
    Abstract: An image-processing unit, a system, an automatic loading and/or unloading system and a method for detecting a locking device on a movable object, wherein the locking device locks a plurality of movable objects to one other and is arranged in a locking region of the movable object and the movable object is moved via a loading device, where the locking region can be sensed in a sensing region of at least one camera and an image-processing unit evaluates a signal of the camera to detect locking devices in a locking region of a movable object so as to detect locking devices efficiently and reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralf Gerdhenrichs, Thomas Dobler, Alexander Willhoeft
  • Detection of Locking Devices
    Publication number: 20190367335
    Abstract: An image-processing unit, a system, an automatic loading and/or unloading system and a method for detecting a locking device on a movable object, wherein the locking device locks a plurality of movable objects to one other and is arranged in a locking region of the movable object and the movable object is moved via a loading device, where the locking region can be sensed in a sensing region of at least one camera and an image-processing unit evaluates a signal of the camera to detect locking devices in a locking region of a movable object so as to detect locking devices efficiently and reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf GERDHENRICHS, Thomas DOBLER, Alexander Willhoeft