Patents by Inventor Andreas Hertgens

Andreas Hertgens 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).

  • Method for automatic measurement and for teaching-in of location positions of objects within a substrate processing system by means of sensor carriers and associated sensor carrier
    Patent number: 9099508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatic measurement and for teaching-in of location positions of objects (11) within a substrate processing system (20, 26) in which a sensor carrier (1) is moved by means of a robot end effector (24). Sensor units (2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b) of the sensor carrier (1) are moved along straight movement lines (B1, B2, B3) across the edges (10a, 10b) of the object (11), wherein each of the sensor units (2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b) output at least one sensor signal which changes its value upon detection of an edge (10a, 10b). From the positions of the signal changes along the respective straight movement lines (B1, B2, B3), the location position of the object (11) is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: AES MOTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hertgens, Torsten Mueller, Paul Waltner
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT AND FOR TEACHING-IN OF LOCATION POSITIONS OF OBJECTS WITHIN A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM BY MEANS OF SENSOR CARRIERS AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR CARRIER
    Publication number: 20120022827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatic measurement and for teaching-in of location positions of objects (11) within a substrate processing system (20, 26) in which a sensor carrier (1) is moved by means of a robot end effector (24). Sensor units (2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b) of the sensor carrier (1) are moved along straight movement lines (B1, B2, B3) across the edges (10a, 10b) of the object (11), wherein each of the sensor units (2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b) output at least one sensor signal which changes its value upon detection of an edge (10a, 10b). From the positions of the signal changes along the respective straight movement lines (B1, B2, B3), the location position of the object (11) is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Hertgens, Torsten Mueller, Paul Waltner